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Eugene-based Oregon United Soccer Academy's U21 men's team travels to Washington state this week to compete in the U.S. Adult Soccer Association's Under-23 National Championship tournament. At 4 p.m. Friday, the Region IV champions will face the MFC Ambassadors from Maryland in one semifinal, while Missouri and Texas teams compete in the other semi. The championship game is at noon Sunday. The action takes place at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, with a total of 32 semifinalists competing in U23, Over-30, Open and Amateur divisions each for men and women.

Among the key players for the OUSA team are Scott Macha, a University of Puget Sound sophomore goalkeeper and Marist High School graduate; Robby Christner, an Oregon State University junior forward and midfielder and former Thurston High School all-league player; Drew Macha, a Seattle Pacific senior center defender and former Marist 3A player of the year; and Jimmy Coggan, also a Seattle Pacific senior and forward. The OUSA team qualified for the national tournament by winning the Region IV championship last month with victories over IFSL of California, FC Barcelona (Utah), Colorado Crimson FC and Real Colorado.

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Achievements

The Oregon Fire U14 girls basketball team recently placed second at the AAU West Coast Nationals in Reno, Nev., while playing in the U15 division. Drawing primarily from Churchill, Sheldon and Thurston high school areas, plus one player each from Marist and Bend, the team won three games by 30 points each before dropping the championship contest.

Three-on-three street basketball tournaments are attracting numerous local teams to Oregon cities from Medford to Hillsboro. Last weekend, a Sheldon-area girls team won its 13-and-under division at Salem's two-day Hoopla event that drew more than 600 youth and adult teams, including other Lane County entrants.

Local Little League baseball and softball teams had mixed success in their state tournaments. The 9-10-year-old West Emerald boys lost four or five straight games at Medford, while the 10-11-year-old West Emerald boys were honored as the tournament's "classiest team" in their double-elimination loss at Gresham. The 11-12-year-old West Emerald boys beat Emerald East three games to two in District 9 play to qualify for the state tournament in Portland.

The 9-10-year-old girls' combined team lost in double elimination at Redmond, but the 10-11-year-old combined team won the state championship at Redmond with a string of 19-4, 21-0, 15-7 and 13-8 wins. The 12-14-year-old softball state tournament was played in Eugene with the local West Emerald Valley team advancing to the bracket play semifinals with a 2-2 record in pool play, before being eliminated by eventual runner-up Milton-Freewater.

Events

Bowling jamboree: The Oregon State U.S. Bowling Congress Jamboree is Friday through Sunday at the Mill Hotel in North Bend. An adult tournament is scheduled for Friday at 6 p.m. and a youth tournament for all ages is Saturday at 1 p.m. Saturday's 6:30 p.m. banquet will introduce the proprietor of the year, volunteer of the year, youth scholarship recipients and the newest member of the Hall of Fame. Registration forms are available online at OSUSBC.com. Contact: Jo Zaklan, 726-6694.

Junior tennis rally: A free event for juniors of all ages and levels will be held Friday at Eugene Swim and Tennis Club from noon to 3 p.m. Included will be tennis games and activities, swimming, T-shirts, prizes and free lunch. For more...

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