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SportScene 13 for Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 includes highlights from the 8-Man football jamboree in Rice Lake and the Chippewa Falls boy's soccer quad at Halmstad Elementary.

Kennys Vargas drove in a career-high five runs, Joe Mauer had three RBIs and Yohan Pino won his first start in more than a month as the Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers 12-4 on Saturday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

Green Bay Packers DT B.J. Raji is out for the season after he tore his right bicep last night in the team's 31-21 preseason victory over Oakland, and is

FRIDAY FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!! Plenty of great high school action on SportScene13. At Carson Park Eau Claire Memorial took on La Crosse Logan, while defending state champions Stanley-Boyd opened up play against conference foe Regis. Our highlights also include Fall Creek, Altoona, McDonell, Osseo-Fairchild, Cadott, Chippewa Falls, Durand and Menomonie. Click here to see all the action!

Aaron Rodgers threw for two touchdowns and Eddie Lacy ran for a first-quarter score in the Green Bay Packers' 31-21 preseason victory Friday night over the Oakland Raiders.

Josh Harrison homered and drove in a career-high five runs, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Friday night.

The first night of high school football and we had plenty of action. At Carson Park, Eau Claire North avenged a loss last year to La Crosse Central with a 41-27. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, coming off a 9 win season, topped Elk Mound 34-6, while Mondovi fell to G-E-T 16-6 and Wausau Newman defeated Thorp 41-8. Click here for all the highlights on SportScene13!

Adrian Peterson missed Minnesota Vikings practice for the second straight day, but the team does expect the star running back to make the trip to Kansas City this weekend.

Mike Fiers is making an impression filling in for the injured Matt Garza in the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation.

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway has been bothered a sore right wrist, prompting coach Mike Zimmer to limit him in practice.

Rookie T.J. House threw shutout ball into the sixth inning, combining with four relievers to pitch the Cleveland Indians past the Minnesota Twins 5-0 Wednesday night.

Jose Bautista's three-run homer capped a five-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays outslugged Milwaukee 9-5 Wednesday, snapping the Brewers' five-game winning streak.

Injuries are an unfortunate reality in all levels of football. Our Gordy's Athlete of the Week, Flambeau High School's Shannon Fye, suffered a devastating knee injury, but has battle back to inspire his teammates.

In rematch of last year's regional final, Barron topped McDonell/Regis 3-1 at Casper Park to start the 2014 season.

Last year the Bloomer Blackhawks had an amazing run, winning 10-straight games including 4-straight shutouts before losing to the eventual state champions Stanley-Boyd in level three of the playoffs.

Mike Fiers pitched seven dominant innings and Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each hit two doubles as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 on Tuesday night.

The Green Bay Packers will be looking to replace the reliable production of receiver James Jones this season.

Joe Gibbs Racing has hired Carl Edwards to drive a new fourth Sprint Cup car in 2015.

After Carter Hayden was injured at Memorial High School on August 7th the girls volleyball team at Altoona High School decided to raise money for the boy's family. Carter's father, Scott Hayden is the Athletic Director for Altoona Schools.

If the Cleveland Browns pick a quarterback based solely on numbers, there's not much either Johnny Manziel or Brian Hoyer did to show he deserves the job. If the choice is based on maturity, the hot-shot rookie's obscene gesture lost him some ground to the nondescript sixth-year veteran.