Lady Hawks enter playoffs winners of three of their last four

With the Great Northern League’s No. 5 seed secured and no chances of moving up, the Cheney girls softball team on paper didn’t have much to play for Saturday against last place Pullman – other than head coach Gary Blake’s appeal to end their regular season on a high note.

“Apparently they took that to heart because they really went out and swung the bats,” Blake said of the Lady Hawks’ 24-hit performance in sweeping the visiting Greyhounds 13-1 and 13-6.

Amy Anderson led Cheney with six hits on the afternoon, including a triple, while Cheyenne Hanson had four hits (double, three singles) with...