Sports Report by Jake Dixon

Monday
01Mar2010

Hockey News: EHC Basel has been eliminated from the NLB playoffs.

Visp completed the sweep of EHC Basel by winning the forth game 6 goals to 2.

Tobias Bucher gave Visp its first goal after 12 minutes of action.

Beat Heldstab increased the lead by scoring the second goal six minutes later.

Alain Brunold added another goal in the second period and gave Visp the lead by three.

However, Pasi Tuominen put Basel on the board with a goal at the 31 minute mark.

Shortly thereafter, team mate Elias Bianchi scored and put Basel within one.

Visp's Cory Pecker took Basel out of the match in the third period by scoring 2 goals within 12 seconds of each other.

Tobias Bucher ended it by giving Visp its 6th goal of the match shortly before time had expired.

Basel's first round performance in the NLB playoffs wasn't pretty; Visp defeated them in all four games with scores of 9-1, 7-3, 4-2 and 6-2.

But just wait until next year!!!!

Monday
01Mar2010

Football News: FC Basel defeats AC Bellinzona 2-0

FC Basel continues to roll on the winning track.

Both teams kept each other scoreless for over forty minutes of the match.

Basel's Scott Chipperfield broke things open with a goal after 45 minutes of action.

Team-mate Marco Streller was awarded a penalty kick and scored the goal at the 61 minute mark.

Basel's defense kept Bellinzona from breaking through and proved to be too much for the opposition.

FC Basel remains in 2nd place of the Super League Division, but the team is only 4 points away from first place!

 

Monday
22Feb2010

Tennis News: Roger Federer suffers lung infection, withdraws from Dubai Championships.

Organizers of the tournament said that Federer picked up the infection last week.

Basel’s hometown tennis star will miss the $2 million event fort he second straight year.

Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic will replace Federer.

Federer stated that his breathing is a little difficult and everything feels a bit slow.

Federer has won the Dubai championships four times, and hopes to recover in time for Indian Wells in March.



Monday
22Feb2010

Hockey News: NLB Playoff game #1: Visp def. EHC Basel 9-1

EHC Basel was unable to get things started in this match.

Visp took Basel out of the match early by scoring 5 goals in the first period.

Pascal Marolf opened the second period by giving Basel its first goal of the match.

Basel showed signs of life for the next three minutes until Visp’s Raphael Kuonen added another goal for his team.

Teammate Cory Pecker scored another goal for Visp shortly before the period expired.

EHC Basel allowed two more goals in the third period.

This loss puts Basel behind 1 game to nothing in the opening round of the NLB Playoffs.



Monday
22Feb2010

Basketball News: Starwings defeat Grand Saconnex 94-90

The Starwings started slow in the first quarter, as Grand Saconnex outscored them 25-18.

The Starwings battled back in the second quarter and outscored their opponents by one point; however the team was still 6 points behind at halftime.

Tony Brown and Vernard Hollins took control and helped the Starwings stay in the match, as they scored 28 and 24 points respectively.

However it was the final seconds of the match that made the difference.

Tony Brown, Maxime Jacquier and Jordan Hasquet each scored free throws and put the Starwings ahead for the first time in the game.

Unable to respond, Grand Saconnex let the game slip away from them.

This victory puts the Starwings in 4th place of the NLA division.