The season ended on Saturday for the Evergreen Lacrosse Club with a 17-7 loss to Lake Sammamish in a Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association playoff match at McKenzie Stadium.
Lake Sammamish led 7-6 at halftime, then pulled away in the second half after a pair of injuries depleted the Evergreen lineup.
“Our defense really did well, especially in the first half,” Evergreen coach Shawn Perez said.
Perez said her Evergreen team continued to compete to the finish against a Lake Sammamish team that is among the more established girls lacrosse programs in the state. Lake Sammamish advanced to face top seeded Issaquah in the state quarterfinals — a rematch of the 2014 state championship game.
Madeline McKinnon scored five goals to pace the Evergreen offense. A Union High School senior, McKinnon finished with 43 goals on the season. On Saturday, she also had four draw controls and collected three ground balls.
Olivia Hood and Maecy Arthur also scored goals for Evergreen. Hood had three ground balls and five draw controls. Evergreen goalkeeper Molly Johnson made 10 saves.
This was the ninth season that Evergreen Public Schools has had a girls lacrosse team, and the fourth year in a row that the team has qualified for the state playoffs.
“This team was a real strong unit,” Perez said. “Everyone helped each other improve their game, regardless of how much experience they had.”
Including the playoff loss, Evergreen finished 9-4 overall. It was 6-1 in the Nisqually Conference, one game behind Puyallup.
Boys lacrosse
Columbia River and Camas meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Camas High School with a state tournament spot on the line.
Union rallied to beat Camas last Wednesday to wrap up the No. 1 Division II playoff seed from the Central-South Division of the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association.
Union (11-4, 6-2 in conference) will host a first-round playoff match on Saturday, as will the winner of Tuesday’s Camas-Columbia River match. The loser on Tuesday will not make the playoffs.
Times, locations and opponents for the Saturday state playoff games have not been announced.
Union 14, Camas 8 — Six goals in five minutes spurred Union to the victory that clinched the top playoff spot. Andrew Harrah scored five goals and Ben Morasch four to lead the way. Trey Chambers and Chandler Lindhorst added two goals apiece, Parker Lindhorst scopred once and Union goalie Dominic Mendez made 12 saves.
For Camas, Harrison Martin, Bradley Stanchfield and Ayden Garwood had two goals apiece. Julien Svaricek fielded seven ground balls and Matt Welinski three assists.
River splits games — Columbia River split two games in the Tri-Cities, beating Southridge of Kennewick 10-6 on Friday and losing on Saturday at Richland 11-7. Isaiah Pratt scored seven goals in the two games for River.
Boys rugby
Union, Battle Ground play round-robin — On May 8 at Laurin Middle School, Union won a showdown with Newberg and also beat Battle Ground in an Rugby Oregon round-robin match day.
Max Burchett and Brandon Curle scored tries in a 14-0 win over Newberg in a 35-minute match between the top two teams in the Rugby Oregon Varsity Premiership, Curle also made a key defensive play prior to scoring the game’s second try.
Union also beat Battle Ground 29-8 on Friday, and Battle Ground and Newberg played to a 12-12 draw. Nayland Toavs and team captain John McMahon led Battle Ground in the tie with second-place Newberg. Battle Ground (2-6-1) visits Canby at 11 a.m. this Saturday.
Union (9-0) can wrap up an unbeaten regular season with a win this Saturday over Reynolds (6-3). That match starts at 9 a.m. at Northgate Park in north Portland.
Reynolds 45, Prairie 10 — Logan Jacques scored an early try for Prairie, but Reynolds’ speed proved to be the difference in a Saturday match at Laurin Middle School. William Prestwich has a strong game according to Prairie coach Johyn Fletcher. Ahlijah Robertson and Eric Creamer both made try-saving tackles. Prairie (4-5) next plays Oregon City at 11 a.m. this Saturday at Laurin Middle School before entering the Rugby Oregon Varsity Premiership playoffs.
North Clackamas 30, Clark County 26 — In the division for teams that have players from multiple high schools, the Clark County Warriors lost by four points in a consolation semifinal match.
The Warriors will complete their season at 3 p.m. Saturday against East Oregon at Lents Park in southeast Portland. Details from the match against North Clackamas were not reported.
Girls rugby
Battle Ground 36, Cleveland 0 — Battle Ground won a second-division state tournament semifinal match on Saturday and will play Reynolds in the bowl final (fourth place) in the state tournament.
That match will be at 12:30 p.m. this Saturday at Lents Park in southeast Portland.
