Dan Curts of Ellsworth set an all-time Maine high school best in the 2-mile while finishing ninth Saturday at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle.

Curts’ time of 9:00.18 beat the previous mark of 9:02.72 set by South Portland’s Eric Giddings at the 2005 Nike outdoor national championships. Curts also holds the indoor record: 9:07.24.

GOLF

PGA: Ryan Moore had an eagle and two birdies in a bogey-free 4-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Aaron Baddeley in the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn. Moore had a 13-under 197 total.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: Tom Lehman opened a three-stroke lead in the Encompass Championship, shooting a bogey-free 6-under 66 for a 13-under 131 at Glenview, Illinois, before play was suspended because of a thunderstorm.

EUROPEAN TOUR: Finland’s Mikko Ilonen birdied the final hole for a 2-under 69 and a one-stroke lead over England’s Danny Willett, who shot a course-record 63, at the Irish Open in Cork. Ilonen was at 12-under 201 after three rounds.

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BASEBALL

NECBL: Colton Bottomly hit a go-ahead three-run double to spark a five-run 10th for the Laconia Muskrats (4-8) in a 10-5 win over the host Sanford Mainers (4-7).

FCBL: The Worcester Bravehearts (12-4) scored 10 runs in the first and cruised to 19-1 win over the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide (4-10) at Worcester, Massachusetts.

COLLEGES

BASEBALL: Robbie Coman’s two-run single gave Virginia the lead, and Josh Sborz and two relievers held Mississippi to six hits in a 4-1 win that sent the Cavaliers to the College World Series finals.

TENNIS

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TOPSHELF OPEN: Coco Vandeweghe of the United States won her first WTA title, beating China’s Jie Zheng 6-2, 6-4 at the grass-court event in Den Bosch, Netherlands.

AEGON CHAMPIONSHIPS: Madison Keys, a 19-year-old American, claimed her first career title by defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 at Eastbourne, England.

HOCKEY

NHL: The Florida Panthers hired Gerard Gallant as head coach. Gallant spent parts of three seasons as coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2003 through 2007 and was an assistant with the Montreal Canadiens the last two seasons.

SOCCER

SOLO ARRESTED: U.S. goalie Hope Solo was arrested at a suburban Seattle home early Saturday on suspicion of assaulting her sister and 17-year-old nephew, police said.

Officers responded to the sister’s home just before 1 a.m. after receiving a 911 call that a woman was hitting people and that she refused to stop or leave, the Kirkland Police Department said in a news release.

– From staff and news services


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