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Published September 30, 2012, 10:23 AM

Sunday State Sports Briefs: Packers look for win against winless Saints

Wisconsin Sports
-- The struggling Green Bay Packers will have to put their anger over a final-play call last Monday night aside if they want to rescue a disintegrating season. Green Bay hosts the equally-disappointing New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field this afternoon. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m.

GREEN BAY - The struggling Green Bay Packers will have to put their anger over a final-play call last Monday night aside if they want to rescue a disintegrating season. Green Bay hosts the equally-disappointing New Orleans Saints at Lambeau Field this afternoon. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m.

The Pack is coming off a 14-12 loss to Seattle on a hotly-disputed final play touchdown. If Green Bay is to get back to the .500 mark, it will have to do so on a short week against a Saints team suffering through troubles of its own. New Orleans’ record is 0-3, while the Packers are 1-2. Both teams averaged more than 34 points a game last season and both are significantly off that production this time. The Packers won last year’s game against the Saints, 42-34.

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Two goals in the first period by senior Brianna Decker got the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team off to a strong start Saturday at Mankato, Minnesota. But, it was three freshmen working together who scored the winner in a 3-2 victory over Minnesota State. Video review negated two other possible Badger scores. Decker’s pair of goals had the Badgers up 2-1 going into the final frame. Freshmen Erika Sowchuk, Molly Doner and Kim Drake worked together around the net, with Drake pushing what would be the eventual winner across. Wisconsin outshot Minnesota State 39-18 and emerged with a record of 1-0-1. UW travels to Lindenwood for two games next weekend.

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SCORES

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

--Division III

(WIAC)

UW-Eau Claire 21, UW-Stout 13

UW-La Crosse 19, UW-Stevens Point 16

UW-Oshkosh 19, UW-River Falls 7

UW-Whitewater 27, UW-Platteville 20

(Midwest Conference)

Cornell 48, Beloit 8

Lake Forest 13, Carroll 10

Monmouth 31, St. Norbert 9

Ripon 42, Knox 17

(Northern Athletics Conference)

Aurora 55, Maranatha Baptist 14

Concordia-Mequon 6, Benedictine 0

Wisconsin Lutheran 27, Lakeland 17

(CCIW)

Carthage 31, North Park 6

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COLLEGE SOCCER

--Men

Wisconsin 2, Cleveland State 1

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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Ohio State 3, Wisconsin 1

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SATURDAY WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCORES

Black Hawk 48, Cassville 0

Delafield St. John's Northwestern Military Academy 41, Milwaukee University School 40

Florence 42, Menominee Indian 0

Green Bay NEW Lutheran 70, Three Lakes 6

Manitowoc 54, Sheboygan South 40

Milwaukee Rufus King 59, Milwaukee Hamilton 8

Milwaukee Riverside 33, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 6

Milwaukee Thomas More 35, Racine Lutheran 19

Milwaukee Vincent 40, Milwaukee Pulaski/Arts/Reagan 0

Milwaukee Washington 20, Milwaukee Madison 12

Montello/Princeton/Green Lake 35, Somers Shoreland Lutheran 16

Pecatonica/Argyle 21, Highland 14

Shawano 48, Oconto Falls 0

Sheboygan North 35, Green Bay East 21

Somerset 41, Baldwin-Woodville 0

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