Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 11/18/21
18 November 2021 Sports
Sports for November 18th
The Packers began preparing for this week’s NFC North match-up with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday, but did so without some of their top talent on the field. That includes quarterback Aaron Rodgers (toe), wide receiver Allen Lazard (shoulder), and left tackle David Bakhtiari (knee). According to the team’s injury report, Wednesday was considered a walk through and many of the practice designations were estimates. That includes wide receiver Davante Adams, who was listed as a limited participant due to a shoulder injury.
Rodgers missed the last two weeks of practice while on the COVID-19 reserve list, and showed up on the Packers injury report Saturday with a toe issue. The reigning MVP said after practice it was the toe issue that held him out of practice for a mental day.
Green Bay has plenty to work on ahead of this week’s game against Minnesota. Head coach Matt LaFleur mentioned on Monday the mental errors from the Seahawks game this past week, and Rodgers reiterated the need to clean up those issues. Asked if he thinks he has seen all the wrinkles on defense from Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, Rodgers said no. He said with returning veterans on defense Minnesota always comes up with new schemes.
Wide receiver Davante Adams was asked if he likes where the Packers are at right now as a team. He said defensively the unit is playing well. As for the offense, Adams said there’s still things to improve on, but overall he likes where they’re at.
Rodgers told reporters that he expects to play Sunday against the Vikings. Head coach Matt LaFleur is also hoping Rodgers’ blindside protector is back for the Vikings game, but they’re taking everything with David Bakhtiari day-by-day as he comes back from a torn ACL.
Bakhtiari has not practiced in nearly a week after being held out last Friday and on Wednesday.
In Thursday Night Football New England is at Atlanta. The Patriots are 6-4 while the Falcons come in at 4-5.
Toronto left-hander Robbie Ray bounced back from a dismal season to win the AL Cy Young Award and Milwaukee righty Corbin Burnes returned from a bout of COVID-19 to win the NL’s top pitching prize.
In the Year of the Pitcher, Burnes led the majors with a 2.43 ERA and Ray topped the AL at 2.84 and both put up impressive strikeout totals. Burnes edged Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler for the award on Wednesday, with both receiving 12 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Max Scherzer finished third. Ray got 29 first-place votes. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole got the other top vote and finished second and Chicago White Sox righty Lance Lynn was third.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 47 points and Khris Middleton tied Milwaukee’s franchise record for career 3-pointers as the Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 109-102 on Wednesday night. Middleton returned after missing eight games due to COVID-19, played 30 minutes and made consecutive 3-pointers 30 seconds apart early in the fourth quarter to put the Bucks ahead for good. The second of those 3s was his 1,051st with the Bucks to match Ray Allen for first place on the team’s all-time list. Allen holds the NBA record with 2,973 3-pointers in a career that also included stints with the Seattle SuperSonics, Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.
LeBron James missed an eighth straight game for the Lakers due to an abdominal strain. The Lakers have gone 3-5 during that stretch. Los Angeles also is missing Trevor Ariza and Kendrick Nunn, who haven’t yet appeared in a game this season.
Talen Horton-Tucker scored 25 points for the Lakers two nights after getting a career-high 28 in a 121-103 loss to Chicago. Russell Westbrook had 19 points, Malik Monk 11 and Carmelo Anthony 10.
Antetokounmpo posted his highest point total since scoring 50 in a Game 6 Finals victory over the Phoenix Suns that clinched Milwaukee’s first title since 1971.
The Bucks host Oklahoma City on Friday. The Bucks split two games with the Thunder last season.
STATE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Thursday & Friday
Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis.
Thursday
- Division 7: 10 a.m. Coleman (13-0) vs. Reedsville (12-1)
- Division 6: 1 p.m. Colby (12-1) vs. St. Mary’s Springs (11-2)
- Division 5: 4 p.m. Aquinas (13-0) vs. Mayville (11-2)
- Division 4: 7 p.m. Ellsworth (12-0) vs. Catholic Memorial (13-0)
Friday
- Division 3: 10 a.m. Rice Lake (11-2) vs. Pewaukee (11-2)
- Division 2: 1 p.m. Waunakee (13-0) vs. Homestead (11-2)
- Division 1: 4 p.m. Franklin (13-0) vs. Sun Prairie (13-0)
In women’s college basketball Wednesday night UW-Platteville beat Ripon College 65-58.
Girls Basketball for 11/18
Ripon at Mayville
Berlin at Lomira
Campbellsport at Kewaskum
St. Mary Catholic at Winneconne
Oostburg at Laconia
Omro at Watertown Luther Prep
St. Mary’s Springs at New Holstein
Hortonville at Green Bay Preble
Oshkosh West at Pulaski
New London at Waupaca
Fox Valley Lutheran at Seymour
Portage at Beaver Dam
Pacelli at Weyauwega-Fremont
Antigo at Clintonville
Wautoma at Iola-Scandinavia
Adams-Friendship at Tri-County
Tomah at Mauston
Pardeeville at Westfield
University Lake School/Trinity Academy at Central Wisconsin Christian
Dodgeland at Montello
Oakfield at Rio
Johnson Creek at Fall River
Waterloo at Markesan
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