La Crosse Tribune Sports News

The Viterbo University baseball team wrapped up its regular season by finishing off a four-game sweep of the University of Winnipeg with two seven-inning victories wins Saturday afternoon at the Viterbo Outdoor Athletic Complex.

GREEN BAY — After cornering the market on Pac-12 Conference players and adding only one skill-position player with their seven picks, the Green Bay Packers got a lot bigger in the NFL draft that concluded Saturday.

It wasn’t a day in which the UW-La Crosse baseball team put up gaudy offensive statistics, but perhaps more than any other this season, it was a day in which the Eagles proved they are once again a championship team.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Rookie minicamp in Minnesota next weekend will have a German accent.

Only two former University of Wisconsin football players were selected in the 2016 NFL Draft, but a handful of others will get their opportunity to make an NFL roster.

MADISON — He may have waited a day longer than he wanted, but Joe Schobert has reaped the rewards of his unexpectedly dominant senior season.

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Chase Elliott wasn't born yet when his father turned a record-setting lap to win the pole at Talladega Superspeedway.

CHICAGO (AP) — Connor Cook is the winningest quarterback in Michigan State history. Andrew Billings is coming off a dominant season on Baylor's defensive line.

Former University of Wisconsin fullback Derek Watt was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.

The Big Ten Conference’s Linebacker of the Year was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 99th overall pick in the fourth round during Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — Bettors looking for a wager with a fancifully high payoff last summer could have gone into their local betting shop in England and risked a bit of cash on the proposition that Elvis Presley would be found…

The Packers turned to defense in the third round by taking Utah State outside linebacker Kyler Fackrell with the 88th overall selection. Fackrell led the nation with five fumble recoveries.

HONOLULU (AP) — Tommy Kono, who took up weightlifting in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans and went on to win two Olympic gold medals for the United States, has died. He was 85.

GREEN BAY — If it wasn’t apparent during the first round of the NFL draft, the notion was cemented during the second and third.

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It’s been an action-packed week for Tony Stewart following his return to a race car after a back injury sidelined him the first eight races of the season.

ARCADIA — The Arcadia High School softball team managed one hit in its first six innings, but it turned a hit batter and three seventh-inning hits into its biggest win of the season on Friday.

BASEBALL

MILWAUKEE — Two outs away from being no-hit, the Milwaukee Brewers almost came away with a miraculous win Friday night.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Packers have added heft up front in the NFL draft.

The transition season after winning a state championship isn’t always an easy one.