Kirkland players help 12U Dragons team to tournament title

The Bellevue Dragons 12U baseball team, consisting of players from Eastlake, Issaquah, Mercer Island and Kirkland recently won the Trop Crown season opener tournament in Wenatchee. The team includes Kevin Nakahara, Jordan Dirks, Diachi Tamai and Casey Nelson from Kirkland.

By Megan Managan • April 26, 2011 12:33 pm
The Bellevue Dragons 12U team includes: Justin Myers
The Bellevue Dragons 12U team includes: Justin Myers

The Bellevue Dragons 12U baseball team, consisting of players from Eastlake, Issaquah, Mercer Island and Kirkland recently won the Trop Crown season opener tournament in Wenatchee. The team includes Kevin Nakahara, Jordan Dirks, Diachi Tamai and Casey Nelson from Kirkland.

The Dragons won two games on Saturday evening, to end the day as the No. 1 seeded team going into games on Sunday. In the second day, the team won two more matches earning a spot in the title game. The team beat Seattle Select Black 8-4 for the title.

Twenty teams from around the region played in the two day tournament, with the top teams qualifying for the national Triple Crown Baseball World Series in Park City, Utah this summer.

The team will next play in the Seattle Memorial day tournament.

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The team includes: Justin Myers, Daichi Tamai, Kevin Nakahara, Casey Nelson, Will Bickford, Hiro Fujiwara, Ryan Isler, Justin Armbruester, Elliot Carney, Fernando Da Silva (Coach).  Front Row, left to right, Jordan Dirks, Scott Ramseyer, Luke Boksem, Eric Dreyer, Jack Senegor, Will Armbruester (bat boy).