Cheney runners pick up championship pace - 2019 sports top 10 year-in-review

CHENEY — Cheney’s boys cross country team was on a mission to right what they felt was a wrong done them in 2018 when they were edged out of advancing as a team in the post-season at district competition by West Valley.

The Blackhawks put in the off-season miles – and it paid off with a District 7 championship and a second-place finish at regional competition between the Central Washington Athletic Conference and the Great Northern League. Both achievements were the best boys team accomplishments since the 2015 season.

At state, the Blackhawks hoped for a trip to the trophy podium, but came up...