La Crosse Tribune Sports News

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mike Hoffman scored a power-play goal to break a tie midway through the third period, and the Ottawa Senators rallied from a pair of deficits to post their fifth straig…

ST. PAUL — An escape late in the third period denied Caledonia High School eighth-grader Kyle Cavanaugh an MSHSL Class AA state championship at 106 pounds on Saturday.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — The UW-La Crosse men’s track and field team is taking its dominance to a new level.

BLAIR — In a wild back-and-forth game, the Blair-Taylor High School boys basketball team outlasted Gilmanton 96-94 in triple overtime in the Dairyland Crossovers on their home court Saturday a…

MADISON — On paper, a late-season loss at Maryland shouldn’t significantly affect the University of Wisconsin’s potential seed in the upcoming NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

PHOENIX (AP) — Kawhi Leonard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs dominated from the opening tip in a 101-74 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.

It was quite a Saturday for Michael Lihrman.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Top-ranked Lydia Ko won the New Zealand Women's Open on Sunday for her second straight victory.

DALLAS (AP) — Deron Williams scored 25 points, Thaddeus Young had 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench and the Brooklyn Nets topped the Dallas Mavericks 104-94 on Saturday night.

MADISON -- As he circled the mat, absorbed the head slaps and battled through the hand-fighting, Ross Withington waited patiently for his moment.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Marc Gasol had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Mike Conley hit a big 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a much-needed 101-97 victory over the Min…

ONALASKA -- Sometimes it just takes a lucky bounce or two to go a team’s way to turn the tide of a game.

WRESTLING

MIAMI (AP) — Paul Millsap scored 22 points, Dennis Schroder added 16 points and 10 assists and the intentionally depleted Atlanta Hawks still had enough to beat the Miami Heat 93-91 on Saturday night.

MONTREAL (AP) — Manny Malhotra scored his first goal with the Canadiens, Carey Price made 30 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and Montreal beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Saturday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall scored 22 points, Nene added 21 and the Washington Wizards ended their six-game losing streak with a 99-95 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.

MADISON -- John Roddick couldn’t have finished his final WIAA individual state wrestling tournament any better than he did on Saturday.

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. — The Onalaska co-op girls hockey team is headed back to the state tournament for the fourth straight year after defeating the Sun Prairie co-op 3-1 in the sectional finals S…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Berlocq 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Saturday, setting up a final against Juan Monaco at the Argentina Open.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Kaniesha Atwater scored 29 on 11-of-14 shooting to help No. 21 Florida Gulf Coast women beat Jacksonville 78-47 Saturday night and win its school-record 22nd-consecutive game.