2/26/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday
26 February 2025 Sports
John Blackwell had 24 points and 10 rebounds as 11th-ranked Wisconsin bounced back from a disappointing defeat with an 88-62 victory over Washington on Tuesday night.
John Tonje added 13 points for the Badgers (22-6, 12-5 Big Ten), who lost 77-73 to Oregon in overtime at home Saturday after leading by 15 with under eight minutes left.
Steven Crowl and Xavier Amos had 12 points apiece for Wisconsin.
Great Osobor scored 11 for Washington (13-15, 4-13), which has lost three straight and 11 of 14.
The Badgers opened a 25-15 lead midway through the first half and stretched it to 43-28 at the break, hitting 10 of their final 13 shots.
Wisconsin then made 10 of its first 16 shots to open the second half, going in front 64-42 on Amos’ layup. Blackwell hit two free throws to extend it to 78-48 with just under seven minutes remaining.
Blackwell had 19 first-half points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 3 for 4 beyond the arc.
Dating to last season, the Badgers are 31-1 when holding opponents to 70 points or fewer — including 15-1 this season.
Wisconsin, which committed 17 turnovers that led to 24 points in the loss to Oregon, had just five this time.
Wisconsin is at No. 8 Michigan State on Sunday.
Ben Gold scored a career-high 17 points to help No. 21 Marquette beat Providence 82-52 on Tuesday night.
Kam Jones had 17 points and seven assists for Marquette (21-7, 12-5 Big East), which set a season high with 41 3-point attempts, making 17. Stevie Mitchell added 14 points.
Providence (12-16, 6-11) lost for the sixth time in seven games. Jayden Pierre scored 13 points for the Friars, and Oswin Erhunmwunse had eight points and eight rebounds.
The Golden Eagles, who led by as many as 31 in the second half, rebounded from one of their worst games of the season, an 81-66 loss at Villanova on Friday.
It was Marquette’s second win of the season against Providence. The Golden Eagles rolled to a 78-50 win in Providence on Dec. 31.
Providence was assessed a pair of technical fouls in the final minute. Walk-on Casey O’Malley made three of four technical foul shots.
It was Marquette’s second win of the season against Providence. The Golden Eagles rolled to a 78-50 win in Providence on Dec. 31.
Providence was assessed a pair of technical fouls in the final minute. Walk-on Casey O’Malley made three of four technical foul shots.
Marquette opened the game shooting 10 consecutive 3-pointers, making five. The Golden Eagles made 12 of 26 3-pointers in the first half. Mitchell and Jones each made four 3s, and Gold had three.
Marquette is at Georgetown on Saturday.
Jalen Green had 25 points and Alperen Sengun added 23 to lead the Houston Rockets to a 100-97 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in a game where Amen Thompson was ejected for a hard foul on Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The game was tied at 95-all when Sengun made 1 of 2 free throws to put Houston on top. He made two more free throws with 30 seconds left to make it 98-95.
Brook Lopez missed a 3-pointer, but a turnover by Sengun gave the Bucks the ball back and a dunk by Antetokounmpo cut the lead to one with 8.1 seconds to go.
Green added two free throws to make it 100-97 and Damian Lillard was fouled and missed the first free throw before a double lane violation on the second one triggered a jump ball.
Lillard came away with the ball and his 3-point attempt bounced off the rim.
The Bucks were down by 2 with about 4 1/2 minutes left when Thompson pulled Antetokounmpo down from behind by the head and neck as he went up for a shot in the lane. The play was reviewed and determined to be a flagrant foul 2 and Thompson was ejected.
Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bucks, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Milwaukee scored 12 points in the fourth quarter.
The Bucks host Denver on Thursday night.
In Cactus League baseball the Brewers beat the Guardians, 9-6. Milwaukee had 11 hits and held Cleveland to just five. Jacob Misiorski (1-0) picked up the win.
The Brewers host the Dodgers today at Maryvale with the first pitch at 2:10 CST.
Boys Basketball (Tues.)
Boys:
Waupun 89 Mayville 51
Appleton North 56 West De Pere 54
Oakfield 59 Campbellsport 43
North Fond du Lac 58 Random Lake 35
Neenah 51 Marshfield 48
Hortonville 57 Wisconsin Rapids 53
Poynette 70 Mauston 65
Hustisford 51 Wayland Academy 43
Fall River 65 St. Ambrose Academy 42
Girls:
In girl’s regional basketball action at Two Rivers, Ripon came back from a 9-point deficit midway through the second half and then held on for a 39-37 win over he Raiders. The Tigers were led by Emma Resop’s 12 points. Vayda Sonnenberg led Two Rivers with 13. The #9 Tigers play at #1 Winneconne Friday night. Tipoff is at 7:00 on The Wave.
Sheboygan South 48 Plymouth 21
Berlin 68 Little Chute 29
Kewaskum 49 Milwaukee School of Languages 37
Antigo 48 Green Bay East 47
New London 90 Green Bay Southwest 13
Lakeside Lutheran 53 Campbellsport 32
Winnebago Lutheran 67 Mayville 37
North Fond du Lac 67 Whitewater 20
Appleton West 57 D.C. Everest 54
Oshkosh North 64 Chippewa Falls 48
Divine Savior Holy Angels 55 Fond du Lac 50
Wrightstown 55 Clintonville 29
Oconto Falls 60 Peshtigo 42
Denmark 84 Wautoma 18
Black River Falls 61 Adams-Friendship 25
Whitehall 62 Nekoosa 35
Reedsville 65 Central Wisconsin Christian 63
Lourdes Academy 86 Hilbert 30
Oakfield 66 Stockbridge 23
Dodgeland 42 Random Lake 32
Horicon 60 Marshall 47
Valley Christian 67 Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 59
Wayland Academy 50 Catholic Central 46
Fall River 81 Cambria-Friesland 46
Girls Regional Basketrball (Tues.)
In girl’s regional basketball action at Two Rivers, Ripon came back from a 9-point deficit midway through the second half and then held on for a 39-37 win over he Raiders. The Tigers were led by Emma Resop’s 12 points. Vayda Sonnenberg led Two Rivers with 13. The #9 Tigers play at #1 Winneconne Friday night
Berllin 68 Little Chute 29
Kewaskum at Milwaukee School of Languages
Sheboygan South at Plymouth
Lakeside Lutheran 53 Campbellsport 32
Mayville at Winnebago Lutheran
North Fond du Lac 60 Whitewater 27
Green Bay Southwest at New London
Iola Scandinavia @ Weyauwega-Fremont
Tri-County at Columbus Catholic
Sheboygan Christian at Wild Rose
Divine Savior Holy Angels 55 Fond du Lac 50
Chippewa Falls at Oshkosh North 64 Chippewa Falls 48
Appleton West at D.C. Everest
Clintonville at Wrightstown
Wautoma at Denmark 84 Wautoma 18
Black River Falls at Adams-Friendship
Nekoosa at White Hall
Reedsville at Central Wisconsin Christian
Random Lake at Dodgeland
Marshall at Horicon
Lourdes Academy 86 Hibert 30
Stockbridge at Oak Field
Valley Christian 67 Elkhardt Lake-Glenbeulah 59
Wayland Academy 50 Catholic Central 46
Cambria-Friesland at Fall River
Markesan 76 Waterloo 36
Montello at Living Word Lutheran
Randolph 56 Princeton/Green Lake 30
Rio at Sheboygan Lutheran
The annual NFL Scouting Combine marks the unofficial start of the NFL offseason.
It’s the first big event following the Super Bowl and comes a few weeks before the start of the new league year, which will be March 12 this year.
Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst made the trip down to Indianapolis like he has every year since becoming GM in Green Bay.
Gutekunst first spoke privately with Wisconsin media in attendance at the combine before making himself available at the main podiums for other media to ask questions.
Where do things stand with Jaire Alexander?
When asked about if Alexander will be part of the Packers in 2025, Gutekunst said, “We’re working through that.” Gutekunst said he’s spoken to Alexander’s agent as well as Alexander himself “a little bit” this offseason.
Gutekunst said this when asked to describe Alexander’s seven seasons so far in Green Bay.
“Obviously been here a long time. He’s been an elite player for a number of years. I think the past few years have been very frustrating for him, and certainly for us too. Just because you want players like that on the field consistently and when you can’t be because of injuries that’s a tough thing on a player,” Gutekunst said. “I know he’s doing everything he can to be out there. But yeah, I think the last few years haven’t been where we wanted to be only because of injury. Obviously very, very talented player.”
Gutekunst was asked if he believes Alexander wants to remain with the Packers.
“Yeah he’s never said anything differently. I think he loves Green Bay. He’s always got a lot of energy when he’s in the building. I think he’s still around, you know? So you know, again, we’ll work through that as we go through the offseason and see where that leads.”
The Packers GM also spoke about Christian Watson’s ACL tear suffered on Jan. 5 in the Packers regular season finale against the Chicago Bears.
Gutekunst confirmed Watson did get surgery for his torn ACL, saying he thought Watson had the surgery “within a couple weeks” of the injury.
“You know, sometimes you need to let that swelling go down before they have the surgery, but it was fairly quick,” Gutekunst said. “He’s doing great. I haven’t seen him a couple weeks, but all the reports we’re getting are really, really good. Obviously, that’s a big injury and it’s going to take some. He’ll attack it aggressively like he always does, and we expect him back sometime during the middle of the season next year.”
The Packers general manager also spoke on the injury Josh Myers suffered during the Packersl’ playoff game against the Eagles Gutekunst said Myers did not break his leg and confirmed he did not suffer even a partial break.
When asked about his vision for the offensive line in 2025, Gutekunst struck true to what he’s always believed when it comes to the position group.
“I think obviously it’s very early and we’ll kind of see where we end up. But again, we talked a little bit earlier about how we’ve been very focused on bringing in flexible guys. Guys that can play multiple positions and I feel our group is of that. I think we’ve got a lot of guys that can play different positions along the offensive line. So the goal is to get the best five out there and I think that’ll always be the approach that we take. And those questions will be answered in training camp.
Gutekunst also spoke about the Packers pass rush not being quite where it needed to be in 2024, saying that a new defensive system played a part in that. He shared what has to change for next season.
As for what a week in Indianapolis at the NFL Combine looks like for Gutekunst, he said the focus is on the players as opposed to speaking with agents.
Gutekunst said he hasn’t been very involved with what the NFL Draft will be like in Green Bay in April but is excited for the city to host a major league event.
The Packers GM added that on top of being in Green Bay, this year’s draft has a little more meaning to it with it being Mark Murphy”s final NFL Draft as Packers President/CEO.
As the ice fishing season winds down, the Wisconsin DNR”s reminding anglers of the following deadlines to remove their permanent ice shanties.
Ice shanties must be removed from state waters by the following dates:
• Wisconsin – Iowa boundary waters on or before Feb. 20
• Wisconsin – Minnesota boundary waters on or before March 1
• Inland waters south of Highway 64 by March 2
• Wisconsin – Michigan boundary waters on or before March 15
• Lake Michigan, Green Bay, Lake Superior and inland waters north of Highway 64 by March 16
Portable ice shanties can still be used after these dates, so long as they are removed from the ice when they are not actively in use. If you need help removing your shanty, contact local fishing clubs, vendors and other anglers. Owners who don’t take responsibility for removing their shanty should be reported to the DNR Violation Hotline by calling or texting 1-800-TIP-WNDR or 1-800-847-9367.
No ice is 100% safe so you should check with local fishing clubs and bait shops for current ice conditions before removing your shanty. The DNR does not monitor ice conditions.
Congratulations to the three Wautoma Hornets state wrestlers. They will leave Thursday to start competition. All information is on the district Facebook page.
190 – Jordan Perkins
152 – Brynlee Vaughan
165 – Laynie Vaughan
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