SCSC is Having a Field Day

And You are Invited!

“Having a Field Day”, Definition:  to experience freedom from one’s usual work schedule; to have a very enjoyable time.

Salmon Creek Soccer Club (SCSC) is having a field day on Saturday, September 4, starting at 9 am; and while it may not exactly fit the definition above, SCSC is in need of volunteers to come out to HB Fuller Park to help with some necessary maintenance and field lay out.

Good fields don’t just happen, they take lots of planning and hard work; and when the fields go bad, the games can go bad, too. So bring your own hands, as well as any others you can find, and your rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and sunny disposition to help get our fields ready for opening day and beyond! (Which, by the way, is September 11!)

Please contact Rec Committee Chair Jim Silk at scsc.rec@salmoncreeksoccer.net if you can help.

Tags: Salmon Creek, SCSC, Soccer, Volunteer

Clark County Gridiron Gang

Where Hope Comes Alive.

Friday Night Lights Clark County Style.  High School Football kicks off this Friday Night across Clark County! There are 17 Teams in the Greater St Helens League, and whether they are 4A, 3A, or 2A; all these young men are playing their A game: for themselves, for their school, for their community… for the love of the game!

Pre-game tailgating, the high school band, cheerleaders, rivalries; it’s hard to not get caught up in the excitement! While you can’t catch ‘em all, here is the Full 2010 Schedule for all 17 GSHL football teams in a week by week format. Who are you rootin’ for?

Battle Ground
Evergreen
Heritage
Skyview
Union
Camas
Columbia River
Fort Vancouver
Kelso
Hudson’s Bay
Mountain View
Prairie
Hockinson
Mark Morris
RA Long
Washougal
Woodland

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was originally featured at Clark County Live!

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Tags: Clark County, Football, Salmon Creek, Schools, Skyview

Having Fun on the Run

Max Muscle Offers Triathlon in Hazel Dell.

A triathlon is a combination of three sports: swimming, biking and running. It was created more than 20 years ago and is one of the hottest sports in the US. Now is your chance to take part in a triathlon right here in Clark County. The Rotary’s Max Muscle End Polio Now Triathlon will be September 12, 2010.

Swim in the Klineline Pond, ride your bike along the beautiful hills of Salmon Creek, Felida and even part of Ridgefield, and run along the Salmon Creek Trail. There are two distances to choose from: the Sprint (.5 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run) or the Olympic (1 mile swim, 24 mile bike, 6.2 mile run). A beautiful course, goodies, finishers medals, awards, vendors and support all make this a fun event. And all proceeds go to the Rotary’s fight to end Polio.

Never done a triathlon before, or just looking to improve your skills? There is a training program that just got started for this event presented by Trevor and Tracy Bryant, owners of Vancouver’s Max Muscle Sport Nutrition and USA Triathlon Level 1 Certified Coaches.

For more information, visit Vancouver Max Muscle or call 360-573-7099 (Hazel Dell location).

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was originally featured at Hazel Dell Live!

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Tags: Activities, Events, Felida, Fitness, Hazel Dell, Max Muscle, Salmon Creek, Sports, Triathlon

Salmon Creek at Sunset

Fun Run at Sunset.

Run, walk or stroll….this is a “Fun Run” after all! The Salmon Creek at Sunset 6k or 12 k Fun Run on August 22, begins as the sun sets along the Salmon Creek Trail, and ends with an “after party” with music, snacks and cold beer from Billygans Roadhouse and Applebee’s in Salmon Creek! Now that’s worth running for!

The race will start/finish in between Billygan’s and Applebee’s in Salmon Creek.  There will be a “Kids Zone” available, where kids can stay and play, and enjoy their own “fun run”, while you enjoy your run.

Proceeds from this event will go towards tuition and travel expenses for Southwest Washington Girls Basketball players at Pure Advantage Basketball Academy. “Pure Advantage Basketball Academy- it is not a charity it is an organization that currently has 12 youth basketball teams at many levels from 5th grade community youth to 11th grade elite tournament traveling teams. Players receive professional instruction and have the chance to travel nationally to participate in NCAA sanctioned events. 100 percent of all proceeds will go towards tuition assistance, travel expenses, gym space, camps and tournaments.”

Visit Salmon Creek Sunset Run at Energy Events for more information about this event, including registration.

Tags: Activities, Applebee's, Billygans Roadhouse, Events, Family, Fun Run, Pure Advantage Basketball Academy, Salmon Creek, Salmon Creek Trail

Got Sports?

Get Physical.

Physicals are required for middle and high school students who plan on participating in intramural sports, band, or cheer. Free sports physicals are available for all Vancouver Public School students. No appointment is necessary (except at the Free Clinic of SW Washington). Students may be accompanied by a parent, or download the parent permission form.

August 10 – Hudson’s Bay
August 12 – Skyview
August 16– Fort Vancouver
August 21 – Free Clinic of SW Washington (call 313-1044 for appt)

Grades 9-12 from 1:30 – 2:30; grades 6-8 from 2:30 to 3:30; all grades from 3:30 to 4:30. These times are applicable for all locations.

Now, go get physical!

Tags: Kids, Physicals, School, Sports, Vancouver Public Schools

Kids Soccer Camp

Kickin’ It at Salmon Creek School

Crossway Church in Salmon Creek is offering a Kids Summer Soccer Camp at Salmon Creek School Wednesday, July 21 through Friday, July 23 for boys and girls in grades First through Fifth. Activities will include ball handling, dribbling, shooting, passing and a game; and go home with a commemorative T-shirt.

For more information, including registration, visit Crossway Church or call Brad at 360-828-1663.

Tags: Activities, Camp, Crossway Church, Kids, Salmon Creek, Soccer, Sports

Bowling for Free is Right Up My Alley

Kids Bowl for Free at Hazel Dell Lanes.

When it comes to youth sports in Clark County, there are a lot of choices out there: Baseball, Soccer, Football, Swimming, Karate, Basketball, and the list goes on. Have you ever considered signing your kids up for Bowling?

With bowling, you don’t have to worry about the weather (too hot, too cold, rainy, bugs, etc…), there are no up front equipment purchases, and, unlike other sports, physical size, shape, or age doesn’t matter.

This summer, Husted’s Hazel Dell Lanes is participating in the Kids Bowl Free program, and is a great opportunity to let your kids try out the sport of bowling for free! I know, what’s the catch? (That’s what I thought). So I visited Hazel Dell Lanes, and they said, sure enough, it’s a kids bowl free summer!

Here’s how it works: Go to www.KidsBowlFree.com/HazelDellLanes. Register each child that will be bowling, and the passes are emailed to you each week. Up to two games, every day, all summer long! There is also an option to purchase a family pass for $24.95 which allows four adults two free games of bowling every day.

Visit Hazel Dell Lanes on the web for more information about this and other specials they currently offer.

Tags: Activities, Bowling, Entertainment, Free, Fun, Hazel Dell, Kids, Sports, Youth

Second Annual Skyview Girls Soccer Camp

“A Tradition in Excellence.”

The Skyview Girls Soccer Team will be having their Second Annual Skyview Storm Soccer Camp August 10-12, 2010 from 9-11:30 am at Skyview High School. This camp is geared for girls entering the First through Seventh Grade for the 2010-2011 school year.

“Current and former Skyview players will be coaching and running the camp.  Players will receive both individual and team instruction appropriate to their age level.  Skyview instructors will guide the players through small-sided games and activities, as well as individual and team competitions.  The goal of this camp is to improve the girls soccer skills while making new friends and having a great time. “

The girls I know who attended this camp last year had a great time, learned some new skills, got a cool T-shirt, and just enjoyed hanging out with the High School players; who, by the way, were great role models for our young girls.

The cost is $55 per attendee ($45 for each additional attendee in the same family). If you are interested in registering, or for more information, visit the Skyview Soccer website.

GO STORM!

TOP Soccer Coming to Salmon Creek

Soccer Program for our Differently-abled Players.

TOP Soccer has come to Salmon Creek! This is an amazing program that allows for mentally or physically challenged kids of all ages to play soccer. Created by US Youth Soccer and administered by Washington State Youth Soccer Association it uses a system of buddies and coaches to allow access to the soccer field for everyone. Players are divided into teams based on ability not age.

I had the pleasure of talking with Beverly Estes, who is the Program Coordinator with Salmon Creek Soccer, and she is just overflowing with enthusiasm for this exciting program. The Parent Meeting will be August 1st (time/place still to be determined).  Here is some insight into TOP Soccer at Salmon Creek, and Beverly says feel free to give her a call for more information (contact information and link at bottom of page).

“By using a combination of special equipment, an assisting buddy on the field, and creative coaching techniques the program can put any player on the field. Let’s use two extremes for examples. Autism for our mental disability and a wheelchair user for the physical challenge.

We’ll start with autism. It can come in a wide range of severities but for our purposes I will focus on two issues, focus on the task at hand and distractions that might cause the player to wander off. During practices and games this player’s buddy will perform a couple roles. By just being glued to one player, our buddy will ensure the safety of the player and ensure that he/she doesn’t wander off, distracted by that golden retriever on the walking trail. Many autistic kids have difficulty staying focused so the buddy will work with parents and the coach to find the best methods of redirecting the players attention to the game and the goal of moving the ball downfield. In this particular example the buddy will probably also have learned from the parents what signals to watch for indicating that he/she has just had enough and it’s time to quit for the day. When it stops being fun it’s time to stop.

For our other example, I am going to make the assumption that the player in the wheelchair has some upper body and hand mobility. We have this totally cool tool that looks like a giant pingpong paddle stuck on the end of a stick. It’s made of lightweight plastic and allows a player in a wheelchair to whack the ball instead of kicking it. In this particular case the buddy’s biggest job is to push the wheelchair in the direction the player wants to go leaving the player’s hands free. Keep in mind that these are generalities and the amount of assistance needed will be tailored to real kids, the ones that are playing in our program.

We have a number of options available to us when games begin. If we have enough kids, they will play each other. We also have access to the rec teams who can play us. We would pick age groups whose ball handling skills match those of the players in our program. There is an established program in Camas-Washougal that has the same season as us. If skill levels match, they have expressed an interest in playing Salmon Creek sometime during the season.

Also exciting is the offer made by Salmon Creek Indoor Soccer Arena. The weather quite often turns nasty and it gets dark earlier during the second half of the rec season. The indoor arena said we can use their facility during that time. This way the players get to enjoy playing outside while it’s nice and when wet dark fields become a safety/comfort issue we get to move inside.

Coaches get special training from the state that will help us ensure that each and every player has a fabulous time. In turn we will then train buddies to help the kids in any way possible. Buddies can come from a number of places. Quite often older soccer player find it fun to share their sport and choose to buddy as their game schedule permits. Community members make great role models for every one involved and I guarantee it will be fun. Sometimes players have friends from school or a family member who wants to be a buddy, that’s awesome, it’s an opportunity to do something cool together.

The nitty gritty starts here. All buddies must have a Risk Management (RMA) number. You get that by registering on the website, which will be listed below. After you create a new member account, log in, pick register as a coach or buddy link. There is a pick a program page so scroll all the way down to the S’s and find Salmon Creek. You will also have to fill in the online form where they ask for your life story. OK, I’m exagerating it’s not that bad.

Parents, you will go to the same link, same new account creation, log in, then pick player not coach, find our program and sign up. I haven’t seen how long your page is but I think you get a bunch of boxes to fill in too. Now, when you register you will not be charged for player fees or insurance. Those are provided free of charge by WSYSA. We are asking parent’s to pay $30 at the parent meeting. We will be using it to buy shirts and awards. If you have financial need that would make paying the fee a serius hardship, please contact me for a scholarship application. Scholarships require volunteer time working with the program.

August 1st is the big day. Parents, coaches, buddies will get together, assign practice/game days and what field. The time and place will be determined by how many people are expected so watch your email the week before for notification. Sept. 11th, is the kickoff week. We will play 8 regular season games, depending on program numbers I may figure out some way to finish with a bang…mini tourny maybe. Don’t know, I’ll think on it.”

Contact Information: Beverly Estes, Program Coordinator – (360) 270-7122. To register, click to visit Salmon Creek Soccer website.

Tags: Disability, Kids, Salmon Creek, SCSC, Soccer, Sports, TOP Soccer

Salmon Creek Soccer Club Premier Tryouts Starting Now

Get Your Kicks In.

A reminder that Salmon Creek Soccer Club Premier Tryouts are now underway for Select Age Groups. If you have children, friends or family that are interested in trying out or would like to participate in a tryout to see what its like, bring them out to Felida Park!

You may Pre-Register online or register in person at Felida Park. Premier Tryouts cost $10. Please arrive 15-30 minutes early to check in each day.

See the SalmonCreekSoccer site for contact information as dates for different age groups vary.

Tags: Soccer, Tryouts

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