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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic girls basketball team came up short in the third-place game of the Cranberry Classic, falling 49-45 to Nekoosa on Saturday afternoon at Assumption High School.
Marissa Immerfall scored 16 points and had 10 rebounds in the loss for the Dons (1-2).
The game was tied 26-26 at halftime before Nekoosa pulled ahead.
Columbus was hurt by poor shooting as it made just 20 of 62 field goals and 2 of 11 free throws.
Shannon Sorbo had 26 points to lead the Papermakers (2-1).
Columbus opens its Cloverbelt Conference East Division schedule Thursday at Spencer.
Papermakers 49, Dons 45
Columbus Catholic 26 19 – 45
Nekoosa 26 23 – 49
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (45): Morgan Albrecht 1-7 0-0 2, Bailey Neider 2-7 1-4 5, Maren Seefluth 1-7 0-2 2, Kendra Baierl 1-2 1-3 3, Jessica Trad 3-13 0-0 7, Natalie Pospyhalla 3-7 0-0 8, Sierra Litwatis 1-4 0-1 2, Marissa Immerfall 8-15 0-1 16. FG: 20-62. FT: 2-11. 3-pointers: 3-13 (Pospyhalla 2-6, Trad 1-7). Rebounds: 38 (Immerfall 10). Turnovers: 18. Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Trad, Seefluth. Record: 1-2.
NEKOOSA (49): Sam Bakovka 0-4 0-3 0, Helen Merritt 0-2 0-1 0, Jenna Baker 5-15 0-0 10, Kenzi Boivin 0-3 2-2 2, Brandy Heinen 4-8 0-0 9, Shannon Sorbo 8-18 7-10 26, Danie Hendricksen 0-0 0-0 0, Emma Crider 0-6 2-4 2. FG: 17-56. FT: 11-20. 3-pointers: 4-15 (Sorbo 3-8, Heinen 1-2, Baker 0-1, Merritt 0-2, Bakovka 0-2). Rebounds: 31 (Sorbo 8). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-1.