I am Phil me with WRC Osports the beginning of the W I a postseason for spring sports happens today with softball regional quarter final games
in division five North Crawford plays at Kikapu the winner will play at Ithaca Weston next week.
One Ewok center will play at LaFarge tonight Benton Shoalsburg and Highland Southwestern at Pecatonica.
In division three games today for Oakley Youth Initiative plays at Aquinas the winner to play at number one Adams friendship and number 10 partyville plays at number seven River Valley the winner will play at Lodi I asked River Valley coach Jane Briel about the recent part of the season for River Valley I think there's been some improvement in our communication and when we're on the field defensively we're still making some physical mistakes but our mental mistakes have been held to a minimal
which is good I think that that is the starting point for us to be able to build off of but offensively throughout the year I guess I was very pleased that how much our hitting was improving and the last couple ball games we've been held you know to a to a lower number of hits as a team but still being able to put some hits up on the board the thing is we need to put them together.
So we've got to put some hits together and you know the fact that we've we've lost like five conference games by one or two runs is it's a little bit deflating for them but you know we keep talking about you have to work at getting better so that so that by the time tournament time comes you're able to do the things that we know that we can do.
I don't know a whole lot about party bill I know that they dealt with WIA issues and their their head coach is no longer with them so they have an interim coach and a couple of their wins that they had ended up having to be four fits based on some you know discipline that was handed down by the WIA with just I think a miscommunication and a misunderstanding of coaching in different places and whatnot.
So I don't know the whole story there but I think that they're better than their record shows River Valley softball coach Jane real that's our next local broadcast tonight party bill at River Valley in regional softball also tonight Wisconsin Del's plays at Reed's Burg the winner will play at Mount Horib next week in the tournament and
Boston will be at Saw Prairie the winner to play at Monroe next week in the tournament. There are a couple of regular season softball games involving teams that are not in the opening night to action of tournament play including Richland center looking for a tune up tonight at Iowa Grant
the WIA tournament begins for Richland center next week at home against Prairie you sheen on Tuesday night and again the Hornets tune up at Iowa Grant tonight and Ithaca Weston will be doing battle at home against Dodgeville.
Both of those teams planning on the first round games coming up on Tuesday night. High school baseball tonight Ithaca is at Wazika Stuban for a twin bill a makeup game from earlier this year in the regularly scheduled game.
Dodgeville plays at River Valley in baseball darling tinted Riverdale basketball at Cuba City Iowa Grant at Phenomore Plattville at Prairie you sheen kick up who travels to Weston.
Seneca is at DeSoto LaFarge at North Crawford Barnavelle at Hillsboro mineral point at Southwestern Verokwa at Black River Falls in girls soccer Richland center is at Plattville and Caster Wisconsin Heights Barnavelle travels to River Valley Prairie
you sheen is at Dodgeville mineral point and Barrow who at Lodi former Packer Aaron Rogers has confirmed he will retire after the 2026 NFL season the future Hall of Fame quarterback commented during an ESPN interview at organized team activities for the Pittsburgh Steelers Rogers won four MVP awards a Super Bowl and was named MVP for Super Bowl 45.
He says he contemplated not coming back but changed his mind when former Packer head coach Mike McCarthy was hired to succeed Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh.
All 18 Big 10 conference football coaches opposed the new rule on punting put in place by the NCAA Badgers wire dot com reports that those against the rule feel it's another case of college football's governing body making unnecessary changes.
The rule is called complicated by college football analysts Wisconsin head coach Luke fickle was among the conference coaches opposed to the challenge.
The Brewers completed their first sweep of a series in Wrigley field for five years Wednesday night Kyle Harrison and DL Hall combined on a two-hit shot out five nothing light hitting infielder David Hamilton went three for four with a little league home run officially a triple but he circled the bases William Contreras also had three hits Milwaukee is off tonight then welcomes the LA Dodgers to American family field for a weekend series.
The Brewers have been hot lately and manager Pat Murphy says give all the credit to the players.
I'm happy for the guys I've said it all year though I trust these guys they have high expectations of themselves and we have high standards so hopefully a weekend like this gives them some confidence.
And what about Hamilton scoring on a basically a three base error.
I just I said he's going to score the minute I got by on my side he's going to score and he's got exceptional speed.
I'm just happy the way he hit the ball tonight the Brewers off today they'll welcome the Dodgers to am fan field for a weekend series last night.
The Dodgers shut out San Diego for nothing the Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh seven nothing Atlanta nine one over Miami Washington eight the Mets four Arizona six three over San Francisco and Cincinnati beat Philadelphia nine four.
In the American League the athletics over the Angels six five Boston four Kansas City three Toronto beat the Yankees to one Cleveland three two over Detroit Seattle five the White
Sox four Minnesota four one over Houston and Tampa Bay of five three Victor against Baltimore Texas got the win edging out Colorado five four Oklahoma City was a winner in the NBA playoffs 122
and 13 over San Antonio the box assistant general manager acknowledges the team could trade its number 10 pick in the 2026 NBA draft next month.
That's the highest pick the team has had in years.
Mitt Newton told radio WTMJ the draft pick is considered an asset for Milwaukee and it could be used in many ways this year's draft is considered to be very deep with Newton
mentioning several talented guards and small forwards were expected to be available for the team when they pick number 10 in the NHL playoffs last night Vegas over Colorado that final score was four two.
The big 10 is pushing to expand the college football playoff to 24 teams but the question is who will televised it Fox supports the idea but concerns remain about how much networks will pay for games involving less popular teams.
The current ESPN deal is worth $7.8 billion over six seasons the Southern conference prefers a 16 team playoff while the big 10 has support from the Atlantic coast and big 12 conferences for 24 teams.
A larger playoff could eliminate conference title games affecting revenue the NFL's dominance in viewership is a factor in the negotiations.
That is an update on Thursday morning sports I am filming.
