Lakeside Baseball Club will have a chance to defend its state title from 2012 after winning a pair of games in the sub-regional at Issaquah High School last week.

The team, led by coach Rob Reese, beat the Spokane Cannons 9-3 before taking care of Yakima Pepsi Pak 8-6 the following day.

The win sends Lakeside back to the state tournament, where they won their first title since 2009 last year, and an opening game against the Yakima Beatles on Saturday at Shadle Park in Spokane.

The eight-team, double-elimination tournament concludes July 31 with the championship game and will send one team to the Senior Legion Regional Tournament in Eugene, Ore. Lakeside won the regional title last year to make the American Legion World Series, finishing third.

Lakeside is 32-11 overall on the year and has won its last four games.