Community notebook: Local golfers win Portland city titles

A pair of golfers from Clark County took home first-place money on Sunday at the conclusion of the 93rd City of Portland Championships at Eastmoreland Golf Course.

Skyview High School graduate Kevin Beavers won the men’s gross-score championship with a two-round score of 3-under-par 141. He won by six strokes over Daniel Griffiths and won $400.

Bob Evans of Brush Prairie won the senior men’s tournament on the third playoff hole. He and Mike Gleason both shot 6-over 150 for 36 holes. Evans won $300.

Pickleball medals won

Pickleball players from Vancouver won medals at the 2010 Washington State Senior Games. The Olympic-style event for athletes 50 and older were held July 24-25 in the Olympia area.

Mike Wolfe won the men’s 60-64 singles gold medal, beating fellow Clark County resident Lance Thiede in the finals.

Hunter Duvall from Vancouver won a pair of doubles gold medals and took the bronze in the singles tournament for men 50-54. In men’s doubles, Duvall and Ron Simcox won the 55-59 age division. In the mixed doubles 50-59 division, Duvall and Holli Adams won the gold medal.

In women’s doubles, Adams and Mitsu Clark took the silver medal in the 60-64 age division. In mixed doubles, Clark and Thiede took second place for ages 60-64.

Fourth-place finishes were posted by Mike Wolfe and Tawn Wolfe in mixed doubles for ages 60-64, and by Mike Wolfe and Thiede in men’s doubles for ages 60-64.

Pickleball is a racquet sport played on a badminton-size court using a whiffle-style plastic ball. The game is played at Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation centers. To learn more about pickleball, see www.usapa.org.

For more about the Washington State Senior Games, visit www.pugetsoundgames.com.

Swimmers claim titles

The Columbia River Swim Team had four swimmers win gold medals at the Oregon Long Course Swimming Championships held Friday through Sunday at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore.

Cassidy Brennan won four titles and the high-point award for 11-year-old girls. She won the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 38.94 seconds, the 50-meter butterfly in 31.31, the 50 backstroke in 33.96, and the 100 backstroke 1:14.88.

Darya Samiee won the 200 IM for 12-year-old girls (2:33.21).

Anna Panebianco won the 100 backstroke for 13-year-old girls (1:10.22).

Julia Sanders won the 50 freestyle for 15-year-old girls (27.35).

Monda places third

Josh Monda of Vancouver finished third on Sunday in an Olympic-distance triathlon at Blue Lake Park near Troutdale, Ore.

Monda, 28, completed the race in 2 hours and 11 seconds. The race involved swimming 1.5 kilometers, biking 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles), and running 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). He was five minutes behind winner Philipe Kozub and less than a minute behind runner-up Jared Wilson. Monda was the fastest male age 25-29.

Hackysack results listed

Results from the 2010 U.S. Open Freestyle Footbag Championships are in the Community Sports Scoreboard.

Jim Penske won his second U.S. Open championship during the event, held July 24-25.

For the second year in a row, the event was held at the Nautilus World Headquarters in Vancouver.

The competition drew competitors from around the nation.

Summer soccer success

• An F.C. Salmon Creek girls under-11 soccer team continued a successful summer by winning the Gold Division at the Lake Oswego Nike Cup tournament.

The Nemesis team remained unbeaten in three summer tournaments by winning all five of its matches during the July 23-25 tournament in Lake Oswego, Ore. The F.C. Salmon Creek team scored first in each of its five 11-on-11 matches, and beat an F.C. Portland team 1-0 in the championship match.

Players for the Nemesis team are: Jessie Selby, Cece Rathburn, Whitney Watson, Courtney Cutter, Malaika Quigley, Kiani Pandoliano, Kate Lee, Maddie Kemp, Julianne Hutley, Erin Figone, Dena Sabha, Callie Rheaume, Britanie Hoang, Kendal Spencer, Sierra Nerton. The teams coaches are Victor Garcette and Steve Douglas.

• The F.C. Salmon Creek Nemesis 96 girls soccer team posted four shutout wins to finish atop the D Bracket in the under-14 age division at the Federal Way Blast Off tournament on Sunday.

Goals were scored by Sarah Cash, Mari Chopp, Sabrina Osman, Julia Agarkov, Rilee Helsel, Brandie Stegall, Madison King, and Kennedy Reed. Also on the roster were Haley Briggs, Joelle Bucher, Kelsey Campanelli, McKenna Harshbarger, Paula Hoover, Abigail Ness, Shelby Vermeulen, and Sydney Weber. The coaches are Maggie Kuzmer, Katie Tyrrell, and Taylor Grove-Helsel.

• A Vancouver United girls under-11 soccer team won its division championship on July 18 at the Adidas Beaverton Cup.

The team’s players are: Haley Albers, Makenna Alfson, Isabell Bauer, Kayla Beard, Jacey Daley, Kiana Daley, Isabelle Davis, Madison Ellis, Emily Matheny, Bailey Martes, Ashley Malagon, Hannah Mixon, Samantha Moya, and Isla Ryan. The coaches are Mike Daley and George Moya.

Camas boys win 3-on-3 titles

A team of 11-year-old boys from Camas has won several three-on-three basketball tournaments this summer.

The Camas Heat won their division of the Trail Blazers StreetJam tournament, which concluded on Sunday at the Rose Quarter in Portland. The Heat went 5-0, improving to 37-1 over three years.

One week earlier, the heat won the 11-and-younger elite division of the Salem Hoopla tournament, played July 24-25 in Salem, Ore. The Camas Heat won all six of their games, twice defeating the defending champion Salem Hoop All-Stars.

The Camas Heat players are Tanner Fogle, Bryan Nguyen, Alex Glikbarg and Logan Miller. Nolan Bertain, from Portland, filled in for Miller for the Salem tournament. The team is coached by Jeremy Fogle. The boys will be entering the sixth grade at Skyridge Middle School.

Skirt Chaser is Saturday

A unique footrace hits Vancouver’s streets on Saturday.

The Skirt Chaser 5K Race Series event begins at 5 p.m. — for women — and at 5:03 p.m. for men, so the men are trying to catch the women over the 3.1-mile course.

The race will start and finish at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver with the winner — female or male — collecting a $500 prize.

Fit Right Northwest running and walking stores are bringing the series to Vancouver. The Skirt Chaser 5K series is staged by Skirt Sports, a company that makes running skirts for women.

Some of the money from this event will be donated to the Arc of Clark County. There are several participation packagers at different prices. For details, visit www.skirtsports.com/skirtchaser5k.

Day-of-race registration will be available between 3 and 4:30 p.m.

A post-race celebration at Esther Short Park will feature entertainment, food and drink. Spectators can join the post-race party for $15.

Hazel Dell Lanes hosts party

Hazel Dell Lanes will celebrate its 50th year in business with bowling specials and other activities 1-5 p.m. on Saturday.

The Fire District 6 antique fire truck will be on hand, and local personalities will also attend. The bowling center at 6300 N.E. Highway 99 opened in 1960. It is now owned and operated by Dave Husted.

As part of the day — and National Bowling Week — Hazel Dell Lanes will be participating in a nationwide effort to set a record for games bowled in a single day.

The record set last year was 741,821 games with 1,044 bowling centers participating. This year the goal is for 1 million games bowled nationally on Aug. 7, according to Hazel Dell Lanes manager Bob Wells.

To learn more, call 360-694-8364.

• For a list of area events such as this, and for programs including sports camps, youth sports, and more, see the Community Sports Calendar at Columbian.com.

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