La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ATLANTA (AP) — The Hawks held Boston to the lowest-scoring first quarter in the playoffs since the NBA went to the shot clock, building a 21-point lead and holding on despite an ugly shooting performance of their own for an…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Frederik Andersen made 27 saves, and the Anaheim Ducks shut out the Nashville Predators 3-0 Tuesday night to pull within 2-1 in their first-round playoff series.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patty Mills had 16 points, Kawhi Leonard added 13 and the San Antonio Spurs never trailed in beating the Memphis Grizzlies 94-68 on Tuesday night to sweep the first two games of the first-round series in…

ONALASKA — Once Nora Reuteman finally got the pass she was looking for, she was able to turn on the jets and take care of business.

Junior Seth Holden won two individual events and assisted in a relay victory to help the Holmen High School boys track and field team score 171½ points and win the Logan Invitational Tuesday at Swanson Field.

One of these years, the short-track kingdom of Steve Carlson will fall to a young hot-shot driver who defies the odds and finds a way to consistently beat car No. 66 across the finish line.

Drew Rosenhaus has dropped Johnny Manziel as a client.

BASEBALL

ATLANTA (AP) — Talk about a short memory. Kyle Korver came out shooting, and this time he couldn't miss.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins got back to playing the style that made them one of the NHL's best teams after Christmas.

BOSTON (AP) — Drew Smyly and the Rays bullpen held the Red Sox to one hit, Kevin Kiermaier hit a solo home run in the 10th and Tampa Bay beat Boston 3-0 on Tuesday night for its third straight win.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Sensing that Jorge De La Rosa wasn't paying attention, the Reds were off and running.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have several forwards with higher salaries and higher profiles than Erik Haula.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Carrasco allowed a run in 6 1/3 innings, Francisco Lindor had three hits and the Cleveland Indians beat the Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Tuesday night.

BOWLING

The Central High School softball team is tied for first place in the MVC after beating Onalaska 8-5 at the Shelby fields on Tuesday.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Milwaukee Brewers had just given away a lead in the eighth inning and entered the ninth a little rattled as another game started slipping away.

Justin Thomas could sense his expectations getting higher and his game going nowhere.

MADISON — The University of Wisconsin football team's defensive front seven pressured the quarterback perhaps more than it had all spring during Tuesday’s practice — the program’s second-to-last before Saturday’s spring game at Camp Randall Stadium.

BOSTON (AP) — Patriots Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola make up one of the NFL's top receiving tandems.