Saturday State Sports Briefs: Expansion again on Big Ten's horizon
Wisconsin Sports-- The Big Ten Conference says it isn't looking at another expansion right now. However, that could change.
CHICAGO - The Big Ten Conference says it isn't looking at another expansion right now. However, that could change.
Just this week Texas A&M confirmed it is interested in leaving the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. If that happened, conferences would start scrambling to realign once again. The SEC has indicated its door is open to expansion, but it also didn't welcome Texas A&M right now. The Big 12 just lost Nebraska to the Big Ten and Colorado to the Pac-12. Conference officials say if Texas A&M left, the league would immediately look to add anywhere from one to three schools. Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany says the conference is comfortable with its current setup. Speaking yesterday, Delany said the conference has closed down active expansion efforts and isn't seeking new members.
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Wisconsin’s high school football season began last night, one week earlier than normal. The purpose is to give playoff teams a break at the end of the season, so they won’t have to play three games in as little as 10 days. Training camps began August third – and for now, both coaches and athletic directors are grumbling over the new format. Ashwaubenon High School athletic director Dave Steavpack says two games will be played before classes begin in September – and that means the student crowds will be smaller than normal. For teams with two home games before school, Steavpack says it really hurts ticket revenues – especially if they’re conference games. Also, he says some schools have just four home football games – and if two of them come before the start of fall classes, those bottom lines are really in trouble. But the problem is only temporary. Next year, there will be eight regular season games instead of the normal nine – and the start of the first practice will be pushed back to August sixth.
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Chicago Cubs’ general manager Jim Hendry was fired today. He spent nine years in that post. But Cubs’ chairman Tom Ricketts said the team’s performance over the last two years is not where it needs to be. Ricketts said it’s time for a fresh approach, and the new GM will come from outside the Cubs’ organization. Assistant GM Randy Bush will hold the job until a new person comes in. Ricketts said the new general manager will report directly to him – and that person will decide whether Cubs’ manager Mike Quade returns for a second full season. The 56-year-old Hendry was named the GM in July of 2002 – and he has spent 17 years in the Cubs’ organization altogether. Hendry said not many GM’s get to stay on board for nine years without winning a World Series title – so he felt he was given more than a fair chance to prove himself. Hendry said he was thankful for the way he was treated. The Cubs were 18 games below .500 going into the All-Star break just over a month ago. Today, they were 18-and-a-half games behind the Brewers in the National League Central division.
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A minor league pitcher on the Milwaukee Brewers' 40-man roster has been suspended for 25 games. Mark Rogers tested positive for a stimulant in his system for a second time. He has been suspended for violating the Major League Baseball drug guidelines. Rogers was a first-round draft pick in 2004. He pitched four games for the Brewers last season compiling a 1.80 ERA. He was played for Class A Brevard County when the suspension was announced yesterday.
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USA Hockey announces five current or former University of Wisconsin women's hockey players have been named to the U.S. women's National Team. Current senior Hilary Knight, junior Brianna Decker and former Badgers Meghan Duggan, Jessie Vetter and Molly Engstrom were named to the 22-player roster. The national team will compete in the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation 12 Nations Invitational Tournament Series August 24th through the 31st in Finland. The U.S. plays Russia in its first game next Wednesday.
SCORES
MIDWEST LEAGUE
Beloit 7, Kane County 4
Cedar Rapids 5, Burlington 3
Clinton 5, Quad Cities 2
Dayton 3, Great Lakes 2
Fort Wayne 10, West Michigan 2
Lansing 6, Bowling Green 2
Peoria 8, Wisconsin 2
South Bend 4, Lake County 2
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NORTHWOODS LEAGUE PLAYOFFS CHAMPIONSHIP
Battle Creek 13, Mankato 0 (Battle Creek wins series 2-0)
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WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES
Algoma 33, Sevastopol 6
Alma/Pepin 35, Cochrane-Fountain City 23
Almond-Bancroft 34, Fall River 8
Amery 17, Unity 3
Appleton East 14, Fond du Lac 7
Appleton North 24, Menasha 7
Appleton Xavier 42, Winnebago Lutheran 12
Arcadia 42, Independence/Gilmanton 0
Ashwaubenon 41, De Pere 3
Athens 12, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 7
Baldwin-Woodville 24, Hayward/Lac Courte Oreilles 17
Bangor 42, Melrose-Mindoro 6
Beaver Dam 43, Waupun 6
Beloit Turner 34, Southwestern 24
Blair-Taylor 20, Onalaska Luther 6
Bloomer 52, Black River Falls 12
Bonduel 41, Crivitz 13
Bowler/Gresham 6, Menominee Indian 0
Boyceville 18, Cameron 0
Brillion 20, Chilton 7
Brookfield East 55, Grafton 0
Burlington 21, Racine William Horlick 13
Cambridge 42, Westfield 21
Campbellsport 41, Milwaukee Marshall/Languages 12
Chippewa Falls 41, Holmen 13
Clayton 34, Clear Lake 14
Clintonville 27, Ripon 0
Colby 40, Neillsville 0
Coleman 42, Niagara/Goodman/Pembine 0
Colfax 39, Eleva-Strum 21
Columbus 12, Wisconsin Dells 7
Cuba City 25, Viroqua 0
De Soto 38, Brookwood 6
Deerfield 27, Wisconsin Heights 16
DeForest 47, Milton 21
Delavan-Darien 34, Whitewater 7
Dodgeville 33, Fennimore 21
Durand 42, West Salem 18
East Troy 62, Clinton 0
Eau Claire Memorial 35, La Crosse Logan 7
Eau Claire Regis 27, Stanley-Boyd 6
Edgar 42, Spencer/Marshfield Columbus 0
Edgerton 54, Belleville/Albany 27
Elkhorn 19, Sheboygan Falls 13
Ellsworth 22, Elk Mound 7
Evansville 14, Sparta 9
Flambeau 40, Prairie Farm 7
Fort Atkinson 16, Reedsburg 6
Fox Valley Lutheran 14, Little Chute 0
Franklin 17, Greendale 10
Frederic 21, Minong Northwood/Solon Springs 12
Freedom 35, Berlin 18
Germantown 56, Whitnall 0
Gillett 21, Milwaukee Vincent 6
Green Bay NEW Lutheran 25, Sheboygan Lutheran/Kohler 0
Green Bay Preble 22, Bay Port 17
Green Bay Southwest 27, Green Bay East 0
Greendale Martin Luther 42, Milwaukee Madison/Custer/Northwest 20
Greenwood/Granton 38, Owen-Withee 23
Hartland Arrowhead 35, Pewaukee 0
Hilbert 56, Random Lake 18
Hillsboro 47, Alma Center Lincoln 6
Hortonville 39, Rhinelander 6
Howards Grove 20, Poynette 19
Hudson 19, Wisconsin Rapids 0
Hurley 38, Florence 20
Hustisford 27, Dodgeland 0
Iowa-Grant 19, Randolph 14
Ithaca 37, Cashton 7
Janesville Craig 31, Madison West 10
Janesville Parker 35, Madison Memorial 7
Jefferson 28, Lakeside Lutheran 21
Johnson Creek 43, Oakfield 18
Kaukauna 56, Oshkosh North 21
Kenosha Bradford 27, Milwaukee Riverside 14
Kenosha Tremper 49, Milwaukee South Division 0
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 41, Laconia 6
Kewaskum 35, West Bend East 18
Kewaunee 51, Oconto 6
Kiel 32, Peshtigo 20
Kimberly 51, Oshkosh West 7
Lake Mills 28, Palmyra-Eagle 6
Lancaster 62, Orfordville Parkview 14
Loyal 20, Chippewa Falls McDonell 14
Luck 73, Birchwood 22
Luxemburg-Casco 22, Shawano 0
Madison East 14, Madison La Follette 4
Manawa 21, Marion/Tigerton 6
Manitowoc 41, Green Bay Notre Dame 7
Manitowoc Lutheran 34, Shiocton 6
Manitowoc Roncalli 49, Southern Door 6
Maple Northwestern 34, Ashland 6
Marathon 31, Chequamegon 0
Milwaukee Marquette 27, Wisconsin Lutheran 20
Marshall 46, Mineral Point 0
Marshfield 35, Schofield D.C. Everest 21
McFarland 14, Lodi 13
Medford 19, Rice Lake 12, OT
Menomonee Falls 49, Slinger 26
Menomonie 56, Tomah 26
Mequon Homestead 35, Hartford 7
Middleton 34, Beloit Memorial 0
Milwaukee Rufus King 33, Milwaukee Pulaski/Reagan/Lifelong Learning 13
Milwaukee Lutheran 45, Racine St. Catherine's 26
Milwaukee University School 36, Delafield St. John's NW 14
Monona Grove 50, Portage 7
Montello/Princeton/Green Lake 49, Cambria-Friesland 0
Mosinee 47, Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6
Mount Horeb/Barneveld 38, Monroe 13
Mukwonago 23, Lake Geneva Badger 15
Muskego 55, Port Washington 19
Necedah 45, Boscobel 8
Neenah 17, Appleton West 14
Nekoosa 47, La Crosse Aquinas 21
New Auburn 53, Winter 6
New Berlin Eisenhower 43, New Berlin West 0
New Glarus/Monticello 45, Pecatonica/Argyle 18
New Lisbon 32, Kickapoo/LaFarge 28
Nicolet 41, Waukesha South 28
North Crawford 28, Wonewoc-Center 14
Northland Pines 55, Three Lakes 0
Oak Creek 54, Milwaukee Hamilton 0
Oconomowoc 14, Kettle Moraine 7
Omro 39, Horicon 21
Onalaska 42, Mauston 0
Oostburg 26, New Holstein 21
Oregon 54, Baraboo 6
Osseo-Fairchild 14, Altoona 7
Ozaukee 60, Gibraltar 22
Pardeeville 28, Waterloo 23
Pittsville 41, Phillips 8
Plainfield Tri-County 48, Weston 40
Platteville 54, Darlington 6
Prairie du Chien 26, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 14
Prescott 17, Mondovi 14
Pulaski 41, Sheboygan South 14
Racine J.I. Case 31, Union Grove 13
Racine Washington Park 30, Brookfield Central 20
Rio 31, Williams Bay 0
River Falls 37, New Richmond 7
River Valley 14, Brodhead/Juda 0
Seneca 32, Port Edwards 6
Sheboygan North 54, Green Bay West 0
Shorewood/Milwaukee Messmer 32, Brookfield Academy 20
Somers Shoreland Lutheran 28, Reedsville 10
Somerset 46, Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 6
South Milwaukee 35, Cudahy 6
Spooner 7, Grantsburg 6
St. Croix Central 36, Barron 34
St. Croix Falls 28, Osceola 8
St. Francis 37, Milwaukee Bay View 0
Marinette St. Thomas Aquinas/Lena 20, Crandon 16
Stevens Point 23, Wausau East 6
Stevens Point Pacelli 34, St. Mary Central 13
Stoughton 14, Sauk Prairie 12
Superior 26, Merrill 25
Suring 37, Laona/Wabeno 7
Sussex Hamilton 27, Plymouth 13
Turtle Lake 18, Siren 14
Two Rivers 44, Lakeland 16
Valders 10, Mishicot 7
Verona 28, Sun Prairie 10
Walworth Big Foot 49, Westosha Central 21
Waterford 52, Brown Deer 13
Watertown 48, Milwaukee Pius XI 20
Waukesha Catholic Memorial 32, West Allis Central 18
Waukesha North 27, Greenfield 10
Waukesha West 50, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 14
Waunakee 55, Madison Edgewood 19
Waupaca 46, Winneconne 0
Wausau West 34, Antigo 27
Wautoma 57, Ladysmith 20
Webster 34, Washburn/Bayfield 6
West Allis Hale 27, Cedarburg 13
West De Pere 61, Denmark 0
Westby 14, Richland Center 7
Weyauwega-Fremont 25, Adams-Friendship 0
Whitefish Bay 35, West Bend West 0
Whitehall 35, Elmwood 0
Wild Rose 42, Iola-Scandinavia 7
Wilmot 62, Burlington Catholic Central 20
Wrightstown 35, Sturgeon Bay 25
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