Sports – Friday, March 18th, 2016

The 1^st full day
of the NCAA Tournament saw a pair of #12 seeds upset #5 seeds as Arkansas-Little
Rock stopped Purdue in the Midwest Region in double-OT and Yale took down
Baylor in the West Region.  In the South,
#11 Wichita State
dumped #6 Arizona.  In the Midwest
#11 Gonzaga stopped #6 Seton Hall. 

 

The Badgers and UW-Green Bay both are preparing for their 1^st
games on tonight.  The 7^th
seeded Badgers in the East Region will play #10 seed Pittsburgh
at 5:50pm on Friday night in St. Louis.  You’ll hear that game on KFIZ and it will be
on TNT.  UW-Green
Bay is a #14 seed and face #3 seed
Texas A&M in Oklahoma City
at 6:20pm Friday.  That game will be
broadcast on TBS.

 

The Bucks beat the Grizzlies
96-86.  The Bucks host Utah on Sunday night.

 

The Brewers beat the Rangers
5-2 on Thursday night. Taylor Jungmann gave up just 1 hits and struck out three
in four scoreless innings.  The Brewers
and Reds play this afternoon.

 

WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament

Division Three

Waupun 55 Prairie du Chien 43

Appleton Xavier 82 Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 75

Division Four

Whitefish Bay Dominican 54 LaCrosse Aquinas 46

Cameron 44 Amherst 41

 

Today

Division Five Semifinals –
9am

Barneveld vs. Burlington Catholic
Central

Chippewa Falls
McDonell vs. Green Bay
NEW Lutheran

Division Two Semifinals 1:30pm

Waunakee vs. Whitnall

Kaukauna vs. LaCrosse Central

Division one Semifinals – 6pm

Muskego vs. Milwaukee Marquette

Stevens
Point vs. Sheboygan North