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Шаблон:Infobox venue Bengal Field is an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, located in Lewiston, Idaho. Opened Шаблон:Years or months ago in 1934 as a multi-sport athletic field,[1][2] it is currently the football stadium for Lewiston High School, formerly located a few blocks to the northwest. The natural grass field runs conventionally north-south, with the main grandstand on the west sideline. The elevation of the field is approximately Шаблон:Convert above sea level.

It was formerly a minor league baseball park, the home field of the Lewiston Broncs from 1952 through 1974.[3][4] The Broncs were in the Western International League (WIL) for the first three seasons and the Northwest League (NWL) for the following two decades, which changed to short-season play in 1966.

Bengal Field also hosted the Lewiston Indians for two seasons, one in the Class B WIL in 1937,[5][6] and in the Class C Pioneer League in 1939.[7][8][9][10] The first night game at the park was the opening game in 1937 on April 27.[5][11] The WIL franchise moved northwest to Bellingham for the 1938 season,[12][13] and the Pioneer League team was moved to Idaho Falls in eastern Idaho in 1940, closer to the rest of the league.[14]

The baseball diamond at Bengal Field had an unorthodox southwest alignment,[15][16] with the setting sun in right field; the recommended orientation (home plate to center field) is east-northeast.[17] Owned by the school district,[18] the ballpark was also the home field for high school and American Legion baseball. It hosted the American Legion World Series in 1973.[19]

It transitioned into a football-only venue in the 1980s.[16][20][21] The LHS Bengals last played baseball there in 1983,[22] and used two venues in 1984, Harris Field at Lewis–Clark State College and Clearwater Park (Шаблон:Coord), on the north bank of the Clearwater River.[20] They now play at Dwight Church Field (Шаблон:Coord) in the southeast end of the city, about two miles (3 km) east of the Lewiston–Nez Perce County Airport,[23] while American Legion baseball is played at Harris Field. Church (1925–94), LHS class of 1943, was the longtime head coach of the high school and Legion baseball programs.[24][25][26][27][28]

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