This week we preview high school football.
The Ithaca Weston is co-opping in football for the first time in the school's history.
And Kyle Kelly is the head coach.
I asked him how the scrimmage went at River Ridge.
I thought things went really well.
Like I said, it saw some good competition.
Obviously in the scrimmage, you don't really get a game plan a whole lot.
So some things are going to go well.
Some things are not going to go so well.
But I thought more things went good than bad.
Overall, I was really impressed by how we went.
Yeah, sometimes in a scrimmage it's hard to work on things because you don't do special teams or anything like that, do you?
No, you don't do special teams or anything like that at the scrimmage, but like you don't really have film on like their scheme.
You kind of just wing it and hope you guess correctly.
What are the numbers like for this year's team?
The best they've been in quite a few years.
We have 29 kids out.
And that is the first year that Weston has merged.
How has that been going, Coach?
It's going excellent.
It's been a lot of fun.
Yeah, it's going as good as it could possibly go.
So in terms of your leadership and your coaching staff, could you talk about the staff and who's helping you out this year?
Well, there's me and then there's Brett Maxwell who's the brains behind the operation.
And then there's Marcus McCulley is helping from Weston and Chad Claire has been helping out some here and there too, which has been pretty cool.
So do you spend some time practicing at both locations or how does that work?
We're at Weston for the entire month of August and then we'll come back down to Ithaca during the school year in September 1st.
Ithaca Weston football coach Kyle Kelly.
His team is preparing for the first game.
On Friday night they'll be at Pickering Park in Muscaday to take on the Riverdale Chieftains.
We have some scores from last night in Church League softball.
Final matchups for the A and B division championship games were set after last night's contests.
In the A division, five points Lutheran got the best of Richland Dept.
of Temple won 13-3, moving on to the championship game against the mission.
In the B division, basketball assembly of God edged free Methodist 19-17.
Sawyer Loos had five hits in the win.
Ethan Hulse added a home run.
Mike Monney scored four runs for free Methodist, while Brayden Burns and Jeremiah Hassel each scored three.
St.
Mary's then knocked off basketball 12-4 advancing to the championship game against the Knights of Columbus.
Andy Holtz and Sawyer Loos each had three hits for basketball.
So tonight's tournament conclusions.
The A division on the East Diamond starting at 7 o'clock.
The mission will play 5 points.
Lutheran, Baptist Temple 1 will umpire.
The same two teams play again if the mission loses that first game at 7 o'clock.
On the West Diamond in the B division, Knights of Columbus will play St.
Mary's at 7 o'clock.
Boscobel Assembly will be umpiring.
The same two teams play again if the Knights of Columbus lose that game in the B division championship.
It's all happening tonight at Richland Center's Croscut Park.
Merchant's bowling league meeting will be held Wednesday evening at 6pm.
The league will actually begin September 2nd at 6pm.
For the Lucky Strikers League, action starts on August 25th.
A meeting will be held at six o'clock prior to bowling.
So we'll mention that today.
If you have any questions contact Marsha Mahatka at 608-647-6589.
The Brewers magic number to make the playoffs is down to 25 as they start a home series against the Mariners.
Taking three out of four from the Los Angeles Dodgers last weekend was a huge step toward keeping the home park advantage all the way.
Milwaukee won the season series four games to three so if they tie Los Angeles in the win-loss record they still have the advantage.
Atlanta leads the Brewers two games to one but the teams play a three game series
next week.
Kyle Harrison is the scheduled starter for tonight's game against the Mariners.
And manager Pat Murphy talked about all of the injuries and how they have stacked up.
We're banged up as a team can be.
That's just the way it is.
And Jake Bowers, the brewers man who's been slugging the ball lately for the team says injuries force everybody to step up.
Everybody here is a professional.
Everybody here
understands that you have to do what you have to do for the team.
It's nothing that any of us in the room haven't seen before or can't handle.
The Brewers back home tonight against Seattle.
The Cubs were winners against the White Sox last night, 7-5.
Detroit 8-5 over Pittsburgh, Minnesota beat Atlanta 4-2.
Boston 11, Arizona 1.
In the American League, Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 6, Kansas City 9-5 over the athletics.
In the National League, St.
Louis, 2-1 over Cincinnati.
The Mets beat San Diego 2-1.
Cincinnati got the night cab 6-5 over the Cardinals.
Philadelphia 6, Miami 5, and the Dodgers 11-5 over Colorado.
From the WNBA, Golden State over Dallas, 78.
to 70.
The Bucks knew they were getting a special player when they drafted Guard, Braden Burris, but he's looking even better than they originally thought.
After strong performances in the NBA Summer League, Burris has been a standout in the Pro Am circuits.
In four games, he averaged 26 points, seven rebounds, and three and a half assists.
He's also lived up to his reputation as a strong defender and a solid distributor of the ball.
The next preseason game on the schedule for the Packers is Friday night at Denver.
Two of Green Bay's preliminary games are on the road this year.
The Packers and Broncos last met in the preseason in 2024.
After the game in Denver, Green Bay wraps up the preseason on August 28th against the Arizona Cardinals.
In terms of the games, getting ready for a
chance to get off to a good start is key for the Packers.
That's what happened last year.
Here is Coach Matt LaFleur.
It's easier once you start game planning for the guys just to be able to go out there and I mean it shrinks the playbook substantially.
So it allows them to go out and play a little bit faster and understanding their assignments and typically when you get that you're going to get better ball.
I think always in training camp, we're going to throw a lot at these guys, see what they can handle, see how they process, and it's more difficult on them early on.
Ohio State and Oregon give the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the Associated Press top 25 preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years.
The Buckeyes received 41st place votes in the poll of 69 media members.
Oregon was number one on 14 ballots.
Ohio State is now tied with Alabama for second most preseason number one rankings behind Oklahoma's 10.
Oregon has its highest pre-season ranking in program history.
Georgia, Notre Dame, and Texas round out the top five.
Defending national champion Indiana is number six and followed by Miami, Texas A&M, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.
That is an update on Tuesday morning sports.
I am Phil Knee.