Former Mark Morris standout Austin Bragg scored 30 points to lead the Bucky’s AAU basketball team to a 60-58 victory over Seattle Rotary at the Northwest Premier Showcase Tournament, held July 10-13 in Bellevue.

The victory was one of three by Bucky’s in the tourney, as it finished 3-3 to capture third place in the Gold Division.

After losing to Seattle Wake 60-42, Bucky’s defeated Cascade of California 85-40, then fell to the Oregon Rebels by five points. Next was the win over Seattle Rotary, followed by the championship round where Bucky’s defeated Portland Hoop Kings 51-49 and lost to Seattle Access Orange 63-58.

Members of the team included Bragg and current Monarchs Scotty Kirkpatrick, Zach Tackwell, Sean Atkins and Chris Reeves, plus Bothell’s Jake Madsen, Rochester’s Jared Burkhardt, Chehalis’ Q. Davis, Centralia’s Easton Masteller, and Lakes of Tacoma players Karsten Olson, Carl Flamer and Danny Martinez.

The team is coached by Ron Kirkpatrick of Seattle and assisted by Dave Harshman of Tacoma.

Next up for Bucky’s is the Adidas Double Pump End of Summer tournament at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, July 27-31.

Red Lion settles for second

BELLEVUE — A two-out error in the fourth inning by Red Lion opened the floodgates to five runs for Chaffey Construction as it went on to post a 9-3 win over Red Lion in the championship game of the Brandy Pugh Memorial Senior American Legion baseball tournament.

Garett Crayne started on the mound for Red Lion and allowed eight runs (three earned) and five hits in 3 2/3 innings. Crayne trailed 3-1 with two outs and nobody on in the fourth when a dropped fly ball to right field was dropped, setting the stage for five Chaffey runs.

Carl Johnson pitched 2 1/3 innings of strong relief, giving up one run on three hits. Spencer Downs went 2-for-4 with an RBI and Robby Sanders hit a two-run homer in the fifth.

Red Lion was short-handed in the title game as David Hull went home on Saturday with a sore arm and shortstop Chris Pierce injured his ankle on Sunday sliding into second base.

Red Lion finished second in the Brandy Pugh for the second year in a row. All-tourney team selections included Downs, Pierce and Sanders.

Red Lion (31-11-1) will play in the subregionals at Newport High in Bellevue on Saturday. The four-team tourney will determine who earns a berth in the state tourney in Tacoma next week.