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STRATFORD – The Stratford boys basketball team continued its hot start to the season with a suffocating 36-19 win over Edgar in a Marawood Conference South Division game Monday night at Stratford High School.
The win allows the Tigers to keep pace for first place in the Marawood South with a perfect 4-0 mark, and they improve to 6-1 overall. Edgar falls to 1-5 and 0-4 in the conference.
Stratford built a 15-9 lead by halftime and didn’t allow Edgar more than six points in any quarter.
Edgar shot just 9 of 27 from the field as the Tigers had 13 steals.
Derek Austin scored 19 points on 8 of 12 shooting, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range to lead Stratford. Troy Mengel added eight points for the Tigers.
Stratford plays at Wausau Newman Catholic on Thursday.
Tigers 36, Wildcats 19
Edgar 4 5 4 6 – 19
Stratford 8 7 11 10 – 36
EDGAR (19): Caden Untiedt 3-14 1-3 7, Dalton Schroeder 0-1 0-0 0, Travis Haansted 0-2 0-2 0, Phillip Lemmer 0-1 0-0 0, Will Hannemann 1-3 0-0 2, David Kornack 2-2 0-0 4, Marshall Stieber 3-4 0-0 6. FG: 9-27. FT: 1-5. 3-pointers: 0-8 (Untiedt 0-6, Schroeder 0-1, Haansted 0-1). Rebounds: 28 (Untiedt 13). Record: 1-5, 0-4 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (36): Greg Belter 2-6 0-1 4, Nolan Bargender 0-2 0-0 0, Derek Austin 8-12 0-0 19, Eli Temanson 2-4 0-0 5, Travis Urlaub 0-5 0-0 0, Joe Franklin 0-0 0-0 0, Troy Mengel 4-11 0-2 8. FG: 16-41. FT: 0-3. 3-pointers: 4-9 (Austin 3-3, Temanson 1-2, Urlaub 0-1, Belter 0-3). Rebounds: 19 (Urlaub 4, Austin 4). Record: 6-1, 4-0 Marawood South.