Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 1/17/20
17 January 2020 Sports
The Packers continue to practice for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game in San Francisco against the 49ers. For the eighth time in 25 years, the Packers and 49ers — both 14-3 this season — face off in the postseason. Green Bay leads 4-3 in what has been a memorable and sometimes spicy rivalry. San Francisco has won five of its six Super Bowl trips. Green Bay is 4-1. No matchup has occurred as frequently in the past 25 years. The only teams to play more than eight times in the postseason in the Super Bowl era are the Rams and Cowboys. They met for the ninth time last January. Green Bay’s defense has improved since a 37-8 loss in November. The reason is communication and players knowing what they have to do. Sunday’s game starts at 5:40 with the pregame at 3:00 and can be heard on 102.3, The Bug.
Former Packer Bobby Dillon has been elected to the NFL Hall of Fame. Dillon was a superb player on a bad team. He was with the Packers from 1952-59, retiring after Vince Lombardi’s first year as coach in Green Bay. Despite a childhood accident in which he lost an eye, Dillon was an NFL star. He made nine interceptions in a season three times and seven picks twice. Dillon picked off four passes in one game against Detroit on Thanksgiving Day 1953 and led the NFL in interception return yardage (244) in 1956.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 17 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored 23 and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Boston Celtics 128-123 on Thursday night. With the victory, the NBA-leading Bucks (37-6) extended their winning streak to five games. Kemba Walker scored a game-high 40 points to lead the Celtics, who took the floor without Jaylen Brown. The 6-foot-6 forward suffered a sprained right thumb in a 13-point loss to Detroit on Wednesday. Marcus Smart, who started in place of Brown, had 24 points. Antetokounmpo, who also had seven assists, had his 35th double-double of the season. After trailing by as many as 27, the Celtics outscored Milwaukee 36-22 to pull within 127-123 with 38 seconds to play. But Smart missed a 3-pointer and Middleton knocked down one of two free throws to seal the victory. Donte DiVincenzo had a career-high 19 points off the bench for Milwaukee.
Boys Basketball (Thurs.)
Ripon 107, Winneconne 73
Waupun 48, Berlin 28
Campbellsport 48, Kewaskum 30
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 68, Plymouth 66
Laconia 68, North Fond du Lac 57
Saint Mary’s Springs 71, Omro 60
Randolph 47, Markesan 41
Montello 51, Princeton/Green Lake 49
Rio 70, Fall River 49
Pardeevile 67, Cambria-Friesland 59
Hustisford 73, Dodgeland 35
Valley Christian 66, Wayland Academy 48
Oakfield 50, Horicon 46
Seymour 83, Green Bay West 37
Beaver Dam 85, Baraboo 48
Xavier 90, Menasha 69
(Fri.)
Appleton East @ Hortonville
Appleton North @ Oshkosh North
Fond du Lac @ Appleton West
Kaukauna @ Oshkosh West
Kimberly @ Neenah
New London @ West DePere
Wisconsin Dells @ Wautoma-Tipoff is at 7:15 on 102.3, The Bug.
Adams-Friendship @ Westfield
Nekoosa @ Mauston
Wayland Academy @ Central Wisconsin Christian
(Sat.)
Horicon @ Lomira
Caledonia @ Lourdes Academy
Markesan @ Lomira
Girls (Fri.)
Waupun @ Ripon-Tipoff at 7:15 on AM1600/93.1FM,WRPN.
Kewaskum @ Berlin
Kettle Moraine Lutheran @ Campbellsport
Winneconne @ Plymouth
Winnebago Lutheran @ Laconia
Lomria @ Omro
Saint Mary’s Springs @ North Fond du Lac
Hortonville @ Appleton East
Oshkosh North @ Appleton North
Appleton West @ Fond du Lac
Oshkosh West @ Kaukauna
Neenah @ Kimberly
Adams-Friendship @ Westfield
Nekoosa @ Mauston
Wautoma @ Wisconsin Dells
Wayland Academy @ Central Wisconsin Christian
Pardeeville @ Fall River
Markesan @ Cambria-Friesland
Dodgeland @ Horicon
Hustisford @ Lourdes Academy
Randolph @ Montello
Princeton/Green Lake @ Rio
Seymour @ Menasha
Shawano @ New London
(Sat.)
Oregon @ Beaver Dam
Men’s College Basketball (Fri.)
Wisconsin (11-6) @ #15 Michigan State (15-4)
Men’s College Basketball (Sat.)
Illinois College @ Ripon College
UW-River Falls @ UW-Oshkosh
Womens College Basketball (Sat.)
Illinois College @ Ripon College
UW-Oshkosh @ UW-River Falls
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