Wisconsin News and Sports
Three conference championships were decided over the weekend in men’s division 3 college baseball.
Illinois-Wesleyan captured the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin by taking two games from Carthage College 7-4 and 5-2 on Sunday.
Ripon College beat Grinnell to win the Midwest Conference title.
Whitewater needed a pair of wins over Stevens Point on Saturday to pull out the WIAC title and got them, 5-3 and 6-2.
The NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals get underway later in the week.
Ken Macha
The Milwaukee Brewers were swept by both Atlanta and Philadelphia, losing all 6-games on their home stand, capped off by a 4-2 setback last night at Miller Park. The Brewers were outscored 51-20 in the 6-home games and fell to 4-14 at home this season. Infielder Casey McGehee said he can’t explain the struggles.
AUDIO: Casey McGehee can’t explain home field woes :13
Cole Hamels pitched into the 7th inning to earn his 4th win (4-2) of the season. Hamels allowed 6-hits, 3 walks and struck out 3 in the Philadelphia win. Casey McGehee and Corey Hart both homered in the loss.
The natives are growing restless and many are calling for Ken Macha’s (pictured) job. But McGehee said the struggles have nothing to do with Macha.
AUDIO: Casey McGehee said this is not Ken Macha’s fault :19
Dave Bush started in place of Doug Davis and worked 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 9 hits. Bush took the loss and fell to 1-4.
Davis was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with pericarditis, which is an inflammation of lining around the heart. The Brewers recalled outfielder Adam Stern from Triple-A Nashville.
(UPI PHOTO / BILL GREENBLATT)
Daiai Lama (Photo: Brian Moon)
The Dalai Lama made a stop in Madison this weekend encouraging positive mental qualities like empathy and compassion. While sporting a Badgers cap presented to him by a children’s choir, the religious leader recalled a memory of young children who he were not concerned with “secondary differences.”
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored three times in the bottom of the eighth inning to knock off the Beloit Snappers on Sunday afternoon at Fox Cities Stadium. The last place Timber Rattlers improved to 12-25. First place Beloit is 22-15.
Both teams are off today (Monday) and return to action tomorrow night.
Start of the Green Bay Marathon
Kenyan native James Boit of Coon Valley, Minnesota, has won the 2010 Cellcom Green Bay Marathon in record time, crossing the finish line in 2:15:15. Boit beat the previous record of 2:17:32 by 1 minute and 47 seconds.
Seymour’s Tyler Sigl topped local finishers by finishing 4th overall with a time of 2:22:21.
Janet Cherobon defended her women’s crown from a year ago by breaking the record she set a year ago by 14-seconds. Cherobon crossed the finish line in 2:37:39.
Both Boit and Cherobon collect $2500 in prize money for the wins.
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