Sports : Friday, 1/27/17

Thursday’s Schedule:

Boys Basketball:

Flyway:

Laconia 64, Winnebago Lutheran 57.

–Drew Gunnink 25 points, Jaylen Mahone 16 for Laconia. Noah Lorenz had 18 points, Eric Schmitz 13 to lead WLA.

St. Mary’s Springs 74, Mayville 62. Blake Ottery 15 points, Blake Bauer 14, Cade Christensen 12 for SMSA.

Lomira 55, Omro 46

East Central:

Waupun 50, Campbellsport 44

Ripon 80, Winneconne 58

Eastern Wisconsin:

Brillion 36, Chilton 25

New Holstein 83, Sheboygan Falls 65

Girls Basketball:

Oakfield 66, Montello 58

Boys Hockey:

Whitefish Bay 7, Fond du Lac 2

Appleton United 6, St. Mary’s Springs 3

Wrestling:

Kaukauna 71, Fond du Lac 6

North Fond du Lac/St. Mary’s Springs 42, Winnebago Lutheran 25

Lomira 78, Omro 3. The Lions finish undefeated in Flyway Conference dual meet competition for the 8th straight year.

Sports on the air tonight, boys high school basketball as Fond du Lac faces Oshkosh North. Coverage begins just after 7pm with tipoff scheduled for 7:15 on KFIZ.

Men’s College Basketball:

Big Ten:

Northwestern 73, Nebraska 61

Michigan 90, Indiana 60

Women’s College Basketball:

Green Bay 84, Youngstown State 51

Milwaukee 80, Cleveland State 78

Tom Clements is leaving the Green Bay Packers following 11 seasons as one of coach Mike McCarthy’s top offensive assistants.

McCarthy said that Clements’ contract had expired, and that he was moving on to other interests. He thanked Clements for what he called an “incredible 11 years” with Green Bay. Clements spent the past two seasons as the associate head coach/offense. McCarthy handed Clements play-calling duties before the 2015 season, then took play-calling back at midseason with offensive production down following the knee injury that season to receiver Jordy Nelson.

Clements also spent three seasons as offensive coordinator and six as the quarterbacks coach, having played an instrumental role in the development of Aaron Rodgers.

The Milwaukee Brewers announced the 2017 coaching staffs of their minor league teams on Thursday. Included in those announcements was that Matt Erickson will return as manager of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. It will be Erickson’s seventh season as manager for the Rattlers, making him the longest-serving manager in the history of Appleton Professional Baseball. Erickson began his career as hitting coach for the Timber Rattlers in 2009, and led the team to the playoffs for the third time in six seasons last year.

The Brewers also announced that Rick Sweet will return to manage Triple-A Colorado Springs, Mike Guerrero will lead the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers and Joe Ayrault will head the new Brewers Single-A affiliate, the Carolina Mudcats. Carolina takes over as the “High-A” affiliate from Brevard County this year.

Tiger Woods had a rough return to the PGA Tour at the Farmers Insurance Open, his first PGA Tour event 17 months. Woods fell apart on the back nine of the South course at Torrey Pines, dropping six shots in a six-hole stretch and finished with a birdie for a 4-over 76. He is 11 shots back of first-round leader Justin Rose