Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday 4/16/21
16 April 2021 Sports
Sports for April 16th
After an off-day Thursday, the Brewers are back in action tonight at American Family Field, hosting the Pittsburgh Pirates. Milwaukee (7-5) is tied with Cincinnati for first in the NL Central, a game in front of St. Louis, two games in front of the Cubs and 2 ½ games ahead of Pittsburgh. Scheduled starters tonight for the Pirates are JT Brubaker (1-0, 1.93 ERA) while the Brewers send Adrian Houser (1-1, 1.80 ERA). First pitch is at 7:10 and the game can be heard on AM 1100/98.3 FM, WISS.
There was just one game Thursday in the NL Central as the Padres beat the Pirates 8-3.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 15 points in his return to the Milwaukee lineup and got plenty of help from his teammates as the Bucks cooled off the surging Atlanta Hawks 120-109 Thursday night. Antetokounmpo had missed six games with an ailing left knee before getting cleared to return in Atlanta, where he starred in the NBA All-Star Game last month. He played 25 minutes in his return, hitting 7 of 12 shots to go along with five rebounds, three steals, two assists and a block. He didn’t have to carry too much of a load as the Bucks put seven players in double figures, led by Jrue Holiday with 23 points. The Hawks got as close as 113-105 with just over two minutes remaining, but the Bucks sealed the victory with a sequence in which they claimed three straight offensive rebounds, the last leading to a put-back dunk by Brook Lopez, who had 19 points and 12 rebounds.
Pat Connaughton finished off the Hawks with a 3-pointer. Bogdan Bogdanovic led the Hawks with 28 points, hitting six 3-pointers. Trae Young returned after missing two games with a calf injury but had a terrible night, connecting on just 3 of 17 shots. The Hawks lost for only the sixth time in 22 games since Nate McMillan took over as interim coach. Antetokounmpo added another good memory from State Farm Arena. He was MVP of the All-Star Game, hitting all 16 of his shots for 35 points — the most baskets without a miss in the history of the midseason showcase. The Bucks stretched their lead for third place in the Eastern Conference to 6 1/2 games over the fourth-place Hawks. The Bucks wrapped up a stretch in which they played nine of 10 on the road. The Bucks return to Milwaukee on Saturday for just their second home game in the past three weeks. They will host the Memphis Grizzlies to start a four-game homestand..
For the first time since 1988 (Shawano and Kaukauna) two teams from Northeast Wisconsin will meet each other in a girls volleyball state championship match. That’s because Thursday top-seeded Appleton North and No. 2 Manitowoc took care of business in its respective Division 1 state semifinals at Kettle Moraine. North defeated No. 4 McFarland (12-3) in three sets, and Manitowoc did the same to No. 3 Sun Prairie. They will meet at 7 p.m. Saturday at Kaukauna, and the winner captures the program’s first state title. North (14-0), won 25-19, 25-15, 25-19. Meanwhile, Manitowoc (16-1) won its first state tournament match, defeating the Cardinals (10-4) 25-17, 25-22, 25-23. In Division 2, No. 3 St. Mary’s Springs (12-2) led 2-1, but lost the final two sets 25-21, 16-14 to No. 2 Washburn. The Ledgers trailed 14-11 in the final set but scored three straight points. However, the Castle Guards then closed out the match, which was at Beaver Dam. s.
In WIAA Girl’s Volleyball semi-final action Thursday:
Division 1: Manitowoc Lincoln 3, Sun Prairie 0
Appleton North 3, McFarland 0
WIAA Girl’s Division 1 Volleyball State Championship match:
Manitowoc Lincoln vs Appleton North
Saturday, April 17th at Kaukauna High School
Division 2: Washburn 3, St Mary’s Springs 0
Brodhead 3, Royall 1
WIAA Girl’s Division 2 Volleyball State Championship match
Washburn vs Brodhead
Saturday, April 17th at Kaukauna High School
Football for Friday, April 16th
Ripon vs Waupun at Ripon on 93.1/1600 WRPN-Kickoff is at 4:30.
Mayville at Omro on 102.3, The BUG-Kickoff is at 7:00
Laconia at Campbellsport
St Mary’s Springs at Lomira
Winnebago Lutheran Academy at North FDL are playing in Kewaskum.
Boys Soccer for Saturday, April 17th:
Green Bay East at Ripon at 1:30 pm
The RBC Heritage got underway Thursday at Hilton Head, South Carolina, Cameron Smith posted a 9-under and leads Stewart Cink by one stroke. Matt Wallace and Collin Morikawa are at 6-under.
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