1/6/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
6 January 2023 Sports
Friday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Packers continue to get ready for Sunday’s showdown with the Lions in a primetime game at Lambeau Field. Both teams are 8-8 and the Packers need a win to make the playoffs. If the Lions win and Seattle loses, Detroit would be in the playoffs. Green Bay has won four straight.
The Lions insist they’ll still have plenty of incentive to beat their NFC North rivals even if it has no impact on their own postseason fortunes.
“There’s other things on the line as far having a winning season and beating a division opponent that I feel like really doesn’t respect us much at all,” Lions cornerback Amani Oruwariye said. “There’s a lot of other motivating factors.
The Lions have won seven of their last nine games and are coming off a 41-10 blowout of the Chicago Bears.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a chance to make up for his poor performance in the Nov. 6 loss at Detroit. Rodgers threw three interceptions in that game to match a career high as the Packers consistently misfired in the red zone.
Rodgers isn’t accustomed to struggling against the Lions. The Packers are 18-7 against the Lions in games Rodgers has started.
There’s a possibility this could be the last game at Lambeau Field for the 39-year-old Rodgers, who says he hasn’t yet decided whether to play next season. Even if they reach the postseason, the Packers won’t have any home playoff games.
“I’ve got a lot of great memories here at Lambeau and hopefully can add another one on Sunday,” Rodgers said.
The pregame starts at 5:00 with the kickoff at 7:20 on FM 1023, The Bug.
Week 18 of the NFL begins Saturday with two games. Kansas City is at Las Vegas in the first game and Tennessee is at Jacksonville Saturday night.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is showing “remarkable improvement” over the past 24 hours, the team said in a statement Thursday morning, although he remains “critically ill” in a Cincinnati ICU nearly three days after suffering a harrowing cardiac arrest on the field that sent shockwaves through the NFL.
Hamlin, a 24-year-old second-year defensive safety, has “demonstrated that he appears to be neurologically intact,” the Bills team Twitter account posted on Thursday, as his lungs “continue to heal and he is making steady progress.”
As of Thursday morning, Hamlin is “doing better, awake and showing more signs of improvement,” according to his teammate Kaiir Elam.
Hamlin was injured in the first quarter of Monday night’s game against the Bengals.
The Bucks are back in action tonight hosting the Hornets at 7:00 at Firserv Forum. Milwaukee is 25 and 13 and in second place in the Eastern Conference, a game-and a-half behind the Celtics while Charlotte is 10 and 29 and in last place in the East.
In men’s college basketball Saturday, #14 Wisconsin is at Illinois at 12:30.
Elsewhere, Ripon College hosts Illinois College with the tipoff at 3:00.
UW-Oshkosh hosts UW-River Falls at 5:00 on Alumni Day.
In other news, Ripon athletic director and head men’s basketball coach Ryan Kane has been named the next athletic director at Carthage College. To read more click here.
In women’s college basketball Sunday, Wisconsin hosts Minnesota at 3:00.
On Saturday, Ripon College hosts Illinois College at 1:00 and UW-Oshkosh is at UW-River Falls with the tipoff at 3:00.
High School Basketball (Boys)
(Thurs.)
Lomira 63, Laconia 52
Saint Mary’s Springs 87, North Fond du Lac 32
Omro 62, Campbellsport 59
Mayville 74, Winnebago Lutheran 72
Clintonville 55, Waupaca 25
Fox Valley Lutheran 57, Freedom 54
Oakfield 49, Horicon 46
Lourdes Acadmey 67, Hustisford 24
Dodgeland 48, Valley Christian 47
Cambria-Friesland 50, Rio 38
Fall River 65, Randolph 50
Markesan 88, Princeton/Green Lake 64
Pardeeville 96, Montello 48
Waunakee 51, Beaver Dam 44
(Fri.
Berlin at Ripon-Tipoff at 7:15 on the Ripon Channel
Kettle Moraine Lutheran at Winneconna
Kaukauna at Fond du Lac
Oshkosh North at Neenah
Oshkosh West at Appleton North
Westfield at Wautoma
Adams-Friendship at Wisconsin Dells
Mauston at Nekoosa
Milwaukee Vincent at Beaver Dam
Laconia at Waupun (Sat.)
Fond du Lac at Waukesha South
Denmark at Fox Valley Lutheran
Wautoma at Wild Rose
Wisconsin Dells at Dubuque Senior
Martin Luther at Adams-Friendship
(Girls)
(Thurs.)
Berlin 47, Ripon 42-Callie Kurczek scored 15 and Jane Hoffman had 15 for the Indians. Allison Bumby and Elirie Rost each scored 10 for the Tigers. Berlin improved improved to 7-4 overall and 1-4 in the East Central while Ripon fell to 5-6 and is at 1-4 in the conference.
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 66, Winneconne 39
Kewaskum 55, Plymouth 30
Fond du Lac 51, Kaukauna 46
Westfield 48, Wautoma 35
Wisconsin Dells 44, Adams-Friendship 22
Mauston 72, Nekoosa 31
(Fri.)
Waupun at Xavier
Campbellsport at Laconia
North Fond du Lac at Lomira
Omro at Mayville
Saint Mary’s Springs at Winnebago Lutheran
Neenah at Oshkosh North
Appleton North at Oshkosh West
Wrightsville at Clintonville
Little Chute at Fox Valley Lutheran
Freedom at Marinette
Luxemburg-Casco at Waupaca
Dodgeland at Horicon
Hustisford at Lourdes Academy
Cambria-Friesland at Pardeeville
Randolph at Markesan
Princeton/Green Lake at Montello
Rio at Fall River
Beaver Dam at Watertown
(Sat.)
Fox Valley Lutheran at Oconto Falls
Wautoma at Wild Rose
Fall River at Randolph
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