10/25/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
25 October 2024 Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks open their home season tonight, hosting the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks beat the 76ers Wednesday night 124-109 behind Damian Lillards 30 points, including six three-pointers. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points on 8 for 11 from the floor and grabbed 14 rebounds as six Bucks were in double figures.
The Bulls (0-1) lost their season-opener Wednesday to the Pelicans, 123-111.
Tip off tonight is at 7:00 at Fiserv Forum.
The Packers (5-2) continue to practice for Sunday’s game at Jacksonville against the Jaguars 2-5. Green Bay has won three straight while Jacksonville has won 2 of their last 3 games.
The pregame starts at 10:00 with the kickoff at noon on FM 1023, The Bug.
In Thursday Night Football the Rams won at home over the Vikings 30-20. For the Vikings it was their second loss in four days after losing to the Lions at home on Sunday.
Matthew Stafford completed 25 of 34 passes for 279 yards and four touchdowns. WR Puka Nacua caught seven passes for 106 yards. The game marked the return of WR Cooper Kupp who caught five passes, including a touchdown.
The Rams Kevin Williams rushed for 97 yards on 23 carries.
Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was 18 of 25 for 240 yards and two touchdown passes, both in the first quarter. Justin Jefferson caught 8 passes for 115 yards. Arron Jones led the rushing attack with 58 yards on 19 carries.
It was 14-14 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter was scoreless and 21-17 at the end of three quarters.
The Vikings drop to 5-2 and into a tie with the Packers in the NFC North. The Lions are 5-1 while the Bears are 4-2
The Rams improve to 3-4.
The World Series begins tonight in Los Angeles with the Dodgers hosting the New York Yankees. Two sluggers will battle it out. The Yankees Aaron Judge led the majors with 58 home runs while the Dodgers Shoei Ohtani had 54 and 59 stolen bases. First pitch is at 7:08 CDT.
No. 3 Penn State has one more hurdle to clear before it can take an undefeated record into next weekend’s showdown with No. 4 Ohio State. It’s an obstacle that looks much tougher now than it did a few weeks ago.
Wisconsin (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) lost back-to-back games to No. 15 Alabama and Southern California last month but has since trounced Purdue, Rutgers and Northwester by a combined margin of 117-16Wisconsin has a chance to beat a Top 25 team for the first time in coach Luke Fickell’s two-year tenure when Penn State visits Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday.
Penn State (6-0, 3-0) still has reason to feel confident. The Nittany Lions had two weeks to prepare for this game after passing a major road test Oct. 12 by rallying to win 33-30 at Southern California in overtime. Penn State also has won its last five meetings with Wisconsin and hasn’t lost to the Badgers since 2011.
Wisconsin is just 2-13 in its last 15 games against Top 25 teams, including an 0-4 mark under Fickell. The Badgers haven’t beaten a top-10 team since a 31-18 victory over top-ranked Ohio State in 2010.
The kickoff is at 6:30 from Camp Randall Stadium and can be heard on AM 1600/97.3 FM, WRPN.
Ripon College is at RV/RV Lake Forest College with the kickoff at 1:00.
UW-Oshkosh is at UW-Stevens Point with the kickoff at 1:00.
Thursday girls’ volleyball regional semifinals took place.
In Division 1, Appleton North swept Green Bay Preble, while Xavier also won 3-0 over Ashwaubenon.
Meanwhile, in Division 5, N.E.W. Lutheran swept Tigerton.
The Wisconsin high school football playoffs begin tonight.
Area-wide Freedom and Winneconne are #1 seeds.
Division 1
Appleton North at Kimberly
Appleton North at Kimberly
Fond du Lac at Franklin
Milwaukee Hamilton at Neenah
Division 2
Beaver Dam at Menasha
Pulaski at #1 Kaukauna
Oshkosh North at West De Pere
Division 3
Luxemburg Casco at Plymouth
Whitefish Bay at Port Washington
Fox Valley Lutheran at Wausau East
Waupaca at Lacrosse Logan
Division 4
Delavan-Darien at Kettle Moraine Lutehran
Seymour at Prescott
Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Christian at #1 seed Winnconne
Little Chute at Xavier
Campbellsport at #3 Berlin
Waupun at Mayville
Saint Croix Central at # 1 Feedom
Nekoosa at Abbotsford
Wisconsin Dells at Lodi
Division 5
Peshtigo at Kiel
New Holstein at Southern Door
Mishicott at Lomira
Winnebago Lutheran at #2 Saint Mary’s Springs
Division 6
Weyauwega-Fremont at Coleman
Howards Grove at Pardeeville
Westfield at Auburndale
Division 7
Hillsboro at Cambria-Friesland
Royal at Johnson Creek
Lourdes Academy at Crivitz
Randolph at Ithica
The Ripon Tiges Cross Country team’s compete in a sectional meet today at Waupaca. They’re among 17 competing with the goal of qualifying for the state meet. The girl’s race at 4::00 and the boy’s follow at 4:45. Tickets must be purchased online before you enter to attend the meet.
The Tigers qualified last week in the East Central Conference Mett.
The boy’s team finished 6th out of seven teams with 142 points. Aidan Ruedinger earned All Conference honors and qualified for sectionals with a 7th place finish with a time of 126:54. He was followed by Vicente Beltran in 28th, Landyn Garrett 31st, Cyan 34th and Jason Vega 42nd
On the girl’s side , the Tigers finished 6th out of 7 times with 122 points. Adiline Baird and Leah Page earned All-Conference honors, as they placed 11th and 16th respectively. Following them was Amelia Long in 28th, Lily Kwakel 31st and Alyssa Bradley in 36th
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