Legion A Cougars season ends

Playing on Thursday, July 19, the Whitman County Cougars lost 14-0 to Northern Lakes in the first round of the Washington Class A American Legion baseball tournament.

The Cougars then dropped into an elimination game against the Lewis and Clark Tigers.

Playing again at Spokane July 20, Lewis and Clark led 13-11 in the fifth inning when the game was called on account of darkness. The Tigers first led 9-0 before Whitman County put together a comeback.

The next day the game resumed. Whitman County tied it in the sixth inning before Lewis and Clark scored two runs in the seventh to win 15-13, endi...