1/24/25 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
24 January 2025 Sports
Damian Lillard had 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame travel issues to beat the Miami Heat 125-96 on Thursday for their fifth straight victory.
Lillard had appeared to get his fourth career triple-double before leaving with 3:57 remaining, but the 10th rebound that had been credited to Lillard was changed.
The start was pushed back an hour due to the Bucks’ troubles getting out of New Orleans, which had a historic snowstorm Tuesday. The Bucks’ scheduled Wednesday game with the Pelicans was postponed, and their plane arrived in Milwaukee less than three hours before the start Thursday.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 12 rebounds. Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 21 points and shot 7 of 10 on 3-point attempts.
Kel’el Ware had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Miami. Tyler Herro had 21 points and nine assists.
Miami’s Jimmy Butler began serving a two-game suspension for what the Heat described as a “continued pattern of disregard of team rules, insubordinate conduct and conduct detrimental to the team.”
The Bucks trailed 18-3 midway through the first quarter. But they still exceeded 120 points for a fifth straight game.
The Bucks begin a four-game trip at the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.
NFC Conference Championship Game (Sun.)
Commanders at Eagles-2:00
AFC Conference Championship Game (Sun.)
Bills at Chiefs-5:30
The winners advance to the Super Bowl.
In college Big Ten basketball action on Sunday, #18 Wisconsin hosts Nebraska with the tipoff at noon.
Grinnell College at Ripon College-Tipoff at 3:00.
UW-River Falls at UW-Oshkosh-Tipoff at 5:00.
(Women’s)
Ginnell College at Ripon College-Tipoff at 1:00.
UW-Oshkosh at UW-River Falls-Tipoff is at 3:00.\
Plans are in motion for the Green Bay Packers’ annual Tailgate Tour around Wisconsin.
On Thursday, the Packers released details about the 2025 tour, including the dates, locations and featured players and alumni.
From April 8-12, running back Josh Jacobs, tight end Tucker Kraft and defensive end Lukas Van Ness will travel the state with President/CEO Mark Murphy aboard a customized Green Bay Packers-themed motor coach to visit with fans and thank them for their support.
Also joining the tour are several alumni players — Ahman Green, Jermichael Finley and John Michels.
The schedule for the Tailgate Tour is as follows:
• Milwaukee on April 8
• Madison on April 9
• La Crosse on April 10
• Wausau on April 11
• Green Bay on April 12
Officials say the tour will feature “a variety of surprise and planned visits” to be held in each area.
Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Joe Burrow, Jared Goff and Lamar Jackson are finalists for The Associated Press 2024 NFL Most Valuable Player award.
Barkley, Burrow and Jackson also are finalists for Offensive Player of the Year and Burrow is also in the running for Comeback Player of the Year.
The winners will be announced at NFL Honors on Feb. 6. A nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league completed voting before the playoffs began.
Former Badgers Zack Baun, and T.J. Watt were nominated for NFL Defensive Player of the Year
Eagles linebacker Zack Baun went from mostly playing special teams for the Saints to earning All-Pro honors in his first season in Philadelphia. Baun is a graduate of Brown Deer High School and the University of Wisconsin.
Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, the 2021 winner, had 11 1/2 sacks and forced six fumbles. Watt is a graduate of Pewaukee High School and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.
It now appears it’s a question of when, not if, Carlos Beltrán will be voted into the Hall of Fame. In fact, next year could be his time, with the ballot wide open.
Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Bill Wagner were elected in voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced Tuesday night. Beltrán fell 19 votes short of the needed 75% for induction.
It was only Beltrán’s third year on the ballot — the maximum is 10 — so the graceful outfielder is in good shape to make it eventually. And next year should work in his favor because there probably won’t be any first-ballot inductees. Cole Hamels and Ryan Braun are expected to headline the newcomers.
High School Basketball (Thurs.)
Boys
Waupun 72 Kettle Moraine Lutheran 68
Plymouth 97 Winneconne 54
Berlin 71 Kewaskum 55
Little Chute 50 Clintonville 33
Freedom 75 Denmark 56
Fox Valley Lutheran 79 Oconto Falls 47
Wrightstown 64 Waupaca 52
Baraboo 70 Mauston 34
Central Wisconsin Christian 49 Markesan 43
Cambria-Friesland 60 Wayland Academy 54
Pardeeville 97 Poynette 51
Girls (Thurs.)
Beaver Dam 59 DeForest 45
Xavier 63 Mosinee 55
Seymour 47 New London 35
Westfield 70 Adams-Friendship 28
Wisconsin Dells 81 Nekoosa 12
Mauston 78 Wautoma 14
Central Wisconsin Christian 52 Dodgeland 39
Lourdes Academy 47 Horicon 35
Valley Christian 67 Wayland Academy 46
Fall River 64 Cambria-Friesland 22
Markesan 49 Pardeeville 44
Rio at Randolph 63 Rio 17
Princeton/Green Lake 53 Montello 30
Boys Basketball (Fri.)
Campbellsport at Laconia
Omro at Lomira
Mayville at North Fond du Lac
Saint Mary’s Springs at Reedsville
Winnebago Lutheran at Kohler (Sat)
Beaver Dam at Baraboo (Sat.)
Menasha at Seymour
Green Bay West at New London
Xavier at Shawano
Weyauwega-Fremont at Shiocton
Tri-County at Almond-Bancroft
Wild Rose at Port Edwards
Appleton East at Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac at Germantown (Sat.)
Appleton North at Hortonville
Oshkosh North at Kaukauna
Neenah at Kimberly]
Appleton West at Oshkosh West
Oshkosh North at Oshkosh West (Sat.)
Fox Valley Lutheran at West Salem (Sat.)
Mauston at Wautoma
Adams-Friendship at Westfield
Wisconsin Dells at Nekoosa
Pardeeville at Central Wisconsin Chrisitan (Sat.)
Cambria-Friesland at Dodgeland
Palmyra-Eagle at Horicon
Parkview at Hustisford
Lourdes Academy at Fall River (Sat.)
Oakfield at Abundant Life (Sat.)
Valley Christian at Montello
Wayland Academy at Markesan (Sat.)
Williams Bay at Montello (Sat.)
Princeton/Green Lake at Johnson Creek
Randolph at Deerfield (Sat.)
Rio at Madison/ Country Day
Girls Basketball (Fri.)
Campbellsport at Ripon-Tiipoff at 7:15 on The Wave.
Waupun at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Winneconne at Plymouth
Berlin at Kewaskum
Green Bay East at Menasha
Omro at Lomira
Fond du Lac at Appleton East
Neenah at Kimberly
Appleton North at Hortonville
Kaukauna at Oshkosh North
Oshkosh West at Appleton West
Luxemburg-Casco at Clintonville
Marinette at Freedom
Waupaca at Denmark
Wrightstown at Oconto Falls
Fox Valley Lutheran at Little Chute
Salam at Central Wisconsin Christian
Oakfield at Columbus
Fall River at Wayland Academy
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