Cheney Free Press -

Responsibility for the Cheney girls’ basketball team’s two losses in the Eagle Holiday could land on a variety of shoulders, but head coach Ken Ryan said that number is much more easily defined.

Ryan said the outcomes, a 64-61 loss Dec. 28 to West Valley and a humbling 46-22 loss to Colville, Dec. 29, are largely his responsibility in one way or another. The Blackhawks turned things around by topping Wenatchee 46-26 Jan. 2 in a game rescheduled following an earlier weather delay.

Following the loss to tournament host West Valley in which the critical final edge came with the Eagles winn...