PREP SCHOOLS

BOYS’ LACROSSE: Will Reis scored three times for Berwick Academy (0-2) in a 15-4 loss to the Groton School (2-0) at Groton. Mass.

Sam Hereford scored the other goal for the Bulldogs while Brendan Bradley assisted on all three of Reis’ goals.

TENNIS

Family Circle semifinal a Williams’ family affair

Serena Williams dominated Venus Williams 6-1, 6-2 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, S.C., on Saturday — the most one-sided match in the sisters’ long rivalry.

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Serena will play for her second straight tournament title Sunday.

This was the first time since 2009 that the Williams sisters were playing each other in a tournament. Serena has won five straight in their series and leads 14-10.

DAVIS CUP: The United States trails Serbia 2-1 in a quarterfinal in Boise, Idaho, after the top-ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan lost to Serbia’s Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1), 5-7, 4-6, 15-13.

Yuriy Schukin and Andrey Golubev beat Radek Stepanek and Jan Hajek 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-3 in doubles at Astana, Kazakhstan, as Kazakhstan cut the Czech Republic’s quarterfinal lead to 2-1.

GOLF

TEXAS OPEN: Billy Horschel held off an experienced leaderboard to shoot 2-under 70 and take a two-shot lead entering the final round at San Antonio. Horschel is at 10- under overall — two shots ahead of Jim Furyk and Charley Hoffman.

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Rory McIlroy shot a 1-under 71 and is four shots back.

LPGA: Inbee Park opened a three-stroke lead in the Kraft Nabisco Championship, twice hitting to 21/2 feet to set up back-nine birdies in a bogey-free round at Rancho Mirage, Calif. The 24-year-old South Korean shot a 5-under 67.

Lizette Salas, a stroke behind Park entering the round, had a 69 to remain second.

SOCCER

SPAIN: Cesc Fabregas scored a hat trick playing in place of the injured Lionel Messi as Barcelona thrashed Mallorca 5-0 at Barcelona, Spain.

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo went on as a substitute in Real Madrid’s 5-1 victory over Levante.

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FRANCE: Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at Rennes to maintain its march to the French league title.

Jeremy Menez scored a stunning solo goal in the 56th minute for the winning tally as PSG re-established its seven-point lead in the standings.

ENGLAND: Defender Matt Lowton’s winning goal three minutes from time was hailed as “world class” as visiting Aston Villa dragged Stoke into the English Premier League relegation fight with a 3-1 win.

“I don’t think you’ll see a better goal in Europe, let alone Britain,” Villa manager Paul Lambert said.

STEEPLECHASE

GRAND NATIONAL: Auroras Encore, a 66-1 long shot, won the Grand National Steeplechase by nine lengths at Aintree, England, in a race shadowed by a recent history of horse deaths.

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All 40 horses in the world’s most famous jumping race returned unscathed after only 17 finished the 4-1/2-mile course.

Four horses had died in the previous two editions of the grueling event — raising an outcry from animal-rights groups and forcing organizers to soften high fences and improving landing areas.

FOOTBALL

NFL: Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo says up to four NFL players may soon come out as gay, according to a published report.

“I think it will happen sooner than you think,” Ayanbadejo told The Baltimore Sun. “We’re in talks with a handful of players who are considering it.”

BOXING

PRO DEBUT: China’s Zou Shiming won a unanimous decision in his professional debut, dominating all four rounds against Mexico’s Eleazar Valenzuela at Macau.

The high-profile debut of the two-time Olympic gold medalist didn’t disappoint the crowd, which waved flags and cheered for the most successful amateur boxer in Chinese history.

 


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