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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team doubled up Greenwood in the first half and cruised to a 53-36 win over its Cloverbelt Conference rival in a WIAA Division 5 regional semifinal Friday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
Columbus Catholic (19-5) will host a D-5 regional final against Port Edwards (12-4) at 7 p.m. Saturday. The game will be live at zaleskisports.com. Port Edwards won at Almond-Bancroft 65-39 on Friday.
Columbus rolled out to a 33-16 lead by halftime and maintained its lead in the second half.
Greenwood came as close as six at 38-32 before the Dons pulled away again.
Emmitt Konieczny had 13 points and Jadon Nienast scored 10 for the Dons in a balanced scoring attack that saw eight different players score.
Weston Schmitz scored 10 points for Greenwood, which has its season end with a 12-7 record.
“I thought we played really well the later part of the first half to get a nice lead,” Columbus Catholic coach Joe Konieczny said. “The second half got a little bit sloppy at times, but you have to give Greenwood credit, a lot of seniors and they played hard.”
Dons 53, Indians 36
Greenwood 16 20 – 36
Columbus Catholic 33 20 – 53
GREENWOOD (36): Xander Hinker 3, Weston Schmitz 10, Cooper Bredlau 5, Rogan Travis 7, Nathan Revier 5, Jonah Hinker 6. Record: 12-7.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (53): Gage Stratman 3, Cole Noreen 6, Emmitt Konieczny 13, Blake Jakobi 2, Jadon Nienast 10, Sam Wilczek 4, Eden Jacobson 7, Grant Olson 8. Record: 19-5.