Cross country teams face off.

Byline: The Register-Guard

PORTLAND - Alan Webb will try to defend his title at the USATF National Club Cross Country Championships today at Portland Meadows.

REGIONAL ROUNDUP

The Rochester, Mich., based Hanson's/Brooks Distance Project team has won the past three men's national club titles, and the Palo Alto, Calif., Nike Farm Team has the past three women's crowns.

The meet will include more than 900 competitors and 60 clubs, including Eugene-based Team XO and Team Eugene.

Webb beat Daniel Lincoln by three-tenths of a second over the 10,000-meter course last year, and Missy Buttry of Waverly, Iowa, will defend her women's title, clocking 19 minutes, 59.9 seconds over the 6,000-meter course.

The meet begins with a boys team race at 9:30 a.m., with the girls race at 10:30. The open and master's women's races begin at 11:45 a.m., the open men at 12:30 p.m. and the master's men at 1:15 p.m.

NCC drops close one

to George Fox

PORTLAND - Aaron Schmick scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and George Fox rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Northwest Christian College 65-62 in a men's basketball game on Friday night.

Matt Simonson scored 18 points and Josh Harbert added 16 to lead the Beacons (4-5), who shot 50 percent from the field in taking a 29-22 halftime lead.

LCC women rout Everett in tourney opener

EVERETT, Wash. - The Lane Community College women's basketball team advanced to the semifinals at the Everett Tournament with a 101-40 rout of South Puget Sound.

The Titans (3-0) had seven players score in double figures, led by Ashley Sequeira, who recorded 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Cora McVey added 14 points and nine rebounds, and Kelly Griner had 11 points and eight assists.

Lane took a 53-8 lead into the break. The Titans will play Everett in a semifinal game today at 6 p.m.

Marist shortstop signs

to play at Oregon State

CORVALLIS - Marist shortstop Mike McCormick was among eight players who signed letters of intent to play baseball at Oregon State next season.

McCormick, a first-team all-state player and Sky-Em League co-player of the year, batted .607 with eight home runs and 31 runs batted in for the Spartans last season.

The Beavers also signed Brian Budrow of Glendale, Ariz.; Bryn Card of Klamath Falls; Mark Grbavac of Portland; Koa Kahalehoe of Las Vegas; Allen Langdon of Garden City, Idaho; Alex Sogard or Phoenix, Ariz.; and Shane Sullivan of Olympia.

OSU's Eads places twice at U.S. Open swimming

SAN ANTONIO - Oregon State's Courtney Eads finished 28th in the 200-yard freestyle and 29th in the 100 butterfly to lead the Beavers at the U.S. Open women's swimming meet on Friday.

Eads finished in 2:07.64 in the 200 freestyle and finished the 100 butterfly in 1:04.75.

Southern Oregon falls in NAIA volleyball tourney

SAN DIEGO - Former Sheldon High standout Jaclyn Hamilton-Smith had 14 digs, but Southern Oregon's volleyball season ended with a 30-27, 30-26, 24-30, 30-28 loss to Concordia (Calif.) in pool play at the NAIA Championships on Friday.