Brandy Pugh Tournament on now, Baden wins tourney | Community sports news

The Brandy Pugh Memorial Tournament is on now at Bellevue's Bannerwood Park.

Lakeside Recovery Baseball’s 18U senior legion team, which features players from Newport High School, is part of the annual Brandy Pugh Memorial Tournament at Bannerwood Sports Park in Bellevue.

The hosts from Lakeside opened play Wednesday against Bellevue Honda and are scheduled to face the Kennewick Bandits Thursday. The tournament continues through Monday.

Lakeside, which already owns one tournament title from the Skagit Wood Bat Invitational, lost its final game in Portland, Ore. last week in the Curt Daniels Memorial to finish the tournament 3-2.

Baden Baseball won the Seattle Premier League Invitational last week at Bellevue College, beating the Federal Way Buzz 15-5 in the title game. The team dropped one game in pool play before beating Taylor 9-4 to earn a spot in the title game.

Interlake’s Austin Strother and Sam Finfer are both part of the Baden 18U squad and the team is coached by Bellevue College assistants Kevin Miller and Jesse Wright.