Brayden Anderson, Cheney boys leaves no doubt, roll to State 3A championship | State golf
May 21—Cheney golf coach Justin Fayant's message to his team was simple prior to Wednesday's final round of the State 3A boys tournament. "He said, 'Go play Cheney golf,' " junior Justin Krasselt said. "He said, 'When you play your golf, you're hard to beat.
' " The rest of the field, including Seattle Prep, which shared the first-round lead with the Blackhawks, found that out in the closing round at Indian Canyon. Cheney quickly moved in front and never let up, claiming the program's first state title since 1989 by 15 shots over Seattle Prep. "The first feeling is, I can't believe this happened," Fayant said.
"But also I was just talking to my assistant coach and we said the whole year we were going to get it done. Feeling it, it's incredible. " To top it off, junior Brayden Anderson brought home the individual championship after a wild finish on the 18th hole.
Elsewhere, Freeman, led by Lily Knight's 1-under 69 at Liberty Lake, captured its second consecutive 1B/2B championship and West Valley's Melia Cerenzia pulled away to win the 2A girls title for the second time in three years. 3A boys, girls: Cheney players and coaches sported bright red shorts for the final round. "Brayden's dad right before the Kalispel Invite was like, 'We need to get some red shorts,' and everybody was like, 'Yeah, good idea,' " Krasselt said.
"I convinced the guys to wear them today. They wanted to wear black shorts, but I said we should wear red. Kind of a power play, one might say.
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