I am Phil Ney with an update on sports here in Southwest Wisconsin.
Well, the Richland Center volleyball team will be in action tonight at Dodgeville,
trying to make it 2-0 in the conference.
And the Richland Center boy soccer team plays at Dodgeville against Dodge Point.
Tonight, the kickoff time will begin at 5 o'clock, JV to follow.
Also, River Valley will be at Prairie Dushin for both soccer and volleyball in the Southwest
conference. River Valley will be home against Southwestern in the SWAL for a volleyball match.
And West End during homecoming week is hosting North Crawford tonight.
For JV in varsity action, the Ithaca Bulldogs will be home against Sennaka
for a Ridge and Valley conference match.
And Kickapoo will entertain Wasika Stuban during the second week of competition
in the Ridge and Valley volleyball.
It is the fourth week of the football season.
Big games coming up this weekend as well.
The River Valley Black Hawks will be home against Prairie Dushin.
Tyler McLean, their head coach,
talked to us about River Valley's win last week against Broadhead Judah.
I've mentioned this group multiple times, but our offensive line.
This has been a really fun group to work with,
and a group that's been always trying to grow each and every week.
I think they're kind of developing their own little swagger in a sense too.
But our offensive line has been just paving the way a lot for us offensively,
being able to kind of run in this past week too.
If they throw the wall a little bit as well,
they continue to play that way.
I like our odds against any team of the week.
They're finally just defensively.
I do think our sort of swagger on that is coming back as well.
Again, Coach Millington's done a really nice job with that group.
I'm giving them a lot more confidence in where they're going to be in their assignments.
The tackling part we're improving apart each and every week.
Continue to grow in both those areas.
River Valley is home against Prairie Dushin for a key conference matchup this weekend.
The Riverdale chieftains will be doing battle this weekend as they get set for
Wazika Senekap and their coach Jeff Johnson talked to us about last week's loss to Potosi
Cassville. In a game like that, you know, you have a choice.
You can come out and put it up your best effort or you can just kind of roll over
our kids' baseball as hard as they possibly could.
And again, you know, Potosi, the ranked number one in the state.
We had great intensity.
We had some struggles on both sides of the ball, but still, you know what,
we were able to hold a 76 lead for a lot of the first half into the second quarter, even.
But, you know, they showed why they're number one in the state.
They're good size.
They have good depth in the state for us.
I mean, they did what they're supposed to do.
Riverdale coach Jeff Johnson is team preparing for Wazika's tube in Senekap this weekend.
A big game for the Aigle Bulldogs on the road at Bangor.
After a quality victory last week over Hillsboro,
here is Coach Kyle Kelley, co-head coach of Ithaca.
Oh, we were really able to establish the run.
So that was one of our biggest strong points.
And we fixed our penalty and turnover problem.
We had the last two games.
I thought you finished well.
I mean, you kind of, you had to really dig deep in the end of that game, didn't you?
Yeah, like I said, we'd go down and score.
And then they answered right back.
So it was back and forth matchup with two pretty evenly matched teams that
would just happen to come on on top.
I think that you know, a great running night from Houston,
bowling, but your offensive line deserves a lot of credit, isn't it?
Yeah, whenever you have a big offensive night of running the ball,
your offensive line should get credit that they deserve.
They really worked hard knowing their assignment and their gap responsibility.
They really put in the work and it showed.
Go ahead, Coach Kyle Kelley of Ithaca.
The Bulldogs playing at Bangor this weekend in the Senek Bloss Conference.
For the next game coming up during a weekend number four.
Well, we have bowling scores report on from the merchants bowling league at the Phoenix
Center last night.
Casting tools at the top series, 2833,
Gerner Farms, 2810, premier co-op at 2786.
Team high game, Walsh's Asideware, a 1015,
Gerner Farms, 1009,
bubbling springs photography in 974.
Top series, Isaac Davison, 705,
Kerry Severson, 667, Jeff Seckman, a 660.
Top game, Isaac Davison, a 259,
Jason Gerner, a 256,
and Jeff Seckman, a 249 in the merchants bowling league.
Well, on the state scene, the Rangers completed a sweep of the Brewers yesterday afternoon
with a 6-3 win.
Milwaukee opened the game with back-to-back home runs from Bryce Tarrang and Jackson,
Texas took the lead for good with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third.
Freddie Peralta took the loss.
Jake Berger pounded a pair of home runs for the Rangers.
The struggling Brewers have lost 14 of 25 games since August 26th.
Here is manager Pat Murphy.
Still proud of our guys. I love our guys.
It's not lack of effort guys. It's not letting down.
It's maybe the opposite.
They're exhausted and we'll beat up.
We're injured and things did not go our way this week.
That has to happen sometimes at baseball.
I'm not saying it's luck.
I credit the Rangers.
They were better and they executed at the right times.
We just didn't.
It wasn't like we were not having good at bats.
The Brewers lost only once last season by sweep.
They're now 89 and 58.
They have an off day before opening a three-game home series against St. Louis on Friday night.
Then get another day off before hosting the Angels for three games.
Milwaukee had a five and a half game division lead over Chicago
after the comes one three two at Atlanta on Wednesday evening.
In other games from the National League,
Arizona five three over San Francisco Miami eight Washington three
Philadelphia 11 three over the mits Cincinnati two San Diego one.
The Dodgers nine nothing over Colorado in the American League.
The athletics five Boston four Angels four three over Minnesota.
Kansas City four Cleveland three Houston three two over Toronto.
Detroit 11 the Yankees one white sock six Tampa Bay five.
Other inter league games Baltimore two one of Rapidsburg and Seattle beat St. Louis
by score four two linebacker Micah Parsons and five other packer players have been listed as
questionable for the team's home game against the commanders.
Parsons played 29 snaps in the opener against the Lions and was effective
producing one sack and three quarterback pressures.
The other players on the injury list are corner back.
Nate Hobbs right tackle Zach Tom along with left guard Aaron Banks.
Safety Zane Anderson and quarterback Bo Melton.
Green Bay is a three and a half point favorite to win tonight's game.
The Alabama Crimson tide have been set at 21 and a half point favorites
in Saturday's game against Wisconsin.
The showdown in SEC territory is the first of six games
against teams currently ranked in the AP top 25 pole.
The Badgers carry a two and a record after wins over Miami of Ohio and middle Tennessee.
Bama is one and one after starting the season with an upset loss against Florida state
followed by an easy victory over Louisiana Monroe.
The tide are ranked fourth by ESPN.
Quarterback Danny O'Neal talked about playing in that atmosphere this Saturday.
Honestly I think the the environment and everything it can definitely play a factor.
I know we're going to be prepared with you know all the different canances that we have
you know wrapping those out for you know loud loud environments so I think we're going to be prepared
for it and yeah I'm just excited to get down there and play ball.
And the Bucks have signed guard Carmack Ryan to a one year contract.
Ryan played 37 games for the Oklahoma City Blue in the NBA G League last season.
The average 12 points per game playing from Milwaukee in the NBA 2025 summer league.
He also averaged about 12 points per game.
Cormack played his college ball at North Carolina.
I am Philney that is an update on sports.
