S. Samek
The PBA Elite League concluded round 10 yesterday with a pair of matches.
The Kingpins defeated the Strikers to move to 7-3. This win also clinched them a playoff spot as one of the top six teams in the league.
The Lumberjacks and High Rollers are also 7-3 and clinched spots in the playoffs as well.
With four more rounds to go three playoff spots are up for grabs. Round 11 is April 3,2024, while round 12 is April 6th and 7th 2024.
S. Samek
The field has been cut down to five at this weeks USBC Masters. Let’s take a look at who will qualified for the stepladder finals.
Our top seed is Deeronn Booker. Booker entered the bracket as the 58th seed, but he didn’t let that stop him. He went 6-0 including wins over Sam Cooely, EJ Tackett and Anthony Simonsen on his way to the top seed.
Patrick Dombrowski is the number two seed with his only loss in bracket play coming against Booker. Jason Belmonte, Sam Cooley and Richie Teece also made the stepladder finals.
Tackett cam up just short finishing sixth, as he missed out on making the stepladder for the sixth consecutive time.
The stepladder finals takes place at 1:30 PM on FOX.
S. Samek
Paul Skenes made the jump to Triple-A look easy in his first start of the season. Skenes went three scoreless innings allowing no hit or walks and striking out five. He received a no-decision, however the Louisville Bats bested Indianapolis 4-3. Though if Skenes keeps pitching like that, he should be up in Pittsburgh soon.
S. Samek
The UFL is kicking off the season this weekend! Here are my picks for week one winners. Winners in bold.
BIRMINGHAM STALLIONS VS ARLINGTON RENEGADES
ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS VS MICHIGAN PANTHERS
D.C. DEFENDERS VS SAN ANTONIO BRAHMAS
MEMPHIS SHOWBOATS VS HOUSTON ROUGHNECKS
S. Samek
The Pro Volleyball Federation has announced the location of the semifinals and championship games. Omaha will play host to the games on May 15th and 18th, 2024.
Omaha Supernovas are currently in second place in the league, while also having the best attendance mark in the federation. Making the choice to Omaha a no brainer.
If you can’t make it to Omaha, you can watch it on CBS Sports.
S. Samek
Paul Skenes will start the season at Triple-A Indianapolis. He is then scheduled to make his pitching debut at the level on Saturday March 30,2024 against the Louisville Bats.
He is the highest rated Pirates prospect on the team and should be looked to as the ace of the staff until he gets called up at some point this year. Hopefully for good. Yet for the time being it’s exciting to see him get his first Triple-A start to see if he can build on a strong spring training.
S. Samek
Day one of match play is in the books at the USBC Masters. 16 players are left in the winner’s bracket and 16 are left in the loser’s bracket heading into today.
The highest seed left on the winner’s side is second seed EJ Tackett. Tackett will go up against Jason Belmonte in the round of 16, in what many are calling the highlight match of the round.
Number three seed Sam Cooly is still alive on the winner’s side and will face off against 14th seed Keith Guerrero in the current round. No. 6 Cortez Schenck vs. No. 11 Chase Nadeau, No. 5 Carlos Granados vs. No. 53 Richie Teece, No. 20 Sean Lavery-Spahr vs. No. 29 Ryan Barnes, No. 10 Jake Peters vs. No. 58 DeeRonn Booker, No. 16 Patrick Dombrowski vs. No. 33 Zac Tackett and No. 9 Pete Vergos vs. No. 25 Matt Ogle make up the rest of the winner’s bracket round of 16.
Our tournament top seed Markus Jansson is in the loser’s bracket, but still alive. He draws No. 8 Nate Purches in this current round.
No. 7 Giorgio Clinaz vs. No. 52 Chris Barnes, No. 55 Mark Thomas vs. No. 61 AJ Chapman, No. 22 AJ Johnson vs. No. 64 Justin Bohn, No. 27 François Lavoie vs. No. Zach Weidman, No. 50 Quentin Deroo vs. No. 60 Chris Via, No. 12 Zach Wilkins vs. No. 31 Nickolas Freiberg and No. 30 David Stouffer vs. No. 38 Andrew Anderson make up the matches for the current round of the loser’s bracket. The winners move on while the losers are eliminated.
Who Will advance in the bracket and move closer to the stepladder finals? Keep tuning in to find out!
S. Samek
Here we go with my picks for the women’s NCCA Tournament sweet 16 round. Winners in bold.
South Carolina vs Indiana
Notre Dame vs Oregon State
Texas vs Gonzaga
Stanford vs NC State
Iowa vs Colorado
LSU vs UCLA
USC vs Baylor
UConn vs Duke
S. Samek
It’s the last weekend of the LCS Spring playoffs for 2024.
FlyQuest won the winners bracket by beating Cloud9 last weekend. They advance to the finals, as well as earn a spot at MSI 2024.
Cloud9 will play Team Liquid in the final loser’s bracket match. Winner gets to take a another shot at beating FlyQuest to earn an LCS title. The winner of this match will also get a spot at MSI.
Though the winners of the finals will be seeded into the event directly, while the second-place team will have to enter the play-ins for MSI.
Can FlyQuest finish the job and capture their first ever LCS title this weekend? Perhaps Cloud9, or Team Liquid will add another title to their collection?
S. Samek
With the NCAA Basketball Tournament well underway, it’s easy to miss the fact that the Frozen Four tournament is getting started. Round one is being held over the next couple days. Let’s take make some picks for the first round games. Winners in bold.
No. 3 Denver vs. UMass
No. 2 Boston U vs. RIT
Maine vs. Cornell
Minnesota vs. Omaha
No. 1 Boston College vs. Michigan Tech
No. 4 Michigan State vs. Western Michigan
Wisconsin vs. Quinnipiac
North Dakota vs. Michigan
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