BOWLING

Dick Allen of Columbia, South Carolina, won his fifth career Pro Bowlers Association title Wednesday in the Port Property Management Xtra Frame Maine Shootout at Bayside Bowl.

Allen, 39, defeated John Furey, 39, of Howell, New Jersey, in the best-of-three title match – 269-226 and 247-235.

After an open first frame, Allen ran off a string of strikes to take the lead into the final two frames. Furey had a chance to win if he could throw two strikes and a good count in his 10th frame, but he left the 3-6-10 on his first shot in the 10th.

Allen reached the final by defeating Hall of Famer Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Oxford, Florida, with a 279-247 victory after they split their first two games.

Furey swept Jason Belmonte of Australia in the other semifinal, 254-248 and 244-226.

TENNIS

MONTE CARLO MASTERS: Novak Djokovic and defending champion Rafael Nadal needed a combined 14 match points to reach the third round at Monaco.

After Djokovic finally converted his 10th match point to beat Borna Coric, 7-6 (2) 7-5, Nadal required four match points in a 6-1, 6-3 win against Aljaz Bedene.

SOCCER

GERMAN CUP: Eintracht Frankfurt edged Schalke 1-0 to book its place in the final against Bayern Munich.

Luka Jovic scored with his heel after a corner kick with 15 minutes remaining to send Frankfurt to Germany’s season-ending showpiece in Berlin’s Olympiastadion for the second year in a row. Frankfurt lost to Borussia Dortmund last season.

BOXING

OBIT: Dave Jacobs, a longtime boxing trainer in Maryland who discovered the talent of a young Sugar Ray Leonard and guided him to an Olympic gold medal in 1976, died March 23 at a hospital in Washington. He was 84.

The cause was congestive heart failure, said a daughter, Gwendolyn Davis.

WELTERWEIGHT: Manny Pacquiao hasn’t entirely turned his back on a 16-year working relationship with trainer Freddie Roach.

The eight-division world champion said he will be trained by Restituto “Buboy” Fernandez and Raides “Nonoy” Neri for his fight against Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) for the World Boxing Association welterweight title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 15, but that it was on an experimental basis.

HIGH SCHOOLS

SOFTBALL: Ruby LaChance singled home Molly Bissonneault in the top of the eighth as Sanford went to extra innings to top Deering 12-11 in a mutual season opener in Portland.

Sanford tied the game at 11 with three runs in the seventh.

Grace Curley lashed a homer for Sanford, with Marli Wilson adding two doubles and Tori Lawrence contributing a double and a single.

Megan Dunn rapped a pair of doubles for the Rams. Liz Drelich and Ashleigh Mathisen each singled twice.

BASEBALL: Michael Dougherty hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh, scoring Uriah Thongsophaphone, as Oceanside rallied to beat Maranacook 8-7 in a season opener for both teams in Rockland.

Thongsophaphone tied the game with a two-run double earlier in the inning. Ben Ripley and Titus Kaewthong each had three hits for Oceanside.

Silas Mohlar had three hits, including a double, for Maranacook.

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