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STRATFORD – The Stratford boys basketball team wrapped up its Marawood Conference South Division schedule with a 46-36 win over Edgar on Thursday at Stratford High School.
The Tigers outscored Edgar 13-4 in the fourth quarter to pull away and grab their 15th win of the season. Stratford improves to 15-6 and finishes the Marawood South season at 8-6 and in fourth place. Edgar falls to 10-11 and 3-11 in the conference.
Jake Reif scored 12 points, making a pair of 3-pointers, and Andrew Marcis added nine points for Stratford.
Caden Untiedt had 17 points and seven rebounds for Edgar.
Stratford hosts Rib Lake in the Marawood North-South fourth-place crossover game on Friday, then will play Edgar again at home in a WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal on Tuesday. Edgar plays Gilman in a nonconference game at home Friday.
Tigers 46, Wildcats 36
Edgar 13 10 9 4 – 36
Stratford 10 13 10 13 – 46
EDGAR (36): Caden Untiedt 5-9 4-5 17, Tyler Kirsch 0-1 0-0 0, Travis Haanstad 3-7 1-1 7, Blake Lehman 1-5 0-0 2, Will Hannemann 2-6 0-0 4, David Kornack 2-5 2-3 6. FG: 13-33. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Untiedt 3-5, Haanstad 0-2, Lehman 0-2, Hannemann 0-1). Rebounds: 20 (Kornack 7, Untiedt 7). Record: 10-11, 3-11 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (46): Greg Belter 4-11 0-4 8, Nolan Bargender 3-6 2-2 8, Chase Griepentrog 1-3 0-0 3, Travis Urlaub 2-5 2-3 6, Austin Strasser 0-2 0-2 0, Jake Reif 5-12 0-0 12, Andrew Marcis 4-7 1-1 9. FG: 19-46. FT: 5-12. 3-pointers: 3-11 (Reif 2-4, Griepentrog 1-3, Urlaub 0-1, Belter 0-3). Rebounds: 19 (Belter 6). Record: 15-6, 8-6 Marawood South.