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PATRICK RECORD/Special to The Press Coeur d’Alene’s Avrey Cherry slides into home plate as he is tagged out by Montana catcher Xavier Brackenridge in the Little League World Series Northwest Region championship game at Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif. on Saturday.
PATRICK RECORD/Special to The Press Members of the Coeur d’Alene Little League Majors team celebrate after beating Billings, Mont., in the Little League World Series Northwest Region championship game at Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif. on Saturday. Idaho beat Montana 2-0 to advance to the Little League World Series starting Thursday in Williamsport, Pa.
PATRICK RECORD/Special to The Press Coeur d’Alene’s Braeden Newby signals safe after sliding into second base against Montana in the Little League World Series Northwest Region championship game at Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif. on Saturday.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — What a difference two days make.
Chris Reynolds struck out 10 over six innings for the Coeur d’Alene Majors Little League team in a 2-0 win over Billings, Mont., in the Northwest Regional championship on Saturday, advancing to the Little League World Series starting Thursday in Williamsport, Pa.
Coeur d’Alene is the first team from Idaho to advance to the World Series since 1999, when South Central Boise Little League advanced after winning the West Regional. Idaho was moved into the Northwest Region in 2001.
On Thursday, Billings beat Coeur d’Alene 5-2 in a semifinal game, Coeur d’Alene’s lone loss of the tournament.
More details will be available this evening.