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COLBY – For the first time in eight seasons, and only the second time in half a century, the Spencer boys basketball team is conference champions.
Spencer used a huge second-quarter run to pull ahead and defeat Colby 58-40 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Friday night at Colby High School.
The Rockets outscored Colby 25-12 in the second quarter to take a 33-16 halftime lead and cruised to the victory from there.
Spencer won its second game in a row and improves to 17-3 overall and 14-1 in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division, securing the regular-season title. The conference championship is Spencer’s first since tying for the Marawood South title in 2006-07 with Pittsville and Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, and first outright championship since winning the Marawood Conference title in 1963-64.
Junior guard Bobby Pilz scored 19 points, Calvin Lenz added 13 and Miles Weber had 10 for the Rockets.
Zach Meyer scored 11 points to lead Colby (5-15, 5-10 Cloverbelt East).
Spencer wraps up its Cloverbelt East season with Senior Night on Monday against Marshfield Columbus Catholic. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com at 7:30 p.m.
Rockets 58, Hornets 40
Spencer 8 25 10 15 – 58
Colby 4 12 11 13 – 40
SPENCER (58): Jonathan Tomke 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Zastrow 1-2 0-0 2, Calvin Lenz 6-10 0-0 13, Bobby Pilz 7-14 5-9 19, Dakota Andreae 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Mercier 1-6 4-4 6, Miles Weber 4-7 2-2 10, Ryan Busse 4-4 0-0 8, Mitch Susa 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 23-45. FT: 11-15. 3-pointers: 1-9 (Lenz 1-1, Mercier 0-2, Susa 0-2, Pilz 0-4). Record: 17-3, 14-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLBY (40): Rau 1-5 3-3 5, Seeman 0-2 0-2 0, Riegert 2-8 1-2 5, Jorgenson 2-2 0-0 4, Rios Bonilla 0-0 0-0 0, Raatz 0-4 0-0 0, Zach Meyer 5-6 0-1 11, Lynn 4-8 0-0 9, Derrico 1-3 3-4 6. FG: 15-38. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Meyer 1-1, Lynn 1-2, Derrico 1-2, Rau 0-2, Raatz 0-3). Record: 5-15, 5-10 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.