By Adam Roberts – 7/20/2021 To kick off the All-Star festivities, each year the Northwoods League hosts its own version of the Home Run Derby, pitting members of each division against each other. The Loggers had two representatives competing for the Great Plains Division, and they showed up early and often! Ronnie Sweeney hit 10…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/19/2021 Speaking as someone who has partaken in the fun of the Deer District this postseason, I can say wholeheartedly the experience was worth the 3.5 hour drive there and the 2.75 hour drive back early the following morning to work. Having remembered the days of nosebleed seats at the Bradley…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/19/2021 It’s getting closer and closer to the start of high school football in our area once again, with first games set to kickoff one month from tomorrow. It’s also the time where many schools with head coaching vacancies are shoring up those holes in their staff. Last week, it was…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/19/2021 The challenge for the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night: go into a raucous Footprint Center and win on the road against a Suns team that had won two previous home games in the NBA Finals fairly decidedly. The response from the Bucks: 32, 9, and 6 from Giannis, 29, 7, and…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/16/2021 The head of the NCAA is calling on the organization to play a smaller role in college sports. President Mark Emmert on Thursday said the organization that regulates student athletes should play a smaller governance role on many issues, and delegate more decision-making power to schools and conferences. Emmert said…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/16/2021 The Packers won’t be heading overseas this year, and won’t have to give up a possible home game for an overseas contest until either 2022 or 2024. But the NFL does have details for how international games will work starting this season. The NFL says each team will play at…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 The All-Star break was supposed to end yesterday in the Bronx, but COVID issues with the Yankees forced the postponement of the scheduled game against rival Boston. While this series is currently the only one impacted by this problem remember that Aaron Judge, one of those who’ve tested positive, was…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 While Kyle Casper will be the only La Crosse Logger representing the team in the Northwoods League All-Star Game next week Tuesday, the team WILL have a couple more faces present at All-Star festivities the day before. Both Ronnie Sweeney and Chase Davis will participate in the Home Run Challenge.…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 Yesterday I did a write up on Jacy Weisbrod’s decision to attend Northern Colorado in two seasons and remarked on her becoming yet another Aquinas Blugold to make plans for post-high school basketball. One of Weisbrod’s former teammates who’s already made her mark at the collegiate is looking to both…… Continue Reading »
By Adam Roberts – 7/15/2021 With Kareem and Oscar in the house, and 25,000+ outside Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee was in a position to either make the 2021 NBA Finals a best-of-three or fall into a daunting 3-1 hole with two road wins necessary to win the Finals. In Game Three, Giannis was the superstar with…… Continue Reading »