THURSDAY SCORES:
Boys Hockey
Rochester Lourdes 5 Red Wing 1
Boys Basketball
St. Croix Central 71 Red Wing 58
Byron 88 Goodhue 56
Lake City 89 Pine Island 65
Cannon Falls 75 Kasson-Mantorville 57
Kenyon-Wanamingo 76 Medford 31
Osceola 46 Ellsworth 45
Pepin-Alma 55 Melrose-Mindoro 49
Girls Basketball
Goodhue 46 Byron 45
Lake City 53 Pine Island 35
Plainview-Elgin-Millville 51 Rushford-Peterson 46
Kasson-Mantorville 83 Cannon Falls 27
FRIDAY SCHEDULE:
Gymnastics
Red Wing @ Kasson-Mantorville
Wrestling
PEM & Wabasha-Kellogg @ St. Charles meet
Boys Basketball
Goodhue @ Stewartville 7:15 pm on KWNG 106 FM Stream at www.q-mediagroup.com/kwng
Rushford-Peterson @ PEM 7:30 pm om WPVW 1190 AM / 99.7 FM Stream at www.q-mediagroup.com/wpvw
Caledonia @ Wabasha-Kellogg
Rochester Lourdes @ Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Kenyon-Wanamingo @ New Richmond-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva
Clayton @ Pepin-Alma
Girls Basketball
W-K @ Caledonia
Zumbrota-Mazeppa @ Rochester Lourdes
New Richmond-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva @ Kenyon-Wanamingo
Ellsworth @ Osceola
The Minnesota Vikings take on the Detroit Lions with their season on the line in the regular season finale at Ford Field on Sunday. The 7-and-9 Vikings need a win over Detroit as well as losses by Green Bay, Seattle, and either New Orleans or Tampa Bay in order to sneak into the playoffs. Minnesota announced earlier in the week that Nick Mullens will start the Week 18 match-up after he played the final two quarters of Minnesota's loss against Green Bay last weekend. Sunday's game kicks off at noon. Listen on KWNG & WPVW
The Minnesota Wild are on a four-game losing streak following a 4-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Xcel Energy Center. The Wild gave up the first three goals of the game and didn't get on the board until Zach Bogosian scored with under five minutes left in regulation. Minnesota is in seventh-place int he Central Division with 36 points and a 16-17-and-4 record. The Wild visit Columbus tomorrow night. In other team news, Kirill Kaprizov was named an NHL All-Star for a third year in a row yesterday.
The Minnesota Timberwolves aim to avoid a third consecutive loss when they visit the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center tonight. The Wolves have lost back-to-back games for the first time all season following a 117-106 loss against New Orleans on Wednesday. Minnesota is still in first place in the Western Conference at 24-and-9. Tonight's game tips off at 7:00 PM.
The Packers hope to lock up a playoff spot on Sunday afternoon. The team kicks off against the Bears at Lambeau Field. Green Bay is coming off a big win over the Vikings last weekend. The Packers are clinging on to an NFC Wild Card spot at 8-and-8, and will likely play the Lions or Cowboys in the opening round. Green Bay still has an outside chance of making the playoffs with a loss on Sunday.
The Bucks held on for a 125-121 win over the Spurs in San Antonio. Tre Jones missed a wide-open, corner three late in the fourth quarter which would have tied the game for San Antonio. Giannis Antetokounmpo [[ YAHN-iss ah-dedo-KOON-bo ]] led all scorers with 44 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for a double-double. The Bucks are first in the Central Division and will visit the Rockets tomorrow night.