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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.

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.

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