Cheney softball stages a comeback for the ages

It’s not unusual to see teams rally from huge deficits to win games. But those rallies usually take time.

For the Cheney High softball team, time — or rather outs — was running out in the Great Northern League regular season finale May 3 against league-leader West Valley. Faced with a seven-run deficit in their last at bat in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lady Blackhawks found a way to deliver the miraculous, scoring eight runs to upset the visiting Eagles 14-13.

“I’ve never seen a team come from that far back in one inning,” Cheney head coach Gary Blake said.

Not only in one inning, b...