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Open Volleyball in the Greater Milwaukee Area

I recently moved back to the Milwaukee area after living in Des Moines, Iowa for a year. I found some great open volleyball over there. When I came back to Milwaukee I really only knew of one good place to play. After a bunch of Googling and talking to people at the open volleyball places I found, I decided to compose this list of open volleyball locations in the Greater Milwaukee area. Please feel free to let me know of others, and I’ll update this list. All of these places do have a small fee to play. At the bottom of the list are a few local fitness clubs which have open volleyball only available to its members; I’ve played at the WAC open volleyball in the past and it can be quite good.

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Tough Weekend for Wisconsin Sports

First the Badgers lose to Michigan after giving up a big lead, then the Brewers lose the second game of the series to the Cubs, and then on Sunday the Packers lose to Tampa Bay (and sustain more injuries). This could have been topped off by another loss to the Cubs today. However, the Brewers were able to pull through and beat the Cubs 3 – 1 to win the series and, thanks to the Marlins beating the Mets, secure a spot in the playoffs for the first time in 26 years! Sabathia, Braun and the rest of the Brewers helped clinch the National League wild card. World Series here we come!