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Duffel Bag Area and State High Schools

AROUND THE AREA Gatorade tabs Averkamp: Germantown's Ben Averkamp has been named Gatorade's boys state basketball player of the year. He averaged 19.6 points, 12.0 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 1.7 assists as a senior, leading the Warhawks to their second straight Division 1 state tournament.

2-Minute Drill Rank &File a Lineup of Sports Tidbits

PLAYERS FOR HIRE If the Packers want to fill some holes on their roster, there are still some high-profile NFL free agents available:

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Sportsday Low Marks On Draft Board

The Green Bay Packers' 1990 draft is seeded 27th among the 32 teams in the league since 1967, according to an analysis done by ESPN Stats and Information. The analysis of the Packers '90 class was posted Wednesday at ESPN's Insider, a pay site. Each team's best class is being posted in reverse order starting with No. 32, which belongs to the Houston Texans' 2006 class. Readers then will vote to determine the best class in the league.

Camp Report

NEWS OF THE DAY: Outfielder Trot Nixon was released after hitting .105 with a home run and three RBI in 38 at-bats. Also, third baseman Mat Gamel and catcher Angel Salome were optioned to Class AAA Nashville, and reliever Wes Littleton cleared waivers and was outrighted to Nashville but will remain in big-league camp. Outfielder/infielder Jason Bourgeois was sent back to minor-league camp with left-hander Chris Narveson. ON THE FIELD: Left-hander Manny Parra pitched 3 2/3 innings and allowed ...

College Football Kohl to Hold Congressional Hearings Focused On Bcs

U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) announced Wednesday that he would hold a congressional hearing on the Bowl Championship Series. Kohl is chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights. Kohl will hold a hearing on the BCS with U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a ranking member of the subcommittee.

Nfl Meetings Notes League Tweaks Draft Order Playoffs Will Be Part of Mix

Dana Point, Calif. -- Winning playoff games is the goal of every NFL team, but those who do will have to pay a price when it comes to the annual draft. On the final day of the NFL owners meetings, clubs approved a proposal that would reseed the draft order starting with teams that made the playoffs.

Nfl Owners Want More of Real Deal Goal Is to Cut Number of Exhibition Games

Dana Point, Calif. -- If the National Football League continues on its current path, exhibition games will take another step toward extinction. And while that might come as good news for those tired of paying full price for half-baked games, it's not the only reason the league is considering adding more games that count to the schedule.

Game Report Raptors 115, Bucks 106

ON THE COURT PLAYER OF THE GAME: Point guard Jose Calderon was outstanding for Toronto, finishing with 19 points and 11 assists. "Calderon had a nice floor game, as usual," said Bucks coach Scott Skiles. "He got into the seams and when we did have help, instead of moving on the pass, we didn't even move until they caught it while they were already up in their shot. With a shooting team like that, it's too late."

Today's Tmj4 Weather 4 March Will Likely End Like a Lion

March is coming to an end, and it certainly looks as if it will go out like a lion. Another low pressure system rolls this way from the west for Friday night and Saturday, and there's another weather system coming for Tuesday of next week. We will probably see rain in Milwaukee on Saturday, but it could mix with a little snow Saturday night. Enjoy the breaks of sunshine through the clouds today as they will be few and far between through the end of the month. I have been asked by folks many t...

Paul A. Smith Bowhunter an Accurate Shot for Continent's Big Game

Gary Martin was somewhere between the entree and dessert when he got the feeling someone was talking about him. Loudly. To hundreds of people. A list of accomplishments echoed through the banquet hall at the Wisconsin Bowhunters Association convention March 7 in Wausau.

Brewers Notes a Painful Cut to Make Club Waives Struggling Nixon

Phoenix -- Mike Cameron walked within earshot of Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha during warm-ups and asked Mike Lamb where Trot Nixon was. Not two minutes earlier, Macha had just told a group of reporters Nixon had been released Wednesday, a move that had the skipper emotional and which he called "tough" because of his close ties to the veteran outfielder.

Aeros 4, Admirals 1 Putting West On Ice Low-Key Effort Irks Lambert

Maybe the lead is too big. The Milwaukee Admirals showed no desire in taking a huge step toward clinching the West Division of the American Hockey League in a 4-1 loss to second-place Houston on Wednesday night at the Bradley Center.

Women's Sports Vetter Skates Into Sunset

Madison -- After more than three years and 125 games, University of Wisconsin coach Mark Johnson still recalls vividly the first NCAA tournament start for goaltender Jessie Vetter: A quarterfinal game against visiting Mercyhurst on March 18, 2006.

Brewers Braun's Injury a Concern but Leftfielder Doesn't Seem Too Worried

Phoenix -- How badly injured is Ryan Braun? That was the major question in the Milwaukee Brewers' training camp Wednesday, and nobody seemed to have the answer. Not club officials. Not medical personnel. Not even Braun himself.

Raptors 115, Bucks 106 On a Crash Course Chances for Playoffs Looking Bleak

Toronto -- Kind of hard to figure, isn't it? The Milwaukee Bucks fought their way through their rugged early season schedule and didn't collapse. They saw Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut, two of their best players, go down with injuries yet rallied and stayed in the playoff hunt.