The Evergreen Lacrosse Club Black Cats played their game on Saturday as a varsity member of the Washington School Girls Lacrosse Association, losing to Lake Tapps of Auburn 13-4 at McKenzie Stadium.
Katherine Borchers had two goals for Evergreen, while Lauren Hurst added two assists. Casey Bahr made eight saves in the nets for ELC. The club includes girls from the Evergreen School District. It has played a junior varsity schedule for several seasons, but made the jump to varsity competition this season.
Today, the Black Cats travel to Curtis High School in Tacoma for a 6 p.m. match. On Saturday, they host Kennedy at McKenzie Stadium.
King’s Way lacrosse wins
The King’s Way boys lacrosse team defeated The Overlake School of Redmond 11-7 on Friday in a Washington Division 1 match at Columbia River High School.
Sophomores Clayton Frank (five goals and one assist) and Jack Beall (three goals and three assists) led the Knights’ offense. Winning a majority of the faceoffs, King’s Way junior Tyler Preston collected 12 ground balls, a key to maintaining offensive pressure.
On March 16, the Knights cruised to a 13-1 non-league win over Central Catholic of Portland.
King’s Way hosts Puyallup at 8 p.m. on Friday at Columbia River High School.
CCYF co-founder dies
Dan “Doc” Morasch, one of the founders of Clark County Youth Football, died on March 17.
His funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Friday, March 25 at the Glenwood Community Church, 12201 Northeast 72nd Ave. in Vancouver.
According to CCYF spokesperson Mary Hyde, the Morasch family requested that memorial donations be made to the Glenwood Community Church or to the CCYF Scholarship Fund.
Morasch helped form the youth football league, which began in 1983 with three teams.
Northwest tennis team places fifth
The United States Tennis Association Pacific Northwest men’s team of Charles Hahn, Greg Conn and Sutjay Lee — all of Clark County — placed fifth out of the 16 USTA Section teams at the Tri-Level Championships at Indian Wells, Calif., over the weekend.
Hahn, the team captain and also tennis coach at Fort Vancouver High School, said his team was one point shy of tying for third place. The 4.0-level team was 2-2 in the event.
According to the USTA website, the tri-level format takes into account the three ratings levels (3.5, 4.0, 4.5) of its members. It also uses non-traditional “games won” format over the individual match lines won format.
The championships were held in conjunction with the BNP Paribas Open and played on the same courts and stadiums at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden as the ATP and WTA professionals.
The Northwest team lost its opener to Hawaii in three sets with two tiebreakers. They also lost in three sets to the Northern Section. Victories came against the Intermountain Section in three sets and Missouri Valley Section in two sets.
Southern California won the event with Hawaii placing second.
“It was an incredible experience,” said Hahn, who added that all players were provided excellent seats for the pro tournament.
Sharks rugby falls
Linn-Benton RFC defeated the Vancouver Sharks 15-14 on Saturday in a Oregon Youth Rugby match played in Albany, Ore.
Scoring tries for Vancouver were Jason Tia Tia and Khoi Mai. Tyler Earnhardt made two conversion kicks. The man of the match for the Sharks was Matt Morse.
Youth rugby results from Saturday for other area teams — Camas, Battle Ground and Prairie — were not reported.
Sunday run supports Doernbecher
The Doernbecher Dash, a 5-kilometer run and walk, will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 27, at Columbia River High School. The event is a CRHS fundraiser in support of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital and is organized by student Brian Piette.
The event begins with a 1-kilometer dash for kids at 9 a.m., followed by the 5-K run and walk at 9:30 a.m. Cost to enter is $12 for the run and walk, $5 for the kids race.
Columbia River High School is located at 800 N.W. 99th St. in Vancouver.
Women’s bowling tournament nears end
The Clark County Women’s Bowling Championship will conclude on Saturday and Sunday with squads at Allen’s Crosley Lanes in Vancouver. To enter or to learn more, call 360-694-6348 or 360-693-4789.
Dickau hosts youth hoops event
The Academy Classic, a boys basketball tournament with divisions for teams in grades 4-12, will be held April 9-10 at Prairie High School.
The tournament is staged by the Dan Dickau Basketball Academy. Cost to participate is $225 per team. Each team will get to play at least four games.
The entry deadline is April 2.
For details on this tournament, and about the Dickau Academy’s 10-week spring skill sessions that begin this week, visit www.dickauacademy.com, or call 360-904-6088.
Items for the COMMUNITY SPORTS NOTEBOOK can be submitted by calling 360-735-4521 or sending e-mail to paul.danzer@columbian.com.
