12/12/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
12 December 2023 Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Tommy DeVito threw a 32-yard pass to Wan’Dale Robinson to set up Randy Bullock’s 37-yard field goal as time expired, and the New York Giants beat Green Bay 24-22 on Monday night to hand the Packers their first December loss since Matt LaFleur took over as coach in 2019.
The Giants went 57 yards in eight plays after Jordan Love threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Malik Heath with 1:33 to play. Green Bay then tried a 2-point conversion but Jayden Reed was stopped by linebacker Bobby Okereke. The go-ahead drive was set up by a Saquon Barkley fumble.
DeVito rushed for 71 yards in the third straight win for the Giants (5-8). He threw an 8-yard TD pass to Isaiah Hodgins while leading four scoring drives, two of them capped by Barkley runs of 5 and 1 yards. The Giants defense forced three turnovers.
Reed scored on a 16-yard run and Anders Carlson kicked field goals of 36, 32 and 48 yards for the Packers (6-7), who had won three in a row. Green Bay dropped to 16-1 in December under LaFleur.
DeVito finished 17 of 21 for 158 yards. He had a 26-yard run that set up Barkley’s 1-yard TD in the third quarter, and Hodgins’ touchdown made it 21-13.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love was 25 of 39 for 218 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception.
The Packers led 10-7 at halftime on Carlson’s 36-yarder with 13 seconds left. The drive was kept alive early by a 27-yard pass interference against Cor’Dale Flott.
Green Bay and New York scored touchdowns on consecutive series early in the game.
Wide receiver Jaden Reed scored on a 16-yard sweep late in the first quarter. It came one play after Love hit running back AJ Dillon on a 35-yard pass play.
Barkley’s 5-yard scoring run came one play after the running back took a direct snap and handed off to Wan’Dale Robinson for a 32-yard run.
Barkley gave New York its first lead, going in from the 1 a play after DeVito woke up the crowd a 26-yard scamper.
Six teams currently have 6-7 records in the NFC. Green Bay retains the 7th seed in the Wild Card playoff hunt. The Packers: return home to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
In the other Monday night game Tennessee shocked the Dolphins in Miami 28-27. The Titans were trailing by 14 points with under five minutes to play but then came back to win.
With just 4:34 left on the clock and a two-touchdown deficit staring them down, Will Levis and the Titans went right back to work, covering 75 yards in nine plays and capping it with an excellent cross-body touchdown pass to DeAndre Hopkins. A two-point conversion made it a six-point game, and after getting a pivotal stop, Levis and the Titans sliced right through Miami’s defense, hooking up with Hopkins for a gain of 36, and Chigoziem Okonkwo for 16. Derrick Henry finished off the drive with a rushing touchdown from three yards out, and a fourth-down sack of Tua Tagovailoa on the ensuing Miami possession completed what was once seen as a nearly impossible comeback.
Tennessee improved to 5-8 while Miami dropped to 9-4 and fell to the number two seed in the AFC.
The Bucks won at home over the Bulls in overtime 133-129. Giannis Anttetokoinmpo led Milwaukee with 32 points.as six players scored in double figures. The Bulls Cob White led all scorers with 33.
The Wisconsin Herd, NBA G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks, lost to the Indiana Mad Ants 110-101. Milwaukee Bucks two-way player Lindell Wigginton led both teams in scoring with 24 points while Jazian Gortman accompanied with 17 points. Wenyen Gabriel added a double-double of 12 points and 13 rebounds.
Indiana’s top scorer was Kendall Brown with 23 points followed by Kyle Mangas with 20 points.
The Herd will take on the Indiana Mad Ants again on Wednesday, December 13 with tip-off set for 5:00 p.m. CST.
Boys & Girls basketball 12/11
Boys:
Wautoma 104, North Fond du Lac 61-Joe Archer scored 45 points and Carson Armstrong added 27 to pace the Hornets.
Pardeeville 61, Cambria-Friesland 36
Montello 93, Princeton/Green Lake 87
Fall River 78, Rio 51
Randolph 57, Markesan 34
Dodgeland 52, Valley Christian 35
Horicon 63, Wayland Academy 54
Hustisford 54, Oakfield 41
Girls:
Xavier won on a forfeit at Fox Valley Lutheran
Oconto Falls 71, Waupaca 29
Westfield 70, Cambridge 54 St. Mary’s Springs 78, Campbellsport 29
Plymouth 52, Sheboygan South 49
Boys and Girls Basketball 12/12
Boys:
Berlin at Ripon
Hortonville at Fond du Lac
Oshkosh West at Appleton North
Appleton East at Oshkosh North
Neenah at Kaukauna
Appleton West at Kimberly
Adams-Friendship at Manawa
Royall at Mauston
Pittsville at Nekoosa
Wisconsin Dells at Columbus
Fox Valley Lutheran at Clintonville
Freedom at Waupaca
Little Chute at Denmark
Luxemburg-Casco at Wrightstown
Marinette at Oconto Falls
Menasha at Seymour
Xavier at West De Pere
Shawano at Green Bay West
Wausau West at Green Bay East
Beaver Dam at Waunakee
Campbellsport at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Kewaskum at Plymouth
Waupun at Winneconne
Lomira at Winnebago Lutheran
Saint Mary’s Springs at Central Wisconsin Christian
Markesan at Waterloo
Girls:
Waupun at Freedom
Winneconne at Wautoma
Laconia at Omro
Lomira at North Fond du Lac
Winnebago Lutheran at Mayville
Wisconsin Rapids at Menasha
Medford at New London
Antigo at Shawano
Wrightstown at Xavier
Tri-County at Pacelli
Port Edwards at Wild Rose
Hortonville at Fond du Lac
Kaukauna at Neenah
Oshkosh North at Appleton East
Appleton North at Oshkosh West
Clintonville at Marinette
Adams-Friendship at Auburndale
Viroqua at Mauston
Wisconsin Dells at Baraboo
Kohler at Central Wisconsin Christian
Dodgeland at Oakfield
Lourdes Academy at Horicon
Waterloo at Hustiford
Wayland Academy at Valley Christian
Cambria-Friesland at Montello
Princeton/Green Lake at Fall River
Markesan at Pardeeville
Rio at Randolph
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