Sunday, August 26, 2018—Section B

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Janesville Craig’s Tressin Kussmaul crosses the goal line for a touchdown with Janesville Parker’s Evan Terry on his back during the first half of Saturday’s Big Eight Conference game at

Rock and roll

Monterey Stadium. The Cougars won the 52nd edition of the Battle for Montery Rock, 41-0.

Stellar first half propels Craig

when we lost to them. That’s what
this is.”
The game was played on Saturday

to lopsided victory over Parker

By Eric Schmoldt
eschmoldt@gazettextra.com
JANESVILLE
Tressin Kussmaul and the Janes-
ville Craig offense moved the ball
at will.
Keeanu Benton and the Cou-
gars defense allowed just one first
down.
Throw in a punt return for a
touchdown, and it all added up to
the most lopsided half in the histo-
ry of the Battle for Monterey Rock.
Kussmaul scored three of Craig’s
six first-half touchdowns, Benton
was approaching double-digit
tackles—including four for loss,
two sacks and two forced fumbles—
by the halftime
Craig 41 break, and Craig
Parker 0 ran away from
crosstown rival
Janesville Parker
41-0 on Saturday night at Monte-
rey Stadium.
“This feels great,” said senior
Tegan Christiansen, who had a
punt return for a touchdown. “A
little payback for sophomore year,
after the threat of thunderstorms
led to a postponement Friday.
The Cougars have now captured
the Monterey Rock trophy in six of
the past seven years. Saturday’s re-
sult was the most lopsided in the
52-year history of the crosstown
series. The previous record was a
36-0 Craig victory in 1999.
Craig improved to 2-0 in the Big
Eight Conference, while Parker fell
to 0-2.
“Football-wise, that was about
as good a half as it gets,” Craig coach
Adam Bunderson said. “We had
way too many penalties, and we’ll Anthony Wahl/awahl@gazettextra.com
address that. That’s not who we are. Janesville Craig’s Tegan Christiansen knocks the ball from Janesville
Parker’s Brody Lippens during the first half of Saturday’s annual
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Pirates slug past Brewers 9-1

Turn to Page 6B for the story
Associated Press
Milwaukee reliever Dan Jennings was the only
Brewers pitcher to emerge unscathed from Sat-
urday’s 9-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Craig tops Baraboo to win Cougar-Viking Classic
Cougars finish atop 14-team tourney; Parker takes eighth
Gazette staff
The Big Foot High volleyball team ap-
peared to have Janesville Craig’s number
at the Cougar-Viking Classic.
The Chiefs beat the Cougars during
play Friday, when both teams advanced
to Saturday’s top division.
The two teams advanced to the Gold
Division semifinal, and the Chiefs won
the first game 26-24.
But the Cougars rebounded to win
the final two games, 25-14 and 15-6, and
then defeated Baraboo in the final, 25-
16, 25-15, to earn the title at the 14-team
tournament for the first time
since 2006.
Parker also advanced to the Gold Di-
vision in play Friday and then went 1-4
in pool play Saturday.
Craig coach Blake Budrow was en-
couraged by his team’s play Saturday, es-
pecially the way they rebounded against
always-tough Big Foot.
“We were up 24-19 in the first, but they
came back against us,” Budrow said. “I
was impressed how they responded to
adversity. They picked it up a notch in
Game 2 and that carried over to Game
3. I’m very proud of the girls.”
Skylar Flood, the team’s libero, had a
great passing day, Budrow said, and
SEASON PREVIEWS
Turn to Page 2B for previews of the
Janesville Craig, Janesville Parker and
area volleyball teams.
Lauren Glissendorf played well from her
middle defensive spot.
He also commended Taylor Salmon
for “running a great offense”, which set up
many of Amanda Carlson’s 103 kills and
Britten Bertagnoli’s 54 kills. Salmon fin-
ished with 226 assists in the 11 matches.
Inaddition, MckaylieJustmanstepped
in for the injured Lily Stockheimer on
Saturday and played well.
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32—Wins for Janesville Craig “He didn’t get any (catches), but I was glad to see him come
against Janesville Parker in out healthy. He looks good in black and silver but better in
52 football meetings. green and gold.”—Packers cornerback Tramon Williams,
on facing former teammate Jordy Nelson in Friday’s pre-
season game. Turn to Page 4B for more Packers coverage.
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HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL The Gazette

On the up and up
AREA PREVIEW

Parker could be pest

for Big Eight’s best

“”
Vikings went 3-6 in
Big Eight last year
I’d like to see us near the
By Eric Schmoldt middle and creeping toward
eschmoldt@gazettextra.com
the top.
JANESVILLE Andy Kimball
Inch for inch, Janes-
Anthony Wahl/awahl@gazettextra.com ville Parker’s roster sim-
Milton’s Courtney Knutson, right, scores on a spike during a ply doesn’t stack up to the
WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal match against Westosha the outside,” Kimball said.
Big Eight Conference’s top Junior Tina Shelton
Central last season. Knutson and seven other seniors return teams when looking at the
for the Red Hawks, who believe they can make a deep playoff returns to her spot as a
Angela Major/amajor@gazettextra.com “height” column. middle blocker.
run this fall. That didn’t stop the
Janesville Craig’s Rachel Bonham (24) and Britten Bertag- Junior Shay Riley takes
pesky Vikings from frus-

Experienced Milton
noli (30), right, push the ball past a Tomah player Friday over the setter role. Senior
trating many of their op-
during the Cougar-Viking Invitational at Craig. Alissa Anderson will shift
ponents at times last year. from a defensive specialist
And after feeling pret-

Craig enters season

role to the libero position.

eyes deep run

ty good about the way the
Rachel Van Beek got valu-
2017 season ended, Parker
able varsity experience a
hopes momentum keeps

with lofty goals

year ago and is poised for
building as it opens its
a bigger role during her
By Eric Schmoldt ed East Troy is the favorite, 2018 campaign.
“Last year, we were a junior season.
eschmoldt@gazettextra.com but that the league should “Several players that
once again be competitive, handful for some teams,

Milton High’s senior vol- especially in the top half of
leyball players have been
waiting some time for this
season.
They’ve got a variety of
reasons to be excited.
For one, there are eight
of them, meaning the Red
Hawks have plenty of var-
sity experience. Three of
those players are first- or
second-team all-Badger
South Conference honor-
ees. And Milton also has
got a postseason run under
its belt, having advanced to
WIAA Division 1 sectional
play last year.
“We’ve got eight seniors
now, and most of them
I’ve had since they were 14
(years old),” Milton coach
Wayne Hansen said. “It’s
nice. Growing up, playing
club together, all the way
through here to where we
are now. Now is their time.”
The Red Hawks had
a bit of a blip to open the
season this past week, get-
ting swept at Watertown
to open Badger South play.
But they rebounded well in
a Whitewater invite over
the weekend.
Leading the way among
returners is first-team out-
side hitter Chloe Buescher.
Fellow seniors Courtney
Knutson and Ashley Dide-
lot were each named to the
second team a year ago.
Junior Abbey Falk joins
them, along with freshman
Jordan Karlen, to give Mil-
ton an imposing front line.
“I’ve got five hitters on ed Whitewater, with soph-
the floor pretty much at all
times, plus a libero, so that’ssecond-team outside hit-
wonderful,” Hansen said.
“We spread the ball around
a lot and play pretty quick.” potential contenders.
Senior Skyler Salter is
the Red Hawks’ setter in a
5-1 system.
Hansen likes the team
camaraderie he’s seen ear-
ly. The Red Hawks should
be tested during the regu-
the league standings.
McFarland figures to
once again be in the mix,
despite the graduation of
two first-team selections.
Jefferson returns near-
ly everyone, including one
first-team pick and two
honorable mentions that
were all sophomores last
year.
Brodhead and Big Foot
had duked it out at the top
of the Rock Valley South
Conference, but they were
somewhat rudely wel-
comed to the revamped,
non-divisional format of
the Rock Valley a year ago.
Both should be more com-
petitive this season.
Brodhead, with
first-teamer Abbey John-
son back for her senior
year, played especially
well on the first day of the
Cougar-Viking Invitational
this weekend. Coach Erin
Kammerer noted she has
been impressed with John-
son’s leadership skills with
a young group of players
around her.
Big Foot returns
first-teamer Kampbell
Hehr, second-teamer So-
phia Foster and honorable
mentions Abby Peterson
and Reagan Courier. The
Chiefs sputtered a bit early
Friday in the Cougar-Viking
Invitational but picked up
an impressive victory over
Craig on Friday.
One RVC coach indicat-
omore Emme Bullis—a
ter—may be the sleeper
team to watch in terms of
Edgerton, which was in
the mix near the top last
year, lost league player of
the year Ashlyn Oren, as
well as second-teamers
Bethany Oren and Jessica
Danks, to graduation. So
Cougars won league
tourney title in 2017
By Eric Schmoldt
eschmoldt@gazettextra.com
JANESVILLE
The top teams in the
Big Eight Conference had
Janesville Craig’s number
during the regular season.
The Cougars got the
last laugh, however, by
winning the league’s end-
of-season tournament.
Between that momen-
tum and bringing back
three of the league’s sev-
en returning first- or sec-
ond-team all-conference
picks from 2017, Craig
figures to be a contender
when the league volleyball
season begins Sept. 4.
“We’re excited,” said
Blake Budrow, the Cougars
head coach who enters his
28th season of coaching.
“We’ve got a few ankle in-
juries we’re battling, but
once we get them healthy
and can go strong, I think
we’ll be pretty excited.”
Craig went 6-3 in league
play last year, finishing
fourth behind Sun Prairie,
Middleton and Verona,
who all went 8-1 and fig-
ure to be in the mix again
The Cougars topped both
Verona and Sun Prairie in
bracket play to capture the
league tournament.
The Cougars advanced
to WIAA Division 1 sec-
tional play before falling
to top-seeded Burlington,
which went on to win the
state championship.
Craig returns a pair of
first-team all-conference
players in senior middle
hitter Amanda Carlson
and senior setter Taylor
Salmon. Additionally,
senior hitter Lily Stock-
“”
will be in a slightly differ-
and our outside hitters
were 5-foot-5, and 5-6,” ent position or different
Parker coach Andy Kim- role than they had last
year,” Kimball said.
If we can pass the ball well, ball said. “It’ll be a little bit
different this year. There The other seniors on
we’re going to be able to do will be a handful of new the team are Joelie Van
Beek, Ashley Gerarden
some nice things. faces, but a couple of those
faces will be jumping right and Hannah Brunner.
Blake Budrow in. So far, they’ve looked Junior Carlie Curtis
good at the varsity level, returns as a defensive spe-
but the Big Eight is a good cialist. Sophomore Jenna
heimer was named second
conference, so we’ll see.” Gackstatter and freshman
team, and senior libero
Parker went 3-6 in Kylie Skrzypchak are in the
Skylar Flood was honor-
league play last season mix.
able mention. The Vikings will still
to finish seventh. The
“They put in a lot of time Vikings, who graduat- need to sort out the final
this summer, too, going to
ed eight seniors, lost to couple positions as the
camps and open gyms,”
Stoughton in the first season gets going.
Budrow said. “They’ve
round of the WIAA Divi- “Those teams that are
been good leaders.”
sion 1 tournament. the regulars at the top
Rachel Bonham came
Senior Julianna Getka of the conference (Sun
up and played varsity a bit
is the top returning player Prairie, Middleton, Vero-
as a sophomore last sea- na, Janesville Craig), you
to the squad. She received
son, and the Cougars add never really know which
honorable mention status
freshman Britten Bertag- might be the best. We do
as a middle blocker last
nolli to form what should understand how good
year, but Kimball said
be a very formidable front- those teams are,” Kimball
she’ll move more to the
line attack. Senior Mack- said. “But I’d like to see
outside this season.
enzie Masters and juniors “She’ll be our best play-
us near the middle and
Maddy Grund and Lauren er with some size out on
creeping toward the top.”
Glissendorf are all also vy-
ing for hitting spots, Bud-
row said.
Junior Cloe Schuh and
sophomore Sophia Vitaio-
li give some depth as de-
fensive specialists. Fresh-
man Abby Trapp provides
depth at setter, and fresh-
man Mckaylie Justman
will work in the middle.
Budrow said the key for
his 2018 squad will be re-
ceiving opponents’ serves.
“If we can pass the ball
well, we’re going to be able
to do some nice things
with our hitters,” he said.
“We just need to get that to
be more consistent.
“We might have a few
growing pains with our
youth, but we have a good
mix with all those seniors Angela Major/amajor@gazettextra.com
coming back. It’ll just be Janesville Parker’s Shay Riley, right, celebrates with team-
mates after a victory against Edgerton during the Cou-
trying to blend those two
gar-Viking Classic on Friday at Parker.
things together.”

Top/Cougars defeat Baraboo in tourney final

lar season, and Southern the Crimson Tide are in a
Lakes Conference powers bit of a rebuilding process.
Burlington and Westosha,
as well as Janesville Craig, Can Burlington make
will make for another chal- it five straight? Continued from 1B Craig individual leaders (two
days) (Aces-kills-assists-digs)—
lenging sectional come The Burlington Demons Mckaylie Justman, 5-28-0-31; Mack-
tournament time. Parker opened Saturday enzie Masters, 0-10-0-1; Taylor
have reached the WIAA Di- play by sweeping Tomah Morgan, 13-9-0-1; Skylar Flood, 14-
vision 1 state tournament
East Troy figures to remain four years in a row, includ- 27-25, 25-23, but then lost 7-10-37; Lily Stockheimer, 6-12-1-5;
Abby Trapp, 0-0-11-1; Lauren Glis-
atop Rock Valley four straight matches sendorf, 13-1-0-22; Chloe Schuh,
ing a state championship “The girls were really 0-0-0-3; Taylor Salmon, 24-15-226-7;
East Troy’s volleyball last year and a runner-up resilient, especially with
Sophia Vitaioli, 0-1-0-5; Rachel Bon-
ham, 0-9-0-0; Amanda Carlson, 14-
program has ruled the Rock finish in 2016. 103-2-23; Britten Bertagnoli, 0-54-0-
a couple hard-fought
Valley in recent years, and Either Burlington or 0; Maddy Grund, 12-1-0-23.
matches yesterday,” said PARKER RESULTS SATURDAY
2018 figures to be the same. Westosha has advanced to Def. Tomah, 27-25, 25-23; lost to
Parker coach Andy Kim-
The Trojans won the state every year since 2008. Craig, 25-20, 27-25; lost to Baraboo,

league’s regular-season The rest of the Southern ball. 25-21, 25-18; lost to Madison Memo-
rial, 25-13, 25-10; lost to Tomah, 25-
and tournament titles last Lakes teams—including The head coach singled 21, 17-25, 1-15.
season, and they return se- Walworth County teams out the play of Julianna Parker individual leaders (two
days) (Aces-kills-assists-digs)—
niors Brianna Scuric and Badger, Elkhorn and Dela- Getka. Alissa Anderson, 7-3-0-72; Carlie
Mati Jakscht, who were van-Darien—typically face “Julianna finished with Angela Major/amajor@gazettextra.com Curtis, 2-1-0-29; Emma Perry, 0-1-0-
11; Hannah Brunner, 1-1-18-4; Jayda
each first-team all-league an uphill battle. 86 kills and severed 97 Big Foot’s Lahni Palmer, right, reaches for the ball as Elk- Schober, 1-5-0-10; Jenna Gackstat-
selections last year. Elkhorn went 2-4 on the percent, so she was really horn’s Maddie Ivey attempts to block Friday. ter, 1-11-0-3; Joelie Van Beek, 0-1-
0-2; Julianna Getka, 7-86-0-24; Kylee
Additionally, Katie Win- first day of the Cougar-Vi- steady.” Skrzypchak, 0-15-7-0; Lexi Walters,
Rachel Van Beek pro- Kimball said. Cougar-Viking Invitational
kler was a second-team pick king Classic but has some GOLD DIVISION
3-8-0-2; Rachel Van Beek, 16-47-16-
29; Shay Riley, 4-11-170-22; Tamara
as a freshman in 2018, when young talent and height vided 16 aces, 47 kills, 16 Edgerton finished 10th CRAIG RESULTS SATURDAY Troemel, 0-0-1-1; Tina Shelton, 6-26-
East Troy lost to Lakeside with which to work. assists and 29 digs over overall by going 4-1 in the Def. Baraboo, 25-18, 25-8; def. 0-2.
Parker, 25-20, 27-25; def. Tomah, 25- SILVER DIVISION
Lutheran in a Division 2 Delavan-Darien will the two days. Shay Riley Silver Division on Satur- 14, 25-17. TEAM STANDINGS
sectional semifinal. look to lay the foundation had 170 assists. day. Elkhorn was 11th and SEMIFINALS (Saturday results)
Def. Big Foot, 24-26, 25-14, 15-6. Sauk Prairie, 5-0; Edgerton, 4-1;
Several Rock Valley for first-year head coach “There were some highs Delavan-Darien finished FINALS Elkhorn, 3-2; Delavan-Darien, 1-4;
coaches this week indicat- Jacqueline Jordan. and lows, but we battled,” 12th. Def. Baraboo, 25-16, 25-15. Portage, 0-5.
The Gazette HIGH SCHOOL Sunday, August 26, 2018 l 3B

Rock/Craig wins by largest margin in 52 meetings

Continued from 1B
“But from a football stand-
point, I thought a lot of guys got
a lot better from last week.”
Craig’s defense forced a three-
and-out to start the game, and it
allowed just one first down—on
a personal foul penalty—on Park-
er’s first four possessions.
“Starting with the coin flip,
we always want our defense go-
ing first, because we know we’re
going to stop them,” said Chris-
tiansen, a starting safety. “That’s
what we came out and did.”
The Cougars responded by
scoring on their ensuing posses-
sions all four times.
On the first two, Kussmaul
scored on 14-yard touchdown
runs. He finished with 11 carries
for 109 yards.
“That was a pretty impressive
half, but I think we can be even
better,” Kussmaul said. “Our of-
fensive line opened some big
holes for us all night. It started
right away.”
Trevion Moore added a touch-
down run of his own, and then
Christiansen, on the first play of
the second quarter, returned a
punt 49 yards, shedding would-
be tacklers on the way to Craig’s
fourth touchdown.
The Cougars outgained the
Vikings 304-13 in total offensive
yards in the first half.
“We just got beat up front,”
Parker coach Clayton Kreger said.
“We’ve got to go with the guys that
care about their teammates more
than themselves. We’ll struggle Anthony Wahl/awahl@gazettextra.com
if we have a lot of kids pointing Janesville Parker’s Brody Lippens, left, is wrapped up by Janesville Craig’s Trevion Moore during the first half of Saturday’s crosstown rivalry game.
fingers at other people. The first The Cougars won 41-0, scoring all their points in the first half to improve to 2-0. The Vikings fell to 0-2.
thing we have to do is point the
finger at ourselves and look at the Scoring: C—Tressin Kussmaul 14 run
University of Wisconsin verbal Devin Alderson, who finished Craig hosts Verona on Friday
guy in the mirror. (Mitchell Woelfle kick). C—Kussmaul 14 run
“They had us all game. But los- commitment—record strip sacks with 94 yards on just five carries, in a battle of two of the Big Eight (Woelfle kick). C—Trevion Moore 9 run (kick
blocked). C—Tegan Christiansen 49 punt
ing just makes us want to work on two consecutive plays. The also scored a second-quarter Conference’s three remaining return (Woelfle kick). C—Devin Alderson
even harder. We’re not giving up.” Vikings recovered the ball on the touchdown, and Kussmaul’s 51- unbeaten teams. Parker travels 19 run (Woelfle kick). C—Kussmaul 51 run
(Woelfle kick).
Parker moved the ball into first, but the Cougars recovered yard burst down the left sideline to Sun Prairie (1-1). Statistics: First downs—Parker 4, Craig 14.
Craig territory for the first time the next, when Benton and se- with just over a minute left led to a Rushing—Parker 34-44, Craig 39-300. Passing
CRAIG 41, PARKER 0 yards—Parker 8, Craig 22. Passes—Parker
midway through the second nior Jacob Fieiras converged on running clock and a swift-moving Janesville Parker 0 0 0 0—0 12-4-2, Craig 2-1-0. Fumbles—Craig 1-0, Park-
quarter, only to see Benton—a the quarterback simultaneously. second half. Janesville Craig 20 21 0 0—41 er 3-2. Penalties—Parker 2-30, Craig 9-100.
Sunday, August 26, 2018 l 4B
Rookie corners Nelson enjoys Packers’ reunion
showing no fear
Packers’ Alexander
bounces back after
early slip-up
By Tom Silverstein
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
OAKLAND, CALIF.
In another two weeks,
Green Bay Packers cor-
nerback Jaire Alexander
will still be able to chalk
up plays like the 49-yard
completion he gave up to
Oakland receiver Amari
Cooper as a rite of passage
every rookie defensive back
must endure.
The difference is that
play might determine the
outcome in a game that
counts, one of 16 that aren’t
played mostly for the ben-
efit of young players like
him, which is exactly what
the Packers’ 13-6 exhibition
game loss to the Raiders was
Friday night at Oakland-Al-
ameda County Coliseum.
Alexander’s slip-up
came on the very first play
of the game with him in
man-to-man coverage on
the Raiders’ No. 1 receiver.
“That first play of the
game, that was a ‘Welcome
to the NFL’ kind of play for
me,” Alexander said.
The fact that the rookie
came back and took a sure
touchdown away with a
leaping interception deep
in Packers territory said a
lot about how he treated
that unwelcome welcome.
And it gave his teammates
an idea of whether they’ll
be able to count on him
being a dogged competitor.
“He has a different men-
tality when it comes to the
game,” veteran corner Tra-
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Amari Cooper, top, makes a
catch while Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander
covers during the first half of Friday’s preseason game.
mon Williams said. “He’s
a high-energy player. He’s
very passionate about the
game and you could see
when he came to the side-
line, he was going to be OK
right away.
“That’s one of those
things you check off your
checklist. Mentally, he’s
tough.”
He is also not alone in
his introduction to the NFL.
General manager Brian
Gutekunst followed his se-
lection of Alexander with
the 18th pick in the draft
with the selection of cor-
nerback Josh Jackson in
the second round. If what
Jackson has shown through
a month of training camp is
a sign of what is to come, the
pick just might turn out to
be one of Gutekunst’s big-
gest steals.
For the second week in a
row, Jackson jumped an out
route and not only stole the
ball away from the opposi-
tion, he took it all the way
back for a touchdown. This
time, the play got called
back because of a penal-
ty on someone else, but
the fact he nearly became
tied for the team lead in
touchdowns through three
games was remarkable.
Jackson came to the
Packers with a knack for
taking the ball away—he led
the nation in interceptions
at Iowa last season—and
the way he ripped away a
ball that the receiver got his
hands on showed his take-
away mentality is built-in.
No position needed the
addition of two quality
rookies more than corner-
back and the early signs are
that Alexander and Jackson
can add something to the
group this season.
Associated Press
PRO FOOTBALL
By Tom Silverstein
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
OAKLAND, CALIF.
After the Oakland Raid-
ers defeated the Green
Bay Packers 13-6 at Oak-
land-Alameda County Col-
iseum on Friday night, no
one would have blamed re-
ceiver Jordy Nelson if he’d
walked into the visitors’
locker room.
As it turned out, Nelson
made several visits there,
once right after the game
and then later after he had
showered and dressed in
the home locker room.
The former Packers and
now Raiders receiver spent
a lot of time with his for-
mer teammates before and
after the game, chumming
around with quarterback
Aaron Rodgers and laugh-
ing it up with Randall
Cobb, Davante Adams and
a whole bunch of others
during early warm-ups.
When it came to the
game, Nelson remembered
to line up on the Raiders’
side and played a series or
two before exiting for the
night. Not only did he not
catch a pass, neither start-
ing quarterback Derek
Carr nor backup Connor
Cook threw his way.
“First of all, good seeing
him,” cornerback Tramon
Williams said. “Played
so many years with him,
it’s like playing against a
brother. I thought they’d
throw him more balls.
“I was covering him
for the most time, but I
thought they’d get him a
couple passes just because,
you know, against Green
Bay, get him started and
let him make some plays
and get out of the the game.
“He didn’t get any, but I
was glad to see him come
out healthy. He looks good
in black and silver but bet-
ter in green and gold.”
After the game, Nelson
made a point of seeing
some of the training and
equipment staff.
Finding his groove
Rookie receiver J’Mon
Moore has been plagued
in both practice and games
with dropped passes and
White, Wims stand out for Bears against Chiefs
By Colleen Kane
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO
Bears coach Matt Nagy
opted to sit most of his
starters Saturday in the
penultimate preseason
game against the Chiefs at
Soldier Field, but the sec-
ond-string offense at least
gave the fans in attendance
something interesting to
watch for a bit.
Backup quarterback
Chase Daniel threw touch-
Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jordy Nelson, right, laughs with Green Bay Packers wide
receiver Randall Cobb before Friday’s preseason game in Oakland. The Raiders won 13-6.
seemingly fell behind fel-
low draft picks Marquez
Valdes-Scantlng and Equa-
nimeous St. Brown.
It was evident that
against the Raiders, Moore
was going to get every
chance to redeem himself.
He played in all four
quarters and finished
with a four catches for 62
yards, including a 27-yard
ball down the sideline from
quarterback DeShone Kiz-
er with just over 4 minutes
left in the game. It was
third-and-5 at the 23 with
the Packers trying to drive
the length of the field for
a game-tying touchdown.
“Definitely got my confi-
dence back getting started
early, make some plays,”
the fourth-round pick
said. “I definitely needed
that, definitely going to be
a jump start so I can start
making some plays.”
Moore had to grind
through some bad mo-
down passes to Kevin
White and Javon Wims and
running back Benny Cun-
ningham also scored in the
first half in a 27-20 victory
over the Chiefs.
White scored his first
touchdown in a Bears
uniform—in either a pre-
season or regular-season
game—on a 29-yard pass
from Daniel. White ran
straight at veteran corner-
back Orlando Scandrick,
did a stutter step and then
broke to his left to get wide
ments the past two weeks
to get where he was Friday
night.
“Adversity is going to hit
eventually,” he said. “You
have to keep working. Stay
as positive as I can and let
the past go.”
Injury report
Besides inside lineback-
er Oren Burks suffering a
dislocated shoulder, the
only injury the Packers
reported was a foot injury
to running back Ty Mont-
gomery.
“He was examined, but
I’m told it’s not a serious
nature, so I don’t have an
exact diagnosis for you,”
McCarthy said.
Right tackle Kyle Mur-
phy, who had a rough night
with two sacks and several
pressures allowed, left the
game in the fourth quarter.
He was seen getting his
right ankle re-taped on the
open for the touchdown
and a 14-7 Bears lead.
Wims had a 54-yard
catch on the Bears’ next
scoring drive and finished
it with a seven-yard touch-
down catch. Wims got in
front of cornerback David
Amerson, reeled in Dan-
iel’s pass to the back left
corner of the end zone and
dragged both feet before
falling out of bounds for a
21-10 lead.
Daniel finished 15-for-
18 for 198 yards, two touch-
downs and no turnovers.
Wims also had a 44-yard
catch from third-string
quarterback Tyler Bray in
the fourth quarter.
Chiefs starting quar-
terback Patrick Mahomes
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sideline and did not return
to the game.
Injured players who did
not suit up were: receiver
Trevor Davis (hamstring),
receiver Jake Kumerow
(hamstring), cornerback
Kevin King (shoulder),
cornerback Davon House
(hamstring), linebacker
Nick Perry (ankle) running
back Devante Mays (ham-
string) and guard Justin
McCray (calf ).
McCarthy rested almost
his entire No. 1 offense.
Not suiting up for
non-injury reasons were:
quarterback Aaron Rod-
gers, receiver Davante
Adams, receiver Randall
Cobb, running back Ja-
maal Williams, center
Corey Linsley, guard Lane
Taylor, tackle David Bakh-
tiari, tackle Bryan Bulaga,
defensive tackle Mike Dan-
iels and tight end Jimmy
Graham.
directed a 74-yard touch-
down drive on his offense’s
opening series, but the
Bears second-string de-
fense allowed just a field
goal the rest of the first
half. They held on a fourth-
and-2 attempt at the 5-yard
line in the third quarter,
as Mahomes threw to the
back of the end zone.
That was Mahomes’ last
play of the day. He complet-
ed 18 of 24 passes for 196
yards, a touchdown and no
interceptions.
The Bears held out 31
players, including quarter-
back Mitch Trubisky, run-
ning backs Jordan Howard
and Tarik Cohen, wide re-
ceiver Allen Robinson and
tight end Trey Burton.
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Baun finally free from injuries Fromm may

By Jeff Potrykus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MADISON
August has been a
stress-free month for Wis-
consin outside linebacker
Zack Baun.
More important, it has
been an injury-free month
for the graduate of Brown
Deer High School.
“My goal is to practice
every practice,” Baun said,
“and I’ve done that so far.”
Minor injuries caused
Baun to miss two games in
2016, when he got most of
his work on special teams.
He was expected to
battle for a spot in the
regular rotation at outside
linebacker last season but
suffered a season-ending
broken foot in August.
Defensive coordinator
Jim Leonhard is pleased
with what he saw in camp
from Baun, who generally
was paired with Andrew
Van Ginkel on the No. 1
unit.
“I think you see a lot
more comfort,” Leonhard
said. “He had never been
able to go consistently be-
cause of injuries. You al-
ways saw flashes.
“I think you are seeing
him grow into being more
comfortable being on the
field and making plays.”
Baun, 6 foot 3 and 230
pounds, lacks the bulk of
Garret Dooley (6-3 and
246) and Leon Jacobs (6-2
and 245), who started last
season at outside lineback-
er.
He doesn’t have the
wingspan of the 6-4,
236-pound Van Ginkel.
“I’m not big but I use my
leverage,” Baun said. “It is
all about using leverage,
staying low.”
Baun, who ran the 100
and 200 meters in track
and field in high school, is
arguably faster than Van
Ginkel or Tyler Johnson,
the No. 3 outside lineback-
er.
He has used that speed
effectively, at times, during
Michigan wide receiver Jehu Chesson, center, is gang-tackled by Wisconsin defenders Zack
Baun (56), Jack Cichy (48), T.J. Edwards (53) and Leo Musso (19) during a Big Ten Confer-
ence game in 2016. Baun, now a senior, missed the entire 2017 season with a broken foot.
pass-rush drills.
“I’ve learned that I have
more speed than I think I
do,” said Baun, whose bat-
tles against right tackle
David Edwards also were
physical. “And that I need
to utilize it to my fullest
potential.
“But I can’t go with
speed every time. I have to
incorporate a second move
and more power.”
Jacobs and Dooley were
effective at setting the edge
on running plays and pres-
suring quarterbacks on
passing plays.
Dooley recorded a team-
best 7½ sacks; Jacobs had
9½ tackles for loss and
eight hurries. They com-
bined for 101 total tackles.
Baun appears to have
enough bulk to handle
runs and the athletic abili-
ty to get into the backfield
and harass quarterbacks.
“He brings a different
element to the pass rush
than a lot of our guys,”
Leonhard said, “especially
a lot of guys we’ve had in
the past.
“He has good flexibility
and bend and twitch get-
ting off the ball. It brings a
different element for some
of those tackles to work
again.”
Baun during camp bat-
tled Edwards (6-7 and 315),
Jon Dietzen (6-6 and 323)
and Cole Van Lanen (6-5
and 311). Edwards is set
to start at right tackle. Di-
etzen and Van Lanen are
vying to start at left tackle,
though both are expected
to play.
“We are on the same
team so whenever we can
teach each other it’s good,”
Baun said when asked
about the one-on-one
pass-rush drills. “So after
we take a rep against each
other I’m going to talk to
him and ask him what he
was looking at.
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“He is going to talk to
me and tell me what he was
looking at. It is all about
learning and growing to-
gether. David Edwards is
just fundamentally sound.
Dietzen is strong as hell.
Cole Van Lanen is super
athletic.”
Baun believes the bat-
tles in practice with that
trio of tackles will allow
him to flourish on the field.
“Look at these dudes,”
he said. “They’re huge. I
know we’re not going to
face another O-line like
this. From pass-blocking to
the run game, they’re just
great overall.”
struggle to match
debut season
By Charles Odum
Associated Press
ATHENS, GA.
As a freshman quar-
terback last season, Jake
Fromm led the Bulldogs to
a win at Notre Dame in his
first start, its first South-
eastern Conference cham-
pionship since 2005 and a
Rose Bowl win in the Col-
lege Football Playoff.
Georgia lost to Alabama
in the national champion-
ship game, but for Haskins
the 2017 season will be
tough to top. Georgia was
No. 3 in this season’s first
AP Top 25.
“His first season was
something I’ll probably
never experience again
in my lifetime,” Fromm’s
grandfather, Bill Haskins,
said. “It was just one heck
of a ride. Just unbelievable.”
Haskins may be the only
member of Fromm’s family
available to talk with re-
porters about last season
or the quarterback com-
petition with Justin Fields.
Coach Kirby Smart has not
made Fromm available
for interviews during pre-
season practice, and now
the coach has extended
the no-interview policy to
Fromm’s immediate family.
Fromm’s father, Emer-
son, told The Associated
Press on Thursday “I’m not
getting into it with Kirby.
Kirby doesn’t want me to
do interviews.”
Haskins said Smart “has
got a lockdown on every-
thing.”
“It’d be a little harder
probably for him to say
something to me, but they
don’t like for any of the fam-
ily to really do stuff like this,
to be honest,” Haskins said.
Smart may be wary
of comments regarding
Fromm’s competition with
Fields. All freshmen, in-
cluding Fields, are shielded
from interviews.
Despite the secrecy,
Fromm is widely expected
to retain the starting job for
the Sept. 1 opening game
against Austin Peay. Smart
said he has no plan to make
a formal announcement
about which quarterback
will take the first snap in
the opener.
Georgia quarterback
Jake Fromm, left,
threw 24 touchdowns
last season to lead
the Bulldogs to the
national title game. He
could find it tough to
match those numbers
in 2018, especially
with freshman Justin
Fields pushing him for
playing time.
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Talk not on football at Ohio State

By Mitch Stacy
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, OHIO
A week before Ohio
State’s season opener, few
in Columbus have been able
to focus on football. Not
many are talking about the
new starting quarterback
or how to best use the two
elite running backs.
Instead, the discussion
has been about domestic
violence, misplaced loyalty,
lying and how much a foot-
ball coach at a major uni-
versity is expected to know
about the personal lives of
his assistants.
It has been a preseason
unlike any other in Colum-
bus.
On Aug. 1, two days
before practice opened,
coach Urban Meyer was
put on paid leave and the
university began an inves-
tigation into his handling
of domestic violence alle-
gations against receivers
coach Zach Smith against
his now ex-wife.
That situation came to
a head Wednesday night.
After nearly 11 hours of
discussions, the board of
trustees handed down a
three-game suspension
for Meyer. A two-week in-
vestigation concluded the
superstar coach needed to
be punished for tolerating
Smith’s bad behavior for so
long. Smith is the grandson
of former Ohio State coach
and Meyer mentor Earle
Bruce.
After Wednesday’s news
conference, Meyer was
criticized for his response
to a question about Zach
Smith’s ex-wife, Courtney.
On Friday, Meyer issued a
statement apologizing di-
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Ohio State football coach Ur-
ban Meyer answers questions
during a news conference
Wednesday in Columbus,
Ohio. Ohio State suspend-
ed Meyer on Wednesday for
three games for mishandling
domestic violence accusa-
tions, punishing one of the
sport’s most prominent lead-
ers for keeping an assistant
on staff for several years after
the coach’s wife accused him
of abuse.
rectly to her.
Meyer, who is 73-8 in six
seasons at Ohio State, will
be off the sideline until the
Sept. 22 game at Ohio Sta-
dium against Tulane. The
54-year-old coach, howev-
er, will be allowed to run
practice after Sept. 1.
The national debate
about off-field issues is not
likely to wane by then.
“The fact that Urban is
not there still becomes a
major part of it, so I don’t
know that Ohio State gets
to directly say, ‘Hey, the
suspension has been hand-
ed down, there was a press
conference, now let’s talk
solely about football.’ I don’t
think that’s going to hap-
pen,” said Austin Ward, who
has covered Ohio State foot-
ball since 2012 and writes
for the website Lettermen
Row.
While Meyer does his
time, 39-year-old co-of-
fensive coordinator/quar-
terbacks coach Ryan Day,
a second-year Ohio State
assistant who has never be-
fore been a head coach, is
running the show. In a nor-
mal year, there would have
been regular training-camp
media access to Meyer, as-
sistant coaches and players.
They have all been off-lim-
its for all of camp.
Aside from a couple brief
windows for sideline obser-
vation, the media have been
kept at bay, which had the
unintended consequence
of keeping the spotlight
harshly fixed on Meyer in-
stead of football.
Teams experiencing off-
season turmoil have fared
in various ways.
After Ohio State coach
Jim Tressel was fired in
2011 for lying to the NCAA
about player violations, the
Buckeyes, under interim
coach Luke Fickell, slipped
to 6-7. It was the team’s
worst showing in over two
decades.
Hugh Freeze resigned at
Mississippi last year after
university officials found
a “pattern of personal mis-
conduct.” The team then
limped to a 6-6 finish under
Matt Luke.
Steve Sarkisian was fired
at USC during the 2015 sea-
son amid personal prob-
lems. The Trojans finished
8-6 under Clay Helton,
who’s since led the team to
seasons of 10-3 and 11-1.
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Taillon pitches, Frazier hits Pirates past Brewers

By Rich Rovito struck out eight and didn’t walk
Associated Press a batter.
The teams have split the first
MILWAUKEE two games of the series. Milwau-
Adam Frazier hit a three-run kee took the opener in 15 innings
homer and Jameson Taillon Friday night in a game that lasted
pitched six strong innings as 5 hours, 36 minutes.
the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated The Pirates added three runs
the Milwaukee in the ninth on a wild pitch, a
Pirates 9 Brewers 9-1 on run-scoring single by Sean Ro-
a run in his previous two starts,
held the Pirates scoreless until the
fourth when Josh Harrison dou-
bled to drive in Francisco Cervel-
li, who led off the inning with a
double of his own.
Chacin permitted three runs
and eight hits in six innings. He
walked four and struck out seven.
running the bases.
Up next
„„Pirates: Chris Archer (4-6,
4.41 ERA) exited his last start
Monday against Atlanta after four
innings with left leg discomfort.
„„Brewers: Chase Anderson
(8-7, 3.92) is 6-4 with a 3.34 ERA
in 13 career starts against the Pi-
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Moran 3b 5 1 4 1 Ta.Wllm p 0 0 0 0
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burgh 9, Milwaukee 5. 2B—S.Marte (22), Cer-
velli (12), Harrison (11), Moran 2 (15), Mous-
takas (27). 3B—G.Polanco (6). HR—A.Frazier
(6), Yelich (23). CS—S.Marte (10).
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Brewers 1 Saturday night.
Frazier ’s
drive with one out in the eighth
off reliever Taylor Williams give
the Pirates a five-run cushion af-
ter Gregory Polanco broke a sev-
enth-inning tie with a two-run
single.
Taillon (10-9) gave up one run
and five hits in six innings. He
driguez and Colin Moran’s RBI
double. Moran had four hits in
five at-bats.
Christian Yelich homered in
the third to put the Brewers in
front 1-0. Yelich, who also hom-
ered Friday night, has an 11-game
hitting streak.
Milwaukee starter Jhoulys
Chacin (13-5), who didn’t allow
Trainer’s room rates, including 0-2 with a 5.91
Pittsburgh
Taillon W,10-9 6 5 1 1 0 8
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checked by a trainer. ... Harrison, G.Plnco rf 4 1 2 2 T.Shaw 2b 4 0 1 0 Albers 1 3 3 3 1 2
Crvelli c 5 2 2 0 Aguilar 1b 4 0 1 0 Chacin pitched to 3 batters in the 7th
who has been dealing with a left Dckrson lf 4 0 0 0 Mstakas 3b 4 0 1 0 WP—Albers.
hamstring issue, was lifted for a Ed.Sntn p 0 0 0 0 Thames rf 4 0 1 0 Umpires—Home, Sam Holbrook; First,
S.Rdrig ph 1 1 1 1 H.Perez ss 3 0 0 0 Chris Segal; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, D.J.
pinch-runner as a precaution in Kela p 0 0 0 0 Pina c 3 0 0 0 Reyburn.
the eighth after pulling up while Hrrison 2b 3 0 1 1 Chacin p 2 0 0 0 T—3:01. A—40,622 (41,900).

Homer power Brewers closers have come and gone ÆÆKnebel’s demotion latest another berth on the NL all-star and veteran players sent packing,
Murphy among three Cubs to go deep Brewers’ switch during season
team. But, when he blew five of his
first 10 save opportunities the next
one by one, for prospects.
In one of the first moves by new
year, the Brewers once again found general manager David Stearns, Ro-
By John Jackson players with a minimum By Tom Haudricourt themselves without a closer during driguez was traded in November to
Associated Press of 100 at-bats at the ball- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the season. Detroit in a deal that netted catcher
park.
Manny Piña. There would be no
CHICAGO “I don’t know,” Murphy The news of the Milwaukee The Ax Man sixth time around for “K-Rod” with
Daniel Murphy can’t said when asked to explain Brewers sending reliever Corey Manager Ken Macha decided to the Brewers, forcing them to find
fully explain his success his success. “I just know, Knebel to the minors Thursday give John Axford, in his first full another closer.
at Wrigley Field. He’s just day games, if I’m able to to work out his season in the majors at 27, a chance Jeremy Jeffress, one of the
happy he get this old body going, I
feel like I see the ball better
ANALYSIS command issues to close and Axford took to the role, prospects traded to Kansas City in
Cubs 10 now calls was somewhat converting 24 of 27 chances. Hoff- December 2010 in the Zack Greinke
the sto- during the day.” shocking but not really surprising, if
Reds 6 ried old Baez was 2 for 4 with a that makes sense.
man would be given the opportunity deal, found his way back to the club
to record save No. 600 later in the in ’14 and excelled the next season,
ballpark walk and three RBIs. The It was somewhat shocking in season and became the first reliever posting a 2.65 ERA in 72 appear-
home. homer was his 28th and he that Knebel was one of the most to reach that plateau before calling ances. He got his coveted chance at
Murphy and Kyle leads the NL with 97 RBIs. dominant closers in it a career. closing games in 2016 and had com-
Schwarber each hit a two- NL-Central leading the game last season, “One of the toughest sit-downs piled 27 saves when he and catcher
run homer, Javier Baez Chicago has gone deep earning an all-star with a player I ever had was with Jonathan Lucroy were traded to
added a solo shot and the in 10 consecutive games, berth in the process. a Hall of Famer, Trevor Hoffman,” Texas for prospects on Aug. 1.
Chicago Cubs beat the amassing a total of 17 hom- But not really sur- Melvin recalled. “We met late at
Cincinnati Reds 10-6 on ers during that stretch.
Curt Casali homered
prising in light of his night with him after landing in Min- Feliz failed
Saturday for their fourth ongoing command nesota to tell him we were going to
straight win. and had four RBIs, and Tyler Thornburg took over as
issues and inability go with Axford as closer. That was
Murphy homered for Preston Tucker added closer and performed well (13 saves)
to pitch a clean in- tough but he handled it with class.” but he, too, was traded after the sea-
a second straight day and a pinch-hit homer for ning, which already Knebel
Cincinnati, which has Axford would be wildly success- son in a five-player deal that netted
is batting .407 (48 for 118) had forced manager ful as the Brewers’ closer in 2011,
with nine homers in 31 ca- dropped four straight. Craig Counsell to remove Knebel third baseman Travis Shaw. Stearns
Jose Quintana (11-9) setting a club mark with 46 saves, filled the closer’s role by signing
reer regular-season games from ninth-inning duty. including the last 43 in a row to
at Wrigley—all but three of allowed two runs on six But it’s certainly not the first former Texas closer Neftali Feliz to
hits in five-plus innings— close the season. Melvin made a a one-year, $5.3 million free-agent
them before he joined the time a Brewers closer has been difference-making move at the all-
Cubs in a trade this week. walking three and striking removed from that role in-season. deal over the winter but Feliz didn’t
out two—to get his first star break, acquiring New York Mets last long.
His batting average is In fact, it has become quite com- closer Francisco Rodriguez and
the highest among active win since Aug. 3. mon since the club broke through Simply put, Feliz could not keep
installing him as set-up man to Ax- the ball in the yard. He allowed
in 2008 to win the National League ford, creating a 1-2 punch at the end eight homers in 27 innings, was
wild-card berth (there was only one of games that was unbeatable as the removed from the closer’s role and
‌Major League Baseball back then) and snap a frustrating Brewers roared to a franchise-re-
American League 26-year playoff drought. eventually released in mid-June
cord 96 victories and their only NL with a 1-5 record and 6.00 ERA.
East Division‌ The Brewers began that season
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Central title. Knebel, obtained in June 2015 from
Boston 90 41 .687 — — 4-6 L-2 46-18 44-23 with Eric Gagne as their closer.
New York 82 47 .636 7 — 7-3 W-3 45-20 37-27 Once the preeminent closer in the K-Rod once, twice, three times Texas in the Yovani Gallardo trade,
Tampa Bay 69 61 .531 20½ 9 8-2 W-7 40-24 29-37
game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, took over and flourished in that
Toronto 60 69 .465 29 17½ 6-4 W-5 34-32 26-37 Little did Melvin know at the role, converting 39 of 45 saves with
Baltimore 37 93 .285 52½ 41 1-9 L-7 21-43 16-50 Gagne’s career had stalled due to time that the Brewers and “K-Rod”
Central Division‌
injuries and drop in performance, a 1.78 ERA in 76 games, most in the
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away would have an on-again, off-again NL, and a whopping 126 strikeouts
Cleveland 73 56 .566 — — 5-5 L-4 39-24 34-32 and general manager Doug Melvin relationship that would rival Justin in 76 innings.
Minnesota 61 68 .473 12 16½ 5-5 L-2 39-28 22-40
Detroit 53 77 .408 20½ 25 3-7 L-2 34-33 19-44 decided to take a flier on him with a Bieber and Selena Gomez. Rodri-
Chicago 50 79 .388 23 27½ 7-3 W-2 25-40 25-39 one-year, $10 million deal. Understandably, the Brewers
Kansas City 40 90 .308 33½ 38 4-6 W-2 20-44 20-46 guez unexpectedly accepted an didn’t give a second thought to the
West Division‌ arbitration offer after that season,
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Gagne to Torres so both he and Axford returned in
closer’s role entering this season.
Houston 78 50 .609 — — 5-5 W-3 33-29 45-21
The Brewers were caught with- But Knebel suffered a bad ham-
Oakland 78 52 .600 1 — 6-4 W-2 39-26 39-26 2012.
Seattle 73 56 .566 5½ 4½ 4-6 W-1 38-28 35-28 out a closer when Francisco Corde- string strain in his third outing
Axford began to slip that year,
Los Angeles 63 66 .488 15½ 14½ 4-6 L-4 33-31 30-35
ro, who set the club record with 44 against the Cubs and spent five
Texas 58 73 .443 21½ 20½ 5-5 L-1 29-38 29-35 a disappointing campaign for the
saves in 2007, took a multi-year offer weeks on the disabled list. He had
National League Brewers, leading the majors with
East Division‌ from Cincinnati as a free agent that some productive stretches after
nine blown saves and briefly losing
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
winter. Melvin hoped Gagne would returning, including a 1.13 ERA in
Atlanta 72 57 .558 — — 4-6 L-2 34-28 38-29 the closer’s role to Rodriguez at
Philadelphia 69 60 .535 3 2 3-7 L-2 41-22 28-38 rediscover some of his earlier clos- eight outings in June, but began
midseason. Rodriguez also had his
Washington 64 66 .492 8½ 7½ 4-6 L-3 33-31 31-35
ing magic, but he mostly was awful experiencing command issues as the
New York 58 71 .450 14 13 6-4 W-2 28-39 30-32 ups and downs, and Axford rallied
Miami 53 78 .405 20 19 5-5 W-2 31-37 22-41 in the early going and the Brewers to convert 17 of his last 18 save op- season progressed, particularly with
Central Division‌
switched to Salomon Torres, a portunities to finish with 35. his curveball.
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Chicago 75 53 .586 — — 7-3 W-4 41-23 34-30 journeyman workhorse acquired in With Rodriguez back on the Knebel’s woes reached the crisis
St. Louis 72 58 .554 4 — 7-3 L-1 34-28 38-30
the off-season in a minor trade with free-agent market and unsigned, stage Aug. 9 when he inherited
Milwaukee 72 59 .550 4½ — 5-5 L-1 39-26 33-33
Pittsburgh 64 66 .492 12 7½ 3-7 W-1 35-34 29-32 Pittsburgh. the Brewers opened the 2013 season a 4-2 lead against last-place San
Cincinnati 56 74 .431 20 15½ 4-6 L-4 31-35 25-39
Thrown right into a playoff with Axford still closing games. Diego and walked the bases loaded
West Division‌
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away race, Torres prospered beyond But, when “The Ax Man” surren- before allowing an RBI infield hit
Arizona 71 57 .555 — — 7-3 L-1 34-30 37-27
expectations. He converted 28 of 32 dered four home runs in his first and departing. Making matters
Colorado 71 58 .550 ½ — 7-3 W-1 34-29 37-29
Los Angeles 68 61 .527 3½ 3 4-6 W-1 33-33 35-28 save opportunities after replacing three appearances, manager Ron worse, newcomer Joakim Soria, who
San Francisco 64 67 .489 8½
San Diego 50 81 .382 22½
8 3-7 W-1 35-27 29-40
22 2-8 L-3 23-43 27-38
Gagne, and the Brewers captured Roenicke shifted to Jim Henderson, likely would have replaced Knebel
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE the wild-card berth on the final day a little-known minor league jour- as closer, was rushed into the game
RESULTS FRIDAY RESULTS FRIDAY of the season. Torres saved the only neyman who overcame injuries to and suffered a groin strain, landing
N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 5, 10 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 2, 10
innings innings victory in the NLDS against eventu- finally make it to the big leagues. on the DL.
Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2 al champion Philadelphia, escaping Rodriguez re-signed with the So, once again, a Brewers closer
Tampa Bay 10, Boston 3 Miami 1, Atlanta 0
Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 0 a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the Brewers in late April but was traded forfeited that job in-season. The
Oakland 7, Minnesota 1 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 6, 15 in- ninth inning of Game 3. to Baltimore before the July 31 difference this time is there was no
Kansas City 5, Cleveland 4 nings
Seattle 6, Arizona 3 St. Louis 7, Colorado 5 deadline. In late August, Axford also obvious replacement waiting, such
Houston 9, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 6, Arizona 3 Hoffman joins club was traded away to the St. Louis as Torres in 2008, Axford in 2010,
Texas 7, San Francisco 6, 10 in- L.A. Dodgers 11, San Diego 1
nings Texas 7, San Francisco 6, 10 in- The Brewers were set to exercise Cardinals. Henderson finished with Henderson in 2013, Thornburg in
RESULTS SATURDAY nings a $3.75 million club option on Tor- 28 saves but would never close 2016 and Knebel in 2017. Counsell
N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 3, 1st RESULTS SATURDAY
game Pittsburgh 9, Milwaukee 1 res for 2009 when he called Melvin again for the Brewers, appearing in has been mixing and matching,
San Francisco 5, Texas 3 Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati 6 and unexpectedly announced his only 14 games in 2014 before shoul- mostly with lefty Josh Hader and
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6 Colorado 9, St. Louis 1 Jeffress, though Soria is back in the
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 1 N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 0 retirement. Once again, the Brewers der issues sidelined him.
Chicago White Sox 6, Detroit 1 San Francisco 5, Texas 3 were without a closer, and Melvin Like a human boomerang, Rodri- picture after recovering.
N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 1
Oakland 6, Minnesota 2
Toronto 8, Philadelphia 6
Miami 3, Atlanta 1 again would focus on an aging guez returned to the Brewers in ’14, Jeffress was given the chance
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 1 Seattle at Arizona, late veteran, Trevor Hoffman, who had signing just before spring training. to close a 4-3 game Friday night
Seattle at Arizona, late
Houston at L.A. Angels, late
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late
GAMES TODAY
achieved great success in another The team appeared headed back to against Pittsburgh but allowed a
GAMES TODAY Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-9) at city. the playoffs before collapsing over run, setting in motion a marathon
Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-9) at Toronto (Estrada 7-9), 12:07 p.m.
Toronto (Estrada 7-9), 12:07 p.m. Atlanta (Gausman 8-9) at Miami
Despite recording 552 saves over the final six weeks, mostly due to the Brewers finally won in 15 in-
Boston (Eovaldi 5-5) at Tampa (Lopez 2-3), 12:10 p.m. 16 years with the San Diego Padres, offensive woes. Accordingly, save op- nings. He is 6 for 11 in save opportu-
Bay (Snell 15-5), 12:10 p.m. Washington (Rodriguez 1-1) at
Chicago White Sox (Kopech N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-10), 12:10 p.m.
they terminated their relationship portunities dried up for Rodriguez nities for the season but has been a
0-0) at Detroit (Zimmermann 6-5), Pittsburgh (Archer 4-6) at Mil- with the future Hall of Famer, down the stretch, but he still fin- rock otherwise.
12:10 p.m.
Oakland (Bassitt 2-3) at Minne-
waukee (Anderson 8-7), 1:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey 1-11) at Chica-
thrusting him onto the free-agent ished with 44 saves, two off Axford’s “We say all the time that reliev-
sota (Berrios 11-8), 1:10 p.m. go Cubs (Hendricks 9-10), 1:20 p.m. market. Melvin decided, ‘What the record set three years earlier. ers don’t get to iron things out in
Cleveland (Bieber 7-2) at Kansas St. Louis (Gomber 3-0) at Colora- heck?’ and signed Hoffman to a one- Continuing his trend of signing (bullpen) sessions like starters do,”
City (Lopez 0-3), 1:15 p.m. do (Anderson 6-6), 2:10 p.m.
Texas (Gallardo 7-2) at San Fran- Texas (Gallardo 7-2) at San Fran- year deal with a club option for 2010 with the Brewers—but not rushing Melvin said. “They have to be avail-
cisco (Holland 6-8), 3:05 p.m.
Houston (Valdez 1-0) at L.A. An-
cisco (Holland 6-8), 3:05 p.m.
San Diego (Erlin 3-3) at L.A. Dodg-
at a very reasonable price. to do so—Rodriguez agreed in mid- able every night.”
gels (Pena 1-3), 3:07 p.m. ers (Wood 7-6), 3:10 p.m. At age 41, Hoffman caught his March to a fifth stint with the Brew- Who will be the Brewers’ closer
Seattle (Leake 8-7) at Arizona Seattle (Leake 8-7) at Arizona second wind with the Brewers, con- ers in 2015. He saved 38 games but in 2019? Will Knebel get his job
(Greinke 12-8), 3:10 p.m. (Greinke 12-8), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 16-6) at verting 37 saves and posting a 1.83 this would be a season of change, back or will the line keep moving?
Baltimore (Cashner 4-11), 7:05 p.m. ERA in 55 appearances, earning yet with Roenicke fired after a 5-17 start Stay tuned.
The Gazette SPORTS Sunday, August 26, 2018 l 7B

Allgaier avoids missteps in win BRIEFS

Compiled from Gazette wire services

Driver coasts in final laps at Road America for second victory in three weeks
By Genaro C. Armas
Associated Press
ELKHART LAKE
Race leader Justin All-
gaier watched in the mirror
as the two cars closest to
his Chevrolet made con-
tact, essentially bumping
his two closest rivals out
of contention.
T h e
coast was
clear for
Allgaier to
sail to vic-
tory Satur-
day at Road
America
for h i s Allgaier
fourth win
of the season.
But Allgaier kept think-
ing about everything else
that could go wrong.
What if he didn’t hit his
mark on a turn? What if his
car ran over debris on the
track? What if he just ran
out of fuel?
“OK, if I run out of gas
I may not go back to the
garage area,” Allgaier said
in recounting his internal
conversation. “I may just
walk back home to Char-
lotte.”
Instead, he’ll head back
with his second victory in
three weeks, both coming
on road courses, after pull-
ing away over the final five
laps.
Allgaier held a 5.4-sec-
XFINITY SERIES
ond advantage over sec-
ond-place Matt Tifft to
take the tense race filled
with bumps, scrapes and
spin-outs around the 14-
turn course. Daniel Hem-
ric, Tifft’s teammate at
Richard Childress Racing,
was third.
The victory erases the
sting of a close call in 2011,
when Allgaier led late in
the race before running out
of fuel during a yellow flag.
This time, Allgaier was
the beneficiary of late-race
commotion.
With three laps to go,
second-place James Davi-
son and third-place Justin
Marks were jockeying for
position trying desperate-
ly to catch Allgaier when
their cars spun out around
a tight left turn.
Tifft blew past Davison
and Marks. But no one
could catch Allgaier, who
started 11th. The victory
allowed him to leapfrog
Christopher Bell atop the
series driver standings.
“I never would have
thought we could have a
dream season like this one,”
he said with a smile after
wiping sweat off his fore-
head. “Two road courses ...
would you believe that?”
NASCAR Hall of Famer
Bill Elliott finished 20th
after coming out of retire-
ment to take his first Xfini-
ty ride around Road Amer-
ica. The 62-year-old Elliott
started 23rd, then climbed
up to 17th before spinning
out and falling back.
“It was a heck of a lot of
fun,” Elliott said.
The old-school driv-
er would have loved the
racing at the front of the
field. It was an entertain-
ing afternoon for NASCAR
during an off week for the
top-level Cup circuit.
Most of the attention
coming into the race fell
on Road America rookies
like Elliott. British racer
Katherine Legge, who was
driving in her second NA-
SCAR race, finished 14th.
IndyCar driver Conor
Daly, who was making his
NASCAR debut, finished
31st. A suspension issue
forced his No. 6 Ford into
the garage after 35 laps.
Coming back?
Elliott had his son, Cup
driver Chase Elliott, spot-
ting for him on Saturday.
He may not have that job
again if the elder Elliott
returns to race again.
“He didn’t say much. He
didn’t help me enough,” he
said with a smile.
Bill Elliott said his goal
this weekend was just to
get used to the car again,
drawing on the experience
of decades on the track.
For now, Road America
may be the finish line.
“I doubt it,” he said
when asked if he would re-
turn. “This was a lot of fun,
a good time. These guys are
serious racers. I felt like I
held my own pretty good
... It’s just hard to put it all
together.”
Legge’s day
Legge started 26th in
the 40-car field before
climbing all the way up to
third in Lap 23. She spun
out on the back end of the
course on the next lap to
drop her out of contention.
Still, it was another good
showing for someone just
getting used to NASCAR.
A former IndyCar driver,
Legge has three wins and
nine podium finishes over
the last two seasons in the
IMSA WeatherTech Sports-
Car Championship series.
Medical update
Tifft was treated at the
infield medical center after
the race and given fluids
before being released af-
ter about an hour. “Gave it
everything I had today!!!
Wish we were walking out
of here with the (trophy)
but man am I proud of the
weekend my Richard Chil-
dress Racing team had,”
Tifft posted on Twitter .
Tifft finished second at
Road America for a second
straight year.
Posey bows out to have hip surgery
SAN FRANCISCO— San Francisco Giants catcher
Buster Posey will undergo hip surgery Monday in Colora-
do, ending what has been a painful and frustrating year
for the six-time All-Star.
Posey revealed the decision to have the season-ending
surgery following Friday night’s loss to the Texas Rangers.
Manager Bruce Bochy confirmed it prior to Saturday’s
game.
“It’s something that needs to be taken care of,” Bochy
said. “It’s the wear and tear of playing the game that’s
caught up with him a little bit.”
DeChambeau leads by four shots
PARAMUS, N.J.—Bryson DeChambeau kept pour-
ing in birdies even as everyone around him went the other
direction and wound up with a four-shot lead Saturday
in The Northern Trust.
DeChambeau closed with two birdies for an 8-under
63 that gave him firm control of the opening FedEx Cup
playoff event. It might even make it hard for Ryder Cup
captain Jim Furyk to ignore him when he makes his four
wild-card selections a week from Tuesday.
DeChambeau, who earlier this year won the Memorial,
was at 16-under 197 and had a four-shot lead over Keegan
Bradley, who had a 62. Of the last 10 players to tee off,
DeChambeau and Adam Scott were the only players to
break par at Ridgewood Country Club.
„„Three-time major champion Padraig Harrington
and Andrea Pavan shot flawless 7-under 65s on Satur-
day to share the lead after the third round of the Czech
Masters.
Serena won’t be ‘repeat offender’
NEW YORK—Serena Williams isn’t worried about
a dress code at the French Open.
Her skin-tight black catsuit won’t be welcome, but
Williams had already put it back in the closet.
She no longer needs a full-length outfit for health rea-
sons and won’t be wearing it again at the U.S. Open.
Besides, for someone with Williams’ style, going back
to the same look would be a fashion faux pas.
“When it comes to fashion, you don’t want to be a
repeat offender,” she said Saturday.
Beadle axed from ESPN show

Wickens breathing on own after wreck

By Dave Skretta
Associated Press
MADISON, ILL.
IndyCar driver Robert Wickens
was breathing without medical as-
sistance and began speaking with
his family Saturday for the first time
since his harrowing wreck at Pocono
Raceway.
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
made the announcement shortly
before the start of the IndyCar race
at Gateway Motorsports Park. The
team only fielded James Hinchcliffe’s
car for Saturday night’s race, though
a backup No. 6 car that Wickens had
driven this season was parked out-
side the haulers.
Many drivers, crew members and
fans wore “RW6” hats and T-shirts
as they signed a “Get Well” sign in
the paddock, and cars were carrying
stickers that read “Better Stronger
Faster.”
“The team has a very strong
character, a very strong culture. Ev-
erybody rallies around and rallies
through it,” Schmidt Peterson gen-
AUTO RACING NOTES
eral manager Piers Phillips. “The
general spirit was been awesome and
that’s something here at SPM we’ve
always tried to build from the start
of the season.”
Wickens crashed early in last Sun-
day’s race at Pocono, touching Ryan
Hunter-Reay and hurtling into the
catch fence. The Canadian driver’s
car was shredded and debris scat-
tered across the track in a wreck
that involved five cars but only left
Wickens with serious injuries.
He was airlifted to a hospital and
has undergone a series of surgeries,
including a procedure to insert tita-
nium rods and screws to stabilize his
fractured spin.
Wickens also had surgery late in
the week on his extremities, and will
require additional surgery and reha-
bilitation.
The outpouring of support for
Wickens has extended far beyond
IndyCar, which is hardly surprising
given his extensive racing experi-
ence. Among them have been Tweets
from former Formula 1 drivers David
Coulthard and Mark Webber, and an-
other from Alex Zanardi, who posted
a photograph on social media of a
banner he had signed with members
of his touring car team.
Zanardi, who won back-to-back
CART titles in the 1990s, was involved
in a near-fatal crash in Germany in
2001 that resulted in amputations to
both of his legs.
Hamilton takes Belgian GP pole
Lewis Hamilton again showed
he’s the best driver in the rain by
taking pole position for the Belgian
Grand Prix on Saturday.
The Mercedes driver saved his
best for the last lap to easily beat
Sebastian Vettel’s leading time for
Ferrari by 0.7 seconds and secure a
Formula One record-extending 78th
pole.
“The rain is always a friend of
mine,” Hamilton said. “I think that
was one of the hardest sessions I can
remember. We only had a few laps
to find the grip (in the rain), to find
where the track was dry and wet.”
In a surprising Friday evening news dump, ESPN an-
nounced it was making major changes to its highly touted
but struggling new morning show Get Up! after just five
months on air.
The biggest change is the removal of co-host Michelle
Beadle, who will return as the host of NBA Countdown
and also host a new NBA post-game show called NBA
After The Buzzer. Beadle’s last day on Get Up! is Aug. 29.
The announcement comes just one day after Beadle
garnered criticism for saying she wouldn’t watch the NFL
or college football this season after Ohio State refused
to fire head coach Urban Meyer for lying about a former
assistant coach’s domestic abuse.
According to the New York Post Andrew Marchand,
Beadle never really wanted to team up with former Mike
& Mike cohost Mike Greenberg. But former ESPN pres-
ident John Skipper kept offering her increasingly large
sums of money, until her salary ballooned to a reported
$5 million a year.
“All in all, a pretty huge win for Beadle, who gets a
contract extension, a return to L.A., and to leave a show
that it seemed pretty clear—admittedly from afar—that
she did not enjoy,” Paulsen wrote at Sports Media Watch.
Hawaii, South Korea in LLWS final
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Aukai Kea struck
out 15 while throwing a complete game as Hawaii went
ahead on a pinch-hit single by John De la Cruz and de-
feated Georgia 3-0 to advance to the Little League World
Series championship on Saturday.
Hawaii, the U.S. champion, will play South Korea on
Sunday after the Asia-Pacific regional champs defeated
Japan 2-1 earlier in the day.
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SPORTS The Gazette

Bare-knuckle fighting could be poised for boom

By Greg Beacham
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
David Feldman staged
a bare-knuckle boxing
match on the undercard of
a mixed martial arts show
at a Yavapai Nation casi-
no in Arizona in 2011. The
promoter offered the fight
on the internet as a paid
streaming option, just to
see if anybody would watch
it.
Feldman claims the pay-
per-view system crashed
under the demand of hun-
dreds of thousands of buy-
ers worldwide trying to
watch two men fight with
their bare fists.
He didn’t get paid, but
that’s when Feldman knew
this archaic sport had a fu-
ture.
Trainer John Bastable, left, wraps the wrists of Bec Rawlings prior to a bare-knuckle sparring
“This sport is absolute-
session at City of Angels Boxing Club in Los Angeles on Aug. 16. Rawlings is a longtime UFC
ly not for everybody to
fighter who fought Saturday in the second sanctioned bare-knuckle boxing show in the U.S.
compete in or watch,” Feld-
in over a century in Biloxi, Miss.
man said. “For some peo-
ple, the blood, the fast pace
and the excitement of the
whole thing is not for every-
body. But for the group that
it is for, I think we deliver
exactly what their appetite
calls for.”
After nearly a decade
of patient work to get this
primal version of boxing
formally sanctioned some-
where in the U.S., Feldman’s
Bare Knuckle Fighting
Championship debuted
in Wyoming two months
ago. The show captured
wide-ranging attention
online, where it sold about
150,000 pay-per-view buys
and drew heavy chatter on
social media.
Feldman’s BKFC pro-
motion is staging a second
show Saturday night in Bi-
loxi, Mississippi, putting
ungloved boxers in a ring
for two-minute rounds
filled with the primally
compelling sound of flesh
hitting flesh without pad-
ding or cushion. The card
features a mishmash of
experienced fighters from
other disciplines, including
MMA veterans Bec Raw-
lings, Kendall Grove and
Chris Lytle.
Twenty-five years af-
ter the UFC’s debut, Feld-
man thinks regulated
bare-knuckle boxing might
be the next big worldwide
thing in the so-called com-
bat sports. British promot-
ers have staged bare-knuck-
le bouts for years, but the
North American pay-per-
view market usually is the
ultimate goal for any pro-
moter hoping to cash in.
Even before his second
bare-knuckle show, it’s
clear Feldman has opened
a door. Other North Ameri-
can companies are already
rushing to get through it,
but the veteran fight pro-
moter believes he can build
a company that will last.
“I think it’s whoever
starts first, but starts right
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first,” Feldman said. “Like I
told my partners, we can’t
walk out of the starting box.
We have to sprint. So if we
sprint out of the starting
box, it’s going to be hard to
catch us. And I think that’s
our model right now. We
did sprint out of it on June
2, and now a lot of fighters
are coming our way.”
In BKFC’s attempt to
stay on top of a sport long
dormant in North Ameri-
ca, Feldman will put on a
third show in October, and
he hopes to stage a fourth in
December. He plans eight
shows in 2019, with four
on pay-per-view and four
on television.
Feldman’s goal isn’t just
to stage bare-knuckle fights,
which he could do without
state sanctioning. He wants
to build a fight brand with
a recognizable, stable prod-
uct that will compel steady
fandom, just as the UFC
began to do in 2005.
“Look, there’s going to
be competition,” Feldman
said. “Just as long as they
do the right thing, and do it
the way that we did it, then
competition is going to be
great for us. But because
we came out so fast and so
good, we did establish our-
selves as the bare-knuckle
brand right now.”
The top company also
will need recognizable
fighters, and that compe-
tition is already stiff. An-
other nascent promotion,
the World Bare Knuckle
Fighting Federation, has
signed former NFL line-
backer Shawne Merriman
and well-known MMA
stars Chris Leben and Phil
Baroni to fight on a show
in Wyoming in November.
But BKFC has a clear
drawing card in Rawlings,
the longtime UFC fight-
er who emerged as a fig-
urehead for bare-knuckle
fighting after her entertain-
ing victory on BKFC’s first
card. When the colorfully
tattooed Australian moth-
er of two contemplates this
surprising detour in her
combat sports career, Raw-
lings is both surprised and
thrilled by the opportunity
to be on the forefront of
something new.
“This sport is made for
me,” Rawlings said before
a recent workout in Cali-
fornia, where she based her
training camp to get away
from the Australian winter.
“I kind of lost the love for
MMA, just with all the things
going on behind the scenes,
the weight cuts, things like
that. It’s really cool to just be
excited to go in the gym and
do what I love.”
Rawlings quickly took
to the new sport with help
from coaches who under-
stood the intricacies of
punching without gloves.
She ends up with superfi-
cial bruises and swelling af-
ter a bare-knuckle fight, but
nothing too different from
what happens in an MMA
fight with its small gloves.
Proper technique is a key
to minimize the stress on a
fighter’s fists and wrists,
which are wrapped in dis-
tinguishing colors in BKFC
bouts. An ability to fight in
close quarters is also im-
portant, since the fighters
begin their rounds in the
center of the ring, just an
arm’s length apart.
For Rawlings, it’s all a
thrill.
“My only worry with my
last (bare-knuckle) fight
was, ‘Damn, I don’t want to
hurt my hands,’” Rawlings
said. “’These are my mon-
eymakers.’ I’ve got to abso-
lutely 100 percent protect
them. ... Don’t hit the top
of the (opponent’s) head.
That’s really going to hurt.
I found when I hit her in the
chin a number of times, that
also hurt. You want to go for
the juicier, fleshier parts.”

Pickleball youth MLS, La Liga show noPROregard

SOCCER
for their loyal fans
movement under By Jon Marthaler

way in Wisconsin Minneapolis Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS
In the past two weeks

Associated Press
PORT WASHINGTON
Pickleball is gaining
popularity in southeast
Wisconsin.
Neil Friedenberg
owns pickleball company
ProLite in Port Washing-
ton. He told WUWM-FM
that there’s been a local
youth movement enjoy-
ing pickleball, which
was once seen as an “old
person’s sport.”
“It’s not, ‘What is pick-
leball?’ anymore. It’s peo-
ple saying, ‘Oh I’ve heard
of that’ or, ‘I played in
gym class,’” he said.
Pickleball is a ten-
nis-like game played on
a badminton-sized court.
Players use a paddle re-
sembling a giant ping-
pong paddle and a plastic
ball similar to a whiffle
ball.
Friedenberg’s compa-
ny, ProLite, was the first
to make a composite pad-
dle in 1984. The paddle
offers a lightweight al-
ternative to the wooden
paddle.
But the sport dates
back to 1965.
Since it’s fairly new,
Friedenberg believes the
game has the potential to
be more accessible than
other racket sports with
histories of exclusionary
policies.
“I see it growing. Right
now, they estimate about
3 million people are play-
ing this game. That’s just
an estimate,” Frieden-
berg said. “There’s proba-
bly people playing off the
grid here that are not ac-
counted for ... 10 million
people, within the next
couple years, I think, is
very realistic.”
He’s seen the game
grow in Wisconsin and
internationally. There
have been pickleball
“”
It’s not, ‘What is pickle-
ball?’ anymore. It’s people
saying, ‘Oh, I’ve heard of
that’ or, ‘I played in
gym class.’”
Neil Friedenberg, owner
of Pro Lite, a pickleball
company in
Port Washington
tournaments in Finland,
Sweden, Spain and Mex-
ico. Friedenberg recently
met up with pickleball
crew in India. They host-
ed clinics in Mumbai and
Jaipur.
Pickleball has also
been seen to have various
health benefits.
“It helps my lung ca-
pacity,” said Darlene Bak-
er, 67. “But I’ve known a
lot of people that have
various issues whether
it’s asthma or running or
you know their hearts, a
lot of heart issues, that
play pickleball. Just for
the health.”
Baker said she started
playing pickleball to help
her cope with a form of
tuberculosis, but she has
kept playing for the great
company.
“I don’t care where
you go. I’ve played pick-
leball in Ohio, Missouri,
everywhere,” she said.
“People are nice.”
Janesville is home to
a small-but-dedicated
pickleball community.
Construction of the
Jim Clark Memorial
Pickleball Courts, a six-
court facility at Riverside
Park, began this summer.
we’ve seen La Liga
announce a deal to bring
league games to the Unit-
ed States. We’ve also seen
Columbus Crew owner
Anthony Precourt strike
a deal to move his team
to Austin, Texas.
Two stories, two
different leagues, united
by a single thread: Soccer
leagues don’t care about
their fans.
Begin with La Liga,
which trumpeted a 15-
year deal to bring one
game per year to the
U.S., much like the NFL
playing a game in Lon-
don every year. La Liga
is so unconcerned about
its fans that it regularly
schedules games to start
at 10:15 p.m. local time
in Spain. Four upcom-
ing matches will start
Sunday and Monday
evenings and end after
midnight, all so that zero
of the league’s matches
overlap, thus making the
TV broadcasting rights
for the league more
lucrative.
The American games
will be more of the same
for Spanish fans, espe-
cially those of smaller
Spanish clubs, which
already end up hosting
the sleep-defying 10 p.m.
starts. Teams like Real
Madrid are not going to
give up lucrative homes
game to play in the
United States. It’ll be the
small, unknown teams—
Huesca, say, or Valladol-
id—that will get a home
game taken away.
La Liga not only
doesn’t care about its
fans, it also doesn’t care
about American soccer
fans, whom the league
will try to bilk with huge
ticket prices. The players
will hate it (they’re
already talking about
going on strike). The
Columbus Crews’ Patrick Mullins, center, battles for the ball between New York Red Bulls de-
fender Michael Murillo, right, and Red Bulls defender Tim Parker during an MLS match July 28.
Columbus’ owner, Anthony Precourt, is on the verge of taking the team to Austin, Texas, just five
years after he purchased the franchise.
fans will loathe it. But
La Liga’s administrators
will get to fly to Miami
or New York and sit in
suites with NFL owners
and feel like big shots.
The barefaced gall it
takes to move Spanish
league games to America,
though, pales compared
to the brazen behavior of
Columbus Crew owner
Anthony Precourt. When
Precourt bought the
team in 2013, he thanked
the sellers “for having the
trust in us to become the
Crew’s new steward.” At
the same time, Precourt
was secretly making
deals with Major League
Soccer to give him the
chance to someday move
to Austin, which he’s on
the verge of doing.
MLS pays plenty of
lip service to its com-
mitment to its fans, but
this should make it clear:
MLS does not care about
soccer fans. It doesn’t
Associated Press
care about Crew fans
who have put 22 years Austin MLS team to
into supporting their
team, who made Colum- be named Austin FC
bus the spiritual home of
Associated Press
the U.S. men’s national
team. If business is slow AUSTIN, TEXAS
in St. Paul down the
Austin doesn’t have a MLS
road, you can bet that it
team just yet, but the club-
won’t care about Minne-
to-come-later already has a
sota United fans, either.
name, a logo and team colors.
In the same announce- Anthony Precourt, who
ment that Precourt called
owns the Columbus Crew
himself a “steward” of and wants to move his team
the Crew, MLS com- to Austin by next season, and
missioner Don Garber his Precourt Sports Ventures
lauded his “his commit- ownership group unveiled the
ment to joining our other Austin FC name and its green,
owners in continuing
black and white logo Wednes-
to build the league and day night.
sport in North America.”
The city council voted last
That’s what adminis-
week to move ahead with a sta-
trators always say—they
dium plan for a $200 million,
want to build the league
20,000-seat facility that will be
and grow the sport. It’s
privately financed and built on
funny, because as far as I
city land.
can see, whether it’s MLS
Precourt still faces a lawsuit
or La Liga, they’re only
in Ohio that seeks to keep the
after one thing: short-
team in Columbus.
term cash.
The Gazette
‘Trophy Time’ in Door County Club offers fishing
T
here is no better
place to find a
Wisconsin trophy
walleye between now
and Labor Day than Door
County.
“Wisconsin’s thumb” has
been a personal late-sum-
mer destination for de-
cades, in part because vast
bodies of water on either
side of the Door peninsula
suck the humidity out of
August air with pressure
changes—almost always
creating a sweet summer
breeze.
For
decades,
I’ve been
based out
of Sturgeon
Bay at the
base of the
thumb to
enjoy clos-
er access
TED PECK
to fishing
options
and limited exposure to
the country club ambience
that permeates the county
further north.
“Mom and Pop” motels
have always held more
appeal on outdoor quests
than corporate venues.
Beach Harbor and Motel
57 have drawn me in since
Carter was president.
You know you’re in the
right place when Weather
Channel pops up when
you turn on the TV.
Weather can change
quickly on the Door pen-
insula, changing gentle
riffles to ominous 6-foot
waves in less than an hour.
It’s best to trailer a young
ship if you plan on serious
fishing here.
Late-August walleyes
are not the only fishing
attraction this destination
holds. Plentiful steelhead
can be found on the Lake
Michigan side of the pen-
insula with giant small-
mouth bass cruising rocks
out from every harbor all
season long.
Alex Gorske caught this walleye pitching a ringworm along a deep water reef in Door County
I caught a pile of
smallies up to 21 inches
off the rocks in the Pinney
County park on County B
just north of Sturgeon Bay.
I threw Chompers Salty
Sinkers, while waiting
for Fishmeister Jr. and
his new bride, Christine,
to finish a morning club
walleye tourney across the
bay last Saturday.
Alex Gorske is the
son of Fishmeister, a.k.a.
Capt. Rich Gorske, who
runs a charter boat of the
same name out of Racine.
For years, I occasionally
worked as first mate for
Fishmeister until Junior
got his sea legs and grew
into a veritable fishing
machine.
OUTDOORS
Most late August wall-
eyes in northern Green
Bay fall to a trolling pre-
sentation pulling either
spinner rigs or crankbaits
behind planer boards.
These myopic Packer-hued
dreadnaughts will also
respond to various jigging
presentations along the
deep water edges of reefs.
Even though trolling
probably out produces jig-
ging 10 to 1, catching that
one fish is a lot more fun.
Last weekend the walleyes
responded to B-Fish-N
tackle tomato core ring-
worms, Shiver Minnows
and my personal favorite:
the Echotail blade in “Ted-
dy Cat” pattern.
The “Teddy Cat” was
Submitted Photo
designed to mimic a
little bullhead-style critter
called the willocat, by far
the most popoular walleye
food over on the Missis-
sippi.
When paired with a
Kalin Sizmic Grub tail in a
dark melon pepper color,
the color scheme is re-
markably close to a goby,
by far the most popular
walleye food in Green Bay.
Ted Peck, a certified
Merchant Marine captain,
is an outdoors columnist
for The Gazette. Email him
at tedpeck@acegroup.cc
for the blind,
visually impaired
By Marie Albiges
Daily Press
CHESAPEAKE, VA.
Margare t Holmes
wasn’t about to end her
streak at 13 fish caught in
the Chesapeake Bay.
It was unlucky, she was
told, but the Ocean Eagle
charter boat was docking
soon after a cool morning
out in Hampton. She had
one more chance.
As she felt the boat slow
and heard the engines
come to a stop once more,
she slowly got up from
the bench, searching for
the railing and her fishing
pole that would get her
past that unlucky number.
“Five more minutes,”
the captain called, and
Holmes, who is blind, let
her line drop once more.
She squealed a few min-
utes later when she felt a
tug.
“I got a fish!” she ex-
claimed for the 14th time
with a grin, reeling in a
tiny striped bass.
Holmes, of Yorktown,
Virginia, was one of about
25 people aboard the
Ocean Eagle on a recent
Thursday who were visu-
ally impaired. They were
invited to spend a day
fishing with the York Li-
ons Club, whose members
have been putting on the
event for 50 years.
Some attendees, like
Holmes, were partially
blind from birth and lost
their vision later in life;
others were fully blind all
their lives.
Still others, like Ben
Sunday, August 26, 2018 l 9B
Farmer, lost their sight as
a result of an accident or
illness.
A recreational fisher-
man before he lost his
sight because of diabetes,
Farmer said the hobby
doesn’t feel much differ-
ent now that he’s blind.
“It’s all in the feel of the
hand,” he said.
He and many others
have been coming on the
fishing trip for several
years, driving in from all
over Hampton Roads and
even as far as Richmond
and North Carolina.
Started by York Lions
Club member Forrest
Fisher in 1968, the event
has taken on many forms
over the years.
In August of that first
year, 12 visually impaired
men caught 105 fish on a
charter boat that launched
from the Yorktown wharf.
Later, they had dinner on
board the boat.
In 1971, one woman
joined 17 men on private
boats.
Some years, the fish
were scarce. Others, like
that Thursday, the fish—
all 135 of them, most in
the form of croakers, sea
bass, puffer fish and silver
perch—jumped.
Volunteers from the Li-
ons Club were on hand to
help with baiting, reeling
and releasing fish (only a
few big ones were stashed
in a cooler).
The Lions Club also
conducts vision screen-
ings and provides glasses
for students.
Sunday, August 26, 2018 l 10B
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McFarland 35, Jefferson 7 8:05 a.m. ÆÆBoston at Tampa Bay. TBS.
The Rock County Rage season ended Saturday night
High school boys soccer ÆÆFormula One, Johnnie Walker Belgian 1:10 p.m.
at Racine Horlick Field.
Grand Prix, at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. ÆÆPittsburgh at Milwaukee. FOX Sports
Nonconference Despite two touchdowns by Deion
RESULTS SATURDAY ESPN2. Wisconsin.
PLATTEVILLE/LANCASTER 3, EVANS-
11 a.m. 7 p.m.
Raiders 27 Sanders, the Rage lost to the Racine
VILLE 2 Raiders 27-13 in a MidStates Football
Platteville 1 2—3
ÆÆIMSA, WeatherTech SportsCar Cham- ÆÆN.Y. Yankees at Baltimore. ESPN.
Rage 13 League first-round playoff game.
Evansville 2 0—2
First Half pionship, Biscuitville Grand Prix, at Alton, Va. Motor sports Sanders scored in the first quarter on
E—Jackson Stencel, 5:01. E—Owen
Scarpaci, 31:27. PL—Liam Reinicke, (taped). FOX Sports 1. 2 p.m. a 68-yard punt return. A.J. Fredricks kicked the extra
41:00. point.
Second Half 1:30 p.m. ÆÆAMA, Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series,
PL—Kaydan Addie, 51:00. PL—Ken-
The Rage then got to within a touchdown at 20-13 when
ÆÆNASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, 2018 Ironman National, at Crawford, Ind. Sanders ran in from 17 yards out.
kue Xiong, 89:57.
Saves—Andy Eggers (PL) 18, Ma- Chevrolet Silverado 250, at Bowmanville, On- (taped). NBC Sports Network. The Raiders responded with a touchdown that clinched
son Huff (E) 12.
ELKHORN 4, MILTON 1 tario. FOX Sports 1. Pro football the playoff win.
Elkhorn 3 1—4 3 p.m.
Baseball
Milton 0 1—1
First Half 9 a.m. ÆÆPreseason, Cincinnati at Buffalo. FOX. let, 89.668. DL Jojo Wicker. Waived DB Darius
E—Devon Davey (Sean Ahler), 19. (20) Max Tullman, Chevrolet, Hillary.
15:48. E—Vince Umnus, 26:57. E— ÆÆLittle League World Series, third-place 7 p.m. 86.415. HOCKEY
Luke Umnus (Danny Stilling), 40:42. 20. (45) Justin Fontaine, Chevrolet, National Hockey League
Second Half
game, Seoul (South Korea)-Kawaguchi (Japan) ÆÆPreseason, Arizona at Dallas. NBC.
71.194. LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed F
M—n/a, 69:43. E—Adam Reigle, loser vs. Honolulu-Peachtree City (Ga.) loser, at Soccer 21. (54) Bo LeMastus, Toyota, 0.000. Drake Rymsha to a three-year en-
75:00. 22. (3) Jordan Anderson, Chevro- try-level contract,
WAUWATOSA WEST 5, CRAIG 1 Williamsport, Pa. ESPN. 7:30 a.m. let, 0.000.
No report
DELAVAN-DARIEN 8, CAMBRIDGE 1 2 p.m. ÆÆPremier League, Watford vs. Crystal Pal- 23. (15) Wendell Chavous, Chevro-
let, 0.000.
Pro golf
Cambridge/Deerfield 1 0—1 ÆÆLittle League World Series, championship ace. NBC Sports Network. 24. (97) Roger Reuse, Chevrolet, ‌PGA Tour
Delavan-Darien 3 5—8 0.000. NORTHERN TRUST
First Half game, Seoul (South Korea)-Kawaguchi (Japan) 8:30 a.m. 25. (6) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Saturday
DD—Estevan Colin (Jordy Perez), 0.000. At Ridgewood Country Club
10:52. DD—Colin (Perez), 12:04. DD— winner vs. Honolulu-Peachtree City (Ga.) win- ÆÆBundesliga, Mainz vs. VfB Stuttgart. FOX 26. (10) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevro- Paramus, N.J.
Andres Garcia (Pablo Guzman Mar- ner, at Williamsport, Pa. ABC. Sports 1. let, 0.000. Purse: $9 million
tinez), 13:47. C—n/a, 16:33. 27. (33) Jason White, Chevrolet, Yardage: 7,385; Par: 71
Second Half Football 10 a.m. 0.000. Third-round Leaders
DD—Guzman Martinez (Colin), 28. (50) Ray Ciccarelli, Chevrolet,
11:30 a.m. ÆÆPremier League, Newcastle United vs. Bry. DeChambeau 68-66-63—197  -16
53:01. DD—Dieonte Orth (Osvaldo Owner Points Keegan Bradley 70-69-62—201  -12
Torres), 59:15. DD—Orth, 63:30. DD— 29. (87) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet,
ÆÆHigh school, Phillips (Ill.) vs. Pickerington Chelsea. NBC Sports Network. Cameron Smith 69-68-65—202  -11
Ulises Gamino, 75:15. DD—Guzman Owner Points Tony Finau 69-67-66—202  -11
Martinez (Orth), 78:51. Central (Ohio), at Westerville, Ohio. ESPN. 11 a.m. 30. (0) Justin Kunz, Chevrolet, Billy Horschel 69-69-65—203  -10
Saves—Haziel Cano (DD) 1. Owner Points Adam Scott 69-64-70—203  -10
Golf ÆÆBundesliga, Borussia Dortmun vs. Leipzig.
Major league baseball 6 a.m. FOX.
31. (34) Jesse Iwuji, Chevrolet,
Owner Points
Jordan Spieth
Beau Hossler
70-70-64—204  -9
67-71-66—204  -9
32. (74) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, Chez Reavie 71-66-67—204  -9
League leaders ÆÆEuropean PGA Tour, D+D Real Czech Mas- 6 p.m. 0.000. Patrick Cantlay 69-67-68—204  -9
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING—Freeman, Atlanta, .317; ters, final round, at Prague. The Golf Channel. ÆÆMLS, D.C. United at N.Y. Red Bulls.FOX ‌Formula 1 Phil Mickelson 68-68-68—204  -9
BELGIAN GRAND PRIX LINEUP Adam Hadwin 71-65-68—204  -9
Markakis, Atlanta, .312; Arenado,
Colorado, .311; Yelich, Milwaukee, 11 a.m. Sports 1. Saturday; Race: today Brooks Koepka 67-65-72—204  -9
At Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Aaron Wise 70-68-67—205  -8
.311; Gennett, Cincinnati, .309; Zo- ÆÆPGA Tour, The Northern Trust, final round, 8:30 p.m. Nick Watney 69-68-68—205  -8
brist, Chicago, .308; Cain, Milwau- Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Louis Oosthuizen 71-66-68—205  -8
kee, .308; Peralta, Arizona, .306; at Ridgewood, N.J. The Golf Channel. ÆÆMLS, Seattle at Portland. FOX Sports 1. Lap length: 4.3 miles
Jason Day 71-66-68—205  -8
Martinez, St. Louis, .306; Dickerson, Third Session
1 p.m. Triathlon 1. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, Mer- Justin Thomas 69-67-69—205  -8
Pittsburgh, .301. Jamie Lovemark 66-66-73—205  -8
RUNS—Blackmon, Colorado, 94; cedes GP, 1:58.179.
ÆÆPGA Tour, The Northern Trust, final round, 3 p.m. 2. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Fer- Charley Hoffman 69-70-67—206  -7
Yelich, Milwaukee, 89; Albies, At-
rari, 1:58.905. Scott Stallings 70-69-67—206  -7
lanta, 86; Carpenter, St. Louis, 85; at Ridgewood, N.J. CBS. ÆÆIRONMAN World Championship, at Kai- Sam Ryder 69-69-68—206  -7
Arenado, Colorado, 83; Goldschmidt, 3. Esteban Ocon, France, Force In-
ÆÆWeb.com Tour, Nationwide Children’s lua-Kona, Hawaii (taped). NBC. dia, 2:01.851. Webb Simpson 71-66-69—206  -7
Arizona, 81; Freeman, Atlanta, 80;
4. Sergio Perez, Mexico, Force In- Kevin Tway 66-69-71—206  -7
Harper, Washington, 80; Hernandez,
Hospital Championship, final round, at Colum- WNBA basketball dia, 2:01.894. Dustin Johnson 67-67-72—206  -7
Philadelphia, 80; Baez, Chicago, 79.
5. Romain Grosjean, France, Haas Kyle Stanley 71-70-66—207  -6
RBI—Baez, Chicago, 97; Suarez, bus, Ohio. The Golf Channel. 2 p.m. Hideki Matsuyama 67-73-67—207  -6
Cincinnati, 93; Aguilar, Milwaukee, F1, 2:02.122.
Patrick Reed 69-71-67—207  -6
90; Arenado, Colorado, 90; Rizzo, 3 p.m. ÆÆPlayoffs, semifinals (best-of-5 series, 6. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari,
2:02.671. Luke List 70-69-68—207  -6
Chicago, 84; Story, Colorado, 84;
Harper, Washington, 81; Markakis,
ÆÆLPGA Tour, CP Women’s Open, final Game 1, Washington at Atlanta. ESPN2. 7. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Daniel Berger 69-70-68—207  -6
Red Bull, 2:02.769. Brian Stuard 68-71-68—207  -6
Atlanta, 81; Hoskins, Philadelphia, round, at Regina, Saskatchewan. The Golf 4 p.m. 8. Daniel Ricciardo, Australia, Red Peter Uihlein 68-68-71—207  -6
80; Freeman, Atlanta, 78.
Ryan Palmer 68-67-72—207  -6
HITS—Freeman, Atlanta, 157; Channel. ÆÆPlayoffs, semifinals (best-of-5 series), Bull, 2:02.939.
Jhonattan Vegas 67-68-72—207  -6
Markakis, Atlanta, 157; Gennett, Cin- 9. Kevin Magnussen, Denmark,
cinnati, 148; Peraza, Cincinnati, 147; 6 p.m. Game 1, Phoenix at Seattle. ESPN2. Haas F1, 2:04.933. Sean O’Hair 66-69-72—207  -6
Arenado, Colorado, 143; Story, Col- ÆÆChampions Tour, Boeing Classic, final RADIO
10. Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Mer- ‌PGA Tour Champions
cedes GP, DNS.
orado, 143; Yelich, Milwaukee, 143; BOEING CLASSIC
Albies, Atlanta, 142; Castro, Miami, round, at Snoqualmie, Wash. The Golf Channel. Major league baseball Eliminated after second session
Saturday
142; 3 tied at 141. 11. Pierre Gasly, France, Scuderia
At The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge
DOUBLES—Markakis, Atlanta, 38; Horse racing 1:10 p.m. Toro Rosso, 1:43.844.
Snoqualmie, Wash.
Story, Colorado, 36; Freeman, Atlan- 12. Brendon Hartley, New Zealand,
2 p.m. ÆÆPittsburgh at Milwaukee (Pregame will Purse: $2.1 million
ta, 35; Baez, Chicago, 34; Carpenter, Scuderia Toro Rosso, 1:43.865.
Yardage: 7,217; Par 72
ÆÆSaratoga Live, Smart N Fancy Stakes, at 13. Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Saub-
St. Louis, 34; Albies, Atlanta, 33; Ren- begin at 12:30 p.m.). WCLO 1230 AM and 92.7 Second-Round leaders
don, Washington, 32; Cabrera, Phila- er-Ferrari, 1:44.062.
Kevin Sutherland 70-60—130  -14
delphia, 30; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 30; Saratoga Springs, N.Y. FOX Sports 2. FM. 14. Marcus Ericsson, Sweden, Sau-
Ken Tanigawa 66-64—130  -14
2 tied at 29. ber-Ferrari, 1:44.301.
Scott McCarron 66-67—133  -11
TRIPLES—KMarte, Arizona, 10; 15. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Re-
Scott Dunlap 68-66—134  -10
Baez, Chicago, 8; Desmond, Colora- nault, no time.
Cleveland, 19; 2 tied at 18. Detroit 33, Tampa Bay 30 29. (24) Scott Heckert, Chevrolet, Scott Parel 65-70—135  -9
do, 8; Nimmo, New York, 8; CTaylor, Eliminated after first session
PITCHING—Kluber, Cleveland, 16- Oakland 13, Green Bay 6 44, 0, 8. Tom Pernice Jr. 65-70—135  -9
Los Angeles, 8; Difo, Washington, 7; 16. Carlos Sainz, Spain, Renault,
7; Severino, New York, 16-6; Carras- RESULTS SATURDAY 30. (25) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, acci- Kent Jones 65-70—135  -9
Hamilton, Cincinnati, 7; 4 tied at 6. 1:44.489.
co, Cleveland, 15-7; Happ, New York, Chicago 27, Kansas City 20 dent, 35, 0, 7. Bernhard Langer 68-68—136  -8
HOME RUNS—Carpenter, St. Louis, 17. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Mc-
15-6; Porcello, Boston, 15-7; Snell, Pittsburgh 16, Tennessee 6 31. (15) Conor Daly, Ford, suspen- Larry Mize 68-68—136  -8
34; Arenado, Colorado, 31; Harper, Laren, 1:44.917.
Tampa Bay, 15-5; Price, Boston, 14-6; L.A. Rams 21, Houston 20 sion, 35, 0, 6. Miguel Angel Jimenez 67-69—136  -8
Washington, 30; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 18. Sergey Sirotkin, Russia, Wil-
Morton, Houston, 13-3; 6 tied at 12. Indianapolis 23, San Francisco 17 32. (40) Carl Long, Chevrolet, en- Tommy Tolles 70-67—137  -7
29; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 29; Muncy, liams, 1:44.998.
ERA—Sale, Boston, 1.97; Snell, Jacksonville 17, Atlanta 6 gine, 32, 0, 5. Joe Durant 70-67—137  -7
Los Angeles, 29; Suarez, Cincinnati, 19. Lance Stroll, Canada, Williams,
Tampa Bay, 2.07; Bauer, Cleveland, Baltimore 27, Miami 10 33. (39) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, Stephen Ames 71-66—137  -7
29; Baez, Chicago, 28; Shaw, Milwau- 1:45.134.
2.22; Verlander, Houston, 2.65; Cole, New Orleans 36, L.A. Chargers 7 clutch, 25, 0, 4. Jesper Parnevik 68-69—137  -7
kee, 26; Story, Colorado, 26. 20. Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgium,
Houston, 2.73; Kluber, Cleveland, GAMES TODAY 34. (29) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, Jerry Kelly 68-69—137  -7
STOLEN BASES—Turner, Wash- McLaren, 1:45.307.
2.91; Morton, Houston, 3.05; Fiers, Cincinnati at Buffalo, 3 p.m. reargear, 25, 0, 3. Mike Grob 67-70—137  -7
ington, 33; Hamilton, Cincinnati,
29; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 29; Cain,
Oakland, 3.15; Severino, New York,
3.28; Clevinger, Cleveland, 3.30.
Arizona at Dallas, 7 p.m.
GAMES THURSDAY
35. (33) Timmy Hill, Dodge, brakes,
24, 0, 2.
Pro soccer Billy Andrade
Michael Bradley
67-70—137  -7
69-69—138  -6
Milwaukee, 24; Inciarte, Atlanta,
24; MTaylor, Washington, 24; Baez,
STRIKEOUTS—Cole, Houston, 226; New England at N.Y. Giants, 6 p.m. 36. (32) David Starr, Chevrolet, en-
gine, 17, 0, 1.
‌Major League Soccer Bob Estes
Steve Pate
67-71—138  -6
66-72—138  -6
Verlander, Houston, 223; Sale, Bos- N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE‌
Chicago, 21; Jankowski, San Diego, 37. (8) Austin Cindric, Ford, engine, Dudley Hart 70-69—139  -5
ton, 219; Bauer, Cleveland, 214; Mor- Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. W L T Pts GF GA
20; Peraza, Cincinnati, 20; Story, Col- 15, 0, 1. Glen Day 70-69—139  -5
ton, Houston, 182; Severino, New Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Atlanta U. FC 16 4 6 54 55 30
orado, 19. 38. (34) James French, Toyota, Kenny Perry 69-70—139  -5
York, 181; Paxton, Seattle, 176; Klu- Miami at Atlanta, 6 p.m. New York 15 6 4 49 48 26
PITCHING—Scherzer, Washington, brakes, 8, 0, 1. Jerry Smith 69-70—139  -5
ber, Cleveland, 172; Carrasco, Cleve- Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, N.Y. City FC 14 6 6 48 49 34
16-6; Nola, Philadelphia, 15-3; Lester, 39. (10) Ryan Reed, Ford, accident, Duffy Waldorf 71-69—140  -4
land, 167; Porcello, Boston, 164. 6:30 p.m. Columbus 11 8 7 40 33 33
Chicago, 14-5; Chacin, Milwaukee, 6, 0, 1. Mark Calcavecchia 71-69—140  -4
Washington at Baltimore, 6:30 p.m.
13-5; Godley, Arizona, 13-7; Mikolas,
St. Louis, 13-3; Greinke, Arizona, 12- Minor league baseball Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.
Dallas at Houston, 7 p.m.
40. (35) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, sus-
pension, 2, 0, 1.
Philadelphia 11 11 3 36 35 39
Montreal 10 14 3 33 34 45
Brian Henninger
Mark O’Meara
72-68—140  -4
72-68—140  -4
8; 4 tied at 11. New England 7 10 8 29 38 41
ERA—deGrom, New York, 1.71;
‌Midwest League L.A. Rams at New Orleans, 7 p.m. RACE STATISTICS D.C. United 7 9 6 27 39 39
Gary Hallberg
Woody Austin
73-67—140  -4
73-67—140  -4
Eastern Division‌ Buffalo at Chicago, 7 p.m. Average Speed of Race Winner: Toronto FC 7 12 6 27 43 46
Nola, Philadelphia, 2.13; Scherzer, 75.920 mph. John Huston 68-72—140  -4
W L Pct. GB Minnesota at Tennessee, 7 p.m. Chicago 6 15 6 24 37 52
Washington, 2.13; Foltynewicz, At- Time of Race: 2 hours, 23 minutes, Steve Flesch 70-71—141  -3
Bowling Green 38 24 .613 — Green Bay at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Orlando City 7 16 2 23 38 59
lanta, 2.67; Mikolas, St. Louis, 2.94; 57 seconds. Olin Browne 70-71—141  -3
Lansing 33 29 .532 5 Denver at Arizona, 9 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE‌
Freeland, Colorado, 2.96; Greinke, Margin of Victory: 5.403 seconds. Lee Janzen 70-71—141  -3
Great Lakes 32 30 .516 6 Oakland at Seattle, 9 p.m. W L T Pts GF GA
Arizona, 3.06; Corbin, Arizona, 3.17; Caution Flags: 7 for 11 laps. Willie Wood 70-71—141  -3
West Michigan 29 32 .475 8½ L.A. Chargers at San Francisco, FC Dallas 13 5 7 46 40 31
Arrieta, Philadelphia, 3.37; Williams, Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers. David McKenzie 68-73—141  -3
Fort Wayne 28 32 .467 9 9 p.m. Sporting KC 13 6 6 45 47 30
Pittsburgh, 3.44. Lap Leaders: M.Tifft 1-10; Gene Sauers 68-73—141  -3
South Bend 27 34 .443 10½
STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washing-
ton, 244; deGrom, New York, 214; Lake County 25 36 .410 12½ Auto racing B.Gaughan 11-12; A.Cindric 13-
14; D.Hemric 15-21; J.Allgaier 22;
L.A. FC
Re. Salt Lake 12
12 7
10
7 43 50
5 41 42
40
44
Fran Quinn
Kirk Triplett
73-68—141  -3
71-71—142  -2
Corbin, Arizona, 198; Foltynewicz, Dayton 25 37 .403 13 LA Galaxy 10 9 8 38 49 48
Atlanta, 169; Nola, Philadelphia, 169; Western Division‌ ‌NASCAR XFINITY B.Gaughan 23-28; M.Tifft 29-30; Portland 10 6 7 37 35 34
Brian Mogg
Jeff Maggert
72-70—142  -2
68-74—142  -2
R.Sieg 31; J.Allgaier 32-37; J.Davison
Greinke, Arizona, 165; Gray, Colora- W L Pct. GB JOHNSONVILLE 180 38; J.Allgaier 39-45
Seattle 10 9 5 35 31 26
Colin Montgomerie 73-69—142  -2
do, 162; Pivetta, Philadelphia, 162; Cedar Rapids 39 23 .629 — RESULTS SATURDAY Vancouver 9 9 7 34 40 49
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Fred Couples 71-72—143  -1
Marquez, Colorado, 160; Godley, Ar- Peoria 35 26 .574 3½ At Road America Minn. U. 9 15 2 29 38 52
Led, Laps Led): J.Allgaier, 3 times Paul Goydos 71-72—143  -1
izona, 157. Quad Cities 35 27 .565 4 Elkhart Lake, Wis. Houston 7 11 7 28 41 37
for 11 laps; M.Tifft, 2 times for 10 Colorado 6 14 6 24 31 48 Joey Sindelar 70-73—143  -1
AMERICAN LEAGUE Kane County 33 28 .541 5½ Lap length: 4.048 miles
laps; B.Gaughan, 2 times for 6 laps; San Jose 3 13 8 17 34 44 Steve Jones 73-70—143  -1
BATTING—Martinez, Boston, .337; Beloit 33 28 .541 5½ (Start position in parentheses)
D.Hemric, 1 time for 6 laps; A.Cin- NOTE: Three points for victory, one Brad Bryant 69-74—143  -1
Betts, Boston, .335; Altuve, Houston, Wisconsin 32 30 .516 7 1. (11) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet,
dric, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Davison, 1 point for tie. Tommy Armour III 75-68—143  -1
.329; Machado, Los Angeles, .315; Clinton 27 35 .435 12 45 laps, 0 rating, 48 points.
time for 0 laps; R.Sieg, 1 time for 0 RESULTS FRIDAY Todd Hamilton 71-73—144  E
Segura, Seattle, .315; Trout, Los An- Burlington 19 39 .328 18 2. (1) Matt Tifft, Chevrolet, 45, 0, 54.
laps. Atlanta United FC 2, Orlando City 1 John Inman 71-73—144  E
geles, .312; Smith, Tampa Bay, .307; RESULTS SATURDAY 3. (12) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet,
Wins: J.Allgaier, 4; C.Bell, 4; T.Red- Los Angeles FC 1, LA Galaxy 1, tie Esteban Toledo 71-73—144  E
Merrifield, Kansas City, .306; Brant- Fort Wayne 3, South Bend 2 45, 0, 44.
dick, 1. RESULTS SATURDAY Marco Dawson 70-74—144  E
ley, Cleveland, .300; Andujar, New Fort Wayne at South Bend, Game 4. (2) Cole Custer, Ford, 45, 0, 41.
Top 10 in Points: 1. C.Bell, 850; 2. Philadelphia 1, New England 0 Rocco Mediate 72-72—144  E
York, .300. 2, TBD 5. (17) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 45,
J.Allgaier, 845; 3. E.Sadler, 833; 4. Toronto FC 3, Montreal 1 Bart Bryant 69-75—144  E
RUNS—Lindor, Cleveland, 105; Bet- Dayton 4, Lansing 3 0, 40. C.Custer, 832; 5. D.Hemric, 812; 6. Sporting Kansas City 2, Minnesota Dan Forsman 73-71—144  E
ts, Boston, 104; Martinez, Boston, Great Lakes 1, West Michigan 0 6. (4) Justin Marks, Chevrolet, 45, B.Jones, 662; 7. T.Reddick, 646; 8. United 0 Scott Verplank 73-71—144  E
96; Benintendi, Boston, 91; Ramirez, Beloit 5, Peoria 3 0, 43. R.Truex, 638; 9. M.Tifft, 634; 10. A.Cin- Real Salt Lake 6, Colorado 0 Carlos Franco 73-71—144  E
Cleveland, 88; Stanton, New York, 84; Quad Cities 8, Burlington 2 7. (16) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, dric, 548. Vancouver at San Jose, late Darren Clarke 68-76—144  E
Bregman, Houston, 83; Rosario, Min- Wisconsin 5, Clinton 4 45, 0, 32.
nesota, 82; Trout, Los Angeles, 82; 2 Cedar Rapids 6, Kane County 2 8. (3) James Davison, Toyota, 45, ‌NASCAR Truck GAMES SUNDAY Jeff Sluman 75-69—144  E

tied at 79. Bowling Green 7, Lake County 1 0, 29. CHEVROLET SILVERADO 250 D.C. United at New York, 6 p.m. ‌LPGA
GAMES TODAY 9. (9) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 45, Seattle at Portland, 8:30 p.m. CP WOMEN’S CANADIAN OPEN
RBI—Martinez, Boston, 110; Davis, LINEUP GAMES WEDNESDAY
Oakland, 103; Ramirez, Cleveland, Great Lakes at West Michigan, 0, 28. Saturday’s qualifying; race today Saturday
91; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 85; Bo- 1 p.m. 10. (13) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, 45, Houston at New York, 7 p.m. At Wascana CC
At Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
gaerts, Boston, 84; Haniger, Seattle, Lansing at Dayton, 1 p.m. 0, 32. Philadelphia at D.C. United, 7 p.m. Saskatchewan
Bowmanville, Ontario
82; Stanton, New York, 82; Cruz, Se- Fort Wayne at South Bend, 11. (18) Kaz Grala, Ford, 45, 0, 26. FC Dallas at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Purse: $2,250,000
(Car number in parentheses)
attle, 79; Lowrie, Oakland, 79; 3 tied 1:05 p.m. 12. (19) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Toronto FC at Portland, 9:30 p.m. Yardage: 6,675; Par: 71
1. (41) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 97.854
at 78.
HITS—Martinez, Boston, 160; Se-
Beloit at Peoria, 2 p.m.
Quad Cities at Burlington, 2 p.m.
45, 0, 25.
13. (14) Jeremy Clements, Chevro-
mph.
2. (18) Noah Gragson, Toyota, Transactions Third-round leaders
a-denotes amateur
gura, Seattle, 153; Merrifield, Kansas Wisconsin at Clinton, 2 p.m. let, 45, 0, 30. 97.395. BASEBALL Brooke Henderson66-66-70—202  -14
City, 151; Lindor, Cleveland, 149; Ro- Kane County at Cedar Rapids, 14. (26) Katherine Legge, Chevro- 3. (13) Myatt Snider, Ford, 96.610. American League Nasa Hataoka 64-70-69—203  -13
sario, Minnesota, 149; Betts, Boston, 2:05 p.m. let, 45, 0, 23. 4. (88) Matt Crafton, Ford, 95.971. NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled Angel Yin 65-67-71—203  -13
146; Castellanos, Detroit, 146; Stan- Lake County at Bowling Green, 15. (31) Garrett Smithley, Chevro- 5. (25) Timothy Peters, Chevrolet, RHP Luis Cessa from Scranton/Wil- Sung Hyun Park 70-64-70—204  -12
ton, New York, 141; Benintendi, Bos- 2:05 p.m. let, 45, 0, 22. 95.696. kes-Barre (IL) as their 26th man. Su Oh 70-66-69—205  -11
ton, 140; Brantley, Cleveland, 139. GAMES MONDAY 16. (27) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 45, 6. (21) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, TEXAS RANGERS—Placed INF Austin Ernst 66-69-70—205  -11
DOUBLES—Lindor, Cleveland, 40; Lake County at Bowling Green, 0, 21. 95.556. Hanser Alberto on the 10-day DL. Minjee Lee 66-73-67—206  -10
Bogaerts, Boston, 38; Bregman, 12:05 p.m. 17. (28) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 45, 7. (8) John Hunter Nemechek, Purchased the contract of C Car- Lydia Ko 66-72-68—206  -10
Houston, 38; Betts, Boston, 37; Es- Lansing at Dayton, 6 p.m. 0, 20. Chevrolet, 95.419. los Perez from Round Rock (PCL). Jennifer Song 71-66-69—206  -10
cobar, Arizona, 37; Abreu, Chicago, Fort Wayne at South Bend, 18. (22) Brian Henderson, Chevro- 8. (24) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, Recalled RHP Nick Gardewine from Mari. Stackhouse 66-69-71—206  -10
36; Andujar, New York, 36; Martinez, 6:05 p.m. let, 45, 0, 19. 94.895. Round Rock and placed him on the Amy Yang 66-65-75—206  -10
Boston, 36; 4 tied at 35. Great Lakes at West Michigan, 19. (30) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 45, 9. (02) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 60-day DL. Mirim Lee 69-72-66—207  -9
TRIPLES—Smith, Tampa Bay, 9; 6:05 p.m. 0, 18. 94.871. National League Bronte Law 69-69-69—207  -9
Sanchez, Chicago, 9; Hernandez, Beloit at Peoria, 6:30 p.m. 20. (23) Bill Elliott, Chevrolet, 45, 10. (12) Alex Tagliani, Chevrolet, Pittsburgh Pirates—Recalled RHP Jin Young Ko 69-69-69—207  -9
Toronto, 7; Benintendi, Boston, 6; Quad Cities at Burlington, 0, 17. 94.669. Nick Kingham from Indianapolis (IL). Anna Nordqvist 70-66-71—207  -9
Chapman, Oakland, 6; Profar, Texas, 6:30 p.m. 21. (37) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 11. (98) Grant Enfinger, Ford, Optioned RHP Clay Holmes to India- Maria Torres 68-66-73—207  -9
6; Span, Seattle, 6; 6 tied at 5. Wisconsin at Clinton, 6:30 p.m. 45, 0, 16. 94.235. napolis. Reinstated RHP A.J. Schugel Ariya Jutanugarn 64-70-73—207  -9
HOME RUNS—Davis, Oakland, Kane County at Cedar Rapids, 22. (36) Chad Finchum, Chevrolet, 12. (2) Cody Coughlin, Chevrolet, from the 60-day DL and outrighted Thi.a Suwannapura 69-69-70—208  -8
39; Martinez, Boston, 38; Ramirez, 6:35 p.m. 45, 0, 15. 93.964. him to Indianapolis. Jaye Marie Green 69-68-71—208  -8
Cleveland, 37; Gallo, Texas, 34; Stan- 23. (5) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 45, 13. (49) DJ Kennington, Chevrolet, Shanshan Feng 70-68-71—209  -7
Pro football
FOOTBALL
ton, New York, 32; Cruz, Seattle, 31; 0, 30. 90.991. National Football League Jenny Shin 69-68-72—209  -7
Trout, Los Angeles, 30; Lindor, Cleve- 24. (6) Brendan Gaughan, Chevro- 14. (51) Harrison Burton, Toyota, CLEVELAND BROWNS—Activated Lindy Duncan 68-69-72—209  -7
land, 29; Betts, Boston, 27; Encarna- NFL preseason let, 45, 0, 21. 90.789. WR Josh Gordon from the active-NFI Lee-Anne Pace 71-71-68—210  -6
cion, Cleveland, 27. RESULT THURSDAY 25. (7) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 45, 15. (4) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, list. Sei Young Kim 68-73-69—210  -6
STOLEN BASES—Gordon, Seat- Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 0 0, 20. 90.676. DETROIT LIONS—Waived-injured S Ally McDonald 69-70-71—210  -6
tle, 29; Merrifield, Kansas City, 28; RESULTS FRIDAY 26. (20) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 45, 16. (52) Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet, Stefan McClure. Caroline Inglis 68-71-71—210  -6
Ramirez, Cleveland, 28; Smith, Tam- Carolina 25, New England 14 0, 11. 90.624. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Placed Georgia Hall 68-70-72—210  -6
pa Bay, 27; Betts, Boston, 25; Ander- Denver 29, Washington 17 27. (38) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 17. (16) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, WR Sergio Bailey II on injured re- Mariajo Uribe 64-73-73—210  -6
son, Chicago, 24; Trout, Los Angeles, N.Y. Giants 22, N.Y. Jets 16 45, 0, 10. 90.459. serve. Waived WR Jake Lampman. Megan Khang 68-74-69—211  -5
21; Benintendi, Boston, 20; Lindor, Minnesota 21, Seattle 20 28. (21) Ty Majeski, Ford, 45, 0, 9. 18. (22) Austin Wayne Self, Chevro- WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed Alena Sharp 71-70-70—211  -5