Prevailing in a penalty-kick tiebreaker on Sunday, the Vancouver United Soccer Alliance Timbers Blues won the Washington Youth Soccer Challenge Cup state tournament at Tukwila.
Beating Eastside White 1-0, the Timbers won the girls under-13 age division of the mid-level state soccer tournament. The VUSA team will represent Washington at a U.S. Youth Soccer Presidents Cup tournament in June in Utah.
VUSA goalkeeper Liliana Delgadillo made two saves in the tiebreaker. Delgadillo, Emily Armstrong, Taylor Germer, Alexis Williams made their penalty kicks for the Timbers.
The same two teams met for the under-12 Challenge Cup title in 2010, with Eastside winning on a penalty kick in the second overtime.
The Timbers reached the finals by defeating FC Edmonds 2-0 in Saturday’s semifinals. Kaili Brundage and Nicolle Ohama scored in the semifinal victory.
This is the third year in a row that this team made the state semifinals, and its first state titles.
Players for the Challenge Cup winners are Emily Armstrong, Desiree Arocha, Nattali Baiar, Kaili Brundage, Makyla Croco, Liliana Delgadillo, Taylor Germer, Kelsee Hillard, Sarah Kleier, Alix Kopf, Nalealani Mawae, Nicolle Ohama, Hunter Thomson-Terrel, and Alexis Williams. The head coach is Charlie Kleier, assisted by Beth Ann Kopf and Esteban Delgadillo.
Another VUSA Timbers girls team, the under-16 Red team, advanced to the semifinals of the top state tournament. The Timbers beat West Sound 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the Washington Youth Soccer Championship Cup. The semifinals are on May 7 and the finals on May 8 in Tukwila.
Championship Cup winners advance to play in the U.S. Youth Soccer Western Regional championship tournament.
Also in Championship Cup play, the VUSA Timbers Red fell to Eastside FC Red in the girls under-15 quarterfinals.
In other girls Challenge Cup divisions, VUSA Timbers teams lost in the under-14 semifinals and in the under-15 quarterfinals.
Cycle around the county
The Ride Around Clark County, the Vancouver Bicycle Club’s annual kickoff to the riding season, takes place on Saturday. Riders depart from Clark College in Vancouver between 7 and 9 a.m. All riders must complete their chosen course by 5 p.m.
There are four distances for riders to choose from. The 18-mile loop travels east through Cascade Park and back to Clark College.
The 34-mile loop takes riders east around Lacamas Lake and back to Clark College. It has an elevation gain of 1,000 feet.
The 65-mile loop heads east around Lacamas Lake, then north through the hills of Hockinson, through Battle Ground, to Daybreak Park, then west through Ridgefield and south through Felida and then to the finish at Clark College. It has an elevation gain of 3,000 feet.
The 100-mile loop mirrors the 65-mile route to Battle Ground, then continues north to Yacolt and Amboy. Riders then head west on a new route through the Cedar Creek and Lewis River areas, and south through La Center to Daybreak Park. From there, the route rejoins the 65-mile route. There is an elevation gain of 4,800 feet on the 100-miler.
Advance online registration closes on Wednesday. Registration opens at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday at Clark College. Day of race registration costs $30.
For details, visit www.vbc-usa.com.
Lacrosse teams lose
The Evergreen Lacrosse Club dropped a pair of road contests last week, and will see its first season of high school girls varsity lacrosse conclude at home on Saturday.
On April 26, the Black Cats traveled to Silverdale and lost to undefeated Klahowya, 20-2. Lauren Hurst and Sara Ornelas-Casarez tallied the goals for ELC.
With several starters and key reserves missing on Friday, Evergreen lost to Holy Names 13-5 at Magnuson Park in Seattle. First-year player Mackenzie Nelson scored three goals in that defeat.
ELC (1-9) returns to Magnuson Park for a 5:30 p.m. game today against Garfield.
Evergreen will close its season at 1 p.m. Saturday at McKenzie Stadium against Bainbridge. Captains Kelleena Bonglamphone (Heritage) and Dana Coppemoll-Huston (Mountain View) will be honored prior to the game, along with fellow seniors Casey Bahr, Marissa Barlow, Molly Hendrickson, Tayler Main, and Sara Ornelas-Casarez (all from Heritage). Admission is free for the season finale.
Bellevue tops King’s Way boys — Hank Bethkie scored three goals on Saturday to lead Bellevue to its 12th win of the season, an 8-2 win over King’s Way in a Washington High School Boys Lacrosse match at Columbia River High School.
It was the final regular-season home match for Kings Way (7-5), which plays its last four matches on the road.
For King’s Way, Matt Friesen and Koda Robinson each scored goals and Max Zandstra had 10 saves. King’s Way next faces Tacoma (9-1-0) at 8 p.m. on Friday at Mount Tahoma Stadium in Tacoma.
Late try lifts Battle Ground rugby
A try by Andrew Culver as time expired lifted the Battle Ground Bulls to a 15-10 rugby win over Roosevelt on April 28.
“We were outsized in every position, but the boys played with massive heart,” Battle Ground coach Daniel Simental said.
A strong defensive play from Sean Jenkins set up the winning score. Vinnie Ganisson and Mat Beraldo also scored tries for Battle Ground.
In opening playoff matches on May 7, Battle Ground will host Newberg at 2:30 p.m. at Laurin Middle School, followed by Prairie against Linn-Benton at 4 p.m.
Battle Ground plays in Division 2 of Oregon Youth Rugby.
In Division I boys pay over the weekend, Bend blanked the visiting Vancouver Sharks 35-0 and the Eastside Tsunami defeated Prairie 49-14.
In Division III, Camas defeated Pendleton, Ore., 35-0 on Saturday. Details from that match, along with Camas’ playoff schedule, were not available.
In girls play on April 30, Grant defeated Battle Ground 35-0.
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