Blackhawks boys top Medical Lake

The Cheney High boys’ tennis team gained some momentum last week with a 4-1 nonleague win over West Plains rival Medical Lake, March 16.

No. 2 Dixon Gerber picked up Cheney’s only singles win against Daniel Miller (6-1, 6-2).

“Dixon played smart, he’s serving really well,” head coach Jesse Erickson said. “He was attacking the net, which was our main focus in practice last week. He was hitting great angles as well.”

In the other singles match, No. 1 Aaron Fillmore lost to state competitor Noah Ray (6-2, 6-0).

Erickson said Fillmore played well in the beginning of the match, capitalizing on Ray’...