Pagan, Puerto Rico advance to Pan Am semis
Lima, Peru — India Pagan finished with two points and two rebounds for the Puerto Rican national women's basketball team in a 72-63 victory over Canada on Thursday in the Group A preliminary round at the Pan-Am Games.
Pagan, a former New London High School all-state player and The Day's 2017 All-Area Girls' Basketball Player of the Year, is entering her junior year at Stony Brook University.
Puerto Rico was scheduled to face the United States in the semifinals late Friday night. The winner of that game will play for the gold medal on Saturday and the loser will play in the bronze-medal game.
Tigers fall in extras
• The Brooklyn Cyclones scored in the bottom of the tenth inning to beat the Connecticut Tigers 3-2 Thursday, getting the game-winner on a misplayed sacrifice bunt attempt by Luke Ritter. Eliezer Alfonzo drove in a run with a groundout in the first — his team-leading 16th RBI of the year — and Ryan Kreidler homered in the third to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead. But Brooklyn scored two in the fifth on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Wilmer Reyes to tie things 2-2. The Tigers are 25-27.
Baseball/softball
• Crush Nationals baseball fall workout — Saturday, Aug. 17, 9 a.m.noon, Mitchell College. For players ages 13-18. Contact: pithitting@gmail. com or ctcrushbaseball@yahoo.com
• Jimmy Fund one-pitch softball — Double-elimination tournament at Washington Park in Groton, Sept. 6-8. Men's and women's divisions. Cost is $125. Contact: Glen Graham, (860) 445-7926.
• New London Babe Ruth baseball — Registration being accepted for fall ball at newlondonbaberuth.weebly.com. League is also looking for managers, coaches and volunteers, Contact: Anna, (860) 443-7553.
Basketball
• Inaugural Phillip “Chipper” Jenkins Invitational — Sept. 7-8 and 1415, Recreation Park and Lauter Park in Willimantic. A men's 5-on-5 tournament for players 6-foot-3 and under. Registration fee: $300 (Aug. 23 deadline). Contact: (860) 942-8500 or email colcogimp@aol.com
Triathlon
• Proud to TRI Youth Triathlon — Sept. 7 at Camp Harkness in Waterford, beginning at 8 a.m. Run by recreation departments from New London, Ledyard and Waterford. Cost is $25 per child before Aug. 23, $30 after Aug. 23, $35 day of event and an additional $10 if not a USAT member. Volunteers are needed, including anthem singers, warmup leaders, photographers, cyclists and course guides. Contact: (860) 447-5230.