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Alexis Blankenship (8) of Coeur d'Alene rounds third base and heads for home, as Viking coach Bobbi Darretta motions to the next baserunner during last week's 5A Region 1 softball championship victory over Lewiston.
May 19, 2022
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May 19, 2022 1:30 a.m.
The long road back — much has changed since Coeur d'Alene's last trip to state in softball in 2019
This year, with much of the same cast of characters returning, the Vikings won the 5A Inland Empire League title for the first time since 2016, won the Region 1 title for the first time since 2015, and are the No. 2 seed for state, which unfolds Friday and Saturday at Coeur d’Alene and Lake City high schools.