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Wisconsin football scores commitment from Florida defensive end Nicolas Clayton
Wisconsin football DC Mike Tressel answers questions after scrimmage
Tressel met with reporters Saturday afternoon on the field north of Camp Randall Stadium.
MADISON – The Wisconsin football team continued to fill its defensive front Saturday.
Nicolas Clayton, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound defensive end from Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, announced his commitment to the Badgers on X. He chose Wisconsin after narrowing his choices to the Badgers, Central Florida, Florida State, Nebraska and Tulane.
Clayton is considered a consensus three-star prospect. He made an official visit to Wisconsin earlier this month.
He is the 21st known commitment to Wisconsin’s 2025 class and the third defensive lineman to commit in 11 days. Wilnerson Telemaque, a 6-6, 250-pound lineman from Miami, announced his commitment Tuesday. Middleton’s Torin Pettaway recommitted to UW on June 11 after flipping his original commitment from the Badgers to Minnesota in March.
The national rankings for recruiting classes are fluid, but as of Saturday afternoon the Badgers’ 2025 class ranked fifth in the nation by Rivals, 11th by 247sports and 20th by On3.
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Fans run for exits after off-duty security guard accidentally shoots himself at Wisconsin Lutheran football game, officials say
An off-duty security guard accidentally shot himself at a Wisconsin Lutheran High School football game Friday night, sending the players and fans running for the exits, the school said in a statement.
The guard, who is not affiliated with the school, received medical attention and his injuries are not life-threatening, according to school officials.
Milwaukee police didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday night. The incident took place at Zeitler Stadium, which is just south of the school located near North 84th Street and West Bluemound Road.
The finish of the game, between Wisconsin Lutheran and Milwaukee Lutheran, was called off as a result of the incident. Wisconsin Luthern was leading 42-0 at the time.
WISN-TV cameras were rolling at the football game when the incident took place. Following the “pop” sound, players on the field immediately ran for cover while students and parents in the stands scrambled for the exits.
The PA announcer can be heard saying, “Everybody hold tight.”
The school said it would be reviewing safety protocols. “We pride ourselves on maintaining a safe environment for our students and all who are involved with our football program,” the statement states.
About a year ago, shots erupted at a Milwaukee Lutheran football game against Pius XI Catholic, similarly sending people running for cover. No one was injured in the incident.
Zac Bellman contributed to this report.
Wisconsin
Contentious clean power linkup between Iowa and Wisconsin finally enters service
Tundra swans congregate at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Tundra swans and other waterfowl gather on the Mississippi River between Stoddard, Wis. and Brownsville, Minn.In a half-mile stretch of the river, several thousand tundra swans congregate while on their migration south from Alaska and northern Canada
Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A high-voltage transmission line carrying clean power from Iowa to Wisconsin overcame lengthy environmental pushback to enter service this week, some 13 years after grid operators approved the project, developers said Friday.
The Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345,000-volt transmission line, which ships clean power from Iowa to Wisconsin, came to exemplify the struggles of constructing U.S. power lines at a time of swiftly rising electricity demand. Environmental groups had sued to stop it from traversing the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin, north of Dubuque.
“Following years of work, including numerous opportunities for public input, extensive regulatory and environmental review, and construction, the entire Cardinal-Hickory Creek line has been placed in service,” said Dusky Terry, president of the line’s co-owner ITC Midwest. ATC and Dairyland Power Cooperative also are partial owners of the 102-mile project.
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As of June, 160 renewable generation projects in the upper Midwestern states totaling nearly 25 gigawatts of capacity were dependent upon completion of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line, the co-owners said.
The Biden administration applauded the completion of the line and lauded it as a crucial step towards bringing clean power to the Midwest.
“It takes perseverance to build the infrastructure we need and the Cardinal Hickory Creek Project proves that we can get the job done by bringing clean, affordable power to Wisconsin and Iowa,” said John Podesta, senior advisor to President Joe Biden for international climate policy.
In May, a U.S. appeals court lifted a lower court’s order blocking a land exchange needed before developers could build the final stretch of the major clean-energy transmission line through the wildlife refuge.
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Wisconsin mourns the passing of its greatest high school basketball legends
Joe Wolf, a legendary figure in Wisconsin high school basketball, who led Kohler High to three Wisconsin state basketball championships, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
The news was broken on Thursday by a post on X from Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook editor Mark Miller and later confirmed by the Milwaukee Bucks. At the time of his death, Wolf was an assistant coach with the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks’ G-League affiliate.
Wolf had an 11 year NBA career after being selected with the 13th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Clippers, in the 1987 NBA Draft. He played with nine different NBA teams including Milwaukee during the 1996-97 season. This came after a brilliant four-year college career at the University of North Carolina.
“The Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Herd are deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Herd assistant coach and Kohler native Joe Wolf,” said the statement from the Bucks. “Throughout his life, Joe touched many lives and was a highly respected, adored and dedicated coach and player across the NBA. His well-regarded talent was instrumental for the Bucks and Herd over eight years with the organization, including as a player and coach.”
Before he became an All-ACC selection at North Carolina and a NBA player and coach, Wolf was a high school legend at Kohler.
In a 2005 poll by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wolf was voted the greatest high school basketball player in Wisconsin history.
“With his size and skills, he was the best I’ve seen,” Win Parkinson, who coached at Milwaukee Tech for 33 seasons, told the Journal Sentinel in 2005. “He was in the state tournament at the same time we were and I went to see him play at Sheboygan.
“He had a heck of a following and a heck of a career. I just look at him as one of the most complete players I’ve ever seen.”
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