REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!

Both the Backhawk boys and girls varsity and JV teams won regionals yesterday at Gorge, WA. The girls varsity race was first and Sanne Amie and Kinsey took control of this race and finished a very strong 1-2-3 overall. Amanda and Mariah raced very smart moving through the field in the second half to finish 10th and 13th. Team standings (top four schools qualified for state):

1. Cheney -- 28
2. Ephrata -- 100
3. Deer Park -- 121
4. Ellensburg -- 124

The boys varsity race was very intense with many schools in contention. Nash started off well and held on to finish 14th with Devon, Jacob and Aaron working their way through the field to finish 10th, 15th, and 19th respectfully. Corey, steadily improving, finished 30th overall to round out the Blackhawks top 5 and helped closed the pack time of 1-5 to an impressive 36 seconds. With the goal of qualifying for state in their minds the boys were very excited to say the least when the team scores were announced:

1. Cheney -- 88
2. Deer Park -- 96
3. Ellensburg -- 131
4. Selah -- 150

To finish up the event both the JV teams ran very well to show the overall depth of both the boys and girls teams. The boys JV were led by Mark finishing 2nd overall followed by a tight pack of others to led the JV past all other schools:

1. Cheney -- 42
2. Ellensburg -- 79
3. Deer Park -- 87
4. Selah -- 89

The girls JV had a very impressive showing going 1-2-3-4 with Sydney, Johanna, Sarah, and Katie all within 48 seconds. Allie finished a very strong 8th overall to round out the scoring:

1. Cheney -- 18
2. Ellensburg -- 53
3. East Valley (Spokane) -- 67
4. Deer Park -- 97 

Next up for the Blackhawks is the state meet on Nov. 6 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, WA. More information is available on the right side of this page with info being sent home with athletes on Monday Nov. 1st. Thanks to all the parents and fans who showed up at the Gorge yesterday to support the Blackhawks and celebrate our success. 

Some dates of interest:

• 11/6 -- State Meet (Girls Race: 11:00am Boys Race: 1:30pm)
• 11/13 -- Hoedown @ Beeler's 6pm-9pm
• 11/15 -- Awards Night @ CHS 6pm-8pm
• 11/25 -- Turkey Trot @ CHS 9am