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MVP talk doesn't rattle Packers QB Rodgers
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Submitted: 09/08/2010 |
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GREEN BAY - During training camp, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers noted that the team has a different kind of swagger this year. He calls it ``real confidence.'' Now that Rodgers enters Sunday's regular season opener in Philadelphia as a fashionable pick to become the league's MVP this year, Rodgers said his own approach hasn't changed. He says his confidence always has been real.
In his first two seasons as a starter, Rodgers has shown he can replace an icon, play hurt and take hits without losing his composure. So wide receiver Greg Jennings says there's no reason to think Rodgers won't be able to handle high expectations. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Story By: Associated Press
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12 Plus Player of the Week nominees for week two
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Submitted: 09/07/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - Rhinelander's Kyle Comer was voted the 12 Plus Player of the Week for week one of the high school football season. Here are the four nominees for week two.
We'll start off with Austin Ramesh from Northland Pines. Friday night the Eagles running back rushed for 260 yards and five touchdowns. The Eagles beat Three Lakes 38-13.
Let's head to Crandon for our next nominees. The Cardinals defense as a whole are nominated. Crandon lost to Suring last Thursday 13-7 but their defense forced an amazing 12 fumbles in the game.
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Wisconsin Prep Football Poll
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Submitted: 09/07/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - Here is The Associated Press high school football poll.
The poll includes first-place votes in parentheses, season record and total
points, as voted upon by a statewide panel of sports writers. Teams are arranged in three divisions of equal size based on current
enrollments
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Scott Douglas wins Off-Road Championship
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Submitted: 09/05/2010 |
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CRANDON - El Cajon, California's Scott Douglas started slow in the 41st Annual World Championship Off-Road Races at Crandon International Raceway but eventually drove away with his third championship win.
NASCAR driver Robby Gordon set the pace in his Pro 2WD truck on the first lap but would eventually fall out of the race on the second lap.
Douglas passed Rob MacCachren on lap number four to take over third place. He then snuck by Argonne native Jeff Kincaid on the sixth lap for second place and eventually got by Rick Huseman on the seventh lap. He then held off Steve Barlow on the final lap for the win.
Barlow finshed second, Johnny Greaves finished third. Douglas previously won the Championship in 1997 and 2006.
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Kyle Comer is voted the 12 Plus Player of the Week
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Submitted: 09/03/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - You the viewer have spoken and the 12 Plus Player of the Week has been chosen. With sixty percent of the online vote, Rhinelander quarterback Kyle Comer is the winner.
Last weekend Comer rushed for 91 yards on 13 carries against Milwaukee Riverside. The junior and also passed for 85 yards and a touchdown. Merrill quarterback Sam Arneson came in second with thirty three percent of the votes.
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Doughty commits to play volleyball St. Cloud State
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Submitted: 08/30/2010 |
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TOMAHAWK - Tomahawk senior Kaitlin Doughty verbally committed to play volleyball at the next level.
The Hatchets outside hitter will take her talents to Division two Saint Cloud State next year on a full scholarship.
Doughty led Tomahawk to a 44-5 overall record last season as well as a trip to the state tournament in Green Bay. She will officially sign her letter of intent in November after the season ends and feels playing for the Huskies is the right fit.
"I have looked at a few different schools and I went there and I really loved it and they did offer me a full ride and yeah, that's another perk, says Tomahawk senior Kaitlin Doughty. "That was pretty nice but I really liked the school, I liked the coach. I like the players and the atmosphere. It's not too far from home so it's nice."
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Pointers Hall of Fame Adds Eight and Back-to-Back National Championship Teams
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Submitted: 08/30/2010 |
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STEVENS POINT - The UW-Stevens Point Athletic Hall of Fame will induct eight new members and the men’s basketball back-to-back national championship teams from 2004 & 2005 into the class of 2010. The group will be officially inducted at a banquet held October 23.
Individuals in this year’s class include former basketball coach Jack Bennett, basketball’s Nick Bennett, men’s hockey athlete Frank Cirone, former football and baseball player Jim Hansen, track & field runner Chris Horvath, women’s soccer athlete Michelle Jacob, basketball standout Jason Kalsow and track & field and cross country’s Rebecca (Leback) Suehring. Also in this year’s class are the 2003-04 and 2004-05 Men’s Basketball National Championship Teams.
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Player of the Week candidates are revealed
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Submitted: 08/30/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - The first week of high school football is in the history books. Now it's time to reveal four of the best performances from week one, and you the viewer will decide the weekly winner.
In no particular order the first nominee is Sam Arneson of Merrill. The senior quarterback had a monster game. He rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Arneson also threw for 147 yards and a td in the Bluejays 28-15 win over Lakeland Friday.
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Rhinelander names a new head boys basketball coach
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Submitted: 08/27/2010 |
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RHINELANDER - The Rhinelander Hodags named Derek Lemmens their new head basketball coach of the boys team.
Lemmens graduated from Rhinelander high school in 2001. He spent last year as an assistant coach at Wisconsin Rapids and was an assistant for the Hodags the previous season. He replaces Rich Fortier who left Rhinelander to become the principal at Arbor Vitae Woodruff elementary school. Lemmens will also teach 4th grade at Central Elementary in Rhinelander.
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Rodgers has high expectations for season
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Submitted: 09/08/2010 |
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GREEN BAY - During training camp, Green Bay Packers
quarterback Aaron Rodgers noted that the team has a different kind of swagger this year. He calls it ``real confidence.''
Now that Rodgers enters Sunday's season opener in Philadelphia as a fashionable pick to become the league's MVP this year, Rodgers said his own approach hasn't changed. He says his confidence always has been real.
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Career saves leader Hoffman reflects on 600
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Submitted: 09/08/2010 |
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MILWAUKEE - Career saves leader Trevor Hoffman says he's
got a lot of decisions to make and work left to do.
He'll have to decide where to hang the painting commissioned in honor of his 600th career save, where to put the ball from his achievement that he got on Tuesday night and when to respond to the hundreds of calls and texts he received.
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Davidson says he ejected fan because of slur
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Submitted: 09/08/2010 |
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MILWAUKEE - Home plate umpire Bob Davidson says he ejected
a fan at Miller Park because the fan used a homophobic slur aimed at Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.
Davidson said he decided to throw out 44-year-old Sean A. Ottow of Waukesha, Wis., in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night because he wanted to make sure Molina wouldn't do something to escalate the situation. Davidson spoke Wednesday before the series finale.
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Wisconsin T Wagner gets scholarship, may start
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Submitted: 09/08/2010 |
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MADISON - Wisconsin offensive lineman Ricky Wagner
finally has his scholarship.
The former walk-on for the 11th-ranked Badgers spent two years bulking up. The 6-foot-6 Wagner gained 55 pounds and says sometimes he doesn't recognize his colossal 320-pound frame when he looks in the mirror.
He got his scholarship last week, and now he's listed at the top of the depth chart alongside incumbent right tackle Josh Oglesby for Saturday's game against San Jose State.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Hoffman gets 600th save, Brewers beat Cards 4-2
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Submitted: 09/07/2010 |
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MILWAUKEE - Trevor Hoffman added another milestone to his
illustrious career, earning his 600th save Tuesday night by closing out the Milwaukee Brewers' 4-2 victory over the St. Louis
Cardinals.
Four people were ejected, including a fan, on a night that ended with Hoffman being carried off the field by his teammates.
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Wisconsin's Clay shines in first game this season
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Submitted: 09/07/2010 |
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MADISON - John Clay says he has no shortage of motivation, and his first appearance this season looked a whole lot like last year's dominating stretch.
The Wisconsin running back and reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-21 victory over UNLV.
It was his seventh straight 100-yard game dating back to last season. Still, Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor was the preseason pick as the conference's biggest offensive star.
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Molina hits a grand slam, Cardinals beat Brewers
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Submitted: 09/06/2010 |
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MILWAUKEE - Yadier Molina's grand slam capped a six-run
eighth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-6 on Monday.
It was 2-all in the eighth when an error by Brewers third baseman Casey McGehee on a hard grounder by Albert Pujols helped St. Louis break away. Matt Holliday singled home the go-ahead run.
The Cardinals won for the third time in four games.
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Packers hoping defense comes together
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Submitted: 09/06/2010 |
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GREEN BAY - After not seeing their preferred 11 defensive starters take a single preseason snap together, the Green Bay Packers are hoping a week of practice is all the unit needs to be ready for Sunday's regular-season opener at Philadelphia.
The Packers had the NFL's second-ranked defense last season. But second-year linebacker Clay Matthews missed all four exhibition games with a pulled left hamstring, and fellow linebacker Brad
Jones missed the final three games with a shoulder injury.
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