Blackhawks fall in Pullman

Cheney High School’s baseball team wrapped up its regular season by splitting its final four games 2-2, but it was the two losses that hurt the most.

Needing a win against Pullman to seal a Great Northern League title, the Blackhawks came up short in both games of an April 27 doubleheader. Cheney’s late rally fell short in game one — the one that mattered — as the Blackhawks lost 3-2, followed by a 5-1 setback in the nightcap.

Pullman hurler Hyatt Utzman scattered three Cheney hits through the first six innings. But in the seventh, the Blackhawks made things interesting.

Nick Berman led off wi...