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Local Sports
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Averkamp eclipses 1000-point milestone Saturday
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Submitted: 01/30/2012 |
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STEVENS POINT - UW-Stevens Point senior post player Ashley Averkamp became just the 18th player in Pointers women's basketball history to eclipse the 1,000-point milestone on Saturday afternoon as the 12th-ranked UW-Stevens Point women's basketball team defeated UW-Superior 85-67. Averkamp's 16 points on Saturday pushed her over the 1,000-point mark. She currently has 1,006 points, and counting. Averkamp started her career with a 260-point season as a freshman at Edgewood College in Madison before transferring to UW-Stevens Point, where she has scored 242, 300 and 204 points in her three seasons for the purple and gold.
Averkamp and the 12th-ranked Pointers return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 1 with a road game at UW-Platteville before returning home Saturday, Feb. 4 for a 3 p.m. contest against UW-La Crosse.
Story By: UWSP Athletics
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WJFW TV-12 Sports Team
Joe Dufek
Sports Director
jdufek@wjfw.com
Joe joined the Newswatch 12 sports team in July 2011 as the Sports Director.
Before coming to the Northwoods, Joe was the Weekend Sports Anchor at KBJR in Duluth, MN. Joe's resume includes working at WFRV in Green Bay, WDIO in Duluth, and WTCH radio in Shawano.
Joe has always had a passion for sports, especially football, hockey, and golf. Joe is a 2005 graduate from UW-Oshkosh with a B.S. degree in Radio/TV/Film. During his college days, he was the Sports Director for the university's radio station twice.
A native of Frog Station, WI (near Green Bay), Joe grew up watching the Packers, Brewers, and Bucks. In fact he also lists listening to old Packer radio braodcasts among his hobbies.
When he is not watching or playing sports, he's likely reading or watching something on the American Civil War, or World War II.
Joe says,"In just a short time, I have really been made to feel right at home, thanks to the great folks in the Northwoods."
If you see Joe out on a shoot, please feel free to say hi and email any story ideas you may have.
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Marisa Silvas
Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
msilvas@wjfw.com
Marisa Silvas joined the Newswatch 12 sports team in October 2011 as the Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter.
Prior to coming to WJFW, she was an editor/associate producer for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in San Francisco, CA. She also was a freelance field producer for NBC's Football Night in America and spent 6 years as a sports producer and editor for KNTV, the Bay Area’s NBC affiliate where she co-hosted a weekly Sports Sunday web show with Jerry Rice.
She graduated with a degree in Communications from Santa Clara University.
Marisa is new to the Northwoods and the cold weather but has lived in several different locations on her journey to Rhinelander. Coming from a family with military ties, she was born in Austin, TX, but also grew up in Mississippi, Lancaster, CA, San Antonio, TX before settling down in Campbell, CA for the past several years.
Marisa has always had a passion for sports and people and has followed her dreams to WJFW after pursuing a full time on-air job for several years.
Marisa likes all sports but is most passionate about the NFL, NBA and major league baseball. Since she has lived in many different locations her favorite teams are all over the country as well. You will see her following her favorites: the San Antonio Spurs, Oakland Athletics and yes, Packers fans, sorry, the Chicago Bears.
She is also an avid fantasy sports fan and has participated in fantasy football and hockey leagues the past 5 seasons. Feel free to ask her for the hot waiver wire pickup!
She and her husband of 4 years, Lyndon, have taken several vacations over the past few summers to visit all the MLB parks...she has now been to 14 and is excited to add Target Field to the list this summer! Her favorites so far are Wrigley, PNC and Miller Park. She and her husband also make an annual trek to Soldier Field to watch their beloved Bears and hang out in their favorite city, where they got engaged at the top of the Hancock Tower in 2007.
In her free time, she loves hanging out with her husband Lyndon and adorable puggle Walter. She also never misses her favorite TV show, Dancing With The Stars and with an extensive dancing background, someday dreams of being a future celebrity contestant and winner!
Marisa is very excited to be making the big move from sunny California to the winter wonderland of Rhinelander! If you see Marisa out in the field or around the town, feel free to say hi and buy her a hot chocolate, she's probably cold!
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Board of Control approves changes to fall sports, South Central and Capitol Realignment
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Submitted: 01/25/2012 |
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STEVENS POINT - The Board of Control reviewed and approved a number of recommendations that will impact fall sports and gave its final approval of a conference realignment plan that will provide scheduling assistance for members of the South Central Conference at its January meeting today.
The Board approved a coaches’ recommendation to seed the State Boys Volleyball Tournament beginning in 2012, placing a rank order to the top four qualifying teams to be paired randomly with the four remaining teams. It marks the first time a WIAA State Tournament will be seeded.
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UWSP trio earn Athlete of the Week honors
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Submitted: 01/24/2012 |
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MADISON - Three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student-athletes have earned Athlete of the Week honors from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in their respective sports for their efforts last week.
Senior Cassie Bandow (Plover, WI) led the 15th-ranked Pointers women's basketball team to wins over UW-Platteville and 17th-ranked UW-River Falls last week. In the 80-53 victory over the Pioneers, she scored nine points and tallied four rebounds, one steal and an assist. In a hard-fought contest against the Falcons, Bandow recorded 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and a block in the 71-59 victory.
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Wolf Tracks Rendezvous XC ski race comes to Minocqua Winter Park
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Submitted: 01/24/2012 |
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MINOCQUA - The North Willow Wolf Pack is going to be wondering what’s up with all of the skiers out racing through their neck of the woods as the first annual Wolf Tracks Rendezvous slides through on Saturday, February 4th, 2012. The
Lakeland Ski Touring Foundation (the governing body of Minocqua Winter Park) is very excited to be hosting this new 42km ski marathon that is open to both classical and skate skiers in a wave start race format.
The course that’s laid out will be as fun and scenic as it will be challenging. Most of the favorite trails out at Winter Park, including about 10km of our most challenging trails (names like Nutcracker and VO2 Max will give you an idea), have been incorporated.
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Eight named to WIAC All-Time Football Team
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Submitted: 01/11/2012 |
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MADISON - The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announced the All-Time Football Team that will be recognized in conjunction with the conference's upcoming Centennial Celebration.
Eight UW-Stevens Point players made the prestigious list including Kirk Baumgartner, Chuck Braun, Reed Giordana, Jared Jenkins, Scott Krause, Clint Kriewaldt, Barry Rose and Randy Simpson.
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Tyler Tillema named WIAC Athlete of the Week
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Submitted: 01/10/2012 |
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MADISON - UW-Stevens Point junior guard Tyler Tillema has been named the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Athlete of the Week for men's basketball.
Tillema scored a career-high 31 points and went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line as the No. 13-ranked Pointers defeated UW-Eau Claire 85-74 on Jan. 7. He added four rebounds and two assists to his career night.
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