There's a delicate balance a coach has to make when your own kid is on the team and is a star player too. Aquinas' Dave Donarski summed it up wonderfully after today's title game loss to Laconia with his daughter Macy.
Johnny and Jordan Davis' father Mark tells me via text that Kobe's decision to leave Wisconsin has no effect on the twins' status. They're still all-in on the Badgers.
Packers Pres. Mark Murphy today on Bleacher Report article: "...it's all in the past, a lot of half-truths and a lot of stuff just made up. The conversation that allegedly took place between Aaron and I was completely false."
Thanks
@WisBCA
for thinking of me for your Tribute Award this year. Truly honored! I even got a picture with a true Wisconsin legend
@petitgoue
I am truly heartbroken to learn about the passing of legendary UW-L Football Coach Roger Harring this morning. He was more than just wins and losses and national championships. He was a true leader of young men. My deepest sympathy's to his wife Mary and the Harring family.
This is an absolute mauling. Unfortunately national narrative will be about Harbaugh and how bad Michigan is instead how Paul Chryst is one of the best coaches in nation.
AWFUL NEWS: I'm told longtime La Crescent-Hokah baseball coach Rick Boyer passed away unexpectedly last night. I'm absolutely heartbroken. One of the all-time great guys I've come across. Condolences to the Boyer family and the La Crescent-Hokah community.
Harring Stadium in La Crosse. One of the best venues in D3. Bluffs, fall colors and a great matchup.
@UWLEagleFB
hosting UW-Oshkosh 15 minutes away
Former Holmen head coach and current
@UWLEagleFB
assistant Steve King has been selected to the WFCA Hall of Fame for 2021 according to the Holmen HS Facebook page.
La Crescent's Eriah Hayes had to retire from hockey at age 29. Catch my feature story on his difficult decision and serious injuries he suffered which led him to retire Tuesday at 10pm. He played 19 games with the NHL's Sharks. Here he talks about his 'welcome to the NHL moment'
@UWLEagleFB
wins!! 28-21 over Div. II Wayne St. Eagles took over on own 15 with 6:00 to go and ran out the clock running behind blocking of big offensive line. Huge program win for
@UWLCoachJanus
This is Lexi Donarski literally looking over the net at one of her 21 kills. See how Aquinas demolished Waterloo in straight sets to advance to the Div. 3 title match. We'll have highlights on
@wxow
19 at 6 and 10.
The
@wiaawi
announcing the La Crosse Center will host the first-ever State Girls Individual Wrestling Tournament. It will be Saturday, January 29, 2022.
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst played for Roger Harring and coached under him at UW-La Crosse in the mid-90's. He shared his thoughts on the passing of the longtime head coach with WXOW 19 Thursday.
On the same day we broadcast the
@UWLEagleFB
game vs UWEC I’m honored to accept an
#midwestemmys
award for best Sports Special. Thanks to these folks and to
@levy_declan
and Dave Solie for their significant contributions.
This isn't a
@LocalTVSPXPrbs
Thanks WXOW 19 and Allen Media for the nice token of appreciation. Wouldn't have been here that long without the great leadership that's been in place. It's always a good thing when your bosses share your same vision.
Training camp has arrived for
@UWLEagleFB
Expectations remain high after establishing themselves as a national power again in recent years. Our story here:
You almost never see this...an offensive lineman winning Conference Player of the Week honors??? Yep, it happened to
@UWLEagleFB
Noah Coleman. Details here:
Humble as ever, UW-L's Roger Harring very appreciative of being named one of the top 150 college football coaches of all time by ESPN. Here's my story:
12th-ranked UW-La Crosse opens the season Saturday at home vs. Dakota St. They'll go with a two quarterback system. Details on WXOW 19 at 6 and 10 and later on
He’s a Wizard! I had a chance to visit 1 on 1 with La Crosse’s Johnny Davis moments after he was picked
#10
by Washington. Watch
@WXOW
tonight at 10.
Had a great visit with
@UWLEagleFB
coach Matt Janus today ahead of their game with Eau Claire Saturday which you can see on
@WXOW
and
@WQOW
We’ll have previews all week long.
@UWLEagleFB
Cole Spieker is hoping to end up in an NFL camp this summer. I had a chance to visit with him to see how he's progressing and to find out what NFL Scouts are saying about him.
Very impressed with
@football_ncc
Think they’ll win the title again. Watching them vs
@UWLEagleFB
today I felt like I was watching the two best teams in the nation.
Aquinas' Lexi Donarski is the WBCA Miss Basketball award winner for the 2019-20 season. She joins Central's Kelly Paulus (1996) as the only other La Crosse area player to win the award. Hear from Lexi tonight at 6 and 10 on WXOW 19
Hope you can catch our special on legendary
@UWLEagleFB
coach Roger Harring Thursday at 6:30 on
@WXOW
. Bill Schroeder was with the Packers for 7 seasons. Harring had to convince Bill to come out for football his senior year at UW-L. Bill had 3 requests. Fun story here:
Announcer: “Bucks steal game 1 in Boston.”
C’mon…the Bucks are defending champs. They don’t steal games, they WIN them. Ok, back to my Sunday honeydew list.
I remember covering the La Crosse Catbirds of the old CBA in the finals against Rapid City coached by a young 20-something named
@EricPMusselman
way back in 1990. He was quite the character back then and still has the boyish enthusiasm. Congrats to Arkansas.
Throwback Thursday: a trip back to the 1994 NFL Draft where a
@UWLEagleFB
player saw his dream come true, but not after a few anxious moments. The draft day story of Bill Schroeder.
@rothchris
will remember this one.
20 years after state championship, Aquinas alums AJ Halverson and Mike Wendland giving back to the game that gave them so much. Our feature story here:
Took a trip down memory lane with former Aquinas stars AJ Halverson and Mike Wendland on the 20th anniversary of the Blugolds WIAA State Championship. Find out how they're staying in the game and giving back.
Watch WXOW 19 at 6 and 10 tonight.
Had a chance to sit down with Johnny Davis on the eve of the NBA Draft. We talked about his meteoric rise and what helped him get to this point. Hear from him tonight at 6 and 10.
Tomah's Connor Prielipp (RHP) drafted in the 37th round by the Boston Red Sox. Prielipp told WXOW 19 yesterday he will not sign with an MLB team and will stick to playing college baseball at Alabama.
Former Holmen and UW-La Crosse star Taylor Kohlwey is now a big leaguer after being called up by the Padres. Hear from his college coach tonight at 6 and 10 on WXOW 19.
Onalaska's Emma Gamoke scored her 1000th career point tonight. Then afterwords handed out "1,000" point cookies and I got one. Delicious. Congrats Emma and thanks!
Tomah's Connor Prielipp was drafted in the 37th round by the Red Sox today. But he told us yesterday he's going to college. Prielipp is an Alabama recruit.
This
@wiaawistate
girls hoops tournament has been a reunion. Started working with these folks at
@WXOW
30 yrs ago. Just 2 of us still there. Myself and Web Coordinator Kevin Millard
Anybody else getting drilled by robocalls today? For the bazillionth time I don’t want to extend my car warranty, I don’t owe the IRS, I don’t need any special braces for my body. I’d love to feed the pandas but I have 3 pandas at home and they’re all off to college in the fall
@UWLEagleFB
asst. coach Kelly Cline is forging a path for women who want to pursue a career in football. Catch our feature story tonight on
@WXOW
19 at 10 and later on
The AstroTurf crew is hard at work installing the new turf at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. Our awesome Rootzone Monofilament over a shock pad is going to make for and awesome field for the UW-L athletes to play on.
@UWLaCrosse
@UWLAthletics
A proud Mom and Dad join Jacy Weisbrod in signing her letter of intent to play basketball at Northern Colorado. Lots of ceremonies like this around the area today. For more watch WXOW 19 tonight at 6 and 10.
Great day at Hart Park in Wauwatosa where I got to see Ryan (right) win his tennis match for MSOE vs Wis. Lutheran. Then got to show my boys the football field where Dad scored a few TDs back in the day.
@UWLEagleFB
has big shoes to fill at QB with the graduation of Keyser Helterbrand. Colton Emswiler was at spring practice to visit with the teams most experienced QB from last year and check in on the QB Derby.
Special night in Cashton tonight where I got hang CBS Sports college football analyst Rick Neuheisel. We honored his Dad Dick a former Cashton great while raising money $ to upgrade some of the ball fields at Cashton HS