The WIAA has proposed a plan that would drastically change the face of high school football in the state of Wisconsin. The plan would get rid of the traditional conferences for football and replace them with 8 team districts based on enrollments in 7 divisions. After one non-district game, the teams would face the other seven district teams for an 8 game regular season. The top four teams in each district regardless of record would advance to the post season, while the bottom four teams would be matched up for 9th game against other non-playoff teams from other districts. The WIAA said in its proposal that this plan could be in place after the January 2010 Board of Control meeting. But it will be first discussed in Area Meetings this fall and the plan may never happen at all.
Day 3: State Amateur
We have a tie at the top o f the leaderboard at the 108th Wisconsin State Amateur Golf Tournament heading into today’s fourth and final round at Merrill Hills in Waukesha. University of Wisconsin golfers Jordan Elsen and Tyler Obermueller share a one shot lead at -2 for the event. Mark Bemowski of Mukwonago is a shot back.
Johnson signs with Pack
The Packers signed 5th round pick Quinn Johnson to a deal on Wednesday. Johnson was considered the best fullback in this past springs draft coming out of LSU. He is expected to challenge Kory Hall and John Kuhn for the starting spot in the Packers backfield.
First round picks BJ Raji and Clay Matthews are the only unsigned players left from last springs’ draft. Training Camp opens August 1st.
Walk off loss for crew
Brandon Moss hit a walkoff home run off in the bottom of the 9th giving Pittsburgh an 8-7 win at PNC Park Wednesday afternoon. Moss’ big blow came off of Mitch Stetter. Ryan Braun and Casey McGhee both hit homers in a losing effort. Braun was 2×5 with a double and 4 total RBI to go along with his homer.
The Pirates hit five total homers in the game including a pair for Ryan Doumit. Stetter took the loss while Matt Capps was the winner. Starter Jeff Suppan gave up five runs on seven hits in just 3 and a third inningsof work.
The Crew takes Thursday off before opening up a three game series with Atlanta on Friday night at Miller Park.
Lawsuit filed against Domestic Partnerships
Wisconsin's domestic partner registry for same-sex couples is facing a legal challenge.
A lawsuit filed by Wisconsin Family Action claims the registry violates a Constitutional ban on gay marriage, which was approved by voters in 2006.
The group is being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund in the lawsuit. Attorney Brian Raum says the domestic partnership law challenges the will of Wisconsin voters, who passed a clear Constitutional amendment defining marriage and preventing any similar legal status.
Supporters of the registry say it does not violate the ban because it only provides a handful of the rights that a marriage would. Raum says even if the "bundle of rights" is not exactly the same as those granted by marriage, they still believe it's unconstitutional.
The lawsuit has been filed directly with the state Supreme Court, which Raum hopes will result in quick action. However, it's not expected to prevent same sex couples from being able to register domestic partnerships starting on August 3rd.
