After slow start Spokane AAA team got things going when it all counted
The Spokane Cannons, the AAA American Legion baseball team with West Plains connections, put together a memorable season after a slow start. Seen here during a visit to the Union Gospel Mission, the Cannons claimed their first Spokane league regular season championship since 2003 and also qualified for the state tournament.
Hopefully the takeaway from the 2016 AAA American Legion baseball season for the Spokane Cannons is what they accomplished - not what was seemingly stolen away from them at season's end.
The Spokane regular season champions - featuring four players from the West Plains: Chance Gleave and Riley Jones from Cheney, along with Medical Lake's Brayden Hale and Cory Wagner - gelled in the second half of the season and went on a tear that earned them a berth in the state tournament in Selah.
But the interpretations of tiebreaker rules left them wondering. The Cannons were ousted in a three-way tie in...
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