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COLBY – Seniors Emmitt Konieczny and Blake Jakobi each scored 18 points to lead the Columbus Catholic boys basketball team to a 77-61 win over Colby on Thursday night at Colby High School as the Dons clinched the Cloverbelt Conference East Division title.
With their win, combined with Neillsville’s loss to Owen-Withee, the Dons earn the outright conference title for the second time in the past three seasons.
The Dons led 32-26 at halftime before pulling away a 45-point second half.
Lucas Kreklau added 15 points and Charlie Moore scored 10 for the Dons, who are ranked No. 1 in the Wissports.net Division 5 state coaches poll, and improve to 20-1 overall and a perfect 12-0 in conference play.
Joseph Streveler had a game-high 25 points for Colby (10-10, 8-4 Cloverbelt East).
Columbus Catholic will play its final regular-season home game Tuesday against winless Greenwood (0-19, 0-12 Cloverbelt East).
Dons 77, Hornets 61
Columbus Catholic 32 45 – 77
Colby 26 35 – 61
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (77): Emmitt Konieczny 18, Nathan Nemitz 3, Alex Edwards 5, Lucas Kreklau 15, Charlie Moore 10, Blake Jakobi 18, Ben Weiland 1, Cy Becker 7. Record: 20-1, 12-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
COLBY (61): Reed Fleischmann 11, Miguel Morillon 9, Jaxson Polivka 5, Adrian Lopez 7, Joseph Streveler 25, Tucker Hayes 4. Record: 10-10, 8-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.