SummerHawks 'implode' in Legion loss to West Kootenay

So many things were going right for the Cheney AA SummerHawks American Legion baseball team that was headed to the playoffs.

They were on an impressive run with nine wins in their last 11 games. Cheney had recently split with Shadle Park, the division champions.

Then all of a sudden what was going right quickly went wrong and the SummerHawks’ season ended in a 10-0 loss last Wednesday to the West Kootenay Diamondbacks from Trail, British Columbia in a loser-out game.

“We kind of imploded,” head coach Mike Cagle said. “They had six unearned runs.”

The implosion came in the bottom of the fourth...