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Hoops rule this Saturday on SportScene13. We start down in Madison on championship Saturday for boys basketball, where Thorp claimed the Division 5 championship, while Rice Lake and Blair-Taylor finished fine seasons as runners-up. Then we head to girls hoops, where Regis and Neillsville punched their tickets to next week's state tournament. Click here for all the action on SportScene13!

The Green Bay Packers defense has gotten a big jolt from a big name: Eight-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers.

Adreian Payne scored 18 points, Branden Dawson had 14 and No. 22 Michigan State beat No. 12 Wisconsin 83-75 on Saturday to reach the Big Ten tournament championship.

Thorp won its first State championship with a 47-40 victory over Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran in the Division 5 final Saturday. While Dominican became just the sixth program to win three consecutive State championships with a 74-50 win over Blair-Taylor in the Division 4 final

Friday night on SportScene13 we head back down to Madison for boys basketball as Elk Mound and Rice Lake battled in state semifinals. Also hear from Eau Claire Regis as the girls get set for a sectional final match-up with Cameron. Click hear for all the action on SportScene13!

Ben Brust scored a career-high 29 points and Frank Kaminsky had 12 rebounds to lead No. 12 Wisconsin to an 83-57 rout over Minnesota 83-57 in Friday's Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

Lodi and Elk Mound matched each other shot for shot during most of the Friday's division three WIAA State Boys Basketball semifinal, but in the end, the Mounders fell short in overtime, losing 50-47.

A jammed packed Thursday of Basketball action! Down at boys state basketball, Thorp and Blair-Taylor advanced to the state championship games on Saturday. While local girls basketball teams were trying to stay alive for next week's state tournament as they battled in sectional semifinals. Click here to see all the action on SportScene13!

Blair-Taylor (23-3) advanced to the final following a 47-32 win over Unity in its semifinal. The Wildcats took advantage on an early scoring run to take a 21-6 advantage at the end of the first quarter and never trailed.

He became the primary tight end after Jermichael Finley was knocked out for the year in October with a neck injury.

It was a nail biter, but Thorp held on to defeat Cochrane-Fountain Ciry 54-52 in the Division 5 state semifinal at the Kohl Center. They will Green Bay NEW Lutheran in the state title game on Saturday at 11:35 am.

The Brewers announced Thursday that Yovani Gallardo will start his fifth consecutive season opener on March 31 against Atlanta.

Eau Claire Regis Basketball standout Connor Miller has decided to leave the Division 1 Samford Bulldogs located in Birmingham, AL.

Defensive end-linebacker Mike Neal apparently is returning to the Packers.

David Freese had three hits and Albert Pujols two and a Los Angeles Angels' split squad roughed up Milwaukee starter Matt Garza in a 12-2 win on Wednesday.

Packers legendary quarterback Bart Starr was the guest speaker at the Boy Scouts of America dinner Wednesday night at the Florian Gardens in Eau Claire.

The 25-1 Elk Mound boys basketball team will take on Lodi in the state semi's on Friday morning. The Mounders sole loss this season taught the team to focus on their defense. Now on an 18 game winning streak, it's the lessons learned from the senior class that have led the way. Jenn Chapman has this week's Gordy's Athlete of the Week, the Elk Mound seniors.

Coach Bo Ryan doesn't mind that one of his former assistants, Milwaukee's Rob Jeter, officially clinched a trip to the NCAAs first this season.

On Wednesday morning, Blair-Taylor High School and Thorp High School held events for their teams.

The company based in Orlando, Fla., announced the agreement Wednesday.