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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic girls basketball gave Neillsville all it could handle but came up short of the upset bid, losing 43-36 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Monday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
The Dons trailed 20-10 at halftime and outscored Neillsville by three in second half, but couldn’t make it all the way back.
Neillsville improves to 19-1 overall and 14-1 in the Cloverbelt East with one game remaining against Greenwood on Tuesday. Columbus Catholic finishes the Cloverbelt East season at 8-8 and is 12-9 overall heading into a Cloverbelt Crossover game at home Thursday against Fall Creek.
Morgan Albrecht had a game-high 16 points, and Kendra Baierl had nine points and 11 rebounds for Columbus.
Kayla Lis topped Neillsville with 13 points.
Warriors 43, Dons 36
Neillsville 20 23 – 43
Columbus Catholic 10 26 – 36
NEILLSVILLE (43): Mindy Schoengarth 2-5 4-4 9, Morgan Hauge 0-4 0-1 0, Kayla Lis 4-13 4-5 13, Sam Cappodora 2-5 0-0 4, Lexi Opelt 1-1 0-0 2, Michelle Kyle 2-6 1-3 5, Lauren Mesar 4-5 0-0 8, Grace King 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 16-43. FT: 9-13. 3-pointers: 2-11 (Schoengarth 1-1, Lis 1-7, Hauge 0-3). Rebounds: 22 (Kyle 6). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 19-1, 14-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (36): Morgan Albrecht 6-20 0-0 16, Hailey Roehl 0-0 0-0 0, Baylie Neider 1-7 0-2 3, Maren Seefluth 0-2 2-2 2, Kendra Baierl 4-6 1-2 9, Natalie Pospyhalla 2-6 0-0 6, Zoe Stratman 0-1 0-0 0, Marissa Immerfall 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 13-48. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 7-23 (Albrecht 4-12, Pospyhalla 2-5, Neider 1-5, Seefluth 0-1). Rebounds: 28 (Baierl 11). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-9, 8-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.