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Tues. Pa. boys' roundup: La Salle nets Catholic championship

La Salle rode the strong play of its second and third singles players to capture its sixth straight Catholic League tennis title with a 3-2 win over St. Joseph's Prep on Tuesday afternoon at La Salle University.

La Salle rode the strong play of its second and third singles players to capture its sixth straight Catholic League tennis title with a 3-2 win over St. Joseph's Prep on Tuesday afternoon at La Salle University.

Pete DeWitt topped Prep's Griffin Mulvey-Hudson at second singles, 6-1, 6-1. At third singles, La Salle's R.J. Napolitano downed Luke Schlegel, 6-0, 6-0. The Explorers received their third win as Mike O'Connor teamed with John Neufeld at first doubles to top Jack Roccato and Andrew Rivers, 6-0, 6-0.

New England Invitational. Freshman Benjamin Lieb captured the third singles title and Haverford School finished second among 16 teams at Sunday's tournament in Owings, Md.

Lacrosse

Calvin Hopkins scored with 3 minutes, 37 seconds left in regulation to keep Pennsbury undefeated in Suburban One League National Conference play, as the Falcons topped visiting Abington, 8-7.

With the win, Pennsbury (13-1 overall, 8-0 division) clinched at least a share of the conference title. Drew Sweetland secured the victory with 22 saves, and Luke Matthews scored three times.

Pioneer. Zach Monzo scored his 100th career goal, and host Spring-Ford downed Methacton, 10-4. The senior attackman finished with five goals. Paul Major also scored five times.

Tri-County. John Hoffman scored his third goal with 8 minutes left to give Kimberton Waldorf a two-goal lead en route to a 7-6 win at Del-Val Friends. Senior attack Jaz Katz scored three goals and had four assists.

Inter-Ac. Reid Weber scored four times and Jake Adoni recorded 14 saves as host Germantown Academy edged Penn Charter, 7-6. Bill Oppenheimer added two assists.

Friends. Sophomore Brett Heffelfinger recorded 15 saves to help George School top visiting Friends' Central, 8-6.

Baseball

Matt Greskoff tripled to tie the game in the seventh and then scored the winning run on an error as host Malvern Prep downed Chestnut Hill, 7-6, in an Inter-Ac League game. Greskoff finished with two runs scored and a stolen base, and Nick Bateman was 2 for 3 with a triple and a run scored.

Catholic. Dan Furman hit a three-run double in the third, and visiting Monsignor Bonner topped Cardinal O'Hara, 8-6.

Joe Santospago finished 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a home run as Archbishop Wood posted a 8-4 win over visiting Archbishop Ryan. Rich Rosenbaum added three RBIs, two runs scored, and a home run.

Public. George Quinones stroked a double and scored a run as Mariana Bracetti edged visiting Overbrook, 3-2. The Bulldogs scored three times in the first inning.

Bicentennial. John LaPrise went 2 for 4 and scored twice as Devon Prep blanked host New Hope-Solebury, 5-0. The University of Virginia-bound senior hit a solo homer.

Ryan Blough's three-run homer in the third helped Christopher Dock down visiting Holy Ghost Prep, 8-5. Drew Hautzinger and Mike Melendez added a pair of hits.

Nonleague. Matthew Crockett drove two runs with a one-out single in the bottom of the seventh inning, and host Christian Academy walked off with a 9-8 win over Gloucester Christian. Crockett finished with four RBIs.