10/30/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday
30 October 2023 Sports
Kirk Cousins threw a pair of touchdown passes before leaving with a possible Achilles tendon injury in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Vikings beat the slumping Green Bay Packers 24-10 on Sunday.
Cousins walked gingerly to the sideline after getting sacked on consecutive plays during a series that ended with Green Bay’s Karl Brooks blocking Greg Joseph’s 44-yard field-goal attempt. Jaren Hall, a rookie fifth-round pick from BYU, took over tor the rest of the game.
ESPN reported Cousins tore his Achilles and further tests will be done today.
This marked the first Packers-Vikings matchup since 2006 in which both teams entered the game with losing records, but Minnesota got back to .500 on Sunday with its third consecutive victory.
Now the Vikings (4-4) must wonder whether they’re going to have to try continuing this surge without Cousins, who went 23 of 31 for 274 yards. Cousins has never missed a game because of injury in his 12-year career, though he did sit out a game at Green Bay during the 2021 season because of a positive COVID-19 test.
Minnesota’s T.J. Hockenson and Jordan Addison had touchdown receptions less than two minutes apart early in the third quarter. Cam Akers put Minnesota ahead for good in the opening period by giving the Vikings their first touchdown run of the season.
The Packers (2-5) lost their fourth straight and continued their penchant for slow starts. The Packers have been outscored 73-9 in the first half of their past five games and haven’t scored a touchdown before halftime in any of them.
Minnesota dominated the first two quarters, but only led 10-3 at the break largely because of missed opportunities. But the Vikings wasted no time breaking the game open early in the third quarter.
Cousins’ 2-yard touchdown pass to Hockenson capped a 13-play, 75-yard drive to begin the second half. On the Packers’ ensuing possession, Jordan Love threw deep to Jayden Reed, but Josh Metellus made a spectqcular catch with his back to the quarterback and then delivered a 43-yard interception return to give the Vikings the ball at the Green Bay 20.
On the next play, Cousins connected with Jordan Addison in the end zone to extend Minnesota’s lead to 24-3 with 7:48 left in the third.
Green Bay finally reached the end zone on Love’s 1-yard pass to Romeo Doubs on fourth-and-goal late in the third quarter to cut the lead to 24-10, but the Packers couldn’t get any closer despite continually reaching Vikings territory in the fourth quarter.
The drive that followed Brooks’ blocked field goal ended with the Packers losing the ball on downs at the Minnesota 10-yard line. Hall fumbled while getting sacked on his third snap to give Green Bay the ball at the Minnesota 15, but the Packers again lost the ball on downs. The Packers’ final series ended with a fourth down incompletion from the Minnesota 34.
Love ended up going 24 of 41 for 229 yards with one touchdown and an interception. He also led the team in rushing with 34 yards on 4 scrambles. The Packers rushed for 74 yards on 17 carries.
Minnesota could have put this game out of reach much earlier.
With five minutes left in the second quarter, the Vikings had a 182-26 advantage in total offense and a 13-0 edge in first downs. The Packers already had committed eight of their 11 penalties by that point.
Green Bay didn’t get a first down until its fifth series when Love threw an 11-yard completion to Christian Watson with just over four minutes left in the first half. The play drew a heart and sarcastic round of applause from a Lambeau Field crowd frustrated by Green Bay’s first-half failures.
On the injury front Packers OT Yosh Nijman hurt his foot late in the game
The Packers host the Los Angeles Rams next Sunday.
Elsewhere in the NFC North the Bears lost to the Chargers 30-13. In Monday Night Football the Raiders are at Detroit to take on the Lions. In the NBA the Bucks lost at home to the Hawks 127-110. Milwaukee is 1-1 while the Hawks improved to 1-2. Giannis Anetotkounmpo led Milwaukee with 26 points
while Damian Lillard was held to 6. 8 players scored in double figures for the Hawks with Trae Young’s 20 points leading the way. The Bucks host the Heat tonight.
The World Series shifts to Arizona tonight where the Diamondbacks host the Texas Rangers. The series is tied at a game each after the D-Backs evened the series in Texas Saturday night, 9-1. Tonight Max Scherzer starts for the Rangers against Brandon Pfaadt. First pitch is at 7:03 CDT.
Marvin Harrison Jr. caught two touchdown passes, TreyVeon Henderson rushed for 162 yards in his first game in over a month and No. 3 Ohio State remained unbeaten by defeating Wisconsin 24-10 on Saturday night.
Wisconsin (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) played the second half without star running back Braelon Allen or wide receiver Chimere Dike due to leg injuries. Allen, who rushed for 50 yards on 10 carries, got hurt while unsuccessfully trying to score on a third-and-goal reception from the 1 on the second-to-last play of the second quarter.
After Ohio State (8-0, 5-0) squandered an early 10-0 lead, Harrison had a tiebreaking 19-yeard touchdown reception in the right corner of the end zone with 7:14 left in the third quarter. Harrison also ran a shallow cross and turned it into a 16-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
Harrison finished with six receptions for 123 yards. This came one week after catching a career-high 11 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown in a 20-12 victory over No. 10 Penn State, which was ranked seventh at the time.
Henderson sealed the victory by running through a big hole on the left side, breaking a tackle downfield and delivering a 33-yard touchdown run with 5:15 left. Henderson was playing for the first time since a Sept. 23vvictory at Notre Dame after missing three games with an unspecified injury.
Ohio State beat Wisconsin for a 10th consecutive time and withstood an injury to safety Lathan Ransom, who was carted to the locker room in the second half. Day didn’t have an update on Ransom’s injury immediately after the game.
Harrison’s first touchdown gave Ohio State a 10-0 advantage. Wisconsin tied the game on Braedyn Locke’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Will Pauling early in the third quarter before Ohio State pulled ahead for good on its ensuing possession. Locke was 18 of 39 for 165 yards in his second career start.
Ohio State’s Kyle McCord went 17 of 26 for 226 yards, but threw a pair of interceptions to go along with his two touchdown passes to Harrison. McCord hadn’t been picked off since Ohio State’s season opener.
McCord also lost a fumble during a fourth-and-3 conversion attempt from the Wisconsin 33 on the game’s first series.
Monmouth Colletge 45, Ripon College 3- The Red Hawks drop to 3-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference.
UW-Oshkosh 66, UW-Stevens Point 28-The Titans imporve to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in conference play.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL FINALS
Xavier 3-0 over Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Appleton North 3-0 over Bay Port
Sussex Hamilton 3-2 over Manitowoc Lincoln
Rice Lake 3-1 over Waupaca
St. Mary Catholic 3-1 over Marshall
Howards Grove 3-1 over Kae Country Lutheran
Newman Catholic 3-1 over Valley Christian (Oshkosh)
BOYS SOCCER SECTIONAL FINALS
West De Pere 1-0 over West Bend West
De Pere 1-1 (4-2 in penalties) over Hudson
Plymouth 1-0 over Notre Dame
St. Mary Catholic 3-1 over Xavier
Sheboygan Christian Lutheran 1-0 over Ootsburg
STATE CROSS COUNTRY
D3- Iola Scandinavia’s Charlie Vater took 1st place
D3- Kohler boys took 1st place
D3- Wineconne boys took 3rd place
D2- Xavier girls took 1st place
D2- Notre Dame girls took 2nd place
D1- Neenah girls took 2nd place
D1- Kaukauna girls took 3rd place.
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