More Badgers drafted
For the third consecutive year, four members of the Wisconsin men’s hockey program have been chosen in the NHL draft.
After No. 22 overall pick K'Andre Miller went to the New York Rangers on Friday, Ty Emberson,
Sampo Ranta and Jack Gorniak were chosen by the end of the fourth round on Saturday
Emberson, a defenseman from Eau Claire, was taken in the third round by the Arizona Coyotes. He collected four goals for the Under-18 U.S. team.
Ranta, a forward, defeated fellow Badger draftees Miller and Emberson as part of Finland at the 2018 Under-18 Men's World Championships. He was selected in the third round by Colorado. Gorniak played his senior year of high school with West Salem/Bangor and earned the 2018 Wisconsin Mr. Hockey award.
The left-handed forward was chosen in the fourth round by the Montreal Canadiens.
MLB
The Toronto Blue Jays put pitchers Aaron Sanchez and Jaime Garcia on the 10-day disabled list. The Blue Jays activated right-hander Marcus
Stroman off the 10-day disabled list. He’d been out since May 8 with shoulder trouble. He is 0-5 with a 7.71 ERA.
Sanchez sustained a right finger contusion prior to starting an 8-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday, giving up two runs in one inning before leaving the game. He is 3-5 with a 4.52 ERA. Garcia has soreness in his left shoulder.
No timetable for Miller: Cleveland Indians lefthander Andrew Miller won’t throw off a mound for 10 days and the team says there’s no timetable for when its ace reliever will return while he continues to deal with a sore right knee.
Miller has been on the 10-day disabled list since May 26. Manager Terry Francona said that Miller will play catch and work on strengthening his knee.
TRACK & FIELD
Former Wisconsin men's track and field standout Zach Ziemek broke the Drake Stadium decathlon record, winning the event at the 2018 U.S. Track and Field Outdoor Championships on Friday night.
Ziemek broke Ashton Eaton's stadium record thanks to a season-best tally of 8,294 points to claim his first U.S. title.
Ziemek continued to put up strong performances to clinch his first U.S. Outdoors title. He ran the 110 meter hurdles in 14.63 seconds and then went on to put up the best marks in the discus and pole vault, throwing the discus a distance of 167 feet and clearing 17 feet, 6 1⁄2 inches, a Drake Stadium decathlon pole vault record.
AUTO RACING
Justin Haley won the Camping World Truck Series race Saturday night at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Ill., for his first career victory. The 19-year-old Haley, took the lead when Noah
Gragson and Todd Gilliland made contact racing for the lead on a restart with seven laps to go. Haley then held off Necedah native Johnny Sauter on the final restart with two laps left. Gilliand finished 0.753 seconds behind Haley. Sauter finished third.
TENNIS
Novak Djokovic advanced to his first ATP tour final in almost a year by defeating Jeremy Chardy,
7-6 (5), 6-4 at Queen’s Club in London.
Djokovic will face Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final after the top-seeded Croat defeated Nick Kyrgios,
7-6 (3), 7-6 (4).