I'm Phil Neve for WRCO sports over the weekend, WIAA Division 2 wrestling was held at Westby.
Several teams from our area involved and represented team, sectional champion, middle
of point came away with the most a qualifiers with eight locally Riverdale with senior Brody
Mice coming in as a sectional champion at 138, making his third trip to the state
meet Junior Grant Matthews with his 100th career victory in winning the title of 285, making
a return trip to state and sophomore Lakota Brewer was runner up at 132 and will also be
going to the state meet for the second time.
For Ithagaweston seniors Nolan Waldner and Kaden Coleman both placed second to qualify
Waldner for the second time in Coleman for the first.
North Crawford Seneca has two wrestlers headed to the state individual, including senior
Jared Grimslead and Junior Sawyer Swigham.
Iowa Grant Highland had 12 wrestlers at sectional, they advanced five to state, including
four returning state place winners, Brock Hinderman, Tyson M. Hoff, Jackson Bussey, and
Bowdie Brockub.
They'll be joined this year by senior Gavin Hinderman.
Elsewhere at the Division 2 Wisconsin Del's sectional on Saturday, Ethan Haiti finished
second in the tournament and will return to state for the Richland Center Hornets.
He will be representing Richland Center and the Southwest Conference, also Phenomore
advances five from the Del's tournament, Carson Bassett, Silors and Savich, Tristan
Stelt, Nathan Blaschke, and Dalton Wolf.
Dodger had a good day for advancing to state, Shane Rashan, Rhett Spurley, Nathan Johnson,
and Hawkins Peterson.
River Valley had two finished fourth, Blake Brickle and Mason Schulte, and they will not
be represented at state this year.
From the girls side of things, Madeline Muller of Richland Center will be headed to state
this weekend, after a successful weekend at the sectional on Friday night, Frankie
Grume of North Crawford, Seneca, Lexi Lathrop of Boschabell, Wozika Stuban, along with Rosalie
Cosmon, Aspen Gellow, and Ireland Shaker of Prairie Dushin.
Other wrestlers represented this weekend, Catherine McElos of Brookwood and Delia Collins
at Emily Heissner of Mineral Point, from the area Westby, Kylie and Marissa Clume, and
Kaley and JC Davis of Belmont Plattville, and Chloe LaRue of Cubicity Benton, Southwestern,
Olivia Ball of Lancaster, and Amelia Soltis of Mount Horab Barnivalde.
Coming up this weekend, the WIA State Individual Wrestling Tournament at the Cole Center,
doors for fans will open one hour prior to the sessions, Thursday, eight mats will be
featured, and two o'clock for division one and girls preliminary matches, also divisions
one and girls quarterfinals begin at 4 30 and divisions two and three preliminaries
for boys, opening up at around six o'clock and division two and three quarterfinals at
approximately eight o'clock Thursday night at the Cole Center, and it will be a busy
time.
Coming up this weekend in Madison, the finals culminating on Saturday with the March of
Champions at 5 30 and the championships wrestled immediately following that boys basketball
games in the area tonight Highland at Riverdale River Valley at Darlington, Black River Falls
at North Crawford to Soto at Verokua, Cashton at Bangor, Royal at Hillsboro, Brookwood
at New Lisbon, Phenomore at Wazika Stubin, Senaqa at Pecatanaqa, Dodgeville at Cubicity,
Iowa Grant is at Lancaster, Mount Horabit Lowdye, Middlewood Point at Newgleris, LaCross
Logan at Prairie Dushin, and Bellville at Abundant Life, the WIA released the pairings for
the boys basketball tournament, which begins one week from tomorrow night.
In division five, Brookwood will be at Royal, Kikapu host to Soto, Ithaca, a sixth seed
will host number 11 Casville, the other part of the bracket features number three Highland
against number 14 Wazika Stubin.
Weston, a 13th seed will play at number four seed at North Crawford, LaFarge, Youth
Initiative will be on the road at River Ridge, Hillsboro, Hosts, Senaqa in an eight-nine
matchup, and number one seed Potosi will take on number 16, Waniwak Center, Assumption
Place host to New Lisbon as well, in D5, Fall River will host Benton, Black Hawk at
Barnaville.
In division four, Riverdale plays at Phenomore, the Chieftains and 11th Seed Phenomore
number six, Bellville will be hosting Westby, Boscow Bell will be at Lancaster, Cash
in at Parkview and Wisconsin Heights at Iowa Grant, and moving up to division three,
Richland Center will be on the road with a long bus trip to Evansville, the Hornets
are a ninth seed Evansville and eighth seed, the winner of that game plays at number one
seed, Plattville which has a first round by River Valley is a fifth seed, they will host
number 12 Prairie Dushin with the winner to advance to play at New Glarris.
Boston will be at Dodgeville as well, and Broadhead will be entertaining Varroqua in the
first round of Boys Basketball, WIA Girls Basketball tournament opens up tomorrow night
around the state of Wisconsin.
With bowling over the weekend, top series, Jocelyn Adams of 551, Abbey Wigel with
a 292, Jocelyn had a high game of 200, Abbey Wigel with a 102.
The Boys High series, Brady Blado of 597, Caden Keller of 565, Kyle Shettinger with
a 538, Boys High Game, Brady Blado a 212, Caden Keller 206, Kyle Shettinger with a 195,
Indian Youth Bowling.
Carter McCray had a season high in points at a double double to lead the Wisconsin Women's
Basketball team to a 73-68 victory against Northwestern on senior day at the Cole Center's
Sunday.
McCray provided 22 points for the Badgers.
In addition to 11 rebounds, the Badgers shot 7 of 13 from the 3-point line and finished
with 22 assists as a unit.
Ronnie Porter led the team and assists with 8, accounting for 10 points and 6 rebounds as
well.
Sarah Williams added 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, UW-Natch, their fourth conference
win of the season in the process.
The Badger man suffered defeat on their home court for just the second time this season
Saturday, dropping a game to Oregon in overtime, 77-73.
That put it into a 5-game winning streak.
John Tanjay led the team scoring with 22.
Wisconsin was unusually careless with the basketball, making 17 turnovers.
Badgers are back on the court coming up on Tuesday when the Washington Huskies visit
the Cole Center.
Yesterday, in men's college basketball Purdue lost as they fell to Indiana 73-58, Purdue
rated number 13 last week.
The box used a fourth quarter rally to beat the Miami Heat, 120-113.
Damian Lillard, after missing his team's last game, led the way with 28 points and 8
assists.
Yanis Ante de Cumpo scored 23 to go with 16 rebounds.
Milwaukee closed the game on an 11-4 run, bench players did a lot of the heavy lifting
by scoring 34 points.
The next game for the box is Tuesday night at Houston.
They'll be against the Rockets.
Concerning the game yesterday, Doc Rivers commented on individual players such as Kyle Kusma.
As length, you know, he tries he pump faith, he couldn't get it up, he had to pass it.
You know, I just thought two things he did, he stayed in front of the ball square and
then he didn't bite, you know, he's long, he didn't have to bite.
So he just stayed down and I thought that was huge for us.
And Kevin Porter, Jr. says he likes to play defense.
Doc don't play about defense.
He wants his lock up and that's the first thing his first.
So like you said, many people know me for playmaking in my office of game, but I love playing defense.
I love taking the challenge and they see that there and they embrace it and it gives
me more confidence, garnering the best guys out there and challenging them and taking
that challenge.
We'll be back into action at Houston on Tuesday night.
Less than two weeks into spring training, the Brewers have already suffered some losses.
Left hander Aaron Ashby gave up four runs in two thirds of an inning Sunday in a six
one loss to Colorado.
Milwaukee's record is 0 and two outfielder Blake Perkins is out with a broken leg after
fouling a pitch off his shin reliever J. B. McCoscus will miss time with a lat injury.
Through over the weekend, the Brewers signed outfielders Manuel Margo and Mark Cana to
minor league contracts.
The Brewers meet Seattle in a cactus league game coming up today.
Four teams interviewed Packer vice president of player personnel, John Eric Sullivan, but
he's staying with the front office.
Those teams considering Sullivan to be their general manager.
The last one was Jacksonville, the Jets, the Titans and the Raiders also interviewed him.
Sullivan has been with Green Bay for more than 21 years.
I'm Phil Ne, within update on sports.
