The UWEC Men's basketball team has announced it's recruiting class for the 2007-2008 season. The athletes include:

 

C-  6'7 (freshman) Amandou Fofana ( Appleton West ) Fofana was first team All Fox Valley in 2007.

 

G-  6'2 (junior) Rashan Goodwin ( MN Holy Angels ) Transfer from Lake Region State College ND

 

F- 6'5 (freshman ) Michael Mudgett ( Gilman ) Helped lead the Pirates to the state tournament in 2007.

 

F- 6'5 (freshman) Garrett Ottney ( Glenwood City) Helped lead the Hilltoppers to the state tournament in 2006.

 

G/F 6'5 (freshman) Augie Saiz ( Wisconsin Dells ) led the South Central Conference in scoring in 2007.

 

G 6'3 (freshman) Ryan Shea ( Duluth East ) averaged over 20 points a game as a senior for the Greyhounds.
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Volleyball and Football practices have begun for area high school teams.

 

Shauna Brion has been hired as the new Mondovi girls basketball coach.

 

Dave Biller has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Winter.

 

Ron Trunkel has been hired as the new boys basketball coach at Neillsville.

 

The UWEC football team is predicted to finish 7th in the WIAC this season according to the pre-season WIAC Sports Information Directors poll.

 

The Green Bay Packers have signed Chippewa Falls Mcdonell alum Joe Werner to play TE.

 

The Rochester Giants beat the Eau Claire Crush 28-7 in the Great Plains League Championship game at Carson Park.

 

 

WEAU-TV sports anchor/reporter Paige Pearson has departed and is now a sports reporter for WLUK-TV in Green Bay.

 

You can find our new pre-season football Sweet 16 rankings on our homepage. It encompasses all of the area teams reguardless of division.  You can also find the 2007 football schedule of your favorite team by clicking on their school page in our conference school pages section.

 

Big Rivers Football fans can find Jace's 2007 All Big Rivers pre-season team by visiting our friends over at http://www.brcfootball.com/

 

Speaking of Big Rivers Conference football, some coaches have tabbed Chippewa Falls as the favorite to take the BRC crown this year.

 

Finally, The Big Ten Network and Charter Communications seem ready to talk about putting BTN on the large cable company's menu of channels. According to the Capital Times the Big Ten Network is willing to negotiate it's asking price of $1.10 per subscriber.