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MARSHFIELD – Neillsville held Marshfield Columbus Catholic to just three made baskets in the second half to finish off a 38-22 win in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball finale for both teams on Monday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
Neillsville, winners of the Cloverbelt East title, led 20-13 at halftime and stymied the Dons in the second half to close out the victory.
Alli Schoengarth had 14 points for the Warriors, who are now 19-2 overall and finish 15-1 in the Cloverbelt East.
Meghan Kibbel and Kelsey Moore each had six points for Columbus Catholic (10-11, 9-7 Cloverbelt East).
Columbus will play at Cadott in the fifth-place game of the Cloverbelt Crossovers on Thursday. Neillsville will take on Osseo-Fairchild in the first-place game at Osseo-Fairchild on Saturday night. The Neillsville game will be live-streamed at zaleskisports.com/live-sports.
Warriors 38, Dons 22
Neillsville 20 18 – 38
Columbus Catholic 13 9 – 22
NEILLSVILLE (38): Bella Opelt 3 1-1 7, Alli Schoengarth 7 0-3 14, Olivia Friemoth 0 0-0 0, Riley Voight 1 0-0 2, Jaden Barth 2 0-0 4, Emma Moesley 0 0-0 0, Amelia Trunkel 2 0-0 5, Teeghan Mahoney 0 0-0 0, Terren Stockheimer 2 0-0 6, Kayla Oldham 0 0-0 0, Parker McDonald 0 0-0 0, Catrina Craig 0 0-0 0. FG: 17. FT: 1-4. 3-pointers: 3 (Stockheimer 2, Trunkel 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 19-2, 15-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (22): Annika Brown 1 1-2 3, Emmalee Jicinsky 1 0-0 2, Meghan Kibbel 3 0-0 6, Kelsey Moore 2 0-2 6, Holly Dean 1 0-0 3, Erynn Meece 0 0-0 0, Jenna Kibbel 1 0-0 2. FG: 9. FT: 1-4. 3-pointers: 3 (Moore 2, Dean 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-11, 9-7 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.