Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 3/4/21
4 March 2021 Sports
Sports for March 4th
The Bucks take to the road tonight after an eight-game home-stand as they play at Memphis. Milwaukee had its five-game winning streak snapped Tuesday night by the Denver Nuggets, 128-97. The Bucks (21-14)are in third place in the Eastern Conference, two games behind Brooklyn and two-and-a-half in back of Philadelphia. The Grizzlies, who have won two straight, are 14-21 in the Western Conference.
After San Diego tied the game in the bottom of the seventh at 5-5, Milwaukee responded with three runs of their own in the top of the 8th and beat the Padres 8-5 on Wednesday in a game that went eight innings. The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning and added three runs in the fourth on a three-run homer by Pablo Reyes to take a 4-0 lead before the Padres scored two in the sixth. Then in the seventh, Gosuke Katoh blasted a three-run homer off Zack Brown to tie the game. Then Milwaukee scored three for the final margin. Brown (1-0) picked up the win while James Reeves (0-2) took the loss. The Brewers improved their Cactus League record to 3-1 and play the Indians this afternoon. First pitch is at 2:10 and the game can be heard on AM1100/98.3FM, WISS.
UW-La Crosse thwarted the UW-Oshkosh men’s basketball team’s remarkable second-half comeback and held on for a 75-72 home win in a matchup of nationally ranked squads during the semifinal round of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship (presented by Culver’s) Wednesday night. The Titans Eddie Munch led all scorers with 20 points. The Titans concluded the season averaging a WIAC-best 80.3 points per game while the Eagles are allowing a league-low 62.5 points per contest. UW-La Crosse matched its season high by ceding 75 points Wednesday. UW-La Crosse, ranked 14th in the NCAA Division III by D3hoops.com, advances to host 11th-ranked UW-Platteville (7-2) in the WIAC Championship title game Friday (March 5). UW-Platteville, the WIAC East Division top seed, won its semifinal at home by a 67-53 score over West Division second seed UW-River Falls (5-4) on Wednesday.
The UWO-Oshkosh women advanced to the finals with a 67-59 win at home over Lacrosse and will play at home Friday against UW-Whitewater, who beat Eau Claire 74-62.
Major League Baseball will hold a sport-wide Lou Gehrig Day starting this season, honoring the Hall of Fame New York Yankees first baseman whose grace and courage fighting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis inspired a group of those affected by the disease to make June 2 synonymous with him. The plans, revealed to ESPN and expected to be announced by MLB on Thursday morning, include an annual tribute in which uniformed personnel will wear a jersey patch celebrating Gehrig and a “4-ALS” logo — commemorating his No. 4 — will be displayed around stadiums. The league will use the occasion to raise money and awareness to battle ALS and pay homage to ALS advocacy groups like the LG4Day committee, which turned an off-handed text into a cause that will bring together the sport.
Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed budget includes $400,000 to help local school districts that still have race-based mascots transition to another nickname. In Wisconsin, officials say more than two dozen schools still have Native American mascots. The proposal would create a program that would help schools with the process through grants. The Weyauwega-Fremont School District stopped using the nickname “Indians” internally years ago and phased out its headdress logo. But it wasn’t until 2020 that the district’s board of education voted to officially retire the mascot. The Weyauwega-Fremont Board of Education approved the name change to “Warhawks” last month.
Third Base Ventures, the ownership group of the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, has announced the promotion of Noelle Clarke to Assistant General Manager of the Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League. Clarke was the Director of Tickets during the challenging 2020 campaign for the Dock Spiders. In her new role with the team, she becomes part of the leadership team responsible for providing great family entertainment to the greater Fond du Lac area. Clarke will continue to oversee the ticket sales department and work with individual fans and companies to help set up ticket packages and group outings at Herr-Baker Field at Marian University. She will also take on a larger role in the overall operation of the baseball team including an expanded role in the merchandise, marketing, and food and beverage departments. The Dock Spiders are set to open their fifth season of baseball with a home game on Monday, May 31 against the Green Bay Booyah at 1:05pm. Season ticket packages are available from the Dock Spiders ticket office right now over the team’s website or by calling (920) 907-9833.
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