Sports – Friday, June 17th, 2016

Jonathan Villar’s two-run
homer in the 9^th lifted the Brewers to an 8-6 win over the Dodgers
last night in Los Angeles.  Aaron Hill and Chris Carter also went deep in
the win.  Tyler Thornburg notched the win
while Jeremy Jeffress collected save #19 on the season.   Coverage begins at 8:35pm on News-Talk 1450
KFIZ.

 

NL Central

Braves 7 Reds 2

Mets 6 Pirates 4

 

LeBron James scored 41 points
for the 2^nd straight game as Cleveland
forced a Game 7 of the NBA Finals with a 115-101 victory over Golden State
on Thursday night.  The Cavs will try to
become the 1^st team to rally from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals on
Sunday night in Oakland.

 

The Bucks will host a ground
breaking ceremony for their new arena on Saturday.  The event will also serve as the team’s 2^nd
annual block party and will run from 11am to 4pm.

 

The Packers wrapped up their
final mini-camp of the offseason on Thursday. 
The players will be off until they will report to training camp on July
25^th and  hit the practice
field for the first practice on July 26^th.  The Packers 1^st preseason game is
the Hall of Fame Game in Canton,
Ohio against the Colts on August
7^th.

 

The Packers announced a pair
of front office moves on Thursday. 
Jon-Eric Sullivan has been promoted to director of college scouting.  Former Packer safety Charlie Peprah has also
been hired as a scouting assistant.

 

Rain washed out much of round
1 of the U.S. Open at Oakmont.  They were
out early this morning trying to finish up round 1.  Very few golfers completed their 1^st
round on Thursday and many never even got off the first tee because of heavy
rain in the Pittsburgh
area.   They will try and complete round
1 and 2 today.

 

WIAA State Springs Baseball Championships

D4 Final:  Ithaca 10 Rib Lake
4

D3 Final:  St. Mary
Catholic 5 Prairie du Chien 1

D2 Final:  Waupaca 2 Milwaukee Lutheran 0

D1 Final:  Burlington
6 Arrowhead 4