The 10th season of girls high school lacrosse in Clark County begins on Tuesday when the Evergreen Lacrosse Club plays at Puyallup. The team will play its first home game at 6 p.m. on Thursday against Curtis of Tacoma. Evergreen Lacrosse Club plays its home games at McKenzie Stadium.
A total of 46 girls from seven area high schools are in the ELC program this season. This is the first time since the program formed in 2007 that the team has been open to girls from outside the Evergreen School District.
In addition to its Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association games, Evergreen Lacrosse Club will play several Oregon teams. That includes a March 15 visit to McKenzie Stadium by West Linn, the 2015 Oregon state champions.
Sanctioned by the Evergreen School District, the program formed in 2007 for girls attending Evergreen School District high schools. The ELC varsity has qualified for the Washington Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association playoffs six times, but has not yet won a playoff. This season ELC is in a new division, the Peninsula Division, paired with five Puget Sound area schools.
Boys lacrosse — The boys high school lacrosse season begins next week.
This season there are four programs in Southwest Washington, with Columbia River, Skyview, Camas and Union fielding teams.
Seven local shooters qualify for Junior Olympics competition
Seven shooters from the Vancouver Rifle and Pistol Club have qualified to compete at the USA Shooting Junior Olympics national Championships, which will be held in April in Colorado Springs.
Casper Schadler qualified in three disciplines: air rifle, smallbore and air pistol. Tyler Horn, Ryan Hinson and Tristen Higgins qualified in air rifle and smallbore. Aiden Moon qualified in air pistol and was the Washington state champion in that event. Kylie Delaney qualified in air rifle. Cordelia Schadler qualified in air pistol.
Casper Schadler, Cordelia Schadler, Horn and Delaney have competed at the national championships previously.
The Vancouver Rifle team has more than 15 shooters who compete in at least 15 matches a year around the state.
The non-profit Clark County Competitive Shooters helps the junior shooting pay for travel and equipment. It will hold a fundraiser on April 1 at the 40 et 8 Bingo Lodge. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by calling 360-687-7462 or cccshooters@yahoo.com.
Hundreds race in 12-k, 5-k Fort Vancouver Run events
Hunter Bennett-Daggett of Portland won the Fort Vancouver 12-kilometer run on Sunday. The first of 252 to finish the 7.5-mile course, the 32-year-old finished in 44 minutes and 26 seconds to win by more than two minutes.
Robert Roper of Vancouver finished third in 48:30 and Rolf Vellek of Vancouver was fourth in 49:04.
The women’s winner was Stephanie Crawford from Portland, who was fifth overall with a time of 49:46. Shelan Stritzke of Vancouver finished fourth among women and 11th overall with a time of 55:02.
Katerina Mueller of Portland was the overall winner of the Fort Vancouver Run 5-kilometer race. Her winning time of 18:36 was 10 seconds ahead of 16-year-old Jackson Saylor of Vancouver who placed second. A total of 136 runners completed the 3.1-mile run.
For a list of top-10 finishers and age-division champions, see the Community Sports Scoreboard.
CCRC run results listed
Neil Callaghan of Portland and Mario Beaudoin of Camas won Clark County Running Club races on Saturday along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail. Callaghan finished the 5-mile race in 27 minutes and 15 seconds. Beaudoin finished the 3-mile race in 17:08.
Results are in the Community Sports Scoreboard.
Upcoming events
Running — Registration is open for the Blooms to Brew Marathon, a certified Boston Marathon qualifying race which takes place April 10 in Woodland.
The event includes a half marathon, a 10-kilometer run or walk, and a marathon relay for teams.
New this year is a 1-mile Kids Bloomathon Run on April 8. A fitness expo will take place at Woodland High School on April 8-9.
To register or to learn more, visit www.bloomstobrews.com.
Cycling — Registration is open online for the 33rd Ride Around Clark County, which is scheduled for May 7.
Cyclists can choose to ride courses covering 100, 66, 34 or 18 miles.
The unofficial start of the cycling season in Clark County, the RACC is the major annual event staged by the Vancouver Bicycle Club.
Register or learn more by visiting www.vbc-usa.com.
