for WRCO Sports, a Michael Hernan.
Here's Phil on the tails of tonight's WRCO's featured game.
The WRCO Center baseball team will host Dodgeville tonight
and coach Ryan Lemke in the team are looking forward to the opportunity to play under the lights.
Yeah, they're scrappy. They're a tough team. They're going to play good baseball.
That's what we can expect from them.
Anytime you get Pat Riley on that field, he's a legend down there in Dodgeville.
Coach them up. They're always in a position to win with him at the helm.
So we're just, we need to focus on not who's across the dugout from us,
but what type of team we are going to be able to show up tonight.
The Vitesning Power Sports Free Game Show begins around 6.45.
I'm Phil Mea. Look forward to having the call on WRCO Sports.
In other news in the state of Wisconsin, first starting up with Brewer's news,
the slow start for top prospect Jackson Turio of the Brewer's may be misleading.
He's hitting just 219 with an OPS of 615,
but he is also putting up some historic numbers at the same time.
The Brewer's outfielder is just the fourth major league baseball player at the age of 20 or younger
to hit five home runs and still five bases in his first 39 games.
The three whose performances he has matched are Fernando Tati's Jr, Carlos Corea and Ken Griffey Jr.
In Wisconsin heard news, current circumstances mean Ashkash could lose the hosting responsibility for the Bucks G League team.
The Wisconsin heard have played their home games at the Ashkash Arena since 2017.
The area owner says Fox Valley Pro basketball incorporation is in violation of its current lease.
A bankruptcy complicates the situation and that situation has to be resolved by August.
In Packer's News, by signing a contract with the Minnesota Vikings,
a former Packer Titan has completed his circuit of the NFC North.
Robert Tonian originally signed with the Detroit Lions, then spent several productive years in Green Bay.
When he left the Packers in 2023, Tonian went to Chicago to play for the Bears.
His stay with the Vikings could be a short one.
Tonian is considered to be on the bubble because Minnesota is loaded at the Titan position.
In other Packer's News, the NFL has released details of its 2024 schedule of games with this season starting September 5th.
The Packers start the next night with a game in Brazil against the Philadelphia Eagles.
After a by-week during week 10 of the season, the Packers will have four prime time games during the remaining eight games of the season,
which will include a Thanksgiving night game at Lambo Field against the Miami Dolphins.
In Badger's News, earlier reports were incorrect.
The Wisconsin Badgers won't be playing a regular season Big Ten Conference game against Northwestern at Lambo Field during the 2024 season.
Northwestern has torn down its campus location Ryan Field as a new facility is built.
The project won't be finished until 2026, forcing the Wildcats to find a new home.
The latest reports and the new printed schedule for Northwestern indicate a temporary field on the Evanston Illinois campus will be used until the new one is finished.
In other Badger's News, the Wisconsin men's basketball program has hired another assistant coach.
Monfer native Lance Randall arrives in Madison from his last coaching job leading the program at Division 2 St. Leo University.
Randall has more than 400 career victories.
He started his coaching career at the Lloyd College 30 years ago.
The school where he earned his degree.
In Buck's News, the books are looking to maintain some continuity by hanging on to General Manager John Horst,
the franchise rejected a request from the Detroit Pistons to interview Horst.
Since the GM has personal ties to Michigan, it was thought he could wind up there.
Horst faces a challenging offseason but it starts with his top three players all under contract.
All he has to do is find the right complimentary pieces.
In National News, gymnastics star Simone Biles says she is better equipped to handle the challenges that await as she prepares for Third Olympics.
The 27-year-old became a touchstone for the discussion around mental health at the Tokyo Games in 2021 when she pulled herself out of several competitions because of mental trauma that made it difficult for her to compete.
Biles says she now works with a therapist regularly, even during meets to help her deal with whatever may come.
The seven-time Olympic medalist begins preparations for Paris at the U.S. Classic in Hartford, Connecticut.
In the 500 News, Marcus Erickson returned to the Indianapolis 500 with zero regrets but ended Thursday with a violent collision late in the first full day of practice.
Erickson hit a curb with just over two hours remaining in the session, causing his car to spin and hit the wall three different times.
Before the crash, Erickson had moved past a controversial ending to last year's race that caused the sweet as second consecutive win in the greatest spectacle in racing.
He will try to win his second Indy 500 in three years, on May 26th, after last year's controversial runner-up finish.
WRCO Sports, I'm Michael Hurn.