2-19-25 WEDNESDAY MORNING SPORTS

Todd Walker reports
Van Wert, Continental and New Knoxville post tournament wins
Elwer unanimous MAC Player of the Year
MSU downs Purdue
Akron stays unbeaten in the MAC
Bengals to tag Tee

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the WYMA Sports Desk. Boys tournament basketball last night
sectional action in Division four, Van Wert blasted Kenton fifty
eight to twenty. In Division seven, Continental got pasted Corey
ross In forty two to thirty one. In Knoxville eliminated
Waynesfield fifty to twenty nine, and North Baltimore no problem
with Arcadia forty eight to thirty. Tonight, there's girls district

(00:24):
action Division three at Columbus Grove doubleheader. There has Shawnee
taking on Lima Senior, followed by Salina Andy Elida. Meanwhile,
Division four and Miller City Kenton battles Saint Mary's and
in the Division five district at Defiance, Bath will look
to knockoff og. Meanwhile, the postseason accolades continue to roll out.

(00:47):
The Midwest Athletic Conference yesterday announcing its boys All Conference
basketball team and a no brainers Player of the Year
as Saint John's Cam Elwer second straight years won the
award and he was named Player the Year by a
unanimous vote. College basketball Big Game in the Big Ten
last night, Number fourteen Michigan State defeated Number thirteen Perdue

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in East Lansing seventy five sixty six. With the win,
the Spartans moved twelve and three in conference, a half
game behind league leading Michigan. Those two play in ann
Arbor on Friday. Wisconsin kept pace. Number nine Badgers won
at home over Illinois ninety five seventy four. They are
eleven and four in conference. Also, Minnesota surprise UCLA in

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Los Angeles sixty four sixty one, Top twenty five. Number
two Florida no problem with Oklahoma in Gainesville eighty five
sixty three. Number five Houston a winner at Arizona State
eighty to sixty five. Number eight Iowa State no problem
at home with Colorado seventy nine sixty five. Number nine

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Texas Tech upset at TCU sixty nine sixty six. So
number sixteen Marquette and Home rolled past Seaton Hall eighty
to fifty six, and Kansas could be heading out of
the top twenty five. The number three Jayhawks were routed
in provo by BYU last night, ninety one to fifty seven.

(02:15):
To the NFL, yesterday was the first day teams could
begin franchise tagging players. The Bengals are expected to put
the franchise tag on wide receiver T Higgins. However, ESPN
is reporting the team wants to sign Higgins, fellow wide
out Jamar Chase, and Trey Hendrickson to long term deals.

(02:35):
Spring training is underway in Arizona, and the Reds and
Guardians will play each other in the first game of
the Cactus League season Saturday afternoon at three zh five.
You'll hear it right here in your home of the Reds.
A big part of the Reds struggles last year was
injuries that included second baseman Matt McClain, who missed the
entire season with a shoulder injury. He is back healthy,

(02:59):
ready to go here in spring training.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
I'm just excited. Playing baseball is what I love and
it's what I love to do. So it's just fun
to be out there with the guys, be on the field,
because you know, I got none of that last year,
So being able to be out there just kind of
brings the intensity and the excitement up me and Wiland.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Guardians camp Shane Bieber threw off the mound over the weekend.
Of course, he is trying to come back from Tommy
John surgery he had in April, and the president of
Baseball Operations, Chris Antonetti, says the team is excited about
the prospect of Bieber returning this season.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
It's been awesome.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
He had his first bullpen the other day and looked great,
so much.

Speaker 2 (03:35):
So that we actually have to ask and to pull
back a.

Speaker 1 (03:36):
Little bit because he almost looked too good. So hopefully
stays on the path he's on and can impact us
at some point this year. Again, we'll have the Reds
and Guardians and the Cactus League opener Saturday afternoon, the
first pitch at three to five here on your Home
of the Reds with eleven fifty wym A Sports. I'm
Todd Walker.