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WRCO Morning Sports

WRCO Sports · Mon Dec 15, 2025

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Coming up a look of the schedule to tails on the over the weekend with wrestling and Wisconsin

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Games going on tonight in Girls Basketball, River Valley will play at Ithaca Weston.

The game will be at Ithaca High School and here is Coach Bailey Miller talking about

where she is seeing improvement.

Oh, I would say the adjustment to the whole co-op situation has been, it's been a lot

of work, but they're doing very well with it, they're working as a team, we're making

growth every day.

There's always room for improvement, but they're showing it a lot.

I asked Bailey who the leaders are for Ithaca Weston.

Definitely our only senior, Brooklyn.

She's a big leader on the team, she's had a lot of experience, she's played for me

before, so I know her very well, she's been a good leader and I would say JC Maxwell,

she's another one she's very outspoken and she knows the game very well, works very

hard and she's a good leader as well.

What about the conference, Bailey, who do you think the team to beat will be in the league

this year going down the stretch in the region Valley?

Oh man, that's a tough one.

There's some really good teams, there's always, seems like DeSoto's doing really, really

well.

They're going to be a tough team to beat.

Wazika's always tough, Kikapu's always tough.

I would say any of those three are going to be the team to beat at some point.

That is Coach Bailey Miller.

We'll have action tonight on the Radio River Valley at Ithaca Weston in Girls Basketball.

Elsewhere, Lan Caster at Barnabelle, on Alaska at Hillsboro, DeSoto is at Key High, Iowa,

that is for a double header, boys and girls tonight, Monroe at Benton, also New

Glarris at Belleville, and also it's Wisconsin Heights at Lodi and Mount Horib at Redsburg.

Boys basketball, Potosi Castell at Highland, Wazika Stuban at River Ridge, also New Glarris

at Mineral Point, Belleville at Cuba City, and Wisconsin Heights at Lodi.

Wrestling action over the weekend, Ithaca Weston was involved in the tournament in LaCrosse

on Saturday, and here's how they finished the Ithaca Weston boys.

We're led by Carrick Thompson, fourth at 120, Blake Bingham was third at 138, Derek

Franzen, second and Bryson Brandt, tenth at 144, Ashton Bennett finished third at 150

pounds.

165, Braxton Fowl was eighth, Deakin McDonough was eighth at 175, Spencer Nelson, fourth

at 190, and Ben Otto took seventh at 215.

As far as the team, St. Croix Central was first, Arcadia finished fourth, Ithaca Weston

was eighth, Brookwood tenth, Wisconsin Delsey eleventh, and River Ridge was 14th.

As weekend River Valley competed at the duels in the delves, and the Wannake Warrior invite,

facing tough competition, and several teams they don't see often, individual podium

finishers in the top five.

For the girls, Mackenzie Schulte was third, Ray Lynn Ragsdale was fifth.

For the boys, Blake Brickle second, Ty Larson fourth, Jameson Ridge was fourth at 150

for the JV, Tyler Cratwell was fourth for JV at 165, and Caleb Gick was fifth at 157.

As a team, River Valley finished 12th out of 24.

Next up for River Valley, Thursday at point net for a quad duels, Saturday at Badger

State for the girls and Richland Center's invite for the boys, RC hosting the annual invite

beginning Saturday morning.

Over the weekend, the Riverdale wrestling team finished fifth out of 24 teams at Wannake,

Lakota Brewer championed 138, Grant Matthews first at 285, second place finished for Brody

Mies at 144, Wyatt Schram third at 106, Hunter Wilkinson sixth place at 120, and Trenton

Rennish ninth at 132 for the Chieftains.

Bowling scores from youth bowling on Saturday, Jocelyn Adams had a 564 series, Abby Wiegel

of 326, Jocelyn had the top game at 211, Abby Wiegel of 128.

Over the boys, Caden Keller, 504 series, James Layton for 80, Logan Felton for 65.

High game honors, Logan Felton of 194, James Layton of 189, and Landon Westfall of 184 in

youth bowling.

The 2025-26 church league volleyball was shortened by winter weather last week.

A Monday night shirt to the Nazarene two swept Grace Community two, two games to none,

Hidden Valley Community defeated Santa Maria two games to one, Richlandept is Temple

team one, got by St. Mary's two games to one, and Richlandept is Temple five, blank

free method is two, two games to none.

The Tuesday schedule matches were canceled, league officials will determine if the games

will be made up, otherwise the schedule resumes tonight with action going on in church

league volleyball.

Over the weekend, some positive sport notes, it is Ulyr River Falls bound for the Division

three football semifinals after a 46-21 win over Wheaton, Illinois.

And the Badger volleyball team took three out of four sets against Texas to make it to

the NCAA final four for the sixth time under coach Kelly Sheffield.

Longhorns had been on a roll, not losing a single set in any of the three rounds of

the 2025 postseason.

Wisconsin was up two sets to none when the home team rallied, pulling off the upset means

the Badgers will meet Kentucky in a semi-final contest Thursday.

Teams in this year's final four also include Pittsburgh and Texas A&M.

The Packers suffered multiple damaging losses in a 34-26 loss at Denver, not only did they

fall out of first place in the NFC North, three important players, Lyman Zach Tom, receiver

Christian Watson, and Micah Parson, their defensive star, suffered significant injuries.

Green Bay led 23-14 after taking the second half kickoff and marching down the field for

a score.

It was all downhill after that.

Bronco's quarterback, Bonix, wound up throwing four touchdown passes in that team's 11th straight

victory.

Following the game, Matt LaFoura talked about the loss.

It's a really good football team.

It was a dog fight for most of the game, and then they kind of ran away with it in the

second half.

But it was also a double whammy for us, just losing some pieces that are critical for our success.

But that's the name of the game, and I told the guys, nobody's going to feel sorry for

us.

We got a rally around one another, and everybody's going to have to elevate their play.

Coach was asked about how the team keeps its dobers up after a big loss.

Well, I think it's easy.

I think we got a connected team, and I know how our guys will respond, and we got a great

test coming up, you know, going to Chicago, a game that went down to the wire last time

we played, and, you know, obviously they rolled today.

So it's to go back on top of the division.

So I know we're going to get their best, and they're going to get our best.

Elsewhere in the NFL Baltimore, 24, nothing ever since in any Buffalo 35, New England

31, the Bears with a win against Cleveland, 31, 3 Houston, 40 Arizona, 20, Jacksonville,

48, 20 over the Jets, the Chargers, 16, Kansas City, 13, Philadelphia, 31, nothing over

Las Vegas, Washington, 29, the Giants, 21, Rams, 41 Detroit, 34, New Orleans, 20, Carolina,

17, San Francisco, 37, 24 over Tennessee, Seattle, 18, Indianapolis, 16, and Minnesota

with a win against Dallas last night, 34 to 26.

Miami plays at Pittsburgh in Monday night football.

The box lost for the 11th time in 14 games, suffering a blowout, 127, 82 to feet Sunday

afternoon on the road against the Brooklyn Nets.

The home team pulled away midway through the first period, and Milwaukee was never able

to threaten after that.

Gary Trent Jr scored 20 in the defeat.

Milwaukee's record fell to 11 and 16 with a Toronto Raptors next on the schedule Thursday

at home.

Marquette couldn't find the basket, shooting just 33% from the field Saturday in a 79-59

men's basketball loss to Purdue.

They will open Big E's conference play Wednesday at home against George Sound.

I am Phil Lee with an update on sports.

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