Four players from Clark County, including the goal scorer, were on the field on Sunday as the EastSide United Liverpool Red team won a national soccer championship.
The Gresham, Ore.-based club defeated Shattuck St. Mary’s of Minnesota 1-0 to capture the under-18 boys U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship.
The tournament featuring regional champions was played in Overland Park, Kan.
Forward Mikhail Doholis, who attends Union High School, scored in the first half and EastSide limited the Midwest champions to six shots on goal.
Doholis scored a tournament-best three goals.
Center midfielder Steven Hughes, outside midfielder Sujinda Dangvan and defender Drew White were also in the lineup for the title match. Connor Valenter also plays for the EastSide club, but missed the trip to nationals because of injury.
Shattuck St. Mary’s defeated EastSide, 1-0, on the opening day of the tournament. But the Gresham team went unbeaten the rest of the way.
Three of the four teams in the tournament went 2-1 in round-robin play, and the EastSide and Minnesota teams advanced to the final match based on goal differential.
This is the second time a team representing Oregon has won a U.S. Youth Soccer national championship, and the first since 1994.
The team arrived at Portland International Airport late Sunday and was greeted by about 150 supporters, Steven Hughes said.
Nearly 800 runners finish Lacamas half marathon
Stan Pyle of Portland won the Lacamas Lake Half Marathon on Sunday, completing the 13.1-mile loop in 1 hour, 11 minutes and 59 seconds to win by a margin of almost three minutes.
A record 765 runners completed the third-year race, which is hosted by Fit Right Northwest, a store for runners.
Including the shorter courses, almost 1,700 runners and walkers took part in the event, according to organizer Dave Sobolik.
Sami Andrews, 21, of Camas, was the second woman finisher. Her time of 1:30:58 was 17th overall and 1 minute, 10 seconds behind women’s champion Nikki Rafie of Portland.
A total of 440 women finished the half marathon run.
A total of 246 walkers, 211 of them women, completed the half marathon, which raised funds for several area non-profit organizations.
“I just want to really thank the community for coming out and supporting the event, said Sobolik.
A co-owner of Fit Right Northwest and a Camas resident, Sobolik said Sunday’s race was the smoothest event since he began the event seven years ago with a 5-kilometer race.
Complete results can be found at www.lacamaslakerunwalk.com.
Sobolik said Fit Right Northwest in conjunction with two metro area businesses is planning to stage a new marathon in Vancouver beginning in 2011.
The Vancouver USA Marathon is slated for June 19, 2011. Details are at www.vancouverusamarathon.com.
Triathlon champion Silva repeats
Marcelo Silva of Beaverton repeated as champion of the Girlfriends and Dudes Triathlon on Sunday in Vancouver.
With a time of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 44 seconds, the 41-year-old won by more than six minutes. It wasn’t quite as fast as his winning time of 1:01:01 in the inaugural edition of the triathlon in 2009.
The event started with a half-mile downstream swim in the Columbia River at Frenchman’s Bar.
A 12.5-mile bike ride followed, and the triathlon concluded with a 3-mile run.
Trevor Hayward from Vancouver was the first finisher from Clark County (1:09:42).
Leslie Beard of Portland was the first woman finisher with a time of 1:15:25. Sherri McMillan, race organizer and owner of Northwest Personal Training, was the fourth woman to finish (1:18:04). Donna Albaitero of Vancouver was the third woman finisher (1:17:03).
A total of 260 finished the second-year event, up from 179 in 2009.
Little League Softball time
The road to the Little League Softball World Series makes its annual stop in Vancouver beginning on Saturday.
The Little League Softball Western Regional Tournament will be played July 31 through Aug. 8 at Fort Vancouver Little League.
The tournament features girls ages 11-12.
Cascade Little League is the host team, joining state champions from around the western United States.
There is no charge to watch the games. A schedule is available at www.wad4llb.org.
On tap this week
The fifth annual Our Three Moms Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament is scheduled to be played Saturday at Club Green Meadows.
The tournament helps fund a scholarship fund developed by graduates of area high schools to assist students from single-parent homes with post high school education.
For details about the tournament, or to learn about the scholarship program, visit www.ourthreemoms.org.
To see a list of fundraising events, camps, tryouts and other area sports events, check out the Community Sports Calendar at www.columbian.com.
