Patriots baseball again ends

A long American Legion season for the Pullman Patriots came to an end Sunday when they sustained their second loss at the regional round at Issaquah High School.

Yakima Valley defeated the Patriots 5-2 to knock the Pullman club out of the state title hunt. Qualification format for the 16 teams at the four state regional events was to win two games before they lost two games.

The loss to Yakima Valley Sunday followed an 11-7 bow to Pacific Tech of Longview in the first round of playoff at Issaquah.

The Patriots, which is made up of players from Pullman, Colfax, Asotin, St. John and Oakesdale, e...