Cheney's Carter Ittner (#1) drives to the basket bowling over Ridgeline's Easton Amend (#22) in the Blackhawks' season opening game Nov. 30.
Evan Stinson returned from having missed the last half of the 2022-23 season seemingly non-the-worse for the foot fracture that sidelined him as the Cheney boys opened their season Nov. 30 vs. Ridgeline in a non-league game at home.
But his game-high 33 points needed more support at the Blackhawks fell to the Falcons 68-57.
A slow start where Ridgeline outscored Cheney 25-12 in the first quarter and then 22-14 in the third created too big of a hole that Cheney's 25-15 final period edge could not conquer.
"Ridgeline did a great job of attempting to take charges, we must be disciplined and be better at playing off of two feet with jump stops," head coach Travis Peevey wrote in an email providing his assessment.
Notable for Cheney was the rebounding from Connor Magalsky who pulled down a game-high 15.
"I've seen what this team can do when we play together and we're looking forward to a big week with three games," Peevey said.
Cheney has a busy week with games at North Central (Dec. 5), home vs. University (Dec. 8) and at Wenatchee, Dec. 9.
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