Sports – Wednesday, May 19th, 2015

 

After getting hit in the head
over the weekend against the Mets, outfielder Carlos Gomez didn’t miss a beat
as he led of the game with a homer to help the Brewers beat the Tigers 3-2 on
Monday in Detroit.  Gomez also drove in the game winning run with
another hit in the 7^th.  Jeremy
Jeffress pitched an inning and a third of relief to pick up the win.  The series continues tonight as Jimmy Nelson
takes on Anibal Sanchez.  Coverage begins
at 5:30pm with the first pitch set for 6:05pm on KFIZ.

 

NL Central

Mets 2 Cardinals 1 – 14 innings

 

The NBA’s Western Conference
Finals get going tonight as Golden State hosts Houston
in Game 1 of the best of seven series.   Atlanta hosts Cleveland
in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night.

 

NHL

Tyler Johnson’s hat trick
helped Tampa Bay
even the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1 as Tampa Bay
beat the NY Rangers 6-2 on Monday night. Game 2 of the Western Conference
Finals is tonight as Anaheim hosts Chicago. The Ducks lead
that series 1-0.

 

Germantown High School head
boys basketball coach Steve Showalter has resigned become an assistant coach
for former Oshkosh West boys coach Lance Randall at Division II Lindenwood in Missouri.  Showalter had a 286-81 record in 13 seasons
for Germantown
which won three straight WIAA Division 1 state boys basketball championships
from 2012 to 2014.

 

The Fond du Lac boys track team was 2^nd
at the Fox Valley Association Meet at UW-Oshkosh on Monday.  Senior Brian Luteyn won the 110 meter
hurdles.  The 4×100 relay team of Kyle
Pierce, Quinn Woelfel, Levi Burns, and Trey Halfmann also won an FVA
title.  Peter Andrew was 2^nd
in the shot and discus.   Appleton North
won the boys event.

 

The Fondy girls were 3^rd
at the conference meet.  Annie Moore won
the 1600 and was 2^nd in the 800.

 

Baseball

Appleton North 5 Fond du Lac
4 – Matt Ryan 3×4 with a triple

 

 

The Laconia softball team secured their first
conference championship in 32 years on Monday with a 9-3 win over Lomira.  Morgan Tetzlaff went 2×3 with 4 RBI to pace Laconia.  Lauren Luedtke drove in a pair for Lomira.

 

Softball

Appleton North 10 Fond du Lac
3 – Shania Schibblehut 2×3, 2 RBI

Lakeside Lutheran 11 WLA 9 – Cassie Krueger 3×4, & Jenna
Krueger 3×4

WLA 20 Shoreland Lutheran 10 –
Jenna Krueger 2×3, 2 HR, 7 RBI

 

Boys Tennis

Roncalli 7 Waupun 0

 

Winnebago Lutheran won the
Viking Invite at Rolling Meadows
on Monday.  The Vikings Chris Colla won
the event with a 36.  His teammate Will
Aird had a 39.

 

The Fond du Lac Stoutmen high
school boys rugby team is moving on the second round of the playoffs this
Thursday after losing to the defending state champion Pulaski Roos this past
Saturday by a score of 47-12.  The loss placed the Stoutmen in the
Division 2 bracket, where they will face the Milwaukee Patriots from the
Badgerland Conference, at 5:30pm at the Wisconsin Rugby Sports Complex in Cottage Grove.  A
win would advance Fond du Lac
to the semi-finals on May 27.  The state championships will be played on
May 30 in Cottage Grove.