May 16, 2012

It doesn't seem to end

Much of southern Wisconsin is under a flash flood watch through Saturday as another round of storms heads this way.

National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Collar says we can expect more heavy rain and straight line damaging winds that could reach seventy-miles and hour or higher late today and tonight.

The storms will hit an area that was inundated with rain Wednesday night causing flash flooding across the southern tier of states from the Mississippi to Lake Michigan.

Several roads were closed in Kenosha County where the Fox River has already flooded several areas. Hopefully, Collar says, today's storms will be fast movers and won't dump as much rain.

When will it end? Collar says it still looks as if Saturday and Sunday will be days to dry out but until then it will be "a rough go of it."

AUDIO: Jim Dick reports ( 1:00 MP3 )

Final day at State Golf Open

Two-time state champion Jim Schuman has a 3-stroke midway through the final round of the Wisconsin State Golf Open at Blackwolf Run before play was suspended.

Milwaukee's Mike Johnston led after the third round before Schuman took the lead midway through the final round. 

Schuman has a sizeable lead, but if the final round can't be completed today, then the title would be handed to the person holding the lead after three rounds, which would be Johnston.

 

Donovan gets gig as Badger quarterback

Tyler Donovan Tyler Donovan will start the season in Madison as the Wisconsin Badgers starting quarterback.  Coach Bret Bielema came out with his new depth chart and had Donovan listed number-one in front of junior Allan Evridge.

Donovan led the Badgers to wins at Iowa and against Buffalo last season, filling in when starter John Stocco went down with injury. 

Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said it was a tight battle and difficult one to call.

 

Listen / Download – Bret Bielema says the decision was tough choice. :15

Former Buck, Lister gets coaching gig in Atlanta

The NBA's Atlanta Hawks have hired Alton Lister as an assistant coach and reassigned two assistants to new duties.

Hawks coach Mike Woodson has hired former Bucks top pick Alton Lister.

Lister played 16-seasons in the NBA, getting his start in Milwaukee as the Bucks top pick in 1981.  He also had stints in Seattle, Golden State, Boston and Portland.

Lister joins the Hawks staff after seven years as coach at Mesa Community College in Arizona.

 

Brewers end Webb's streak, but fall to D-Backs

Brandon Webb's scoreless innings streak ended at 42 last night, when Prince Fielder singled home a run in the first against the Arizona Diamondbacks.  But Arizona won the game, 3-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers as Webb improved to 14-8.  He fell 17 innings shy of Orel Hershiser's major league record of 59 straight shutout innings in 1988.

Chris Young hit his 26th homer for Arizona as the Diamondbacks ended a 3-game losing streak.

Milwaukee took the early lead in the first, 1-0 on Fielder's run scoring hit, driving in his 97th run of the season.  But Arizona rebounded in the bottom half when Chris Young led off the inning with a home run.  The Diamondbacks took the lead a couple of batters later when Tony Clark's sacrifice fly drove in Orlando Hudson, who had tripled.

Arizona scored the winning run in the 7th on an rbi ground out by Jeff Cirillo.  The win salvaged the final game of the series after the Brewers won the first two. 

Milwaukee is off today and travels to San Francisco to face the Giants on Friday night.

 

Listen / Download – Jeff Suppan says Brandon Webb's streak was amazing. :16