WRCO Evening Sports

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WRCO Evening Sports

WRCO Sports · Fri Feb 16, 2024

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Filmy has tonight's area basketball schedule.

Brookwood plays in Hillsborough and boys basketball, Royal at Bangor, Nasida at

New Lisbon, and Cashton at Waniwak Center, all in the scenic gloves, and Isoto travels

to LaFarge.

In area girls basketball, New Lisbon as it was Eco-Stuban, Marshall at Wisconsin Heights,

Highland at Scholesberg, but Toasty Castville is playing at River Ridge.

In the SWAL Southwestern is playing Riverdale, Mineral Point at Phenomore, it's also Cuba

City at Darlington, Iowa Grant at Bosca Bell.

Reedsberg travels to Mount Horubb, Ithaca will be at Seneca, Kigaboo at North Crawford,

Disoto at LaFarge, Wisconsin Dells travels to Boston, Perry Dushin at Dodgeville, Plantville

at Richland Center, and Lancaster is at River Valley.

River Valley coach Darryl Perish talked to us about his team and tonight's game.

We have come much better at breaking the press, as the scene has come along.

We've been able to break the press quite a bit.

We've got scoring from three different positions, pretty steady, with Alexis de Vinny, Brooklyn

Stokes, and Irina Osborne, so we've been able to get them and try to get them the ball,

and they're pretty steady at scoring for us, so those two things have been improving

for us.

Here, Lancaster at River Valley, area girls basketball tonight on WRC-O FM 100.9 and

WRC-O.com, the Viteznik Power Sports pre-game show begins around 715, I'm Phil Ne.

The Milwaukee Bucks are in Memphis tonight to take on the Grizzlies for the first time

this season.

It is the final game before the all-star break for both teams.

Milwaukee is 35 and 20 this season.

They are in third place in the Eastern Conference, eight games behind Boston.

The Grizzlies have a 19 and 36 record, and are in 13th place in the Western Conference,

19 and a half games behind the Timberwolves.

Tip off for tonight's contest, we'll be at 730, and you will be able to hear the broadcast

of that game on WRC-E 1007.7, and AM 1450 with the pre-game starting at 7.

Welcome to Spring Training, and by the way, here's your plane ticket.

As Brewer's players gather for the pre-season, the team has traded relief pitchers with

the New York Yankees.

Lefty, I should say, Clayton Andrews, was already designated for assignment by Milwaukee.

Now he's headed to the American League, and returned to Brewer's are getting 19-year-old

right-handed relief pitcher, Joshua Walter Quizzada.

Last year, Quizzada had a record of 6 and all, and earned an average of 3.69 in 11 games

in the Dominican Summer League, while he was the property of the Yankees.

It's going to take some more convincing for college football analysts to believe in

the Badgers.

Van Duel Sportsbook is projecting Wisconsin to win just 6 and a half games this fall.

Partly, that is due to a brutal schedule facing Coach Luke Fickles, Wisconsin team.

This is the first season USC UCLA, Oregon, and Washington will be a part of the Big Ten

Conference, and will seize the Oregon Ducks and the Ohio State Buckais as the top of

the conference standings with more than 6 months before the season getting underway.

Those teams are projected to win 10 and a half games each.

New Packer's defensive coordinator, Jeff Halfley, is getting high praise from pros who

know him.

Halfley replaces Joe Berry after four seasons as head coach for the Boston College Eagles.

Green Bay was expected to go for a coach with more NFL experience, although he has given

a lot of credit for transforming the Ohio State defense.

He hasn't held the position with a professional team.

One former player of his, Ram Safety, Jordan Fuller says Halfley is really good at slowing

the game down and helping players see things the way he sees them.

Fuller calls Halfley a wizard.

This weekend's border battle hockey series is sold out in Madison, the Wisconsin women's

hockey team takes on Minnesota Friday and Saturday at the LeBron Arena.

The team split a series played in Minneapolis earlier this season.

The Badgers knocked the gofers out of the postseason last year, beating them in the national

championship semifinals in overtime on the goal by Caroline Harvey.

Badgers senior gold tender Kyle McClellan is a semifinalist for this year's Mike Richter

Award.

It goes to the nation's top college gold tender.

The club has led the resurgence of the Wisconsin men's hockey program by performing among

the nation's leaders in all major statistical categories for his position.

He has third with a goals against average of 1.89 and is number one with a 932 save percentage

and six shutouts.

The winner will be announced during the frozen four competition.

And it shouldn't take long for Caitlin Clark to become the NCAA's women's career scoring

leader.

Thirsten Knight with number four Iowa, Holst Michigan.

Clark goes into the game, needing eight points to pass Kelsey Plums total of 3,527 points.

Clark has scored at least eight in the first quarter in 17 of 25 games this season and

she hasn't gone into a half time with fewer than that.

Clark and her dynamic game have captivated the nation, more than just her pursuit of

the record.

Her long three point shots and flashy passes have raised interest in women's game to

the unprecedented levels.

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For WRC Sports, I'm Tim Thede.