WEAU Sports News

SportScene 13 for Saturday, May 23rd, 2015 includes prep baseball action from Eau Claire and Menomonie.

Behind two individual and two relay national champion titles, the UW-Eau Claire women's track and field team posted their highest team finish in school history as they finished in second place at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by St. Lawrence University at the Merrick-Pickard Track and Field Complex.

For the second time in three years, the UW-Eau Claire men's track and field team will take home a second place trophy from the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by St. Lawrence University at the Merrick-Pickard Track and Field Complex.

Jace Peterson's single to left field drove in Alberto Callaspo from third base, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 11 innings on Saturday.

Ryan Braun homered and drove in four runs, four Milwaukee pitchers combined to hold Atlanta to three hits, and the Brewers beat the Braves 11-0 on Friday night.

SportScene 13 for Friday, May 22nd, 2015 includes prep baseball, softball, and girls softball highlights from around the area.

Marques Haynes, the Harlem Globetrotters star often called the greatest dribbler in basketball history, has died.

Milwaukee Brewers reliever Will Smith has been suspended for eight games for having a foreign substance on his pitching arm during a game at Atlanta.

Julio Teheran pitched seven strong innings and the Atlanta Braves took advantage of Milwaukee reliever Will Smith's seventh-inning ejection for allegedly using pine tar in a 10-1 victory Thursday night.

SportScene 13 for Thursday, May 21st, 2015 is filled with prep sports action including a busy day on the golf course for the Big Rivers Conference championship in Hudson, plus baseball, softball and girls soccer highlights from around the area.

Jim Negrini began coaching at Regis in 1988 and continued through the 1998-99 season.

Nick Castellanos hit a bases-loaded triple with two out in the eighth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.

Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot off Antonio Bastardo in the 13th inning to help the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Speedway Motorsports executive chairman Bruton Smith and two-time Sprint Cup champion Terry Labonte headed up the newest group of five headed to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

With a win over Mondovi on Monday, the Elk Mound softball team clinched its first conference title in 9-years. Currently 21-3 and 16-0 in league play, the Mounders are serious state contenders and also boast one of the state's best hitters in Elizabeth Schreiber, this week's Gordy's Athlete of the Week.

After 17 years of coaching and teaching, Chris Stainer will be stepping down as the UW-Stout head softball coach and as an instructor in the Physical Education Department, effective the end of August.

SportScene 13 for Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 is jam-packed with prep action from around the area. Highlights from marquee baseball and softball games, conference track & field meets, plus girls soccer.

Ryan Braun, Adam Lind and Aramis Ramirez hit consecutive home runs in a six run-third inning, Jimmy Nelson pitched eight strong innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 on Tuesday night.

The NFL is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defenses to score on 2-point conversion turnovers.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not appeal the $1 million fine and loss of two draft choices the NFL penalized the team for its role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game.