... the Coeur d'Alene High baseball team is picked to win the state championship this spring. Kevin Askeland/of CBS's MaxPreps.com has picked the Viks as one of the high school teams in that will win championships in the 47 states that play spring prep baseball. Of CHS, Askeland writes: "The Vikings had a young team that went 21-9 and lost to Highland in the 5A playoffs. However, Inland Empire Most Valuable Player Devon Austin, a senior catcher, returns along with a strong junior class that includes all-league second-team pitchers Jake Pereira and Colin Comack, along with infielders Matt Lambert and Drew Turbin." At SportsLink, veteran SR scribe Greg Lee provides a link to all Askeland's predictions here.

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