Saturday State Sports Briefs: New arena can't solve UW's scoring woes

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MADISON - The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team didn’t want to open its new home this way. The Badgers failed to score for the third game in a row, dropping the first contest held in the new LaBahn Arena on the Madison campus 1-0.

Bemidji State scored at the 4:34 mark of the final period to take the victory. A miscommunication left goalie Alex Rigsby caught behind the net without a stick, opening the way for the visitors.

A sell-out crowd of two thousand, 273 witnessed what was also the 500th game in the program’s history. The Badgers outshot Bemidji State 27-23, but failed to score on three power plays and saw their record drop to 3-3-1 on the season, 1-3-1 in the WCHA. Game two of the series is tomorrow at 2 p.m. at LaBahn Arena.

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The Green Bay Packers will be relying on their depth when they take on the St. Louis Rams tomorrow. General manager Ted Thompson used his first six draft picks on defensive players coming into this year. The game at the Edward Jones Dome may give an early indication how successful those choices were. Four defensive starters are missing the game, linebacker D.J. Smith, linebacker Nick Perry, cornerback Sam Shields and defensive tackle B.J. Raji. Among the replacement starters is rookie cornerback Casey Hayward who has three interceptions in the last two games. Brad Jones figures to pick up most of the snaps when Smith would have been on the field and Erik Walden will likely take over for Perry. Playing without Raji, the Green Bay defense still stopped the Texans running game cold last time out.

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SCORES

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL

Indiana 3, Wisconsin 1

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COLLEGE SOCCER

--Women

Wisconsin 4, Purdue 2

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AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE

Charlotte 4, Milwaukee 3

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WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY SCORES

Baldwin-Woodville 53, Altoona 15

Fox Valley Lutheran 21, Green Bay East 13

Green Bay NEW Lutheran 60, Elkhart Lake 14

Madison La Follette 49, Stoughton 26

New London 14, Clintonville 13

Port Washington 18, Sheboygan South 7

Southwestern 33, River Ridge 13

Williams Bay 34, Kenosha Christian Life 8

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WIAA STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - First Round

--Division 1

Bay Port 19, Schofield D.C. Everest 17

Franklin 27, Racine William Horlick 3

Germantown 35, Milwaukee Rufus King 0

Hartland Arrowhead 56, Milwaukee Vincent 0

Hudson 31, Eau Claire Memorial 0

Kenosha Bradford 34, Milwaukee Riverside 21

Kimberly 77, Milwaukee Marshall 0

Madison West 22, Mukwonago 7

Menomonee Falls 20, Appleton East 17

Oak Creek 63, Milwaukee Hamilton 0

Stevens Point 43, Green Bay Preble 35, 4OT

Sun Prairie 45, Madison Memorial 20

Sussex Hamilton 44, Middleton 9

Verona 23, Oconomowoc 13

--Division 2

Brookfield Central 39, South Milwaukee 8

Cedarburg 42, Ashwaubenon 16

DeForest 38, Fort Atkinson 14

Greendale 41, Wauwatosa West 16

Holmen 28, Wausau East 20

La Crosse Central 38, Merrill 20

La Crosse Logan 25, Menomonie 21

Marshfield 31, Tomah 13

Mequon Homestead 42, Hortonville 3

Brookfield East 62, Milwaukee Bradley Tech 7

Pulaski 35, De Pere 22

Watertown 49, Burlington 14

Waukesha West 14, Waterford 12

Waunakee 28, Wilmot 7

Whitefish Bay 37, Shorewood/Milwaukee Messmer 0

--Division 3

Jefferson 63, East Troy 13

Medford 37, Onalaska 13

Monona Grove 57, Wisconsin Dells 7

Mount Horeb/Barneveld 41, Monroe 6

Pewaukee 52, New Berlin West 21

Plymouth 49, Marinette 16

Reedsburg 13, Madison Edgewood 10

Rice Lake 52, West Salem 13

Seymour 48, Kewaskum 13

Two Rivers 22, Menasha 19

Waukesha Catholic Memorial 48, Brown Deer 28

Waupaca 41, Rhinelander 3

West De Pere 48, Antigo 0

Wisconsin Lutheran 63, Whitnall 26

McFarland 34, Evansville 7

--Division 4

Black River Falls 38, Montello/Princeton/Green Lake 14

Bloomer 28, Maple Northwestern 16

Freedom 20, Chilton 6

Little Chute 35, Omro 0

Manitowoc Roncalli 27, Edgerton 8

Marshall 34, Winneconne 33

Nekoosa 44, New Glarus/Monticello 6

Platteville 32, Lodi 27

River Valley 48, Wautoma 0

Somerset 27, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 0

St. Croix Central 34, Northland Pines 20

Sturgeon Bay 21, Wrightstown 7

Walworth Big Foot 56, Delafield St. John's NW Military Academy 0

--Division 5

Brillion 48, Brookfield Academy 0

Colby 21, Stanley-Boyd 19

Elk Mound 42, Grantsburg 6

Kenosha St. Joseph 21, Cedar Grove-Belgium 0

La Crosse Aquinas 32, Cuba City 20

Laconia 49, Greendale Martin Luther 13

Lancaster 46, Mondovi 8

Marathon 36, Crandon 0

Racine St. Catherine's 27, Howards Grove 7

Spencer/Marshfield Columbus 13, Peshtigo 6

Stratford 42, Auburndale 7

Unity 20, Cameron 14

--Division 6

Athens 48, Melrose-Mindoro 0

Boyceville 20, Whitehall 0

Coleman 40, Crivitz 6

Eau Claire Regis 44, Flambeau 20

Edgar 56, Laona/Wabeno 0

Fond du Lac Springs 63, Algoma 6

Iowa-Grant 40, Pecatonica/Argyle 0

Manawa 28, Ozaukee 7

Manitowoc Lutheran 27, Oshkosh Lourdes 20

Rosholt 32, Marion/Tigerton 6

Shiocton 51, Reedsville 0

Stevens Point Pacelli 35, Wild Rose 7

--Division 7

Burlington Catholic Central 14, Black Hawk 12

Cochrane-Fountain City 18, New Lisbon 14

Frederic 35, Clear Lake 8

Glenwood City 54, Turtle Lake 36

Greenwood/Granton 26, Loyal 21

Highland 42, Ithaca 6

Hilbert 46, Florence 0

Hillsboro 50, De Soto 14

Johnson Creek 16, Rio 6

Lake Country Lutheran 41, Fall River 26

Potosi 54, North Crawford 24

Randolph 17, Belmont 14

Suring 42, Almond-Bancroft 13

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WIAA GIRLS TEAM TEAM STATE TOURNAMENT RESULTS

--Division 1 quarterfinals

Nicolet 7, Neenah 0

Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels 5, Eau Claire Memorial 2

Green Bay Southwest 5, Lake Geneva Badger 2

Mequon Homestead 4, Middleton 3

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