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SPENCER – The Spencer girls basketball team locked up second-place in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division, and a berth in the Cloverbelt Crossover second-place game Saturday at Osseo-Fairchild with a dominating 47-28 win over Greenwood on Monday at Spencer High School.
The Rockets won for the ninth straight time to improve to 18-3 overall and wrap up their Cloverbelt East season at 13-3. Spencer will play Altoona in the second-place game at 1 p.m. Saturday. East champion Neillsville and West champ Eau Claire Regis will play in a first-place game that features two undefeated teams at 2:30 p.m.
Krystal Weier led the way for the Rockets, scoring 19 points on 8 of 10 shooting from the field. Courtney Schulz added nine points and five rebounds for Spencer, which shot 56 percent (19 of 34) from the floor.
Spencer outscored the Indians (15-7, 11-5 Cloverbelt East) 33-14 over the middle two quarters to pull away.
Nine different Greenwood players scored in the loss, but no one had more than six points.
Rockets 47, Indians 28
Greenwood 6 5 9 8 – 28
Spencer 10 15 18 4 – 47
GREENWOOD (28): Lindsey Genteman 2, McKenzie Sowieja 0, Staci Suda 2, Kassandra Humke 5, Rachel Herdrich 3, Katie Lindner 2, Taylan Johnson 0, Kelsey Kirn 6, Kaitlyn Nelson 4, Allison Susa 2, Name not provided 2. Record: 15-7, 11-5 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (47): Danica Johnson 0-1 0-0 0, Krystal Weier 8-10 3-3 19, Alicia Endreas 1-2 0-1 2, Claire Drews 0-2 0-0 0, Kailyn Anderson 0-0 0-0 0, Courtney Schulz 4-7 1-2 9, Tara Matter 1-2 4-4 6, Aubrie Bissonette 2-3 0-0 4, Kyleigh Hebert 2-5 1-2 5, Tynae Phillips 1-2 0-0 2. FG: 19-34. FT: 9-12. 3-pointers: 0-5 (Weier 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Drews 0-1, Schulz 0-1, Bissonette 0-1). Rebounds; 21 (Matter 8). Assists: 7. Record: 18-3, 13-3 Cloverbelt East.