Long weeks behind, ahead for Cannons

CHENEY — It was just seven games in five days. But last week’s schedule for the West Plains Cannons AAA American Legion team has head coach Austin Sharp feeling it was much longer.

A yawn in the middle of an interview provided perfect punctuation.

The Spokane ALB league leaders maintained that status with a pair of victories over Chewelah, 5-4 and 5-3 on June 18 and kept the Cannons a perfect 10-0 and with a 1 1/2 game lead over Mount Spokane. (The Cannons played the Wild in a pair of games June 25.)

“Cy Reeves pitched that 5-4 game,” Sharp said. “He’s been awesome,” his coach said of the Lake...