Kyle Dixon (Archbishop Spalding) and Drew Westervelt (John Carroll) scored two goals apiece, and the U.S. men's national team coasted to a 19-5 victory over Japan in its pool-play finale at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championships in Manchester, England. Mike Leveille led the team with three goals and five points, while goalkeeper Adam Fullerton made nine saves in three quarters in relief of Brian Dougherty (Maryland). The Americans, who finished 4-1 in the Blue Division, will receive a bye to the medal round, where they could meet Japan again in Thursday's semifinal.
Racing commission officially cancels Ocean Downs season
Representatives from Ocean Downs met with members of the Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday to finalize the cancellation of the track's harness racing season. Mike Hopkins, executive director of the commission, said the meeting was merely a formality. "They needed to come in and get formal approval from the commission in order to maintain their inter-track status," he said. The racetrack canceled its season because of asbestos-related delays in the construction of a new slot machine casino adjacent to the racing facilities. The casino, which was scheduled to be completed by Memorial Day weekend, is expected to be completed in December.
Men's basketball: Hood has added two transfer students from Frederick Community College's Region XX championship team: Luis Cotto, a 5-foot-7 point guard who played at Tuscarora, and LaVar Rich, a 6-5 post player who attended Northumberland High School in Heathsville, Va.
Field hockey: Lauren Leukhardt was named an assistant coach at Washington College after five years as head coach at Southern-Anne Arundel. She'll specialize in instructing goalies.
Football: Navy senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs and Salisbury junior linebacker Jamey McClendon were two of 112 athletes nominated for the American Football Coaches Association Good Works team.
Castle partners with Emerick to win MSGA pro-am
Jeff Castle (Towson) made a curling six-foot putt on the 18th green to win the pro-am championship of the Maryland State Golf Association with amateur partner Chris Emerick at the Country Club at Woodmore in Mitchellville. The team posted a 7-under 65 to win by a shot over Dirk Schultz-Steve Ligi of Beaver Creek Country Club and Jeff Williams-Rusty Pies of Bethesda Country Club in the 56-team field.
U.S. Junior Amateur Championship: Ben Warnquist of Rockville and Denny McCarthy of Burtonsville qualified for today's first round of match play in Ada, Mich.
U.S. Junior Girls Championship: Maia Schechter of Takoma Park was the lone Marylander to qualify for match play in Pinehurst, N.C. Elyse Smidinger of Crofton and Bryana Nguyen of Columbia failed to make the cut.
—From Sun staff and news services