Lessons are better learned now by Dirt Dawgs

RATHDRUM, Idaho — The lessons learned by the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs single-A American Legion team are better now than down the road come playoff time for Coach Lance Michaud.

That’s why his team’s 1-2 week is not all that bad following a 4-3 Northern Lakes Mountaineers win over the Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs in Rathdrum on June 6.

That was followed by a split in a road trip to Trail, B.C. against the Trail Orioles winning 16-3 before losing 7-3, June 8.

All were league games where the Dirt Dawgs currently stand 4-2.

The Northern Lakes Mountaineers pushed across the winning run in the bottom of t...