Summer baseball starts

The AAA (19-under) Palouse Coyotes have begun playing independent summer baseball, five games in after the American Legion canceled its regular program in April due to the virus.

The Palouse team is led by Kevin Agnew, Pullman High School coach, and features six players from Colfax, including Big Bend Community College’s Kelen Becker and Nate Akesson, along with younger boys Nate Akesson, Eric Akesson, Layne Gingerich, Sam Kopp and Kolby Sisk.

They opened last week with five games against the same team; LC19U, from Lewiston-Clarkston.

On July 1, the two teams played a doubleheader at Church Fi...