The country's oldest soccer tournament will have one of its newest teams participate.

The Green Bay Glory has not just qualified for the U.S. Open Cup, but has also earned a first-round bye. No schedule has been set for the second round after more than a dozen games took place last weekend for the 2027 qualifying rounds.

The 2026 U.S. Open Cup is in its final rounds with four MLS sides involved.

The Glory will announce some upcoming friendlies ahead of their first-ever U.S. Open Cup appearance in the near future.

The Green Bay Packers made history for all the wrong reasons on Sunday as they watched another double-digit second-half lead evaporate and turn into a 39-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

The Packers started the game with a 9-0 lead after Trey Smack banged in a field goal ahead of an 81-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Christian Watson. A flurry of activity at the end of the second quarter saw both Love and Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz connect with their top targets for touchdowns to make it 19-10 at the break.

Things started to unravel after the Packers extended their lead to 22-10 on a Trey Smack field goal. The Vikings scored four touchdowns after the three-minute mark in the third quarter, three of which happened within a span of less than three minutes.

Jordan Love nearly threw for 400 yards to go along with two touchdowns, but a lost fumble, a late pick, and an inaccurate day (21-42) led to his team's demise. The Packers' rushing attack also struggled against the Vikings' defensive front with Marshawn Lloyd's 37 yards on 13 carries the high water mark for the team.  

The Packers look to bounce back next Sunday on the road when they play the New York Jets.

The Green Bay Packers locked up their tight end for the foreseeable future after it announced on Saturday that they extended Tucker Kraft.

It is reportedly a four-year, $75 million contract extension, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The deal includes a $26.5 million signing bonus and its maximum value could reach as high as $92 million.

For the first time since blowing a double-digit lead to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Wild Card game in January, the Green Bay Packers will play meaningful football on Sunday when they travel to U.S. Bank Stadium to face the Minnesota Vikings.

The Packers are coming off a 9-7-1 season that included a season split against the Vikings. At Lambeau Field, two Emmanuel Wilson touchdowns and three Brandon McManus field goals gave the Packers the 23-6 win, while the Vikings won the finale 16-3 with many starters out of the lineup. The win left the Vikings percentage points outside of the playoffs with a 9-8 record.

Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. on Sunday.

The Green Bay Glory may have been off the pitch for a while now, but three of their players were honored this week as members of the Midwest Premier League Heartland Division 1 Best XI.

Defender Tommy Geocaris and goalkeeper Haakon Utesch, and forward Dennis Nyame were named to the squad. Nyame finished second in the conference with eight goals, three shy of the Golden Boot winner. Utesch and Geocaris were a part of a defensive front that led the Glory to a 10-6-2 mark across all competitions and a third-place finish in the division.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish outscored the Wisconsin Badgers 28-3 in the second half to waltz out of their Shamrock Series date at Lambeau Field with a 41-13 win.

After trading field goals to start the game, the Irish got the first touchdown on the board at the end of the first quarter when CJ Carr found Notre Dame Academy product James Flanigan to make it 10-3. The Badgers offered their response immediately, taking their next drive down the field for a 28-yard touchdown to Malachi Coleman to tie the game at 10. The Irish entered the break at halftime up 13-10 thanks to another field goal midway through the second quarter.

The Irish sprinted past the Badgers in the third quarter, scoring 14 consecutive points on a three-yard touchdown run by Aneyas Williams and a pick-six recorded by DJ McKinney. With a Badgers field goal in between, another Williams touchdown run and a Carr touchdown pass sealed the deal for the Irish.

The Badgers kept it close in most of the game's metrics, but the Irish's 2-0 turnover lead proved to be too much as they turned them into 14 points.

The Kolberg Braves used home runs not once, but twice to extend the game before eventually beating the Sister Bay Bays 10-9 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon.

The Braves boasted a 3-0 lead early after Nick LeCaptain singled in one run and Trevor Reinhardt singled in another two runs in the top of the second inning. The Bays offered their retort an inning later when Spencer Krause squeezed a ball under the mitt of Charlie Neinas to drive in a pair to make it 3-2.

The one-run deficit was short-lived as the Braves answered with two runs in the fourth inning, with Jack Peterson and Austen Dart providing the offense to extend the lead back to 5-2. 

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The Bays eventually took the lead in the fifth inning after Griffin Cole's single drove in a pair of runs before Matt Hecht and Sawyer Johnson each drove in runs to give the team a 6-5 lead, and Krause tacked on another run in the sixth to make it 7-5. Charlie Prokash's RBI single cut the lead in half in the seventh inning before Austin Rohe's homer tied the game in the eighth inning. The Bays made their own comeback of sorts in the bottom of the eighth inning when Stew Larsen singled in Sam Forkert and Tom Sawyer to give them a 7-5 lead in the eighth inning. The Braves were down to their final out in the ninth inning with a man on when Reinhardt delivered his second two-run hit of the evening, this time depositing it on the hill in right field to tie the game at nine.

After the Bays went quietly in the ninth inning, the Braves were down to their final out in the 10th inning when a weakly hit ball off the bat of Devin Schinktgen went off the mitt of Forkert, allowing Tyler Neinas to score to make it a 10-9 game.

The Bays loaded the bases in the bottom of the tenth inning, but Chubs Laughlin grounded out to end the game and give the Braves the playoff title. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Beloit Sky Carp 8-5 at ABC Supply Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the season finale for both teams.

Wisconsin (68-59 overall, 34-31 second half) scored three runs on one hit in the top of the first.  Brady Ebel started the game with a walk and went to third on a single by Daniel Dickinson.  Ebel scored on a ball that got away from Beloit catcher Nestor Rios on a steal of second by Dickinson for a 1-0 lead.

Sawyer Strosnider drew another walk.  Then, with Eric Bitonti at the plate, the two Rattlers on base executed a double steal.  A wild pitch with Bitonti still up let Dickinson score and Strosnider take third.  A sacrifice fly by Juan Ortuño got Strosnider home for the third run of the inning.

Beloit (66-65, 39-27) scored a run in the bottom of the first.  Dillon Head singled, stole second, went to third on a grounder, and scored on an RBI grounder by Chase Jaworsky.

The Sky Carp tied the game in the bottom of the third.  Wisconsin starter Ethan Dorchies loaded the bases with one out on two walks and a hit batsman.  He got the second out on a strikeout, but Carter Johnson singled to center to knock in two runs to even the score.

A defensive miscue on a potential inning-ending double play in the top of the third allowed the Rattlers to score a run for a 4-3 lead.  However, they would leave the bases loaded as they could not take full advantage of four walks in the inning.
 

Dickinson padded the Wisconsin lead with a two-out, solo home run in the top of the fourth.  That was Dickinson’s eleventh home run of the season.
 

Josh Quezada, Wisconsin’s second pitcher of the afternoon, found himself in trouble in the bottom of the sixth inning after he walked Brian Sanchez and Esmil Valencia to start the bottom of the sixth.  The runners were moving on a 2-2 pitch to Abrahan Ramirez, who lined a pitch deep to right field.  Luiyin Alastre, who was switched from left field to right field defensively just before the game, raced back to the track and made the catch just shy of the wall.  Then, he turned and fired to first in time to double up Valencia at first base.

The Wisconsin offense seemed inspired as two hitters reached rare milestones in team history to help add three runs to the lead.

Dickinson singled to start the seventh and stole second.  It was Dickinson’s third of the game and sixtieth of the season.  Dickinson is only the second Timber Rattler to reach sixty stolen bases in a season.  Pedro Liriano had 65 steals in 2001.

Strosnider drove in Dickinson with a single for a 6-3 lead.  The bases were loaded moments later after Bitonti singled and Ortuño was hit by a pitch.  Another run scoring wild pitch allowed Strosnider to score.

Luis Castillo knocked in Bitonti with a sacrifice fly to give the Rattlers a five-run cushion.  That RBI for Castillo made just the fifth Timber Rattler to reach ninety RBI in a season, and the first since Jon Nelson had 91 runs batted in during the 2003 season.

Beloit made it a little interesting in the eighth inning against Tanner Perry.  The right-handed reliever gave up an RBI double and a sacrifice fly to see the lead shrink to one run.  Perry walked the eight and nine hitters in the order before Head popped out to short to end the threat.

Michael Fowler nailed down his sixth save with a scoreless ninth inning for the Rattlers.

Wisconsin earned a split in the six-game series at ABC Supply Stadium and a victory in the season series from their in-state rivals.  The Rattlers went 11-9 against the Sky Carp in 2026.

The Timber Rattlers Opening Day for 2027 is scheduled for Friday, April 2 at Dozer Park against the Peoria Chiefs.  Wisconsin’s home opener next season will be against the Beloit Sky Carp on Tuesday, April 6 with a 6:40pm first pitch at Neuroscience Group Field.

Julio Mendez tamed the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Saturday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  The Beloit Sky Carp starting pitcher combined with two relievers on a two-hit, 5-0 shutout of Wisconsin.

Beloit (66-64 overall, 39-26 second half) exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to provide the only scoring of the game.  Wisconsin starter Daniel Corniel walked two batters with one out to set up the Sky Carp.  Cam Clayton singled to center to drive in the runner from second.  A grounder to first got the second out to leave the Sky Carp with runners at second and third.  Then, Esmil Valencia hit a hard grounder to short that got through to the gap in left-center for a two-run double.  Brian Sanchez followed with a two-run home run for a 5-0 lead.

Wisconsin (67-59, 33-31) could do almost nothing against Mendez.  The left-hander allowed two hits, walked three, hit a batter, and struck out eleven over seven innings.  The eleven strikeouts matched a professional single-game high for Mendez.

Rattlers reliever Jarrette Bonet was nearly perfect out of the bullpen.  He retired the first eleven Sky Carp batters he faced before giving up a two-out single in the eighth.  Bonet struck out three and walked none over four shutout frames to give the offense a chance to come back.

Hayden Cuthbertson took over for Mendez.  He pitched around a one-out walk in the eighth.  In the ninth, Cuthbertson walked three straight Rattlers with one out to load the bases. 

Peyton Fosher was called in from the Beloit bullpen to close out the game.  Fosher got a game-ending 4-3 double play to hand the Rattlers their seventh shutout loss of the season.

Brady Ebel was on base three times for Wisconsin with a single, a walk, and a hit batsman.  Tyler Rodriguez was also on base three times as he drew three walks for the Rattlers.  Tayden Hall had Wisconsin’s other hit, a one-out single in the sixth.
 

The season finale for both teams is set for Sunday afternoon at ABC Supply Stadium.  Ethan Dorchies (5-10, 5.20) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Jesus Rios (5-7, 6.31) is believed to be the starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 1:05pm.

A consistent sight in the final of game of the 2026 Door County League season will once again take the field on Sunday as Sister Bay welcomes Kolberg for the playoff championship game. 

The Bays battled back from a 4-1 deficit midway through the game to score two runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Baileys Harbor A's 5-4. After Sam Forkert had 1-2-3 top of the ninth inning, the first four batters reached against Danny Lodl and Ethan Kratcha before Alex Laughlin won the game on an RBI sacrifice fly that brought home Stew Larsen. For the Bays, Larsen and Spencer Krause had two hit days while Laughlin drove in a pair. Forkert went the distance for the Bays, allowing four runs (4 ER) on 10 hits and four walks while striking out 12.

The Braves jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never let go as they advanced to the Door County Baseball League Playoff Championship game with a 5-2 win over Washington Island. The Braves used a pair of fly outs and a bases-loaded walk to score three runs in the first inning while adding insurance runs in the second inning on an Austin Rohe RBI double and a wild pitch in the third inning. For the Braves, Rohe and Jack Peterson each had two hits while Rohe, Austen Dart, Tyler Neinas, and Nick LeCaptain delivered RBI. Trevor Reinhardt earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (1 ER) on 10 hits while striking out five.

The Braves will now face the Bays in Sister Bay on September 6th for the playoff championship title. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m.

The first regular-season game at Lambeau Field this fall belongs to the NCAA and not the NFL.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will host the Wisconsin Badgers in its 13th Shamrock Series game on Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

The Fighting Irish went 10-2 in 2025 and were ranked No. 10 in the final AP poll and No. 11 in the final Coaches Poll. Wins over No. 20 USC and No. 23 Pittsburgh elevated their resume, but losses to No. 10 Miami (FL) and No. 16 Texas A&M earlier in the season ultimately kept them out of the College Football Playoff, which later caused them to withdraw from bowl consideration. 

The Badgers stumbled to a 4-8 regular season, including a 17-7 loss to Minnesota in the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. It was the first time the Badgers had consecutive losing seasons since they had eight consecutive losing seasons from 1985 to 1992.

This marks the end of a two-game neutral-site series between the Badgers and the Irish. In 2021, the No. 12 Irish outscored the No. 18 Badgers 31-3 in the fourth quarter to win the game at Soldier Field 41-13. Sunday's game at Lambeau was originally supposed to be played in 2020, but postponed due to the pandemic.

Jenkins-Cowart never had a chance to swing the bat.  Fowler threw a wild pitch on his first offering to Jenkins-Cowart and Weber scored the winning run.

Castillo and Bitonti both have a chance to become the first Rattler to reach 90 RBI in a season since Jon Nelson had 91 RBI in 2003.  They have the second-most combined RBI by Wisconsin teammates in a single season with 177.  In 1999, Juan Silvestre (107) and Bo Robinson (102) combined for 209 RBI during that regular season.

Game five of the series is Saturday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  Daniel Corniel (1-4, 5.11) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Carson Laws (2-7, 6.19) is the announced starting pitcher for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:35pm.

Daniel Dickinson and Wande Torres need to make more room for awards.  The Milwaukee Brewers have announced Dickinson as their Minor League Player of the Month for August with Torres as their Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August. 

This is the third time this season the Timber Rattlers have swept those awards.  It was also the fourth consecutive month a Rattler has won Milwaukee’s Minor League Pitcher of the Month.

Torres, who also was Milwaukee’s Minor League Pitcher of the Month in July, finished his time with Wisconsin strong before his promotion to the Double-A Biloxi Shuckers on August 31 by improving on his stellar numbers in July.  The left-hander, an International Free Agent signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2022, was 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in five games – three starts – for the Timber Rattlers in August.  He walked eight and struck out 33 in 25-2/3 innings last month.  Torres picked continued his dominance in his first appearance for the Shuckers with five scoreless innings of relief and just one hit allowed for the win in Biloxi’s 6-5 ten-inning victory over Birmingham on September 2.

Dickinson, who was named MiLB’s Midwest League Player of the Month for August yesterday, got even hotter in August during a torrid second half of the season.  Milwaukee’s sixth round pick in the 2025 draft finished the first half with no homers, fifteen stolen bases, and an average of exactly .200.  Dickinson was 36-for-105 (.343) with four homers, nineteen RBI, and eighteen stolen bases as he played in all 27 of Wisconsin’s games last month.  Additionally, Dickinson had nine doubles, scored 25 runs, and walked fifteen times with an OPS of 1.033 in August.  The product of LSU has raised his average to .277 with ten homers and 56 stolen bases for the entire 2026 season.

Andrew Fischer and Braylon Owens were named the Brewers Player and Pitcher of the Month for May when they were Timber Rattlers.  Both were promoted to Biloxi.

Josh Knoth and Josiah Ragsdale swept those awards for June.  Ragsdale was promoted to Biloxi in at the end of June and was recently traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dustin May and JoJo Romero.  Knoth was promoted to Biloxi before the end of the Rattlers last homestand in August.

The Timber Rattlers are playing their final series of the season at Beloit this week.  Game four of the six-game set at ABC Supply Stadium is tonight at 6:05pm.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had a tough night in a 4-1 loss to the Beloit Sky Carp at ABC Supply Stadium on Thursday night.  Wisconsin fell behind early, struggled for a bit hit on offense, and – due to circumstances – had to turn to a position player to cover the final two innings of the game.  The loss ended Wisconsin’s three-game winning streak.

Beloit (64-64 overall, 37-26 second half) loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the first on two walks and a single.  Chandler Welch, the Rattlers starting pitcher hit Abrahan Ramirez with a 1-2 pitch to force in the first run of the game.  Welch retired the next two batters to hold the deficit at a run.

The Sky Carp added a run in the second.  Emilio Barreras walked with one out.  He was still at first with two outs.  Jesus Hernandez doubled on a

Barreras hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth and an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth to put Beloit up 4-0.

Wisconsin (67-57, 33-29) put together two-out rallies against Sky Carp starter Nate Payne in the second and fourth innings.  Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with two outs in the second.  A walk and a hit batsman with two outs in the extended the fourth.  Payne escaped both innings with a strikeout.

The Rattlers were short pitching going into Thursday’s game and got shorter as the game developed.  Scheduled starting pitcher Jayden Dubanewicz was scratched from the lineup prior to the game with Welch called upon to make his second start of the season – and first since May 5.  He went 2-2/3 innings on 71 pitches and allowed the first two runs.  Josh Quezada took over and struck out six over 2-1/3 while allowing the homer to Barreras in the fourth.

Bjorn Johnson, who earned the save on Tuesday night, went out to start the bottom of the sixth and got a strikeout before giving up a triple to Esmil Valencia.  Johnson was in discomfort on the mound as Valencia raced for third base.  Training staff and coaching staff attended to Johnson after the play and removed him from the game.

Tanner Perry, the winning pitcher on Tuesday night, entered from the bullpen and gave up the double to Barerras.  He would get the final two outs of the inning, but after 29 pitches on Tuesday, Perry was done, too.

In the top of the seventh, the Rattlers offense rallied with two outs again.  Daniel Dickinson and Eric Bitonti walked against Jesus Rios.  Juan Ortuño smacked a single to left to score Dickinson.  Rios walked Luis Castillo to load the bases and bring the go-ahead run to the plate.  Tayden Hall put a charge into the first pitch he saw from Rios, but the ball died at the wall and was caught for the final out.

Position player Luiyin Alastre had to go to the mound for the Rattlers for the bottom of the seventh inning.  It was the third time this season Alastre has needed to take the mound for the Rattlers.  He would work two shutout innings, allow two hits, and strike out one.

The Timber Rattlers stranded twelve runners and went 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position in the game.

Game four of the series is Friday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  Andrew Healy (0-2, 5.71) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Emmett Olson (0-0, 8.00) has been announced as the starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:05 pm. 

 Daniel Dickinson has been on an offensive tear for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the second half of the Midwest League season.  He got so hot in August that Minor League Baseball named Dickinson as the winner of their Player of the Month award for August.

Dickinson, the sixth-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2025 draft out of LSU, played in all of Wisconsin’s 27 games in August.  He was 36-for-105 (.343) with four homers, nineteen RBI, and eighteen stolen bases.  Additionally, Dickinson had nine doubles, scored 25 runs, and walked fifteen times.  He had an OPS of 1.033 in August.

The Rattlers second baseman led the Midwest League in average, runs, hits, and steals in August.

Dickinson, the sixth-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2025 draft out of LSU, played in all of Wisconsin’s 27 games in August.  He was 36-for-105 (.343) with four homers, nineteen RBI, and eighteen stolen bases.  Additionally, Dickinson had nine doubles, scored 25 runs, and walked fifteen times.  He had an OPS of 1.033 in August.

The Rattlers second baseman led the Midwest League in average, runs, hits, and steals in August.

Dickinson has 55 stolen bases this season, the second-most steals in Timber Rattlers history.  He is one of only three Timber Rattlers to reach 50 stolen bases in a season in franchise history.

The last Timber Rattler to win a Midwest League Monthly Award from MiLB was Luke Adams, who won the July Player of the Month in 2024.  There have been five other Rattlers who have won a Monthly Award from MiLB since 2021.
 

Korry Howell (May, 2021)

Justin Bullock (June, 2021)

Joey Wiemer  (September, 2021)

Tristan Peters (May, 2022) 

Cameron Wagoner (August, 2023)

Luke Adams (July, 2024) 

Daniel Dickinson (August 2026)

The Timber Rattlers are playing their final series of the season at Beloit this week.  Game three of the six-game set is tonight at 6:05pm.

After 14 years with the organization and seven as the head coach, the Green Bay Blizzard's Corey Roberson is leaving his post.

Roberson's Blizzard teams had advanced to the IFL National Championship the last two seasons and oversaw the squad's turnaround from cellar dwellers to the top of the league. 

Roberson was complimentary of the organization as he said good bye on Facebook:

As I take on this new journey, I feel compelled to publicly thank Green Bay Blizzard owners, Larry and Kathy Treankler for everything you’ve done for me and my family over the past 7 plus years.

You aren’t just team owners; you’ve been true mentors and partners in everything we’ve achieved here. Thank you for giving me the platform to grow as a coach and administrator.

As I reflect on the past seven seasons, I am filled with pride and excitement for everything we have built. It has been an absolute honor to lead these athletes (2019-present), collaborate with our dedicated staff, especially Ryan Hopson, all my Coaches, and connect with our passionate community. I am stepping away with deep gratitude for the organization’s support and a lifetime of cherished memories that will last not only for me, but for my entire family. 41 wins over the three seasons, isn’t too bad. And we did just that!

The Blizzard also expressed their gratitude to its now former head coach:

Corey, thank you for over a decade of dedication, leadership, and passion. You will always hold a very special place in our hearts and within the wider Blizzard community. We wish you nothing but the absolute best in your next chapter! Of course, if we see you on the field... all bets are off!

Miqueas Mercedes started Wednesday’s game against the Beloit Sky Carp to make his Wisconsin Timber Rattlers debut.  His first Midwest League game was memorable for the right-hander as he tossed 5-2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win as the Rattlers held on for a 4-3 victory at ABC Supply Stadium.

Luis Castillo put the Timber Rattlers (67-56 overall, 33-28 second half) up 1-0 with a two-out, RBI single in the top of the first.  Sawyer Strosnider made it 2-0 with an RBI grounder in the second inning.

Both starting pitchers kept the score right there.  Brayan Mendoza only allowed three hits – and none after the second inning – as he went six innings and struck out seven for the Sky Carp.  Mercedes walked four, struck out four, and allowed three hits over his 5-2/3 shutout inning.  Mercedes did need some assistance to keep the zeros in his run column.

Beloit chased Mercedes from the game with a two-out rally in the bottom of the sixth.  He retired the first two batters he faced before allowing a single and a walk to end his night.  Yerlin Rodriguez threw a wild pitch and issued a walk to load the bases before getting the final out of the sixth to protect the 2-0 advantage.
 

Rodriguez followed that up with a perfect bottom of the seventh.

Eric Bitonti hit a towering home run to right to start the Wisconsin eighth inning.  The homer was the twenty-fifth of the season for the Timber Rattlers single-season home run record holder.  Only three players in the history of Professional Baseball in Appleton have hit more homers in a season:  Daryl Boston hit 26 with the 1972 Appleton Foxes, Carlos Pascual had 27 with the 1958 Fox Cities Foxes, and Pat Seerey had 31 with the 1941 Appleton Papermakers.

Later in the eighth, Luiyin Alastre made the score 4-0 with a sacrifice fly.  That turned out to be a very important run.

Rodriguez walked the lead-off batter in the bottom of the eighth inning but got Carter Johnson to send a grounder to Tayden Hall at first.  Hall threw to second for the force play but Juan Ortuño’s return throw to Rodriguez to complete to double play could not be handled.  Victor Ortega followed with a double.  Then, Chase Jaworsky hit 1-2 pitch from Rodriguez to right for a three-run homer to cut Wisconsin’s lead to one run.

Michael Fowler entered the game from the Wisconsin bullpen and got the final two outs of the eighth.  In the ninth, he issued a two-out walk before getting a strikeout to close out the game and earn his fifth save of the season.

The Timber Rattlers have won three consecutive games.

Game three of the series is Thursday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  Jayden Dubanewicz (3-5, 5.13) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Nate Payne (5-7, 3.89) is set to start for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:05pm.

With the school year underway, expect to see more dual matches and less multi-team meets on weekdays.

Thursday's matches include:

• Algoma vs. NEW Lutheran
• Kewaunee at Gibraltar
• Luxemburg-Casco vs. Wrightstown
• Southern Door vs. Peshtigo
• Sturgeon Bay vs. Oconto

All matches begin at 7 p.m. with JV playing before.

Days before the Wisconsin football team returns to Lambeau Field for an opening weekend contest against Notre Dame, the university's hockey teams announced they would be doing the same.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Travel Wisconsin, and collegiate partners joined the Green Bay Packers on Wednesday to announce a doubleheader featuring the Badgers women’s and men’s hockey teams on Feb. 20, 2027. The doubleheader will be the first college hockey games played at Lambeau Field since the Badgers beat Ohio State in front of over 40,000 fans en route to a national title in 2006.

The men will swap out Ohio State for Michigan this time around, while the women will play Ohio State in their game. 

Pre-sale tickets for the Travel Wisconsin Frozen Tundra Faceoff will be available for purchase on Wed., Sept. 9, 2026, with general tickets available for purchase on Fri., Sept. 11, 2026.

The Green Bay Packers signed LS Scott Daly and K Lenny Krieg to their practice squad on Wednesday.

Daly is a sixth-year player out of the University of Notre Dame who originally signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent and has also spent time with the Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

Krieg has already been with the Packers' practice squad as part of the NFL's International Player Pathway program.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Beloit Sky Carp 4-2 on Tuesday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  On a night where all six runs scored on home runs, it was Sawyer Strosnider’s eighth-inning, two-run blast that broke a 2-2 tie and decided the game in favor of the Rattlers.

The newest Wisconsin Timber Rattler gave the Rattlers a 2-0 lead on the first pitch he saw.  There were two outs with none on base in the top of the first.  Eric Bitonti, the reigning Midwest League player of the week, smacked a single to center to keep the inning alive.  Juan Ortuño, who joined the team on Monday, hit the first pitch of his first at bat in the Midwest League over the wall in left for a two-run home run.

Beloit (63-63 overall, 36-25 second half) used two solo homers to tie the game.  Chase Jaworsky got the Sky Carp on the board with a one-out home run in the second.  Brian Sanchez evened the score with a lead-off homer in the third.  Later in the inning, the Sky Carp loaded the bases on an error, a single, and a walk.
 

Neither starter budged after that.

Ethan Dorchies, the Wisconsin starter, went five innings, allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out six.

Liomar Martinez, the Sky Carp starter, allowed two base runners to the Rattlers after the homer by Ortuño.  Martinez walked one, hit a batter, and struck out seven.

The Sky Carp had chances in the sixth and seventh inning against Wisconsin reliever Tanner Perry.  Jaworsky walked with one out in the sixth before stealing second and third. Perry ended the threat with a strikeout and a grounder to short.

In the seventh, the first two Beloit hitters singled.  Perry shut the Sky Carp down on a strikeout and a 4-6-3 double play.

Wisconsin 66-56, 32-28) got to Beloit reliever Michael Perez in the eighth.  Yannic Walther drew a four-pitch walk with one out.  Strosnider lined a 1-2 pitch high and deep to right for a two-run home run and a 4-2 lead.

Bjorn Johnson, the third Rattlers pitcher of the night, allowed the lead-off batter to reach in both the eighth and ninth inning, but the Sky Carp were unable to get a rally going after that.  Johnson closed out the game for his third save of the season.
 

Game two of the series is set for Tuesday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  Miqueas Mercedes will make his Timber Rattlers debut as the starting pitcher.  Brayan Mendoza (4-6, 6.09) is the announced starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 6:05pm. 

Eric Bitonti can add a Midwest League Player of the Week award to his trophy case.  The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers infielder won this week’s award after an incredible week against the South Bend Cubs in the final six games of the season at Neuroscience Group Field. 

Bitonti, MLB Pipeline’s #26 prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers system, set the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers single season home run record with his 24th dinger of 2026 on August 27.  That wasn’t what won him the award.  Bitonti was 9-for-23 with all seven of his hits going for extra bases to compile an OPS of 1.438.

Additionally, Bitonti scored eight runs and drove in twelve runs to help the Rattlers to a split in the six-game series with the playoff-bound Cubs.  Bitonti’s final hit of the series was a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning that gave Wisconsin a 9-8 lead on Sunday afternoon.

He is the sixth Rattler to win a weekly award.  Braylon Payne, Andrew Fischer, Josiah Ragsdale, and Daniel Dickinson have also been named Midwest League Player of the Week this season.  Wande Torres won the League’s Pitcher of the Week.

The Timber Rattlers will play their final series of the season at Beloit this week.  Game one of the six-game set is Tuesday at 6:05pm.

The Green Bay Packers were able to keep several familiar faces from this summer's training camp around town for their practice squad. 

The Packers signed T Dalton Cooper, DT Jaden Crumedy, TE Drake Dabney, G Josh Gesky, WR Chris Hilton Jr., CB Domani Jackson, EDGE Nyjalik Kelly, S Murvin Kenion III, EDGE Arron Mosby, WR Isaiah Neyor, RB Pierre Strong Jr., G Dillon Wade and LB Kristian Welch to their practice squad, all of whom spent time with the organization during the preseason. In Mosby and Welch's case, they were even able to make the active squad a few times last season due to injuries.

The Packers will continue to practice before their season opener against the Minnesota Vikings on the road on September 13th.

The Kolberg Braves jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never let go as they advanced to the Door County Baseball League Playoff Championship game with a 5-2 win over Washington Island.

The Braves used a pair of fly outs and a bases-loaded walk to score three runs in the first inning while adding insurance runs in the second inning on an Austin Rohe RBI double and a wild pitch in the third inning. The Islanders were able to chip away at the deficit in the middle innings thanks to RBI singles by Luke Geiger in the fourth inning and Bennett Isaacson-Krueger in the sixth inning, but they could not get any closer in the back end of the game.

For the Braves, Rohe and Jack Peterson each had two hits while Rohe, Austen Dart, Tyler Neinas, and Nick LeCaptain delivered RBI. Trevor Reinhardt earned the win on the mound, allowing two runs (1 ER) on 10 hits while striking out five.

For the Islanders, Geiger had three hits while Cam Munao and Ray McDonald each clubbed two. Ryan Jorgenson took the loss, allowing five runs (5 ER) on five hits and five walks over 2.1 innings. 

The Braves will now face the Bays in Sister Bay on September 6th for the playoff championship title. Tim Kowols will have the call on 105.1 The GOAT beginning at 1:15 p.m. followed by the first pitch at 1:30 p.m.

With more moves likely to come, the Green Bay Packers have formed their 53-man roster ahead of the season's kickoff in Minnesota on September 13th.

Since August 29th, the Packers have:

• signed TE Jonnu Smith
• released S Tra Fluellen, LS Cal Adomitis, T Brant Banks, G Dylan Barrett, CB Shemar Bartholomew, T Dalton Cooper, DT Jaden Crumedy, TE Drake Dabney, CB MJ Devonshire Jr., G Josh Gesky, WR Chris Hilton Jr., CB Domani Jackson, WR Kisean Johnson, EDGE Nyjalik Kelly, S Murvin Kenion III, T/G Darian Kinnard, RB Damien Martinez, EDGE Arron Mosby, WR Isaiah Neyor, RB Jaden Nixon, S Mark Perry, WR Kaden Prather, LB TJ Quinn, WR Will Sheppard, CB Jaylin Simpson, DT Nazir Stackhouse, RB Pierre Strong Jr., TE Messiah Swinson, G Dillon Wade, EDGE Arden Walker, and LB Kristian Welch
• waived/injured TE McCallan Castles, S Trey Dean III, and TE Thomas Yassmin
• acquired a 2028 sixth-round pick from the Miami Dolphins in exchange for QB Kyle McCord, TE Mark Redman in exchange for a 2028 seventh-round pick, and RB Kaleb Johnson in exchange for a 2028 sixth-round pick
• placed EDGE Collin Oliver and WR Savion Williams on injured reserve/designated for return
• placed TE Luke Musgrave, EDGE Micah Parsons and DT Jordon Riley on reserve/physically unable to perform

The Packers also saw RB Josh Jacobs get placed on the commissioner's exempt list following a domestic disturbance in May.

You can find the full 53-man roster breakdown from Packers.com here