Baltimore City CC wins region championship

Baltimore City Community College will compete this weekend for a district championship in men’s basketball. The Panthers (20-1) won the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 20 Division I championship with an 84-68 semifinal victory over Harford CConSaturday and an 80-78 championship-game win over Allegany College on Sunday. BCCC will travel to New York City this weekend to face ASA College for the district championship at a time and place to be determined. The winner advances to Hutchinson, Kan., to compete for the NJCAA Division I national title. Freshman Ed Oliver-Hampton led the way against Harford with 26 points and 16 rebounds, while Kevin Holston added 14 points and Malik Marrow (12) and De’Ante Robinson (11) also scored in double figures. In the championship game, Marrow had 29 points and Robinson added 12. This is the third region championship in the past five seasons for coach Terry Maczko’s team. at the NCAA championships: Lena Bless, Courtney Cowan, Kaitlin Jones, Gwynnie LaMastra and Anna Wisniewski. Junior Natalia Rincon is making her third trip to NCAAs while sophomores Sonia Lin, Kristen Petersen and Alison Shapiro are making their second trip. Making their first appearance at the championships are senior Sara Wujciak, sophomore Michelle Wang and freshmen Mikayla Bisignani, Emma McElrath and Amy Pearson. ... The Johns Hopkins men’s swim team will send 13 to the finals. Leading the way for the Blue Jays men are seniors Davis Knox, Emile Kuyl, Kyle Otazu and Mark Wilson, who are making their fourth appearance at the NCAA championships. Seniors Michael Ashmead and Jan Hagemeister and juniors Emile Kuyl, Peter Lazorchak and Michael Wohl are making their third trip to NCAAs. Senior Peter Conzola is making his second appearance, while junior Alex Carson, sophomore Brandon Fabian and freshmen Nat Davenport and Marcelo Lauzurique are all making their first trip. MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Loyola Maryland freshman Kevin Lindley was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Team of the Week after scoring 11 goals in two Greyhounds victories last week. Lindley’s week was capped by a record-setting eight goals and an assist against Holy Cross on Sunday. ... Maryland senior midfielder Connor Kelly is the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, and Terps faceoff specialist Justin Shockey is the Freshman of the Week. WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Maryland senior attacker Megan Whittle was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Terps sophomore defender Lizzie Colson was named Defensive Player of the Week. Johns Hopkins freshman midfielder Shelby Harrison was the Freshman of the Week. ... Senior midfielder Sarah Wendt . (Howard) had career highs of six goals and three assists to lead host Shepherd (2-2) to a 23-12 win over Ursuline on Tuesday. Freshman attacker Regan Brown (Manchester Valley) added four goals and five assists. COLLEGE BASEBALL: Mount St. Mary’s coach Scott Thomson (Westminser) will be inducted into the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame on April 13 at Carroll Community College. ... McDaniel allowed just one hit in a 17-0 victory at Gallaudet. Brad Thaxton threw four no-hit innings for the Green Terror (1-1) with four strikeouts. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bowie State will open its 2018 season on the road at Football Championship Subdivision opponent Wagner on Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. The Bulldogs begin Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association play Sept. 22, making a trip to Raleigh, N.C., to face Saint Augustine’s at 1 p.m. and will make their home debut Sept. 29 against Winston-Salem State at 4 p.m. —

Shubhankar Sharma of India accepted a special invitation to play in the Masters next month. The 21-year-old will be the fourth player from India to play in the major championship. Sharma has two European Tour wins this season and leads the season standings. He tied for ninth last weekend at the WGC Mexico Championship after holding the 54-hole lead.

Aldon Smith turned himself into San Francisco Police and later was released on $30,000 bond after being charged with domestic violence, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, false imprisonment and vandalism. All four charges are misdemeanors. The Raiders released Smith, 28, on Monday. ... The Steelers made it official, placing the exclusive franchise tag on RB Le’Veon Bell for the second straight year. The exclusive designation means that Bell can only negotiate with the Steelers. The tag for Bell is worth $14.544 million for the 2018 season. The Steelers and Bell have until July 16 to agree to a multiyear contract or he will have to play the season on the tag. ... The Rams placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on DB Lamarcus Joyner. The value of the tag is $11.287 million. ... Referee Ed Hochuli retired, the league announced. Hochuli, 67, who started as a back judge in 1990, will serve as an independent consultant to the league.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Casemiro scored as Real Madrid beat 10-man Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 in Paris to advance to the Champions League quarterfinals 5-2 on aggregate. Liverpool also moved on, securing a 5-0 aggregate victory over Porto.