River Dogs drop North Spokane

Local sluggers knock down Dodgers on the diamond in memorial tourney.

EPHRATA — The 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs ended the Jerry Henderson Memorial Tournament with a win on Sunday over the North Spokane Dodgers, using a four-run rally in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead after being down three runs. “With a young ball club and playing quality, older teams, what we were most impressed with was their ability to continue to fight despite sometimes making young mistakes,” said Brock Lybbert, co-head coach for the River Dogs. “They were able to gut out some of those wins by continuing to compete and stay in the fight.” ...