La Crosse Tribune Sports News

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota state university system is prohibiting athletics teams from traveling to tournaments in North Carolina this spring after that state passed a law limiting LGBT protections.

MILWAUKEE — Chris Carter hit two long home runs and drove in three, Junior Guerra won his first career major league start, and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 Tuesday…

The UW-La Crosse football team concluded its spring practices Sunday with its eyes trained on a turnaround season this fall.

ONALASKA — Doing the little things well have led to a lot of victories over the years for the Onalaska Luther High School softball team.

It was a game to remember for Junior Guerra, the 31-year-old journeyman right-hander, who pitched in Italy in 2014 before catching on with the White Sox organization last season.

BASEBALL

The Regents sophomore wins the 1,600 at the City Outdoor meet.

HOLMEN — Holmen High School’s Kylee Schams was throwing pitches inside, outside, high and low — all places Onalaska had trouble tracking them down.

Every single pitch matters to Logan High School senior Jordyn Kleman.

MADISON — For whatever they’re worth, the NFL draft grades are in and most report cards awarded the Green Bay Packers a solid “B” for their seven-man class.

HOUSTON (AP) — Jason Castro and George Springer hit homers and the Houston Astros held on for a 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins Tuesday night.

The general manager should have departed from his play-it-safe philosophy and drafted UCLA linebacker Myles Jack.

The celebration for John Daly began the day he became eligible for the PGA Tour Champions.

The Packers host the Bears in Week 7 on Thursday night at Lambeau Field.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — What boosters describe as the nation's last tackle powder-puff football game is no more, at least for now.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A former San Francisco 49er defensive lineman charged with raping a "developmentally delayed" woman denied the charges Tuesday, saying the episode was a consensual encounter with a mentally competent woman who asked for money and…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's city council has set up a commission to investigate whether the city's Olympic projects were tarnished by corruption.