NEA League settles with 4 teams

MEDICAL LAKE Following a series of meetings over the past couple of months the Northeast A League has charted its path for the immediate future.

"We finally know that we will still be the Northeast A League, but with just four teams total," Medical Lake athletic director Dawn Eliassen wrote in an email.

Following the results of reclassification in late 2023 that sliced three teams from the 1A NEA, the surviving members include Medical Lake, Lakeside, Riverside and Colville.

Deer Park will move up to the 2A Greater Spokane League while Freeman and Newport drop down to 2B competition.

"We will s...