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MARSHFIELD – The Columbus Catholic girls basketball team wrapped up its regular season with a come-from-behind 66-60 win over Bloomer in the fourth-place game of the Cloverbelt Conference Crossovers on Thursday at Columbus Catholic High School.
The Dons trailed by four points at halftime before surging ahead with a 10-point advantage over the final 18 minutes to finish the season with a 15-9 record.
Katelyn Casperson scored 19 points, Sophie Wilczek added 16 and Izzy Holz 15 for the Dons, as the trio combined to make 13 3-pointers. Casperson had five, while Holz and Wilczek each had four makes from long range.
Brooke Petska had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Bloomer (13-11).
Columbus Catholic, the No. 6 seed in its half of the Division 5 Sectional 2 bracket, will host No. 11 Tri-County (5-16) on Tuesday in a WIAA regional quarterfinal. The Dons head into the playoffs having won six of their last seven games.
Dons 66, Blackhawks 60
Bloomer 32 28 – 60
Columbus Catholic 28 38 – 66
BLOOMER (60): Libby Bresina 0-1 0-0 0, Aliya Hartman 3-7 0-0 8, Briella Hartman 1-7 4-4 7, Ciarra Hartman 4-13 2-2 11, Grace Krejci 2-7 3-4 8, Brooke Petska 5-11 3-3 15, Delaney Helland 0-1 0-0 0, Addy Zwiefelhofer 4-11 3-3 11. FG: 19-58. FT: 15-16. 3-pointers: 7-25 (Petska 2-3, A. Hartman 2-6, B. Hartman 1-3, Krejci 1-3, C. Hartman 1-9, Helland 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Petska 10). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-11.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (66): Katelyn Casperson 7-13 0-2 19, Izzy Holz 5-15 1-4 15, Sophie Wilczek 6-11 0-1 16, Bella Maurer 0-1 0-0 0, Hailey Hargraves 0-3 4-4 4, Gracie Wilczek 4-13 0-1 9, Chayse Blenker 1-6 1-2 3, Maddie Bernick 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 23-63. FT: 6-14. 3-pointers: 14-33 (Casperson 5-10, Holz 4-8, S. Wilczek 4-9, G. Wilczek 1-6). Rebounds: 29 (Blenker 8). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-9.