La Crosse Tribune Sports News

MONACO (AP) — Andy Murray advanced to the semifinals of the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-0 Friday.

Troy Fumagalli caught a team-high seven passes during team and 7-on-7 drills Thursday.

Garcia strikes out 13 in a complete-game 7-0 win Thursday at Busch Stadium.

UW will play at Creighton in the Gavitt Games in the 2016-17 season.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The son of three-time Formula One champion Jack Brabham will serve at least six months in prison after being found guilty of the rape and indecent treatment of a young girl.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Pavelski circled out from behind the net while holding off Anze Kopitar, and the San Jose captain slipped the tiebreaking goal past Jonathan Quick.

The NBA playoffs start this weekend, and there's no shortage of story lines worth following. Here's a list of 10 to get you started:

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Chris Beard has met with Texas Tech about its coaching vacancy, less than two weeks after being named UNLV's coach.

DALLAS (AP) — Jason Spezza was skating up the right side in his first playoff game with the Dallas Stars when he faked a slap shot.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton set the early pace at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday with the fastest times in a start-and-stop practice session beset by a number of tire problems.

GREEN BAY — Only once in the last 95 years have the Green Bay Packers started the regular season with back-to-back road games.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rougned Odor had a tiebreaking two-run double as part of a Texas rally that preserved a career-best nine-game winning streak for ace Cole Hamels.

A big part of playing junior hockey — some say the biggest — is pushing physical and mental development to the point where the NCAA Division I coaches take a first look, then a second.

BASEBALL

It was a bleak start for the Logan High School baseball team on Thursday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Hammel pitched six scoreless innings, drove home one run and scored another to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night for their best start since 1969.

Emmie Davis played a key role as a junior on a Holmen High School volleyball team filled with seniors last fall.

The Central High School baseball team has had some hiccups in first-year coach Joe Branson’s first season as coach. Thursday, however, the Red Raiders didn’t skip a beat in rolling past MVC foe Sparta at Copeland Park.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into the locker room at the first intermission, the Washington Capitals had no goals but all the momentum.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Whenever the New York Islanders got behind, they fought their way out of trouble.