EAST WENATCHEE – The Cheney girls capped off play in the GESA Winter Shootout at Eastmont High School with a win and now have one more tune-up before the start of Greater Spokane League play when Ferris visits Jan. 4.
“Last week in Eastmont was great for us,” Coach Meredith Richards wrote in an email. “Our record for the tournament didn’t portray the amount of learning and adjusting and ‘team play’ that I saw on the court for all three games.”
The Blackhawks got 12 points each from Kiah Klauss and Natalie Richards to top Federal Way, 53-29, Dec. 22 and improved to 3-6.
“The girls showed their most impressive effort against Federal Way,” Richards said. “We passed the ball well, we were able to get the ball inside and outside for scoring, and our defense looked strong.”
The Federal Way game offered Richards a bigger picture view of her team at an important juncture.
“Things are starting to fall into place as we are getting closer to league play,” Richards said, adding, “It is awesome when you see the scoring spread out through the team, everyone contributed in multiple ways,” against Federal Way.
In the middle game of the three-day event, Cheney had a 22-18 halftime lead over the 7-3 Rams from Rogers of Puyallup but were outscored 22-4 after the break in the deciding third quarter.
“Our girls showed up to play that day,” Richards said. “Going into halftime up 22-18 felt good but Rogers came out firing in the third
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