Summerhawks a tournament team

Unlike previous years, the Cheney High School’s baseball field will not see much action this summer.

That’s because the Cheney Summerhawks baseball team will not play a regular season schedule. Instead, players will participate in summer workouts and compete in tournaments during the summer. The team’s first tournament is the High Desert Baseball Classic June 22-25 in Ephrata..

The original plan was for the Summerhawks to have one team compete in the American Legion AA league. However, head coach Glenn Chamberlain explained the change in plans stemmed from lack of eligible players — specifical...