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OSSEO – No. 1 seed Cochrane-Fountain City held second-seed Marshfield Columbus Catholic to just 38 percent shooting and held off the Dons for a 60-51 win in a WIAA Division 5 boys basketball sectional semifinal Thursday at Osseo-Fairchild High School.
The Dons trailed by three at halftime and could not make up any ground as Cochrane-Fountain City outscored them by six to earn the victory.
Cochrane-Fountain City (26-2) went on to defeat undefeated Royall 53-41 in the sectional final Saturday to reach the WIAA state tournament for the first time since 2014.
Cameron Lipinski made three 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead the Pirates.
Mac Konieczny had 18 points on the strength of five 3-pointers, and Ben Weiland knocked down four shots from long range to finish with 16 points for Columbus Catholic, which finishes the season with an 18-9 record.
Cochrane-Fountain City will play in a Division 5 semifinal at the 2025 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison on Friday morning.
Pirates 60, Dons 51
Cochrane-Fountain City 31 29 – 60
Columbus Catholic 28 23 – 51
COCHRANE-FOUNTAIN CITY (60): Cameron Lipinski 6-9 2-3 17, Tye Popp 1-3 3-6 6, Reed Schmidtknecht 2-5 0-0 4, Aidan Lisowski 1-5 0-0 3, Porter Ehrat 4-8 6-9 14, Grayden Barum 3-5 1-2 7, Tucker Bambenek 4-5 1-2 9. FG: 21-40. FT: 13-22. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Lipinski 3-4, Lisowski 1-2, Popp 1-3, Ehrat 0-1, Schmidtknecht 0-2). Rebounds: 27 (Lisowski 8). Record: 25-2.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (51): Mac Konieczny 6-20 1-2 18, Mason Edwards 1-2 0-0 2, Devlin Timmler 0-1 0-0 0, Ben Weiland 6-12 0-0 16, Kaleb Hilgemann 2-4 0-0 4, Sam Dums 1-4 2-2 4, Carter Sommer 3-7 0-0 7. FG: 19-50. FT: 3-4. 3-pointers: 10-32 (Konieczny 5-15, Weiland 4-9, Sommer 1-3, Edwards 0-1, Timmler 0-1, Dums 0-3). Rebounds: 21 (Hilgemann 7). Record: 18-9.