Five area baseball teams are gearing up to take the diamond for state baseball tournament action, which begins today at the Idaho 1A ranks and Thursday for 4A Moscow.
Moscow, Clearwater Valley, Potlatch, Troy and Prairie will all represent the area at the end-of-the-season tourney.
Here’s how each of them got there:
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