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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).

WATCH: La Crosse native Johnny Davis on breakaway dunk — or he was cherry picking

La Crosse native Johnny Davis scored the final 14 points for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in leading the Badgers to a 67-60 come-from-behind win over Colgate in […]

WATCH: Fielding nails 3 to send Central to D2 state championship

With his team down two under 30 seconds to play in the state semifinals, a 3-pointer by Devon Fielding ended up being the winner. Central came back from 10 down […]

Top-ranked Central heads into state semifinals Friday with 24-game win streak

The top-ranked Central High School boys basketball team is back in familiar territory Friday — the Division 2 state tournament. The tourney kicked off Thursday, back at the Kohl Center […]

Koepnick scores 18 of 26 points in 2nd half in leading West Salem to first-ever state championship berth

Carson Koepnick nailed three 3-pointers and scored 26 points in leading the West Salem High School boys basketball team to the state championship. The top-ranked Panthers, making their first-ever state […]

La Crosse’s Johnny Davis goes from sixth man to 1st team All-American for Badgers

From sixth man to first team All-American, and ready to lead the third-seeded University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in the NCAA tournament. It’s been quite a ride for Johnny […]

Cap concerns limit Packers’ options heading into free agency

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — GREEN BAY PACKERS (13-5) UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: P Corey Bojorquez, LB Oren Burks, LB De’Vondre Campbell, CB Rasul Douglas, DT Jack Heflin, OT Dennis Kelly, […]

Time for La Crosse’s Davis to introduce himself to the nation?

If it hasn’t happened already, this could be the coming out party for La Crosse native Johnny Davis. Davis and the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team opens the NCAA […]

La Crosse’s Johnny Davis mixed results in two games vs. Michigan St., which plays Wisconsin tonight in Big Ten tourney

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team gets a challenging opening game for its Big Ten Tournament opener. The second-seeded, 12th-ranked Badgers will play Michigan State at 5:30 p.m. Friday […]

Giannis scores 39; Bucks top Thunder for 5th straight win

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 39 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 142-115 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. Bucks coach Mike […]

Holmen boys wrestling, Onalaska girls hockey finish WIAA state runners-up

A couple of local teams finished state runners-up over the weekend. The Holmen High School boys wrestling team fell to undefeated Kaukauna 35-24 in the Division 1 championship Saturday at […]

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