Pa. Boys: Lower Moreland blanks Masterman, 5-0, in tennis
Lower Moreland started down the road in defense of its PIAA Class AA team tennis championship by beating District 12 champion Masterman, 5-0, in an opening-round match at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center in Manayunk yesterday.
Lower Moreland
started down the road in defense of its PIAA Class AA team tennis championship by beating District 12 champion
Masterman
, 5-0, in an opening-round match at the Arthur Ashe Tennis Center in Manayunk yesterday.
Defending Class AA state singles champion Taylor Cohen paced the Lions at No. 1 singles with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kenny Green.
Lower Moreland, the District 1 champion, will meet the winner of the
Loyalsock-Scranton Prep
match in a quarterfinal match on Friday at Hershey Racquet Club at 9:30 a.m.
PIAA Class AAA.
Courtney Scott came through with a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles and sparked
Lower Merion
to a 4-1 win over
Wilson-West Lawn
, the No. 3 seed from District 3, at Perkiomen Valley.
The Aces will take on either
Clearfield
or
State College
in a quarterfinal match at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday at 2 p.m.
Radnor
got a 6-2, 6-2 win from Francesco Grimaldi at No. 3 singles and the Red Raiders eased past District 2 champion
Abington Heights
, 5-0, at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre.
Radnor, the No. 3 seed from District 1, will meet either
Allderdice
or
Upper St. Clair
in a quarterfinal match at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
District 1 runner-up
Great Valley
got a 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 win from Warren Holmes and Tyler Hannig and dropped District 12 champion
Central
, 5-0, at Arthur Ashe.
The Patriots will meet either
Parkland
or
Hempfield
in a quarterfinal match on Friday at the Hershey Racquet Club at 5 p.m.
Council Rock North
, the No. 4 seed from District 1, traveled to ELCO and dropped District 3 champion
Central York
, 4-1.
Evan Cunningham and Brian Shackleford picked up a tough win at No. 1 doubles, beating Neil Leshinsky and Adrian Takin, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6.
The Indians will play either
Erie McDowell
or
Shady Side Academy
in a quarterfinal game at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday at 3:30.
Baseball
The Bicentennial League ended the regular season in a three-way tie after
New Hope-Solebury
and
Lower Moreland
knocked off the top two teams in the league.
New Hope-Solebury got a two-run homer from Paul Bako and five hits from Matt Maiorelli and beat
Christopher Dock
, 12-3, to pull into a tie with the Pioneers and Holy Ghost Prep.
Jerry Dougherty struck out 11 and held
Holy Ghost Prep
to three hits as
Lower Moreland
beat the visiting Firebirds, 3-2.
Brad Saitta singled and scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a single by Mike Grimaldi.
Catholic Blue.
Andrew Luskin and Bill Stanley combined for a five-inning no-hitter and led
Archbishop Carroll
past host
West Catholic
, 10-0.
Luskin pitched the first three innings and earned the win after striking out two and walking two. Stanley finished up with four strikeouts and no walks.
Inter-Ac.
Chris Gosik hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning for
Malvern Prep
and the Friars clinched a tie for the league title with a 13-1 win over visiting
Episcopal Academy
.
Suburban One American.
Chris Connor belted a pair of home runs and helped
Methacton
beat host
Springfield (Montgomery County)
, 12-1, to clinch the league title.
Lacrosse
Rob Fitzpatrick scored the game-winning goal with 11 minutes, 38 seconds left in the third quarter and
Episcopal Academy
held off visiting
Penn Charter
, 5-4, in an Inter-Ac League game.
John Gormley added a hat trick and Quakers' goalie Matthew Lerman stopped nine shots in the final quarter.