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WAUTOMA – The Stratford girls basketball team will play for a regional title after pulling off a 54-36 upset win over Wautoma in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal Friday night at Wautoma High School.
The sixth-seeded Stratford (15-9) will play at No. 2 seed Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (19-4) at 7 p.m. Saturday for the regional title and a berth in next week’s sectionals.
Stratford shot just 40 percent (17 of 42) from the field, by made hay at the free throw line, making 19 of 24.
Chelsey Glinieck went 5-for-6 at the line and scored 14 of her game-high 21 points in the second half as the Tigers pulled away.
Stratford led 20-15 at halftime before blowing past the Hornets (17-6) by making 12 of 13 free throws in the second half. Kaylee Hollatz was a perfect 4-for-4 at the line in the second half and finished with 11 rebounds for the Tigers.
Tigers 54, Hornets 36
Stratford 20 34 – 54
Wautoma 15 21 – 36
STRATFORD (54): Olympia Garrigan 0-0 0-0 0, Callie Lehman 1-1 2-2 4, Taya Nett 1-8 3-4 5, Blaire Lindner 3-6 1-1 8, Jadyn Dahlke 0-0 0-0 0, Macie Schillinger 0-2 0-0 0, Brooke Peterson 0-0 0-0 0, Mariah Zawislan 2-8 4-5 8, Chelsey Gliniecki 8-11 5-6 21, Kaylee Hollatz 1-5 4-4 6, Brenna Ackley 1-1 0-2 2. FG: 17-42. FT: 19-24. 3-pointers: 1-10 (Lindner 1-2, Hollatz 0-2, Nett 0-6). Rebounds: 31 (Hollatz 11). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-9.
WAUTOMA (36): Maddy Weisensel 3 1-2 7, Avery Lehr 1 0-2 3, Mackenzie Koats 0 0-0 0, Duncan 0 0-0 0, Dinah Schmidt 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Borchardt 3 0-0 7, Tori Gonzalez 1 0-0 3, Kaylie Roder 0 0-0 0, Madison Haumschild 1 0-0 3, Kaisee Conger 0 0-0 0, Kiara Wedell 6 1-3 13. FG: 15. FT: 2-7. 3-pointers: 4 (Lehr 1, Borchardt 1, Gonzalez 1, Roder 1). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Weisefnsel. Record: 17-6.