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Badgers advance to 11th Frozen Four

March 28, 2010 By

John Mitchell scored a pair of goals to lead the Wisconsin Badger Hockey team to a 5-3 win over St. Cloud State in the West Regional Final in St. Paul, Minnesota on Saturday night.

The Badgers (27-10-4) will face East Regional Champion Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the national semifinals on April 8 at Ford Field in Detroit.

Mitchell, Blake Geoffrion and Jake Gardner scored first period goals for the Badgers.  Aaron Bendickson also scored for Wisconsin and Scott Gudmandson made 26 saves for the Badgers, who are making their first Frozen Four appearance since winning the 2006 title at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.  [Read more...]

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Pius wins first WIAA girls basketball title

March 28, 2010 By

Milwaukee Pius captured its first WIAA Girls State basketball championship by knocking off DePere 34-23 in the Division 1  title game on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.

Pius held DePere to just 10 points in the second half and the Redbirds 23 total points goes down as the lowest ever in a state title game in any division.  DePere shot just 26% for the game and 1 for 16 on 3′s.

The Lady Popes wrap up the season with a 26-2 record.  DePere ends with the same 26-2 mark. [Read more...]

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Bucks get run over by hungry Heat

March 27, 2010 By

The Milwaukee Bucks entered last night’s game against Miami short-handed and left the game even more short-handed.  They played without center Andrew Bogut (mid-back strain) and forward Ersan Ilyasova (flu).  Then they lost forward Carlos Delfino, who left the game in the second quarter after he fell and his head was stepped on. 

The result, an 87-74 loss to the Heat at the Bradley Center.  That’s two straight home losses for the Bucks. [Read more...]

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Day 2 action at WIAA Girls State Basketball Tournament

March 27, 2010 By

In division 1 semifinal action at the Kohl Center, Milwaukee Pius XI beat Milwaukee Vincent 63-58 to advance to tonight’s division 1 championship game against DePere.  DePere advanced to the title game earlier by beating Wausau West 53-36 in the other semifinal.

In division 2, Winneconne advanced to the championship game with a 31-30 win over Monroe.  The Wolves will face New Berlin Eisenhower in tonight’s division 2 title game.  Eisenhower beat Altoona 40-38 in the other semifinal.

In Division 3, powerhouse Cuba City rolled past Brillion 56-40 in the semifinals and will face Oostburg in today’s division 3 title game.  Oostburg beat Osseo-Fairchild 64-43.

The Division 4 semi-finals were played on Thursday.  The winners, Newman Catholic and Black Hawk will square off in the championship game today at 12:05pm.

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Badgers move step closer to Frozen Four

March 27, 2010 By

Blake GeoffrionSenior forward Blake Geoffrion scored the game-winning power play goal with 44 seconds left in the second period as the Wisconsin Badger men’s hockey team knocked off Vermont 3-2 in the first round of the NCAAMen’s Ice Hockey West Regional at the Xcel Energy Center on Friday night.

The top-seeded Badgers (26-10-4) advance to face No. 2-seed St. Cloud State in Saturday’s West Regional final with a trip to the 2010 Frozen Four on the line.  Wisconsin continues its pursuit of a seventh NCAA championship and looks to make its first Frozen Four appearance since winning the NCAA title in 2006. [Read more...]

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