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NEILLSVILLE – The Neillsville girls basketball team ran its winning streak to 12 as it stayed undefeated with a 56-30 win over Marshfield Columbus Catholic in Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Tuesday night at Neillsville High School.
Neillsville dominated the first half, taking a 30-9 lead into halftime, and held on from there to improve to 12-0 overall and 8-0 in the Cloverbelt East.
Amelia Trunkel scored a game-high 24 points, and Sydney Subke drilled five 3-pointers and chipped in 19 points for the Warriors.
Hailey Zimmermann had three 3-pointers and scored 11 points to lead Columbus Catholic (7-8, 5-3 Cloverbelt East).
Both teams return to action Friday with Cloverbelt East contests. Columbus Catholic will play at Colby, while Neillsville will be at home to take on Owen-Withee. Both games start at 7:15 p.m.
Warriors 56, Dons 30
Columbus Catholic 9 21 – 30
Neillsville 30 26 – 56
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (30): Cierra Dieringer 0 0-0 0, Sam Casperson 2 0-0 4, Mira Torbey 0 0-0 0, Gracie Wilczek 1 0-0 3, Hailey Zimmermann 5 0-0 11, Lily Stratman 1 0-0 2, Courtney Sommer 1 0-0 2, Jenna Kibbel 2 4-5 8, Hailey Klumb 0 0-0 0. FG: 12. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 4 (Zimmermann 3, Wilczek 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-8, 5-3 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
NEILLSVILLE (56): Gracie Schoengarth 0 0-0 0, Delaney Rochester 1 0-0 2, Sydney Subke 7 0-0 19, Kaylee Lawrence 0 0-0 0, Olivia Langreck 0 0-0 0, Amelia Trunkel 11 0-0 24, Paris Opelt 3 0-0 7, Jessica Kuhn 2 0-0 4, Emerson Ormond 0 0-0 0. FG: 24. FT: 0-0. 3-pointers: 8 (Subke 6, Trunkel 2, Opelt 1). Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-0, 8-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.