[naviga:h3]Butler’s Beveridge in Boston event[/naviga:h3]

BUTLER TWP — Butler High School senior distance runner Noah Beveridge has been invited to compete in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix Junior Mile Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.

This is an elite field by invitation only. Beveridge is one of four Pennsylvania high school runners invited.

Among the high school field are Millrose Games high school mile champion Josh Hoey, Penn Relays high school mile champion Dalton Hengst and New Balance National Outdoor high school mile champion Cole Johnson.

[naviga:h3]SRU lacrosse picked 6th[/naviga:h3]

SLIPPERY ROCK — The Slippery Rock University women’s lacrosse team is picked to finish tied for sixth this spring in the PSAC preseason coaches poll.

SRU is coming off a program-record 12-win season and has a new head coach in Kelsey Van Alstyne.

East Stroudsburg is the overwhelming favorite to win the league, followed by Mercyhurst and West Chester.

[naviga:h3]Nava, Bucs finalize contract[/naviga:h3]

PITTSBURGH — Outfielder Daniel Nava has finalized a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and will report to major league spring training.

Now 34, Nava batted .301 with eight doubles, four homers and 21 RBIs in 80 games for Philadelphia last year. He has a .266 average with 29 homers and 206 RBIs for Boston (2010-15), Tampa Bay (2015), the Los Angeles Angels (2016), Kansas City (2016) and the Phillies.

[naviga:h3]2 tied for lead at Pebble Beach[/naviga:h3]

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Dustin Johnson apparently has an issue with the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula only when the weather is ugly. Under a gorgeous sky Friday, the world’s No. 1 player shot a 7-under 64 and shared the 36-hole lead with Beau Hossler in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Johnson opened with three straight birdies, including a 9-iron on the par-3 11th. The weather was so foul last year that he hit 4-iron. He heads over to Pebble Beach for the final two rounds as he tries to win his second straight PGA Tour event.

Hossler played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 67. They were at 12-under par.