Locals on KC Area Code Baseball roster

A pair of local baseball players were selected to play on the Kansas City Royals Area Code Team.

Lake Stevens' Branden Kelliher, Cascade's Ky Dye and Archbishop Murphy's Trever Morrison are on a team populated with players from the Northwest, Texas and the Midwest.

The KC Royals Area Code Team begins play on Aug. 5.

Here's the release via ESPN.com

2012 KANSAS CITY ROYALS AREA CODE TEAM

The 2012 Kansas City Royals Area Code team will be filled with prospects from the Northwest, one from Texas and one from the Midwest. Last year's squad went a perfect 5-0. This year's team could do the same.
Name Position High School (City, State) Year
Dustin Driver RHP Wenatchee (Wenatchee, Wash.) 2013
John Pomeroy RHP Mossyrock (Mossyrock, Wash.) 2013
Branden Kelliher RHP Lake Stevens (Lake Stevens, Wash.) 2014
Ky Dye RHP Cascade (Everett, Wash.) 2014
Joe Schindler RHP South Eugene (Eugene, Wash.) 2013
Christian Martinek LHP Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) 2014
Brett Nielson LHP Sheldon (Eugene, Ore.) 2013
Austin Strother LHP Interlake (Bellevue, Wash.) 2013
Brandon Radmacher LHP Vauxhall Academy (White City, SK) 2013
Layne Bruner LHP Montesano (Montesano, Wash.) 2013
Max Karnos RHP South Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska) 2013
Billy King 1B Anacortes (Anacortes, Wash.) 2013
Tommy Lane 1B Pendleton (Pendleton, Ore.) 2013
Trever Morrison INF Archbishop Murphy (Bothell, Wash.) 2013
Mitch Bevacqua INF Lake City (Couer d'Alene, Idaho) 2013
Trace Loehr INF Rex Putnam (Mikwaukie, Ore.) 2014
Gunnar Buhner INF Mount Si (Issaquah, Wash.) 2013
Seaver Whalen INF Union (Camas, Wash.) 2013
Joe Martarano 3B Fruitland (Fruitland, Idaho) 2013
Preston Palmeiro 3B Colleyville Heritage (Dallas, Texas) 2013
Ryan Littlefield OF Mark Morris (Longview, Wash.) 2013
Mason Smith OF Rocky Mountain (Meridian, Idaho) 2013
Jack Meggs OF Bellevue (Bellevue, Wash.) 2013
Lex Kaplan OF Ladue (St. Louis, Mo.) 2013
Stefan Van Horn UT Rogers (Puyallup, Wash.) 2013
Michael Sexton UT Rogers (Puyallup, Wash.) 2013
Reese McGuire C Kentwood (Covington, Wash.) 2013
Logan Ice C Rogers (Puyallup, Wash.) 2013
Matt Decker C Jesuit (Portland, Ore.) 2013