Bend and Mt. Bachelor ski area will host the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country and Enduro National Championships in 2015 and 2016, according to a press release from Visit Bend.

“Bend has proven time and again to be a spectacular venue for USA Cycling national championship events,” a Thursday press release from USA Cycling stated. “The new trails at Mount Bachelor will provide exciting racing for competitors and spectators alike.”

Bend has hosted USA Cycling’s amateur road, cyclocross, and marathon mountain bike national championships in recent years.

The exploding enduro mountain bike discipline is set to replace Super D at the USA Cycling national championships in 2015, USA Cycling announced on Thursday.

Enduro is a type of mountain bike racing in which downhill sections are timed, and uphill and cross-country sections are included but not timed. The discipline tests riders’ technical bike-handling skills but also includes endurance and climbing.

“Bend’s long-term partnership with USA Cycling has been extremely positive for our community,” Visit Bend chief executive officer Doug La Placa said in a press release.

—Bulletin staff report

Youth tournament Saturday in Bend

The Deschutes County Rocks boxing club will host the Oregon State Silver Gloves Championships on Saturday at Bend’s Midtown Ballroom, 51 N.W. Greenwood Ave.

The tournament is a qualifier for the Silver Gloves Northwest Regional Championships, scheduled for Jan. 3-5 in Ontario.

At the regionals, state champions in each age and weight division from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana will compete to advance to the Silver Gloves Nationals in Independence, Mo., in February.

Seven boxers with the Deschutes County Rocks are scheduled to compete in the state tournament this Saturday, led by defending regional champion Victor Bernabe, a 12-year-old who is currently ranked seventh in the nation in the 80-pound weight division.

Silver Gloves is for boxers ages 8 to 15.

Doors open at the Midtown at 4 p.m., and bouts start at 5 p.m. Cost for spectators is $10 at the door. Children ages 7 and younger will be admitted free. Concessions and raffles will be available at the tournament.

For more information, call Deschutes County Rocks coach Richard Miller at 541-678-2286.

—Bulletin staff report