UW-Eau Claire junior Paige Lathrop was named the Division III Louisville Slugger/NFCA Player of the Week on Tuesday. Lathrop becomes the first Blugold to earn national player of the week honors from the NFCA since 2013 when Sarah Fern was a recipient.
Lathrop also was named Western Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week.
Lathrop helped the Blugold softball team go unbeaten at the Space Coast Games, running their win streak to 12. She hit .727 (16-for-22) with 12 runs, a double, two triples, seven RBI and four stolen bases across six games.
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BOSTON (AP) โ Daryl Watts scored two of Toronto’s four goals in the third period to increase her total to 10 on the season, and the Sceptres beat the Boston Fleet 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Toronto (12-2-5-7) has won five of its last six road games (4-1-0-1).
Boston (8-6-4-7) had its nine-game points streak come to an end in its return to Agganis Arena after debuting at the Boston University venue on March 8 in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,968.
Toronto scored two goals in 1 minute, 34 seconds in the third to take a 2-1 lead.
Eau Claire Memorial senior Cooper Jesperson had a remarkable senior season on the basketball court. He led the Old Abes to conference and regional championships.
Jesperson, a 6-foot-4 point guard, averaged 18.6 points per game for Memorial. He also averaged 5.2 assists and 4.6 rebounds while leading a veteran squad this winter.
For his achievements, Jesperson has been named to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state boys basketball team.
Jesperson was one of 12 players named to the Division 1 WBCA all-state squad.
The Fall Creek Crickets roster looks a little different this year without ace pitcher Jack Walden, but the team is confident in the experience they have for this season.
In the 2024 season, the Crickets ended with a record of 16-7. In conference play, the team went 9-2 and won the Western Cloverbelt Conference championship.
Matt Prissel is entering his second year as head coach for the Crickets. He is looking forward to another season under the sun.
Prissel is a teacher at Fall Creek and has some of his players in his classes.
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The 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament enters the Sweet 16 with all four No. 1 seeds still alive. UCLA, South Carolina, USC and Texas have moved handily through the first two rounds. We also have a couple surprise teams still left in the March Madness bracket. But does any of that change this round?
We asked our USA TODAY Sports Network experts for their bold predictions for the Sweet 16, which starts on Friday. Here are the possible upsets on their radars.
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With the 2025 NFL Draft approaching in less than a month, the Los Angeles Rams, holding the 26th pick among eight total picks, continue evaluating several prospects.
The Rams will hold a top-30 visit with Texas WR Isaiah Bond in the next month. More recently, they conducted a virtual meeting with Auburn Tigers RB Jarquez Hunter, according to Justin Melo of The Draft Network. The senior back is ranked No. 25 among RBs on ESPN’s 2025 NFL Draft board.