Bayhawks fall to Lizards, who move into 1st place
The New York Lizards moved past the visiting Chesapeake Bayhawks into first place in Major League Lacrosse with an 18-12 victory Thursday night. The Lizards improved to 8-4 to move percentage points ahead of the Bayhawks, who dropped to 8-5. Paul Rabil (Johns Hopkins) had six goals and two assists to pace the Lizards. Joe Walters (Maryland) led the Bayhawks with two goals and three assists, and Brendan Mundorf (UMBC, Mount Saint Joseph) added three goals and an assist. LAUREL PARK: Olympic gold medalist and world champion skier Bode Miller’s Ravenheart, winner of the 2015 Maryland Juvenile Futurity, is set to make his 3-year-old debut in a 6-furlong allowance Saturday. The Maryland-bred son of Dance With Ravens, based at the Fair Hill Training Center with trainer Francis “Tres” Abbott III, drew post 2 of seven in the main track sprint for 3-yearolds and up with jockey Forest Boyce. MORE HORSE RACING: All set to return to the races, Nyquist will take on five challengers in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in his first start since his only loss in the Preakness more than two months ago. The Kentucky Derby winner is the 6-5 morning-line favorite for Sunday’s 11⁄ mile Haskell over a field that includes Exaggerator, who ended Nyquist’s 8-0 record in the second leg of the Triple Crown. “We’re coming into the race with a lot of optimism,” Nyquist’s trainer, Doug O’Neill, said at Thursday’s postposition draw at the track in Oceanport, N.J. “Hopefully, he brings one of his better races because he will need that to win.” Nyquist breaks from the inside No. 1 post under Mario Gutierrez, while Exaggerator is the 5-2 second choice and leaves from the No. 6 post under Hall of Famer Kent Desormeaux. YOUTH SOCCER: Defending national champion Baltimore Celtic 98-99 lost, 1-0, to Challenger Crew Jrs Gold 98 (Ohio) in an Under-17 boys game on the final day of group play at the US Youth Soccer National Championships in Frisco, Texas, but advanced to the semifinals along with Loudoun 98 Red (Virginia) on a three-way tiebreaker with Challenger, which got an early firsthalf goal from Justin Libertowski on a header. Pipeline Black ( Maryland), which defeated Sporting St. Croix (Minnesota), 2-0, and Seattle United 98 Copa (Washington) advanced out of Group A, with Pipeline set to play Celtic and Loudoun facing Seattle. In U-14 boys, Baltimore Darby 01-02 reached the semifinals with a 2-1 victory over West Pines United Carrillo (Florida). In U-18 girls, MD United Coyotes routed Tennessee SC 16, 3-0. NFL: The Washington Redskins placed wide receiver Josh Doctson, their first-round draft pick, on the physically-unable-to-perform list with a sore left Achilles tendon that has bothered him since May. ... Chicago Bears outside linebacker Pernell McPhee, a former Raven, began training camp on the PUP as he works back from offseason arthroscopic left knee surgery. NBA: The Washington Wizards re-signed reserve shooting guard Marcus Thornton, 29, who averaged 8.4 points and 2.5 rebounds in 16 minutes per game in 14 contests last season after being signed as a free agent March 9. GOLF: Southern Maryland friends Mark Cusic and Tracy Vallandingham, both from California, posted par-matching 71s to share the championship of the 14th Public Links tournament sponsored and conducted by the Maryland State Golf Association at Greystone Golf Course in northern Baltimore County. There was no playoff, and a second weather delay forced cancellation of a scheduled second round in advance of a storm front. —