Cheney baseball likes its chances to reach postseason

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

Cheney High School baseball coach Randy Elam has a simple formula for success.

“Our goal is to win more games than we lose,” Elam said, echoing a similar statement by former Seattle Mariners' managing great, Lou Piniella.

“I think if we do that, we make the playoffs,” Elam added.

The Blackhawks took a big step, albeit not one on their own initiative, toward improvement last year when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, through reclassification, knocked Cheney down a notch to 2A and out of the Greater Spokane League, a tough 4A league masquerading as a...