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MARSHFIELD – Paige Albrecht is having quite a finish to her senior season at Marshfield Columbus Catholic High School.
A week after scoring a career-high 27 points, Albrecht scored 25 points to lead the Dons to a 63-41 victory over Cornell in a WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal Tuesday at Columbus Catholic High School.
Albrecht made 10 of 16 shots from the field and 5 of 6 free throws to lead the way for Columbus.
The Dons took control in the second quarter, outscoring Cornell 23-4 to take a 41-14 lead at the break.
Kayla Fleishmann added 13 points for the Dons, who had 10 players in all find the scoring column.
Columbus (14-8) will host Cloverbelt Conference East Division rival Greenwood (14-8) in a regional semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday. The winner moves on to a regional final at Marathon on Saturday. The Dons beat Greenwood twice this season – 46-35 on Dec. 22 and 49-36 on Feb. 12.
Bianca Bonanke had 18 points to lead the Chiefs.
Dons 63, Chiefs 41
Cornell 10 4 14 13 – 41
Columbus 18 23 11 11 – 63
CORNELL (41): Laura Bohaty 0 0-0 0, Bianca Winter 1 0-0 2, Rebecca Bohaty 2 1-2 5, Kandice Bonander 1 1-4 3, Amanda Smith 4 4-4 13, Bianca Bonander 9 0-5 18, Champagne Stephens 0 0-0 0. FG: 17. FT: 6-15. 3-pointers: 1 (Smith 1). Record: 2-18.
COLUMBUS (63): Paige Albrecht 10-16 5-6 25, Abby Studinger 0-4 0-0 0, Olivia Larsen 1-3 0-0 2, Nikki Karl 1-3 0-0 3, Deanna Kaiser 1-4 1-4 3, Megan Arneson 0-2 0-0 0, Kayla Fleishmann 5-7 3-4 13, Taylor Weister 2-6 1-2 5, Elizabeth Manlick 3-5 1-2 7, Angie Seubert 0-3 1-2 1, Lindsey Brandt 0 0-0 0, Kristina Altmann-Drinka 1-5 0-2 2, Abby Gotz 1-1 0-0 2. FG:25-60. FT: 12-22. 3-pointers: 1-4 (Karl 1-1, Albrecht 0-1, Larsen 0-1, Weister 0-1). Rebounds: 27 (Seubert 6). Record: 14-8.
