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MINOCQUA – The Stratford girls basketball team came out on top of two overtime thrillers to win the Lakeland Girls Basketball Invitational.
The Tigers defeated Crandon 66-57 in OT on Monday and followed that up with a 64-63 victory over Lakeland on Tuesday.
Stratford improves to 8-2 this season with four of its victories coming in overtime.
Savannah Schillinger had 21 points in the win over Crandon. The Tigers pulled out the win by outscoring Crandon 12-3 in the extra period.
Macie Frueh added 16 points and Sammy Griesbach had six of her 12 points in the overtime.
Greisbach had 16 of her team-high 18 points in the second half of the win over Lakeland. Schillinger added 17 points, including seven in the overtime.
Griesbach was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and was joined on the all-tournament team by Frueh and Schillinger.
Stratford returns to action Jan. 5 at Pittsville in a Marawood Conference South Division matchup.
Dec. 28
Tigers 66, Cardinals 57 (OT)
Stratford 27 27 12 – 66
Crandon 15 39 3 – 57
STRATFORD (66): Savannah Schillinger 6 5-5 21, Taya Nett 0 2-2 2, Sammy Griesbach 4 2-2 12, Macie Frueh 5 4-8 16, Olivia Burrows 2 0-0 4, Chelsey Gliniecki 2 2-9 6, Kaylee Hollatz 1 0-1 2, Andie Zuelke 1 1-2 3. FG: 22. FT: 16-29. 3-pointers: 6 (Schillinger 4, Frueh 2). Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Zuelke. Record: 7-2.
CRANDON (57): Alexa Neilitz 1 4-5 6, Sarah Kalkofen 1 0-1 2, Whitney Conn 2 0-0 4, Erin Howerton 0 0-0 0, Rachel Schallock 0 0-0 0, Shalynn Stamper 1 0-0 2, Katelyn Houle 0 0-0 0, Amira Erdmann 9 9-14 31, Kalya Littleton 1 1-2 3, Mikenzie Flannery 0 0-2 0, Annika Sulaimon 3 3-3 9. FG: 17. FT: 17-27. 3-pointers: 4 (Erdmann 4). Fouls: 25. Fouled out: Conn. Record: 7-3.
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Dec. 29
Tigers 64, Thunderbirds 63 (OT)
Lakeland 29 29 5 – 63
Stratford 23 35 6 – 64
LAKELAND (63): Demko Elm 2 1-1 6, Sarae LaBarge 6 2-2 14, Lilith Schuman 8 4-5 22, Melissa Bruckner 3 3-4 9, Zoey Ziebart 0 0-0 0, Sydney Ziebart 3 2-4 8, Riley Curtis 0 2-2 2, Cassandra Bruckner 1 0-1 2, Maulson 0 0-0 0. FG: 23. FT: 14-19. 3-pointers: 3 (Schuman 2, Elm 1). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: Schuman, Curtis. Record: 4-3.
STRATFORD (64): Savannah Schillinger 7 2-6 17, Taya Nett 0 0-0 0, Sammy Griesbach 6 4-5 18, Macie Frueh 2 2-4 7, Olivia Burrows 0 1-1 1, Chelsey Gliniecki 1 0-0 2, Kaylee Hollatz 5 0-0 10, Andie Zuelke 2 5-6 9. FG: 23. FT: 14-22. 3-pointers: 4 (Schillinger 3, Frueh 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-2.