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Brewers long ball to capture Cactus League opener

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Keston Hiura

Keston Hiura got Milwaukee off to a good start with a first inning, three-run homer and the Brewers went on to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 in their Cactus League opener on Sunday.

The Brewers also got home runs from Avisail Garcia, Tyrone Taylor and Dylan Cozens in a game that was limited to six innings.

The Brewers played before fans for the first time in more than a year, albeit a limited number.  The announced total was 2,347 for the game.

Eric Lauer gave up a pair of runs in the first inning.  The Brewers then got scoreless innings from Justin Topa, Angel Perdomo, Miguel Sanchez, Ethan Small and Aaron Ashby.  Perdomo and Small retired the side in order.  Ashby closed the game with three straight strikeouts..

The Brewers are back at it again on Monday, facing the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Bucks rally for fifth straight win

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The Milwaukee Bucks played one of their better defensive games of the season, holding the Los Angeles Clippers in check down the stretch to post a 105-100 win on Sunday at Fiserv Forum.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points and 14 rebounds, helping the Bucks finish the game on a 9-0 run to extend their winning streak to five games.  The Bucks won for the first time in 11 games this season when trailing after three quarters.

With the Bucks up three, Kawhi Leonard’s potential tying 3-point attempt bounced off the front of the rim.  Khris Middleton pulled down the rebound and ice the game with two free throws with 2.1 seconds left to play.  Middleton finished with 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds in the win. [Read more…]

Badgers sweep Ohio State, stay in Big Ten title picture

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Hobey Baker Award candidate Cole Caufield notched a hat trick to lead the 5th ranked Wisconsin men’s hockey team (17-8-1, 15-6-1 1-1-0 Big Ten) to a 7-0 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes (6-17-1, 6-17-1 0-2-0 Big Ten) in the Badgers regular season home finale.

Ty Pelton-Byce also scored twice for the Badgers, who also got single tallies from Ty Emberson and Dylan Holloway.

Freshman goaltender Cameron Rowe stopped all 21 shots he faced for his second career shutout.  Rowe leads all freshmen goalies with a .939 save percentage.

Linus Weissbach, Pelton-Byce, Tarek Baker, Jason Dhooghe, Josh Ess and Robbie Beydoun make up Wisconsin’s senior class.

The hat trick for Caufield is his second of the season and third in his two-year career.

The Badgers kept the heat on the Minnesota Gophers.  With two games left, Wisconsin needs to win twice at Michigan State and get Minnesota to lose once to Michigan for the Badgers to clinch their first regular season league title in 21 years.

 

Top-ranked Wisconsin captures second straight WCHA regular season title

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The WCHA women’s regular season title chase went right down to the wire in Duluth, Mn., on Saturday.

The top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers fell to the Bulldogs on Friday and then needing a win, fell behind 3-1 on Saturday before rallying for a 4-3 overtime victory.  The win gave the Badgers their second straight WCHA regular season title.

National Player of the Year candidate Daryl Watts scored twice, including the game winner 41 seconds into the extra session.

Wisconsin is the number-one seed for the WCHA Final Faceoff this weekend in Minneapolis and will play the Minnesota Gophers in the semifinals Saturday at 1 p.m.  The title game is set for Sunday at 2 p.m.

 

Bucks hold off Pelicans for 4th straight win

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Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 38 points, Khris Middleton added 31 and Donte DiVincenzo added a career high 24 as the Milwaukee Bucks held off the New Orleans Pelicans 129-125 on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.

Zion Williamson scored 34 points and Brandon Ingram added 23 for the Pelicans, who had won two straight.

The Pelicans took a 125-124 lead with 2:01 to play in the fourth quarter, then didn’t score again.  The game was tight most of the way, featuring 15 ties and 23 lead changes.

The Bucks finished the first half of their season in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 20-13 record.

The game had plenty of offense and both teams shot well.  The Bucks made 54.2% of their field goal tries, while the Pelicans converted on 50%.

The Bucks return to action on Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers at Fiserv Forum.

 

WIAA Girls State Basketball Champions Underway

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Wisconsin Rapids Assumption captured the WIAA girls Division 5 State Basketball Championship on Thursday night at the La Crosse Center.  Assumption (16-8) knocked off Three Lakes (20-6) 55-48 for the title.

Assumption advanced to the championship game by beating McDonell Catholic 46-43 in the D-5 semifinals.  Three Lakes advanced with a 51-48 win over Black Hawk.

Day two of the championships features Division 3 and Division 4 action. [Read more…]

Wisconsin Volleyball Pauses Team Activities

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The top-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team will pause all team-related activities for at least 14 days due to a number of COVID-19 cases within the Badgers program.

“For the safety of our student-athletes, we are pausing all team activities,” UW head coach Kelly Sheffield said.  “Our athletes are taking all necessary precautions to keep everyone in the program safe.  We’re really looking forward to resuming team activities when appropriate.”

The Badgers were scheduled to face 4th ranked Nebraska in a Friday-Saturday series at the UW Fieldhouse this weekend.  That series, as well as the March 5-6 series against Iowa have both been postponed.

 

Big Ten Changes Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Dates

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The Big Ten Conference made it official, announcing a change in dates for the 2021 Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament on Thursday.

The tournament was scheduled from March 18-20 and has been moved up to March 14-16.  The tournament will take place as previously planned at Compton Family Ice Arena on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame.

The decision to change the dates of the tournament was made in order to ease compression between the regular season and postseason tournaments in the interest of the health and safety of student-athletes, coaches and officials.

The tournament includes Wisconsin, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Penn State.  It will consist of six games, with three games on Sunday, two games on Monday and the championship game on Tuesday.

All six games will be carried live on BTN.

 

Marquette earns non-conference win at North Carolina (AUDIO)

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Steve Wojciechowski

Marquette didn’t even have last nights game at North Carolina scheduled until last Saturday.  They’re glad they went through with it, knocking off the Tarheels 83-70 in Chapel Hill.

Marquette (11-12) freshman Dawson Garcia led all scorers with 24 points and chipped in 11 boards for his third career double-double.

The Golden Eagles led by as many as 18 points in the first half,  thanks to 50% shooting (17-of-34) from the field.  Garcia led the way with 16 points in the first 20 minutes.

North Carolina fell to 14-8 with the loss.

Marquette returns to action on Saturday when they travel to Connecticut for a 1:30 p.m. CT tip.

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski on the win :22

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski said there was a lot of upside in scheduling this game :21

AUDIO: Steve Wojciechowski says it’s a good night for his team :16

Teachers to begin getting vaccinated March 1 in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin’s next wave of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, known as Phase 1B, begins on March 1st.

“As noted when we announced this group back in January, the top of the priority of the additional eligible groups are our educators and child care providers,” Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said Tuesday.

The state is on pace for its target of getting 50 percent of those 65 and older vaccinated with a first dose, in order to begin Phase 1b, according to Willems Van Dijk.

“We want our kids in school, we know a number of school districts have been in person since early in the year, and we know a number of additional school districts are moving in that direction,” she said. “And we know teachers work every day with a population that is not able to be vaccinated because of their age.”

Willems Van Dijke assured those 65 and older who have yet to receive a first dose that they will. Wisconsin is getting a larger allotment of COVID-19 vaccine. “This week we will have 115,000 first doses to distribute to vaccinators, which is a 64 percent increase from mid-January,” Willems Van Dijk said. “We also know that that we’ll have that same amount . . . for at least the next two weeks.”

Nearly half of people age 65 and over have been vaccinated, and the state plans to open 4 more community clinics over next 2 months