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WAUSAU – Vaughn Breit and Paul Huther each had 16 points to help the Stratford boys basketball team to another victory as it crushed Wausau Newman Catholic 72-38 on Tuesday at Newman Catholic High School.
Stratford rolled out to a 35-15 lead by halftime on its way to the 34-point win. The Tigers are now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Marawood Conference South Division, while Newman Catholic drops to 1-7 and 0-3 in the conference.
Stratford shot 46 percent (30 of 65) from the field, including a combined 13-for-21 from Breit and Huther.
Stratford hosts Marathon (6-1, 4-1 Marawood South) at 7:15 p.m. Thursday.
Tigers 72, Cardinals 38
Stratford 35 37 – 72
Newman Catholic 15 23 – 38
STRATFORD (72): Chandler Schmidt 1-6 0-0 3, Okley Wrensch 1-8 0-0 3, Teddy Redman 2-4 0-1 4, Hunter Hannan 2-4 2-2 6, Trent Heckel 1-3 0-0 2, Branden Ackley 2-3 0-0 5, Eli Drexler 2-2 0-0 4, Paul Huther 7-10 2-4 16, Vaughn Breit 6-11 4-10 16, Lance Heidmann 2-3 1-2 5, Benjamin Barten 4-7 0-2 8, Wyatt Curtice 0-4 0-2 0. FG: 30-65. FT: 9-23. 3-pointers: 3-14 (Ackley 1-2, Wrensch 1-3, Schmidt 1-5, Heidmann 0-1, Curtice 0-1, Heckel 0-2). Rebounds: 37 (Breit 8). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-0, 5-0 Marawood Conference South Division.
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (38): Ben Leischer 3-4 2-2 11, Cade Kimball 1-4 0-0 2, Tom Ende 0-1 0-0 0, Kasey Kalafice 2-5 2-3 6, Elliot Samuels 1-2 3-4 6, Ben Bates 2-7 0-1 5, Charlie McCarthy 3-7 1-2 8, Joe Zeimetz 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 12-30. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Samuels 1-2, Bates 1-2, Leischer 1-2, McCarthy 1-4, Kimball 0-1). Rebounds: 27 (Bates 8). Turnovers: 18. Record: 1-7, 1-4 Marawood Conference South Division.