No. 2 Kentucky holds off No. 3 Houston, 62-58
The No. 2-seeded Kentucky Wildcats held on against the No. 3- seeded Houston Cougars, 62-58, in a Friday night Sweet 16 battle.
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The No. 2-seeded Kentucky Wildcats held on against the No. 3- seeded Houston Cougars, 62-58, in a Friday night Sweet 16 battle.
No. 3 Purdue dominated the No. 6 Villanova Wildcats, 87-61, in their NCAA tournament matchup Saturday night.
No. 9 Kansas State took Thursday night's Sweet 16 matchup with No. 5 Kentucky to the buzzer, squeaking out a 61-58 victory in the NCAA Tournament.
The Wildcats (9-2, 5-2 Big Ten) moved into a tie for second in the West Division with the Badgers (8-3, 5-2), who had won five in a row.
Saturday night in Waunakee, Victoria Brisack led Verona to a 3-0 sectional final win over Sun Prairie. It marked the Wildcats' first trip to the state tournament in four years. Brisack said she couldn't have asked for a better ending to her senior year.
This spring, Verona's Emma Kleinsek started off her Wildcats softball career with a bang. The 14-year-old batted .582 with seven home runs.
It's likely that not many other UW graduates are married to UK graduates.
Driving around her hometown of Indianapolis early Friday morning, Laura Moore saw her favorite color everywhere.
Bronson Koenig scored a season-high 16 points, Sam Dekker also had 16 and No. 5 Wisconsin won its sixth straight by beating Northwestern 65-50 on Saturday.
Verona is the hottest team in Big Eight girls hoops. Saturday, they beat first place Janesville Craig on the road. Friday, in News 3's Prep Mania Game of the Week, the Wildcats beat a very good Janesville Parker team 50-36.
Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker scored 16 points apiece, leading No. 4 Wisconsin to an 81-58 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night.
Saturday at Perkins Stadium, Whitewater football survived a second half Linfield rally to win 20-14 and advance to the NCAA Division Three National Championship for the ninth time in 10 years.
Watching just a few minutes of Verona cheer leading practice, laughs and smiles aren't hard to find.
They play the same game, though they come at it from opposite sides of the court.
The Wildcat's Charlie Parker scores two goals and has an assist in Verona 4-0 win over Edgewood Friday night in a non-conference boys hockey game.
Traevon Jackson is paying close attention to Nigel Hayes. Same for Sam Dekker, who thinks the freshman reserve is going to be a big-time player for No. 4 Wisconsin.
Colin Ellis returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the second half, helping No. 22 Northwestern beat Cal 44-30 on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium and ruining the debut of Sonny Dykes as the Bears' head coach.
Playing in one of its biggest games of the season, the Wisconsin softball team came up huge with a 3-0 win over Northwestern at the Big Ten Softball Tournament Friday afternoon at Bowlin Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
Verona was supposed to host reigning D1 State Champion Sun Prairie on the diamonds on Tuesday. Due to a soggy field, the game was postponed.
The Wildcats beat the Tritons 5-2 and will play in the schools first ever state title game Saturday.
Northwestern 75, Purdue 60: Reggie Hearn made his first nine shots and scored a career-high 26 points as the host Wildcats led wire-to-wire against the Boilermakers.
Northwestern had a 5-1 road record entering Saturday's game at Nebraska, while Nebraska hadn't won at home in nearly a month.
Reggie Hearn realizes his time is winding down. He also insists Northwestern still could reach the NCAA tournament for the first time.
The third-ranked Wildcats are no match for the No. 1 team in the state.