Sports – Friday, March 11th, 2016

The Badgers are one and done
in the Big Ten Tournament after Nebraska took
down Bucky 70-58 at Indianapolis.  Ethan Happ had 17 points and 7 rebounds in
the loss. Wisconsin
sits at 20-12 and will wait for Selection Sunday to see where they end up in
the NCAA Tournament.

 

Also in the Big Ten
Tournament, Illinois upset #20 Iowa 68-60.  Michigan
beat Northwestern 72-70 in OT, and Ohio
State stopped Penn State
79-75.

 

#5 Xavier knocked Marquette out of the Big East Tournament 92-75 at Madison Square Garden.
 At 20-13 Marquette is most likely headed to The NIT.

 

The Packers resigned
linebacker Nick Perry on Thursday.  The
Packers tendered a contract to tight end Justin Perillo but decided to let
linebacker Andy Mulumba become a free agent.

 

Once again the Packers stay
silent in the free agent market. Former Denver
linebacker Danny Trevathon, who many thought would be a good fit in Green Bay signed with the
Bears, and actually told the media on Thursday he wished the Packers had
offered him a contract.

 

The Giants beat the Brewers
3-1 on Thursday in Cactus League play.  Jimmy
nelson gave up 1 run, 2 hits and walked three in 2 innings of work.   The Brewers face the Rangers this
afternoon.  Coverage begins at 1:55pm on
KFIZ.

 

The Marian baseball team
improved to 6-3 on their trip to Tucson, Arizona with a 9-4 win over St. John’s, Minnesota.  The Sabres wrap up their trip to Tucson, Arizona today
with a game against Wesleyan, Connecticut. 

 

The Marian
University softball team wrapped up
their trip in Fort Myers Florida by splitting a pair of games. The
Sabres lost to Kenyon 13-10 and then beat Alfred State
11-2.  Marian is now 9-5 on the season
and is set to host Ripon at March 29^th. 

 

WIAA Boys Basketball

Sectional Semifinals

Division One

Appleton West 58 Oshkosh
North 56

Sheboygan North 53 Kimberly 51

Division Two

Kaukauna 72 Pulaski 55

Hortonville 54 Wausau East 45

Division Three

Waupun 59 Ripon 49

 

Sectional Final – Saturday

Division One

Appleton West vs. Stevens Point
@ Marshfield –
4pm

Division Two

Hortonville vs. LaCrosse
Central @ Stevens Point – 1pm

Kaukauna vs. Cedarburg @
Menasha – 2pm

Division Three

Waupun vs. Milwaukee
Lutheran @ Whitefish
Bay – 1pm

 

WIAA State Girls Basketball Tournament

Division Three

Hayward 50 Edgewood 49

Milwaukee School of Languages 48 Xavier 34

Division Four

Mineral Point 77 Regis 66

Kenosha St. Joe’s 61 Marathon
59