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COLBY – The Stratford boys basketball team made 13 3-pointers but it wasn’t quite enough as it lost a shootout to Colby 86-80 on Monday night at Colby High School.
Ashton Wrensch scored 25 points, Caden Bruesewitz added 16 and Brady Schmidt had 15, combining for 12 of the team’s 13 3-pointers in the loss for Stratford (11-10).
Tevin Rue had 27 points and Kaden Wiese added 21 for Colby, the Cloverbelt Conference East Division champions, as the Hornets improve to 16-4.
Stratford will host Wausau Newman Catholic in its regular-season and Marawood Conference South Division finale on Thursday. The Tigers open the WIAA playoffs with a Division 4 regional quarterfinal at home against Abbotsford on Feb. 28.
Hornets 86, Tigers 80
Stratford 38 42 – 80
Colby 42 44 – 86
STRATFORD (80): John Seitz 3-8 3-4 10, Ashton Wrensch 10-15 2-5 25, Caden Bruesewitz 6-11 0-0 16, Ben Zuelke 2-2 0-0 4, Payton Glenn 1-2 0-0 2, Henry Zaleski 2-6 0-0 4, Izaiah Hadlock 2-5 0-0 4, Brady Schmidt 5-14 0-0 15. FG: 31-63. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 13-33 (Schmidt 5-13, Bruesewitz 4-8, Wrensch 3-5, Seitz 1-4, Hadlock 0-1, Zaleski 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Seitz 7). Record: 11-10.
COLBY (86): Tucker Meyer 12, Tevin Rue 27, Mateo Lopez 13, Caden Healy 8, Kaden Wiese 21, Joseph Streveler 5. Record: 16-4.