Winter sports in full swing with Thanksgiving week

40^th annual Cranberry Classic Basketball Tournament

The tradition of leftovers and basketball continues for the Assumption Boys and Girls Basketball teams as they host the 40^th annual Cranberry Classic over Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29 and 30.

The Girls Division will feature Assumption, Columbus Catholic, Nekoosa and Pittsville, while the Boys will showcase Assumption, Columbus Catholic, Nekoosa and Port Edwards.

The Girls games are Nekoosa vs Pittsville at 11:30 a.m. and Assumption vs Columbus at approx. 1:15 p.m..

In the Boys Division, Nekoosa vs Port is at 6:15 p.m., with the Royals vs Dons at 8:00 p.m..

The Saturday games have the same times with the girls title game being at 1:15 p.m. and the boys being at 8:00 p.m..

Riverkings split four games at Detroit Showcase

It was a strong weekend in Detroit for the Riverkings as they won its first two games of the tournament over Cincinnati 2-0 and Columbus 4-2, but dropped the final two to the Metro Jets 6-1 and Toledo 3-0.

Rapids is tied atop the USPHL North Division with the Minnesota Squatch with 32 points apiece.

Rapids next plays over Friday, December 6, and Saturday the 7 when they host the Minnesota Blue Ox at the South Wood County Recreation Center with puck drops at 7pm both nights.

Packers host Thanksgiving night game

For the first time since 2015, the Green Bay Packers will be hosting a Thanksgiving game when they play the Miami Dolphins at 7:20 p.m..

The last time the Packers hosted a game on Thanksgiving was Nov. 26, 2015 when they retired Brett Favre’s number against the Chicago Bears.

Chicago won 17-13.

The Packers have played 37 times on Thanksgiving. The first time being in 1923 with the most recent being in 2023 where they won 29-22 victory over Detroit.

Green Bay has a 15-20-2 mark on the day.

Links

You can find more local sports reporting on Michael Kommer’s website. You’ll also be able to tune in to broadcasting of high school sports on WFHR and WIRI. The call-in sports talk show Playmakers airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5 to 6 PM on 97.5FM / 1320AM.