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Week Five CFB Rankings Feature B1G Ten Teams

Week Five CFB Rankings Feature B1G Ten Teams

By Adam Roberts – 9/29/2020 While there won’t be a B1G Ten football game played for just under a month yet, that hasn’t stopped the AP from including them in their most recent poll. The addition of the B1G, ACC, PAC-12, and SEC to the poll this week pushed out teams that had been performing…Continue Reading »

Packers LB Christian Kirksey Out This Week vs Falcons

Packers LB Christian Kirksey Out This Week vs Falcons

By Adam Roberts – 9/29/2020 Inside linebacker has been a trouble position for the Packers for quite a while, and their planned fix to that problem this season has now been sidelined. Per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky, first-year Packer Christian Kirksey is out for this Monday night’s match up against the Atlanta Falcons after injuring his…Continue Reading »

3 Positive COVID-19 Tests For Tennessee Titans After Vikings’ Game

3 Positive COVID-19 Tests For Tennessee Titans After Vikings’ Game

By Adam Roberts – 9/29/2020 The story of the day in the NFL involves the Minnesota Vikings, and predictably in these times, it revolves around the virus that has so viciously disrupted everyday life. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero has tweeted that three players for the Tennessee Titans have tested positive for COVID-19, along with five…Continue Reading »

Vikings 0-3 After 31-30 Loss To Tennessee

Vikings 0-3 After 31-30 Loss To Tennessee

By Adam Roberts – 9/28/2020 Normally after a Vikings’ loss, fans and media like to point the finger at QB Kirk Cousins and his production totals, or lack thereof. It’s hard to do that this week. Sure, Cousins did have two interceptions in the team’s 31-30 Week Three loss to Tennessee, including one late in…Continue Reading »

Packers Defeat Saints 37-30 Without Adams, Clark

Packers Defeat Saints 37-30 Without Adams, Clark

By Adam Roberts – 9/28/2020 Green Bay has not gone un-bitten by the injury bug that has plagued the NFL in a year without a postseason. Going into Sunday night’s contest against the New Orleans Saints, both wide receiver Davante Adams and defensive tackle Kenny Clarke were sidelined. That had many wondering if the dynamic…Continue Reading »

Milwaukee Falls to St. Louis 5-2; Clinches Playoff Spot Anyway

Milwaukee Falls to St. Louis 5-2; Clinches Playoff Spot Anyway

By Adam Roberts – 9/28/2020 No days spent above .500? Constant offensive woes? No problem for the Brewers in a pandemic season! The Brewers’ fate came down to the final day of the season and thanks to help from the Padres, they clinched the final wild card spot in the National League. Milwaukee had fallen…Continue Reading »

High School Football Week One Preview

High School Football Week One Preview

By Adam Roberts The US Post Office has a creed that goes like this: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” It seems that it was destiny for high school football in our area to follow the same mantra; neither snow nor rain…Continue Reading »

Sparta, Westby Pause Football

Sparta, Westby Pause Football

By Adam Roberts – 9/24/2020 The most uncertain season of high school football in history continues this week. Yesterday, the Sparta School District announced they would be moving from in-person classes to virtual learning after the Monroe County Health Department placed the county in the Red category for COVID-19 spread. Classes are going virtual on Monday,…Continue Reading »

MSHSL Approves Fall Football; Volleyball

MSHSL Approves Fall Football; Volleyball

By Adam Roberts – 9/23/2020 Despite COVID-19 trending in the wrong direction for many parts of our area, football season is set to resume this week in Wisconsin, and now the neighbors across the river are set to join. The Minnesota State High School League, which had previously postponed football and volleyball in August, this…Continue Reading »

WIAC Suspends Winter Sports Until December 31st

WIAC Suspends Winter Sports Until December 31st

By Adam Roberts – 9/18/2020 In the same week that the B1G Ten has elected to go forward with fall football, the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is going in the opposite direction. Already without fall sports this year, today the WIAC made the announcement that it would not start any winter sports competitions during 2020.…Continue Reading »