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Trainer Wesley Ward said Friday the owners will wait to run in the Preakness on May 17. Ward bred and owns a 25 percent share of the colt.

Brayan Pena's second career pinch-homer started Cincinnati's big eighth-inning rally and swept the Reds to over the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Thursday night.

The WIAC softball conference tournament is set to begin on Friday in Menomonie. UW-Stout, the regular season champion will be the top seed while UW-Eau Claire is the fourth seed.

The Packers' first pick in the NFL draft is at No. 21 overall.

Preseason top-five ranked teams to clash on Dec. 3 in Madison

Nino Niederreiter scored his second goal of the game 5:02 into overtime as the Minnesota Wild beat Colorado 5-4 in Game 7 of their Western Conference first round playoff series. The Wild advance to face the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in the conference semifinals.

Milwaukee went 20-8 in April, a franchise record for wins in the season's first full first month.

The Eau Claire Memorial girls soccer program has been a dominate force in western Wisconsin for quite a few years now. As SportScene 13's Chance Dickman explains, this years senior class is looking to keep the up the winning tradition.

Wei-Chung Wang replaced Garza with St. Louis leading 4-3 Wednesday.

Lyle Overbay singled in Khris Davis with the tiebreaking run and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the St. Louis Cardinals in extra innings for the second straight night, winning 5-4 in 11 innings Tuesday.

The weather continues to force area schools to cancel their nightly sporting events. Tonight, all but one local match-up was rained out, Chippewa Falls and Hudson in girls prep soccer.

The team announced that X-rays were negative, and Ramirez is day to day.

Milwaukee, which leads the majors with 19 wins, has won four of five and eight of 10.

Zach Parise scored early and late on tipped shots, and the Minnesota Wild tacked on two empty-net goals for a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night that sent the first-round playoff series to a decisive Game 7.

Sports like baseball have been forced to adjust their schedules and move practices inside. The silver lining is that unlike last year, teams like Bob Johnson's Eau Claire North and Dave Sparger's Memorial squads have had a chance to play some games outside.

Milwaukee outfielder Ryan Braun was held out of the Brewers' starting lineup for a second straight game Monday with a strained intercostal muscle.

Minnesota has added three players to its 2014-15 recruiting class, including Minnesota native Zach Lofton.

Jack Ramsay, known as "Dr. Jack" throughout the league, coached in the NBA for parts of 21 seasons, including leading Portland to the 1977 NBA title.

The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 2, outside Hunt Arena.

The 21-year-old player is on the roster of Cedar Rapids of the Class A Midwest League.