From the Sidelines

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Weekend roundup

July 24th, 2009 at Fri, 24th, 2009 at 2:27 pm by Joel Willits

Lots of stuff going on this weekend, so we’ll jump right to it.

*The Lakeside Recovery Senior Legion baseball club plays against Centrailia Sobe-Toyota tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Heidelberg Field in Tacoma in the first round of the Legion Ball state tournament. Lakeside has only missed the state tournament once in the last 20 years, so it will be interesting to see how they fare. They swept a pair of tuneup games against Bellevue baseball this week before heading down to the tournament, which is double elimination.

*Both of Lakeside’s American Legion teams made the state tournament as well. Lakeside Newport, playing in the University High bracket, plays the Olympic Tigers tomorrow at 9 a.m.; Lakeside Skyline, in the Cheney bracket, takes on the Ferris Saxons at 2:30 p.m.

*Be forewarned, Seattle travelers: the Emerald City Sodo district will be pure hell tomorrow. The Sounders play at noon at Qwest Field and the Mariners kick off their series with the Indians at 1 p.m. Arrive early.

*Make sure to check out our other blogs, including Bellevue Reporter political guru Josh Hicks’ blog Realpolitiks. More to come on them, including more from our staff.

Joel Willits I'm the sports writer at the Bellevue Reporter newspaper. On this blog you'll find extra bits and pieces to stories I've written, observations on events in our area, and a behind the scenes look at what it takes to bring a story together. I'll field questions here, and maybe even ask a few too. I'm a 2007 graduate of the journalism program at Eastern Washington University. Prior to joining the Reporter, I worked at USA Hockey Magazine and did radio work with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox AAA baseball team. When I'm not busy covering the happenings in Bellevue, I enjoy playing hockey, watching sports and spending time with my family. You can also follow me on Twitter or you can send me an email.

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