WEAU Sports News

North High School announced today that Todd Marks has been hired as Head Boys Basketball Coach. Marks is a Fall Creek High School graduate where played for Ron Schultz and Mike Johnson while garnering All-Conference, All- Northwest, and All-State recognition.

SportScene 13 for Monday, May 18th, 2015 includes a spree of prep baseball and softball highlights from around the area. Plus, Eau Claire North hired Todd Marks as new head coach of the boys basketball team.

Back in the lineup a day after being beaned, Carlos Gomez led off the game with a home run and added a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.

The Milwaukee Brewers have optioned second baseman Scooter Gennett to Triple-A Colorado Springs and recalled right-hander Corey Knebel.

In a press conference on Monday morning in the Waggonner Room of the Thomas Assembly Center, Louisiana Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland introduced former University of Miami assistant coach Eric Konkol as the new head coach of Bulldog Basketball.

The Milwaukee Brewers are set to unveil a new attraction honoring former owner Bud Selig's long association with the team.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse baseball team earned its first-ever trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Championship with a 15-4 victory over Coe College (Iowa) in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional Championship Sunday afternoon at Copeland Park. The Eagles improve to 33-13 on the season and advance to the national championships May 22-27 in Appleton, Wisconsin. Coe (Iowa) ends its season at 34-14. The Eagles forced a second championship contest after earning a 5-4 win over the Kohawks in Sunday's first championship game.

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez has been hit in the helmet by a pitch and left a game against the New York Mets.

Prized Mets pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard earned his first major league win, the success tempered when he beaned Carlos Gomez with a 96 mph fastball, and New York beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Sunday.

SportScene 13 for Saturday, May 16th, 2015 includes prep softball highlights from Chippewa Falls and baseball and girls soccer highlights from Schofield.

Wilmer Flores hit a grand slam off Matt Garza from the No. 9 slot in the batting order, sparking a 10-run fourth inning and leading the New York Mets to a 14-1 romp over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

Danny Santana's triple keyed a late two-run rally, and Phil Hughes pitched seven strong innings Friday night to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

SportScene 13 for Friday, May 15th, 2015 features a cornucopia of prep highlights including a rivalry baseball game between Eau Claire North and Eau Claire Memorial at Carson Park.

Avoiding overtime in Game 6 when Paul Pierce's potential tying 3-pointer was released after the clock expired, the Atlanta Hawks made it to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time by beating the Washington Wizards 94-91 on Friday night.

Ryan Braun homered twice and made a marvelous catch, leading Kyle Lohse and the Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-0 victory over the slumping New York Mets on Friday night.

SportScene 13 for Thursday, May 14th, 2015 includes a rainy day of highlights from prep boys golf, girls softball, and girls soccer.

Jose Quintana struck out 10 in seven solid innings, and Avisail Garcia and Adam LaRoche hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Wednesday night.

SportScene 13 for Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 includes prep baseball highlights from Carson Park as Eau Claire Immanuel hosted Eau Claire Regis.

UW kicks off play in November with exhibition games against Minnesota State on Nov. 8 and UW-Eau Claire on Nov. 12 at the Kohl Center.

For the past few years, the Chippewa Falls McDonell baseball team has been one of the best in the Cloverbelt West Conference. Senior pitcher James Davis is one of the main contributors to the Macks success. Chance Dickman shares the story in this week's Gordy's Athlete of the Week.