Cheney Legion squad falls to 5-3 after rocky tournament play

By JOHN McCALLUM

Editor

The Cheney American Legion AA baseball team saw its record slip to 5-3 last week by suffering three losses in five games, two coming in the Summer Hawks tournament last weekend.

The Hawks did manage to rebound with a pair of wins, edging Lewis and Clark 6-5 on Saturday, and avenging an earlier loss to Mead by beating the Panthers 6-5 on Sunday to capture third place in the three-day tournament.

In regular season action last Tuesday, Cheney took its first loss of the season, a 9-5 setback to visiting East Valley.

The Hawks stayed close, scoring a pair of runs in the seco...