IN THE NEWS
GOLF
Thursday’s recap
Charley Hoffman posted a bogey-free, 5-under 65 to take the first-round lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. The 47year-old birdied two of his first three holes to get off to a strong start on a day when scoring chances were limited at Colonial Country Club. Hoffman’s round was enough for a one-shot advantage over five golfers tied for second. Brian Harman, Tony Finau, Davis Riley, South Korea’s S.H. Kim and Scotland’s Martin Laird opened with rounds of 4-under 66.
Playing in his first senior event of any kind, Englishman Richard Bland shared the 18-hole lead at a major championship. Bland, a member of LIV Golf, and Australian Richard Green were tied atop the leaderboard at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship after shooting 7-under 65s on Thursday at Harbor Shores Resort in Benton Harbor, Mich. The leaders held a two-shot edge over Steve Stricker, Scott Dunlap, Jeff Schmid, Canadian Mike Weir and South Korea’s K.J. Choi at 5-under 66. Bland joined LIV for its inaugural campaign in 2022, one year after he became the oldest player to win a DP World Tour event at 48. He told reporters on Thursday that he received a Senior PGA Championship invite “out of the blue” last year.
HOCKEY
when Portsmouth Abbey School defeated Austin Prep, 17-1. Brown has coached the Ravens since 2000. He has led eight Portsmouth Abbey teams to lacrosse league championships and was named Coach of the Year by US Lacrosse, the governing body of lacrosse in the United States, in 2010 and 2013. He was also named Eastern Independent League Coach of the Year in 2008, 2011, and 2022. In November 2022, Brown was inducted into the National Interscholastic Lacrosse Coaches Association (NILCA) Hall of Fame. Brown was standout athlete at CW Post College (now Long Island University) and earned All-American honors twice.
SOFTBALL
CCRI eliminated
The Community College of Rhode Island softball team came up short in the second of two losers’-bracket games on Thursday in Chattanooga, Tenn., and were eliminated in the 2024 NJCAA Division III World Series, ending its quest for a national championship. After losing its tournament opener on Wednesday to No. 3 seed SUNY Corning Community College, 3-2, the sixth-seeded Knights rebounded on Thursday afternoon with a 9-8 extra-inning win over No. 7 seed Herkimer. That set the stage for an evening showdown against No. 5 Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute. Trailing by two runs with one out in the bottom of the seventh, the Cobras rallied for three runs — the final two coming with two outs — to escape with an 8-7 win. That ended CCRI’s championship hopes. CCRI closed out tournament play on Friday afternoon in the fifth-place game in a rematch against SUNY Corning.