Soccer Hawks eek out two wins to stay in driver's seat for Great Northern title

Victories over West Valley, Deer Park, keep Cheney winning streak alive at 10

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

The Cheney girls' soccer team remained atop the Great Northern League standings with a pair of wins last week – but just barely.

The Blackhawks needed two overtimes to defeat rival West Valley 2-1 on Tuesday, and managed just two goals in a 2-0 road win over fourth-place Deer Park Thursday. For Cheney head coach Robyn Smith, both performances likely boiled down to a hangover from the Hawks shutout of second-place Pullman on Oct. 8.

“We didn't play horrible, we just didn't come out with the fir...