Hometown Broadcasting Sports Wednesday 10/21/21
20 October 2021 Sports
Sports for October 20th
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points and the Milwaukee Bucks opened the defense of their first title in half a century by beating the Brooklyn Nets 127-104 on Tuesday night. In his first game since scoring 50 points in a title-clinching Game 6 NBA Finals victory over the Phoenix Suns, Antetokounmpo also had 14 rebounds and seven assists. Khris Middleton and Pat Connaughton each added 20 points to help the Bucks withstand the loss of Jrue Holiday, who sat out the second half with a bruised right heel after scoring 12 points.
Kevin Durant led the Nets with 32 points and 11 rebounds. Patty Mills scored 21 points and shot 7 of 7 from 3-point range. James Harden added 20 points. The Nets were missing star guard Kyrie Irving, who isn’t with the team due to his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
After receiving their rings and raising a banner to celebrate their first NBA championship since 1971, the Bucks defeated the team that nearly eliminated them in the second round of the playoffs. Milwaukee rallied from a 2-0 deficit and won Game 7 at Brooklyn in overtime after Durant’s foot barely crept across the 3-point arc in the final seconds of regulation, turning a potential series-winning 3-pointer into a game-tying 2-point basket.
The Bucks went on a 21-4 run in the first quarter to extend a 10-8 advantage to 31-12. They got the lead back up to 19 again in the second quarter and were ahead 66-59 at halftime. The lead never dropped below seven the rest of the way.Milwaukee got 15 points from Jordan Nwora, a 2020 second-round pick who wasn’t in the Bucks’ rotation as a rookie but could be ready for a bigger role this year. Grayson Allen added 10 points in his Bucks debut.
The Bucks play at Miami Thursday.
The Packers return to the practice field today as they get ready for Sunday’s home game against the Washington Football Team. Green Bay (5-1) has won five straight while Washington (2-4) has lost two straight.
Meanwhile, the Green Bay Packers replaced a defensive back with a linebacker on their practice squad on Tuesday. The team signed linebacker Aaron Adeoye and released cornerback Quinton Dunbar. Adeoye, 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, is a first-year player out of Southeast Missouri State. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Baltimore Ravens in 2019, appearing in one game last year but spending most of two seasons on the practice squad. He was waived during training camp this year and spent part of the rest of camp with the New York Jets. Adeoye has also played professionally in the Alliance of American Football, The Spring League and Champions Indoor Football.
In the NLCS Tuesday night the Dodgers came back from a 5-2 deficit, scoring four runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 6-5 Cody Bellinger hit a game-tying three run homer and then the Dodgers pushed across the winning run as Los Angeles won its first game. The Braves lead 2-1 with game four tonight in Los Angeles.
In the ALCS the Astros tied their series with the Red Sox at two games each with a 9-2 victory Tuesday night. Game five is later this afternoon in Boston.
The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame announced a new class Tuesday, with the inductions of linebacker Tim Harris and wide receiver Greg Jennings.
According to the hall of fame, after being drafted by the Packers in 1986, Harris played five seasons for Green Bay, starting in 70 of the 76 games he played. The Pro Bowl player set a franchise single-season record with 19 1/2 sacks in 1989. He finished with 55 sacks, fourth-best in team history. He earned two safeties and recovered six fumbles. Harris played a total of 10 seasons in the NFL.
Greg Jennings was a 2006 draft pick by the Packers. He played 7 seasons in the green and gold, starting in 86 of his 96 games. He played 10 post-season games, including Super Bowl XLV, when he made two touchdowns in the Packers’ 31-25 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers. In his career with Green Bay, he caught 425 passes for 6,537 yards and 53 touchdowns — ranking him 9th in team history in receptions, 8th in yards and 6th in TDs.
Harris and Jennings will be inducted at the 51st Hall of Fame Induction Banquet taking place on Thursday, September 1st, 2022.
The Wautoma girls volleyball team won their first round of playoffs and will travel to Berlin on Thursday. Game time is 7:00 p.m.
The Wautoma boys cross country took fourth overall in the South Central Conference meet last Thursday.
The girls took 2nd overall and the following girls were all-conference:
2nd Team
Madylyn Woyak
Mya Bahr
Cali Havlovitz
1st Team
Teagan Reitz
Laney Havlovitz
The sectionals are this Saturday in Portage at Wyona Park with the race starting at 10:00 am.
The High School Football playoffs get underway on Friday night. In Division 4, 5th seeded Xavier plays at #4 seed Berlin. The pregame starts at 6:45 with the kickoff at 7:00 on FM 1023, The Bug.
In men’s college soccer Tuesday Ripon College defeated Finlandia University 3-2 in overtime.
Freshman Dominic Yoder has been named Midwest Conference Men’s Swimming Performer of the Week, as released Tuesday by the conference office. Yoder is an Exercise Science major with an emphasis on Athletic Training from Minot, North Dakota. Competing in his first career collegiate swim meet on Saturday, Yoder led Ripon’s men’s team to a 119-106 win against Loras College. He won both the 200 IM (2:02.95) and 100 backstroke (55.55), while also swimming a leg on Ripon’s first-place 200 medley relay (1:43.21).
This is the first weekly conference award that has been given out for swimming this season.
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