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NEILLSVILLE – Neillsville held Columbus Catholic to six points in the second half to bust open a tight game and win 57-25 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball matchup Friday night at Neillsville High School.
The Warriors led 25-19 at halftime before opening up the lead with a 26-point advantage in the second half.
Maggie Callaghan scored eight points for the Dons, who fall to 3-3 overall and 1-1 in the Cloverbelt East.
Paris Opelt scored 17 points, and Sydney Subke and Madi Davel each had 15 for Neillsville (5-1, 2-0 Cloverbelt East).
Columbus Catholic’s next game is Thursday at home against Owen-Withee.
Warriors 57, Dons 25
Columbus Catholic 19 6 – 25
Neillsville 25 32 – 57
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (25): Chayse Blenker 0 2-2 2, Maggie Callaghan 3 0-0 8, Mattea Schlafke 1 1-2 1, Sophie Wilczek 2 1-2 5, Sam Casperson 2 0-0 6, Jaylee Garnau 0 1-2 1, Hailey Hargraves 0 0-0 0, Courtney Sommer 1 0-0 2, Abby Wojcik 0 0-0 0. FG: 8. FT: 7-8. 3-pointers: 4 (Callaghan 2, Casperson 2). Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-3, 1-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
NEILLSVILLE (57): Gracie Schoengarth 1 0-0 3, Laylah Walk 0 1-2 1, Madi Davel 6 1-1 15, Kaylee Lawrence 0 0-0 0, Olivia Langreck 2 0-0 4, Sydney Subke 6 0-0 15, Emerson Osmond 0 0-0 0, Braelyn Anding 1 0-0 2, Paris Opelt 7 0-0 17, Jessica Kuhn 0 0-0 0, Ella Ditner 0 0-0 0, Mercedes Bayles 0 0-0 0, Tessa Warren 0 0-0 0, Dani Bobak 0 0-0 0, Alaina Mathis 0 0-0 0. FG: 23. FT: 2-3. 3-pointers: 9 (Opelt 3, Subke 3, Davel 2, Schoengarth 1). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-1, 2-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.