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ATHENS – The Stratford girls basketball team had only scored 50 points once all season.
On Friday, the Tigers shot 55 percent and hit for a season-high 71 points in a 71-41 rout of Athens in a Marawood Conference crossover game at Athens High School.
Stratford won for the fifth time in the last six games and evens its record at 6-6 overall and moves to 5-3 in the Marawood Conference South Division. Athens drops to 4-7 and 1-6 in the Marawood North.
Blaire Lindner made 8 of 10 shots and scored 16 points, and Brenna Ackley made all five of her shot attempts and added 11 points for the Tigers. Taya Nett also chipped in 11 points, making 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Kenadi Diedrich led the Bluejays with 21 points.
Stratford plays at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Tuesday.
Tigers 71, Bluejays 41
Stratford 39 32 – 71
Athens 24 17 – 41
STRATFORD (71): Olympia Garrigan 1-2 0-0 2, Callie Lehman 3-6 0-1 8, Taya Nett 4-10 0-0 11, Blaire Lindner 8-10 0-2 16, Jadyn Dahlke 2-3 0-0 4, Macie Schillinger 2-4 0-1 4, Brooke Peterson 0-1 0-0 0, Mariah Zawislan 2-7 1-1 5, Chelsey Gliniecki 2-5 0-2 4, Kaylee Hollatz 2-3 0-0 6, Breanna Ackley 5-5 0-0 11. FG: 31-56. FT: 1-7. 3-pointers: 8-12 (Nett 3-5, Lehman 2-3, Hollatz 2-2, Ackley 1-1, Gliniecki 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Lindner 6, Ackley 6). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-6, 5-3 Marawood Conference South Division.
ATHENS (41): Paige Vitort 1 0-0 2, Kierra Penney 1 0-0 3, Kenadi Diedrich 9 1-2 21, Gabi Janke 2 4-4 8, Carly Lipinski 0 0-0 0, Mariah Zinkowich 1 1-2 3, Abby Van Rixel 0 2-2 2, Paula Lira 1 0-0 2. FG: 15. FT: 8-10. 3-pointers: 3 (Dierdrich 2, Penney 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-7, 1-6 Marawood Conference North Division.