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STRATFORD – Stratford outscored Marathon 14-4 in the fourth quarter to pull off a 42-40 upset of Marathon in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Friday night at Stratford High School.
With the win, Stratford pulls to 9-5 overall and 4-5 in the Marawood South, while knocking Marathon two games behind first-place Auburndale in the standings. The Raiders fall to 13-2 and 8-2 in the conference.
Jake Reif scored 14 points and Nolan Bargender had six points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers.
Stratford led 12-4 after one quarter and 21-16 at halftime before the Raiders exploded for a 20-7 advantage in the third quarter and led 36-28 entering the fourth.
Collin Seubert scored 14 points to lead Marathon.
Stratford returns to action Monday with a nonconference game against Abbotsford.
Tigers 42, Raiders 40
Marathon 4 12 20 4 – 40
Stratford 12 9 7 14 – 42
MARATHON (40): Collin Seubert 6-15 1-2 14, Xavier Lechleitner 1-3 0-1 2, Vince Dinkel 5-10 0-1 10, Ross Wokatasch 1-3 0-0 3, Ethan Seubert 1-3 3-4 5, Cole Glassford 0-0 0-0 0, Matthew Haehlke 3-6 0-2 6. FG: 17-40. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 2-10 (Seubert 1-6, Wokatsch 1-1, Dinkel 0-1, Haehlke 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Lechleitner 7). Record: 13-2, 8-2 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (42): Greg Belter 2-7 0-0 4, Nolan Bargender 3-7 0-0 6, Dawson Gebelein 0-1 0-0 0, Travis Urlaub 2-12 3-6 7, A.J. Strasser 1-2 1-2 3, Jake Reif 6-9 0-0 14, Andrew Marcis 3-4 2-2 8. FG: 17-42. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 2-8 (Reif 2-4, Urlaub 0-2, Belter 0-2). Rebounds: 26 (Bargender 10). Record: 9-5, 4-5 Marawood South.