STATE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TOURNAMENTS: Unfinished business ... Lake City, the 2023 state 5A runner-up, has eyes on program's first title since 2016

Lake City (19-5) has since won five straight games, and nine of the last 10, including a 9-1 win over Coeur d’Alene in the regional championship game on May 7 to advance to state. The Timberwolves open state at the College of Idaho’s Wolfe Field in Caldwell on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. PDT against Coeur d'Alene (17-10), which advanced by winning a play-in game against Capital High of Boise.