Palouse Patriots end season on 1-2 run at AAA finals

Palouse Patriots, a team which this year revived AAA Legion action for Whitman County players, came to the end of the line Monday when they were derailed by the North Stars. The loss ended the state title bid at 1-2 in the double elimination state tourney which started Saturday in Chehalis and Centralia.

The Patriots faced the North Stars in the Monday elimination round after booking a split during the tournament’s weekend action. They started the run with a one-run loss to the Vancouver Cardinals, but stayed in the show for another day when they had a walk-off win over the Borders team in Sun...