Paternos reject stadium re-naming offer after late coach

The Packers will see a few tests in 2012. Can they weather the storm throughout the year and repeat as NFC North Champs?

The Panthers scored seven runs on 13 hits Sunday to help Milwaukee to a 7-3 victory and two out of three games over conference foe UIC. This was the second consecutive game the squad scored seven runs after getting blanked in the first game of the series. After a 21 game road trip, the Panthers (8-16, 4-5 Horizon) are beginning to settle into a regular schedule in conference. “It’s nice to get to bat last,” Panthers coach Scott Doffek said regarding finally playing at home. “It’s a different feeling in the dugout when your backs aren’t against the wall in the ninth inning.” The first of Saturday’s doubleheader was dominated by pitching. Junior Eric Semmelhack had one of the strongest outings all season, tying a school record with 13 strikeouts and allowing only one run and two hits through eight innings. UIC’s Joey Begel pitched a complete game shutout. Milwaukee had six hits, but was unable to plate a single run. The second game was a different story for the Milwaukee bats. Junior Cale Tassi pitched eight innings with only one earned run, but this time the Panthers’ offense caught fire. Junior catcher Will Fadness didn’t waste any time getting things started in the second game, blasting a two-run homer in the first inning. The Flames (11-14, 5-4 Horizon) got a run back in the third inning on an RBI single by Cody Dykema, but the Panthers came right back in the fourth plating a run on after a double from senior Phil Striggow. Milwaukee put two runs on the board in the sixth, and added another two in the eight to give the squad a six run lead. “The pitching was rock-solid on Saturday,” Doffek said. “Semmelhack and Tassi were both phenomenal. The offense gained momentum in the second game.” That momentum carried over into Sunday. The Panthers would not be able to rely on a starter going eight innings in the series finale. Sophomore starter Mike Schneider was yanked after giving up two runs in just three and one-third innings. Doffek and the Panthers used five different relievers over the final five and two-thirds, but the bullpen was sound allowing only one run. “We pitched ourselves into some jams today with some walks, and if you look, all of the runs scored today were directly related to a walk or a hit by pitch. [Greg] Blohowiak did a great job in the middle of the game trying to settle things back down. And then we bring in [Alex] Erdmann first and second, nobody out in a one run game in the eighth inning and he wiggles off the hook.” The teams traded runs for a while early on, and it wasn’t until an eighth inning two RBI double by junior Jonathan Capasso that the Panthers opened it up. “We did a great job with our offense to get the momentum and put some runs together. We played really clean defensively in the series. But it was just a good team win today.” The Panthers will keep it home for the next few games, taking on Cardinal Stritch Wednesday before a three-game series with Butler that starts Thursday. All four games will be played at Henry Aaron Field.

Spectators and players around the league are excited about the Chicago Bears offseason acquisitions. The money spent on Brandon Marshall and Jason Campbell was significant, yet General Manager Phil Emery said that it was well worth it.

Only six months ago, the thought of professional football being played in 2012 was becoming more and more unlikely as every hour passed. Then, it seemed as if God himself declared he could not imagine Sundays in autumn without 32 teams facing off on the gridiron, and the NFL lockout ended. Two hundred and sixty-seven [...]

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