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WESTON – The Marshfield boys basketball team improved to 7-0 with a 60-56 win over Chippewa Falls on Wednesday night during the Big Rivers/Wisconsin Valley Conference Challenge at D.C. Everest High School.
No game statistics were provided.
Marshfield will battle fellow unbeaten Superior (6-0), which beat Merrill 76-70 on Wednesday. Superior knocked off Marshfield twice last year – at the Big Rivers/WVC Challenge and in a WIAA Division 1 regional final.
The Wisconsin Valley won the other three games to take a 4-1 lead in the 10-game tournament. D.C. Everest downed Hudson 65-61, Wausau West whipped Menomonie 66-26, and Wausau East beat Eau Claire North 58-42.
The Marshfield JV boys basketball team fell to 4-3 on the season after suffering a narrow 35-33 nonconference loss to Chippewa Falls.
Luke Zuiker scored 14 points and Isaac Accola added seven for the Tigers.
Cardinals 35, Tigers 33
Marshfield 8 4 7 14 – 33
Chippewa Falls 11 8 6 10 – 35
MARSHFIELD (33): Luke Zuiker 7 0-0 14, Matt Oestreich 1 0-0 2, Isaac Accola 3 1-1 7, Luke Olson 0 2-2 2, Mack Scheppler 1 0-0 3, Jordan Schecklman 1 1-2 3, Ben Satter 1 0-0 2. FG: 14. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 1 (Scheppler 1).
CHIPPEWA FALLS (35): Krula 1 3-4 6, Davis 3 0-2 6, Alex Ignarski 2 2-6 8, Shervey 1 0-0 2, Hepfler 3 2-4 8, Arneberg 2 1-2 5, Justin Ignarski 0 0-1 0. FG: 12. FT: 8-19. 3-pointers: 3 (A. Ignarski 2, Krula 1).