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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur hopes the homework he did earlier this month will help his team deal with its compressed schedule over the next couple of weeks. The Packers’ 38-10 victory Sunday over the San Francisco 49ers began a 12-day stretch in which they play three games. They’re…

Tomah native Dustin Derousseau has scored 20 or more points in every game but one, as the UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team is off to a 4-1 start. The Eagles are averaging 84 points a game. Their only loss came 82-73 to 14th-ranked Nebraska Wesleyan. UW-L beat Marietta 99-75 on Friday, then John Hopkins 76-59…

An opening-round win and now the UW-La Crosse football team gets the No. 3 team in the nation. The 18th-ranked Eagles made easy work of Northwestern (Minn.) with a 59-14 win at home Saturday. At noon Saturday, UW-L travels to undefeated St. John’s (10-0), which will air on the WKTY App and on 92.3 FM…

She had 14 points in leading the North Carolina women’s basketball team on Sunday, but Onalaska native Lexi Donarski got in the box score in a way she doesn’t usually. The 6-foot senior shooting guard helped get this block — a double block or a half block? — in a 53-36 win over Villanova. Donarski…

Onalaska native Lexi Donarski led the way Sunday for the North Carolina women’s basketball team with 14 points in a 53-36 win over Villanova. Donarski and the 16th-ranked Tar Heels (5-1) will be on ESPN2 at 11 a.m. Monday against Indiana. North Carolina doesn’t play anyone in the Midwest this season. But they are at…

Twin brothers helped the UW-La Crosse men’s cross country team win it all, over the weekend. Grant Matthai finished third and Aidan Matthai was fifth in leading the Eagles to a Division III National Championship. It’s the second time in UW-L history two runners placed in the Top 5. In 1997, Brett Altergott won the…

The Viterbo University women’s basketball team is off to a 6-1 start to the season, and has put up big points multiple times already. The V-Hawks host Governors State at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, coming off four consecutive wins. Viterbo is averaging 75.3 points and has put up 104 two weeks ago and won 81-78 in…

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The game had suddenly gone sideways for the Minnesota Vikings, their 11-point lead on the Chicago Bears having evaporated in the closing seconds. They straightened it out in overtime, no sweat, because Sam Darnold simply hasn’t been fazed. Save for his occasional rash of turnovers, in games the Vikings still managed…

The UW-La Crosse women’s basketball team is off to a 4-1 start and has put up 101 and 93 points already this season. After a 93-54 against Lakeland on Saturday, the Eagles are averaging 77.4 points a game. Their leading scorers Saturday, though, only had 13 points apiece and only four players were in double-figures.…

The 19th-ranked University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team improved to 7-0 on Sunday, after an 81-75 win over Pitt. The last time the Badgers were 7-0 to start a season, La Crosse native Bronson Koenig was a sophomore point guard for a Wisconsin team that knocked off unbeaten Kentucky (38-1) in the Final Four, before…