Cheney upsets No. 1 Ridgeline

CHENEY — Cheney registered its fourth complete game in as many outings at Ridgeline in a District 8 playoff game on May 4 and beat the top-seeded Falcons 9-1.

Quinn Hubbs struck out six and scattered just three hits for No. 8 Cheney broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run fifth. The Blackhawks added three more in the sixth and two in the seventh and will play Southridge at Kennewick, May 7.

Carter McPherson had a pair of hits for Cheney (9-12) while Clayton Wood and Hubby each had a double. Marcus Belarde drove in a pair of runs with a single.

After losing nine of 10 games at one point just a few weeks ago, Cheney now has a five-game winning streak.

“The main difference is the guys kept believing what we as coaches saw and it clicked,” head coach Rob Beamer wrote in a text message.

Beamer was confident of the talent he was watching.

“I knew we had a good squad and we just had to stay consistent and then we started to turn the corner with great pitching,” he said.

“Our defense also turned a corner, made the routine plays and started making some plays that normally you don’t make.”