Shorthanded Blue Devils are runners-up at Belgrade

The Spokane Blue Devils accomplished quite a lot this past weekend and they did so with limited resources.

The Senior AAA team finished second to Pac Tech from Longview/Kelso, Wash. in the Boys of Summer Invitational at Edward S. Medina Field in Belgrade, Mont. Pac Tech beat the Blue Devils twice, once on Thursday 7-2 in the second game of pool play and again Sunday, 11-1 in the title game.

Spokane opened play with a 7-1 win over Lethbridge, Alberta. They beat the hosts, Belgrade 10-3 Saturday and handled local foe, the Northeast 49ers 14-10 in a semifinal game that sent them to the title tilt...