Packers And Vikings Meet Again

For just the second time, the Green Bay Packers (11-5) and Minnesota Vikings (10-6) will meet in the postseason when they play at Lambeau Field tonight in the Wild Card Round of the NFC Playoffs. Having home field advantage in the playoffs has not been much of a benefit for the Packers of late. They have won just two of their last six home playoff … Continue reading

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Even With Barry, Badgers Can’t Win Rose Bowl

The Big 10 Champion Wisconsin Badgers (8-6) lost to the Pac 12 Champs, the 8th ranked Stanford Cardinal (12-2) in the 2013 Rose Bowl Tuesday, 20-14.  Interim head coach Barry Alvarez suffered his first loss in four trips to the Rose Bowl with the Badgers.  Wisconsin was down 14-0 after the opening quarter, but rallied and had the deficit cut to 17-14 at halftime.  However, … Continue reading

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Badgers In Rose Bowl For Third Straight Year

The Wisconsin football team will play in the Rose Bowl for a third straight time when they take on Stanford Tuesday afternoon in Pasadena, California.  The Badgers have lost the last two Rose Bowls, falling to TCU 21-19 in 2011 and losing to Oregon 45-38 in 2012.  There is one major difference between those Wisconsin teams and this one and that is the fact that … Continue reading

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Packers Fall In Regular Season Finale

The Green Bay Packers (11-5) wrapped up the 2012 regular-season by losing to the Minnesota Vikings (10-6), 37-34 Sunday at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.  The Packers overcame deficits of 13 and 10 points and had the game tied at 34 with 2:54 remaining in the fourth quarter.  However, Adrian Peterson had four straight runs for 37 yards and rookie … Continue reading

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Holiday Wrestling Tournament Results

Southern Door’s Jacob Englebert (19-1) won five matches at the Oshkosh On The Water wrestling tournament and took home the title in the 138 pound weight class.  Saturday, Englebert beat Waupaca’s Levi Petroske in the semifinals, 14-8 and then beat Jason Ipsarides of Cedarburg, 4-2 in the championship match. Southern Door’s Colin Schubert (18-3) finished fifth in the 152 weight class at the Oshkosh On … Continue reading

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Packers Close Regular Season

There’s plenty on the line when the Green Bay Packers (11-4) close out the regular season Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings (9-6) at Mall of America Field at the Metrodome.  With a win, Green Bay will lock up the second seed in the NFC and for a second straight season a first round bye in the playoffs.  Minnesota needs a win to secure one of … Continue reading

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Packers Give Home Fans A Blow Out

The Green Bay Packers (11-4) gave their fans plenty to cheer about in their final home game of the regular-season, as they crushed the Tennessee Titans (5-9) Sunday, 55-7.  The Packers offense had 460 total yards and seven touchdowns, while the defense gave up 180 yards, sacked Titans quarterback Jake Locker seven times and intercepted him twice.  Mix in two field goals and 121 yards … Continue reading

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Packers Still Have Work To Do

The Green Bay Packers (10-4) will play their final regular-season home game of 2012 when they welcome the Tennessee Titans (5-9) to Lambeau Field Sunday.  The Packers have locked up the NFC North Division title and secured at least one home game in the NFL playoffs.  Now, with a little help, Green Bay hopes to move up in the NFC seedings and get a first … Continue reading

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Friday’s Prep Basketball Results

The Sturgeon Bay girls (4-1 Packerland /5-4 overall) suffered their first Packerland Conference loss Friday night while the Algoma girls (5-0 / 6-0) are still undefeated as they get set to host De Pere (3 PM Saturday).  Here’s Friday night’s scoreboard: Girls Packerland Conference Basketball: Oconto beat Sturgeon Bay, 58-50 Oconto – Laken James, 22 points Sturgeon Bay – Linnea Scmelzer 18 points Kewaunee beat … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Has Their Man

The University of Wisconsin officially introduced Gary Andersen as the 29th head coach of the football team Friday morning.  Andersen comes to the Badgers from Utah State, where he had an overall record of 26-24.  That includes this past season, when Andersen’s Aggies had their most successful season. Utah State was 11-2, won the WAC title (the program’s first outright conference title since 1936) and … Continue reading

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