Sports – Friday, February 19th, 2016

 

Michigan State
snapped the Badgers seven game win streak with a 69-57 win at East Lansing. 
Ethan Happ led UW with 18 points. 
Nigel Hayes was held to just 5 points on 1 of 13 shooting.  The Badgers host Illinois on Sunday.  Coverage begins at 5:30pm with the tip set
for 6:30pm on KFIZ.

 

The Bucks open up their post
All-Star break schedule tonight as they host Charlotte
at BMO Harris Bradley
Center.  We’ll join that game in progress after Fondy
basketball on KFIZ.

 

The Bucks didn’t make any
moves as they NBA’s trading deadline came and went on Thursday. Various reports
say the Bucks had a deal on the table with Houston for big man Dwight Howard and also
had talks with the Timberwolves for point guard Ricky Rubio but in the end
didn’t make a deal.

 

Pitchers and catchers report
to the Brewers Spring Training site in Arizona
today.   The Brewers first Cactus League
game on KFIZ is set for Thursday, March 3^rd against the San
Francisco Giants.

 

Dale Earnhardt, Junior and
Kyle Busch won the Twin Duels at Daytona on Thursday night.  Matt Kenseth who was to start on the outside
of row 1, wrecked and will now start at the back of the pack at Sunday’s Daytona 500.

 

Camilo Villegas fired a
8-under par 63 to hold a three shot lead over Bubba Watson, Luke List and Chas
Reavie at the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open.  
Jordan Speith fired the 3^rd worst round of his PGA Tour
career with a 79.

 

The Winnebago Lutheran
Academy boys basketball
team completed the season sweep over rival St. Mary’s Springs with a 55-34 win
at the Hutter Gym on Tuesday night. 
Sophomore Noah Lorenz led all scorers with 16 points.  Seniors’ Eric Schmitz and Mitch McFarlane
added 10 each.  Kurt Mueller led the
Ledgers with 8. The win improves WLA to 13-8 overall and 9-2 in the Flyway
Conference.  The Vikings will host league
leader Omro on Thursday night in the season finale.  A win by WLA would give them a share of the
Flyway title. 

 

Click here for postgame
comments from WLA coach Jeremiah Hoffmann

 

Click
here to watch postgame comments from WLA’s Eric Schmitz

 

The Fond du Lac boys basketball team hosts
Hortonville tonight at the Acuity Fieldhouse. 
Coverage begins at 7:05pm with the Tim Cruz Agency American Family
Insurance Pregame Show.  The tip is set
for 5:30pm on KFIZ.

 

The high school hockey
playoffs continue tonight with regional action across the state.  St. Mary’s Springs is in the road at University School. 
The puck drops at 7:30pm.   Waupun
hosts Cedarburg at 7:30pm.  The Fond du Lac hockey team will take on Homestead at 8pm at the Blue Line. 

 

The Fond
du Lac girls open up playoff action tonight at the Blue Line
against Appleton.  The puck drops at 7:30pm. 

 

Thursday, February 18th

Boys Basketball

WLA 55 St. Mary’s Springs 34

Omro 56 Laconia 37

Mayville 47 Lomira 31

North Fondy 52 St. Lawrence
39

 

Girls Basketball

Hortonville 61 Fond du Lac 58
– Ally Gietzel 22 pts

WLA 49 Laconia 46

Campbellsport 46 Ripon 34

Markesan 64 Oakfield 34

Roncalli 54 Chilton 40

Two Rives 64 New Holstein 43

Waupun 45 Winneconne 34

 

Friday, February 19th

Boys Hockey

Regionals – Friday

St. Mary’s Springs @ University School – 7:30pm

Cedarburg @ Waupun – 7:30pm

Homestead @ Fond du Lac – 8pm

 

Girls Hockey

Regionals – Friday

Appleton @ Fond du Lac Co-Op – 5:30pm

 

Boys Basketball

Hortonville @ Fond du Lac

Kimberly @ Appleton West

Appleton East @ Oshkosh West

Oshkosh North @ Kaukauna

Neenah @ Appleton
North

Campbellsport @ Kewaskum

Oakfield @ Pardeeville

Chilton @ Kiel

Roncalli @ New Holstein

Plymouth @ Waupun

KML @ Ripon

Randolph @ CWC

 

Girls Basketball

Lomira @ North
Fond du Lac

Wayland @ CWC – 6pm