Blackhawks confidence helps Cheney beat Clarkston

By JOHN McCALLUM

Managing Editor

Cheney High School boys basketball head coach Gregg Smith believes his team learned how to win close games last season thanks to its relatively deep playoff run.

That experience may have manifested itself for the first time this year last Friday night as the Blackhawks withstood a late charge by the visiting Clarkston Bantams to preserve a 60-53 Great Northern League win.

“That pays off with confidence,” Smith said of last year’s experience.

The confidence was evident from the opening whistle as the Bantams came out and scored the first six points of the game,...

 

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