Briefs
High school baseball
Jordan Hoffman homered and drove in two runs as Belle Vernon routed Charleroi, 11-1, in a non-section game.
Logan Seliga doubled and drove in two for the Leopards. Colby McKeta had a two-run single.
Geno Pelligrini doubled and scored the only run for Charleroi.
Minnesota lands
Pitt guard
Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino says Pittsburgh’s Marcus Carr will join the Gophers.
Pitino announced the transfer on Saturday. The university says the 6-foot-1 Toronto native played one season at Pittsburgh and will have three seasons of college eligibility at Minnesota.
Carr appeared in every game for the Panthers last season, with all but five of those as a starter. He was third on the team in scoring, averaging 10 points and 4.0 assists. Carr also led the team with 20 steals.
Pony baseball
Ace Sporting goods moved its record to 5-2 with a 3-2 victory over Chambers Insurance in Washington Pony League action.
Connor Roberts picked up the win. Chambers Insurance fell to 3-4.
At The Meadows
Parked to the three-eighths, Live Laugh Love still had enough in the tank to score in a stake-fastest 1:54.2 – her third straight victory – in Saturday’s $168,237 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows.
The event for 3-year-old filly trotters, known as the Stenographer, was contested over three divisions, with What A Knockout and Lily Stride taking the other splits. David Miller enjoyed a stake double behind Live Laugh Love and What A Knockout.
Trainer Nifty Norman took the hopples off Live Laugh Love to start her sophomore campaign, a change that triggered her current winning streak.
“She had some soreness problems, and the hopples really weren’t making a difference. This year, she’s been in good shape so far,” Miller said. “Today, they weren’t going much when we were outside. I was looking for a spot to put her in a hole for a while. That’s the first time I’ve put her on front this year, and she held up real well. The fractions weren’t that strong.”
Live Laugh Love held off Nixie Volo by a head, with Courtney Hanover third. Melvin Hartman, David McDuffee and Diamond Creek Racing campaign the daughter of Donato Hanover-Shes Gone Again.
What A Knockout prepped for her PASS opener with a 1:52.4 clocking for Miller in a Meadowlands overnight, beaten only a neck.
“I was surprised she was that sharp off one qualifier,” Miller said. “That was a really good mile for a filly racing her first mile. So I felt pretty confident with her today. I thought if she came back to how she raced at the Meadowlands, she would win today. She has a lot of upside. She’s a big, strong horse, handles herself well and has a little speed. That’s all good.”
In the Stenographer, the daughter of Donato Hanover-Southwind Sofia moved first over from third and looked in complete control, downing the rallying Piranha Fury by 1/2 length in a career-best 1:54.4. Kenziesky Hanover shot the Lightning Lane for show. Marcus Melander trains What A Knockout for Our Horse Cents Stables and J&T Silva Stables.
Lily Stride, the richest filly in the Stenographer with earnings of $260,867 entering the stake, quarter-poled to the top for Tim Tetrick, and the 1-9 favorite had no anxious moments thereafter, prevailing in 1:55.3. Megadolce used the Lightning Lane for second, 2-3/4 lengths back, while early leader Southwind Angelica completed the ticket.