Cheney adds slow pitch softball to line up

Football pads slapping against each other and the thumping kick of soccer balls aimed at nets will be joined by new sounds this fall at Cheney High School — the sounds of balls hitting bats.

Slow pitch softball makes its debut the second week of September when Cheney hosts a jamboree on Saturday, Sept. 7, followed by the first ever slow pitch game on Tuesday, Sept. 10 when the Lady Blackhawks travel to Mead.

Cheney will be coached by long-time softball veteran and Lady Blackhawks fastpitch head coach Gary Blake, who brought the idea to the school district earlier this year as on option for add...