Cheney upsets No. 1 Ridgeline

CHENEY — Cheney registered its fourth complete game in as many outings at Ridgeline in a District 8 playoff game on May 4 and beat the top-seeded Falcons 9-1.

Quinn Hubbs struck out six and scattered just three hits for No. 8 Cheney broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run fifth. The Blackhawks added three more in the sixth and two in the seventh and will play Southridge at Kennewick, May 7.

Carter McPherson had a pair of hits for Cheney (9-12) while Clayton Wood and Hubby each had a double. Marcus Belarde drove in a pair of runs with a single.

After losing nine of 10 games at one point just a few wee...