CROSS COUNTRY

Nike Portland XC Invitational

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Elma boys cross country team got a chance pace itself against a wealth of competition at the Nike Portland XC Invitational at Portland Meadows Racetrack on Saturday.

The Eagles competed in the Division 3 race and finished in 26th place out of the 28 teams in the race, which featured many schools from larger classes around Washington and Oregon.

Dylan Volz paced Elma with a time of 19:15.04, while Tucker Holcomb ran a time of 19:27.23. Gabe Belcher, Tyler Bristow and Drew Fisher finished in three successive spots. Belcher ran a 21:04 and Bristow finished in 21:18.12, while Fisher ran a time of 21:18.16. Luke Osgood ran a time of 24:09.32.

Bishop Blanchet’s Connor Rauch ran a time of 16:35.78 to win the race and pace his team to victory.

C.C. WOMEN’S SOCCER

Trailblazers 8, Chokers 0

Centralia Community College wore down Grays Harbor College and came away with a victory in a NWAC Western Division soccer match at Stewart Field on Saturday.

The Chokers (0-4-0, 1-7-1) played even with the Trailblazers for the first 32 minutes of the contest, but Centralia took advantage of a set play opportunity to take the lead for good. Centralia was able to kick home a ball bouncing in front off a corner kick to score the games first goal.

The Trailblazers added goals in the 34th and 43rd minutes before opening the floodgates for five goals in the second half.

“We got beat down,” GHC coach Chris Schumacher said. “We started focusing on individual battles rather than team battles and we need to play more as a unit. We have to keep our head in the game for 90 full minutes and play to win.”

Schumacher cited the play of Perla Hernandez and Emily Bjornsgard, who played in goal for the Chokers in the first half.

GHC travels to take on Tacoma Community College on Wednesday.