Kirkland residents Jeremy Parkhurst and Duke Fanning are leading the Eastside Cutters baseball team to a successful 21st year of quality competitive summer baseball.

Under a scorching 100-plus degree sun, team veteran infielder Parkhurst led the offense by going 3 for 3 with a walk driving in two RBI’s and scoring two runs himself to get the Cutters off to a great start in the annual July Invitation baseball tournament in Walla Walla last weekend.

Fanning, who had to miss the first three games of the series, flew cross state just so he could take the hill and hurl a series of stingers against longtime rival Bothell Dyed.

The 19u Eastside Cutters is one of the oldest and most successful baseball organizations for select baseball players and they have a long history of providing teenage athletes an opportunity to play competitive summer baseball, while learning teamwork, sportsmanship and developing their athletic skills. The organization was established as a non-profit corporation to meet the needs of youth baseball players on the growing Eastside.

Through the years, Eastside Cutters have earned a reputation as a quality organization both on and off the field. Comprised of serious players who aspire to play at higher levels of competition, Eastside Cutters teams have built reputations as tough opponents, winning league, state, and tournament championships while showing respect for opponents and the game of baseball.

Players and alumni include many of the area’s top scholar athletes, and several players have gone on to college sports careers and have been drafted into professional baseball.

The Cutters will continue to play tournament throughout the Pacific Northwest through early August before holding tryouts for next year’s team.