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STRATFORD – The Stratford girls basketball team remains in a tie for first place in the Marawood Conference South Division after routing Athens 55-33 in a conference crossover game Friday night at Stratford High School.
Breanna Ackley made seven of eight shots from the field and scored a team-high 18 points for the Tigers, who are now 8-3 overall and 7-1 in the Marawood South. Stratford is tied with Wausau Newman Catholic for first place in the conference.
Blaire Lindner added 13 points for Stratford, which saw nine different players hit the scoring column.
Ackley, Lindner and Callie Lehman all had six rebounds to lead the Tigers.
Kenadi Diedrich scored two-thirds of Athens’ points, pouring in a game-high 22. The Bluejays are now 7-4 overall and 4-4 in the Marawood North.
Stratford hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Tuesday and Edgar next Thursday in a pair of Marawood South games.
Tigers 55, Bluejays 33
Athens 15 18 – 33
Stratford 23 32 – 55
ATHENS (33): Abby Olson 0 1-2 1, Kaitlyn Riehle 2 0-0 4, Paula Lira 1 1-2 3, Kenadi Diedrich 8 6-6 22, Paige Vitort 1 0-1 2, Crystal Dearth 0 0-0 0, Alexis Lepak 0 0-0 0, Abby Van Rixel 0 1-4 1, Carly Lipinski 0 0-0 0. FG: 12. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: none. Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-4, 4-4 Marawood Conference North Division.
STRATFORD (55): Tanaya Schillinger 2-3 0-0 4, Callie Lehman 2-7 0-0 6, Blaire Lindner 6-17 0-0 13, Macie Schillinger 2-5 0-0 4, MaKenna Leonhardt 0-0 0-0 0, Paige Kolbeck 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Zawislan 1-6 1-4 3, Ashley O’Neil 1-1 0-0 3, Breanna Ackley 7-8 2-2 18, Kamryn Schueller 1-3 0-0 2, Anna Carl-Brusky 0-1 0-0 0, Emily Hughes 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 23-54. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 6-15 (Ackley 2-2, Lehman 2-5, Lindner 1-6, O’Neill 1-1, T. Schillinger 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (Lindner 6, Lehman 6, Ackley 6). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-3, 7-1 Marawood Conference South Division.