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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Stratford boys basketball earned its biggest victory of the season, handing Wisconsin Rapids Assumption a crushing loss with a 59-46 victory Monday night at Assumption High School.
Stratford ends the Marawood Conference South Division season with a 6-6 record and improves to 13-8 heading into a conference crossover game at home Thursday against Chequamegon.
With the loss, Assumption has to settle for a tie for the Marawood South championship with Marathon. The Royals (15-6 overall) and Marathon end up 10-2 in the conference.
Stratford jumped on the Royals early, taking a 27-18 lead by halftime.
Stratford shot 57 percent (19 of 33) overall and was 7 of 12 from 3-point range.
Brenden Fecker made four 3-pointers, was 7-for-10 at the free throw line, and finished with a team-high 23 points for the Tigers.
Tigers 59, Royals 46
Stratford 27 32 – 59
Assumption 18 28 – 46
STRATFORD (59): Brenden Fecker 6-10 7-10 23, Cole Hoffmann 3-3 2-2 9, Okley Wrensch 1-2 0-0 3, Paul Huther 3-4 2-2 9, Vaughn Breit 3-6 0-1 6, Lance Heidmann 0-2 0-0 0, Jacob Danen 2-4 2-3 6. FG: 19-33. FT: 14-20. 3-pointers: 7-12 (Fecker 4-6, Hoffmann 1-1, Wrensch 1-1, Heckel 1-2, Breit 0-1, Heidmann 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Danen 6). Turnovers: 17. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Breit. Record: 13-8, 6-6 Marawood Conference South Division.
ASSUMPTION (46): Tyler Schmidt 5, Nick Smits 2, Jacob Sullivan 10, Trevor Newton 5, Dominic Schneider 0, Joe Grundhoffer 18, Brandon Birkhauser 6. Record: 15-6, 10-2 Marawood Conference South Division.