Blackhawks down Pullman in battle for first-place

Win at Clarkston helps Cheney enter spring break atop Great Northern League soccer standings

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

The Cheney boys’ soccer team survived their longest road trips of the season last week, emerging with a pair of wins at Clarkston and Pullman that gave them sole possession of first place in the Great Northern League.

Tuesday the Blackhawks overcame a scrappy, physical Clarkston team and a narrow, scraped up field for a 3-0 win. Cheney head coach Mark Kiver said the Bantams field has parts without grass, and parts covered in sand which, combined with the pitch being just 50 yards wide, created some uncertainty for the visitors.

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