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SPENCER – Spencer outscored Loyal 18-3 in the third quarter to blow out a pesky Loyal squad 56-37 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Thursday night at Spencer High School.
The Rockets jumped out to a 14-4 lead after the first quarter only to see Loyal climb back in it and cut Spencer’s lead to 25-21 by halftime.
Spencer responded well after the intermission, blowing past Loyal and ending a two-game losing streak. The Rockets improve to 13-5 overall and 12-2 in the Cloverbelt East, closing to within one-half game of the conference lead behind Marshfield Columbus Catholic, who played a nonconference game Thursday at Rib Lake.
Ben Bonitz was 6-for-8 from the field and led Spencer with 12 points. Bryan Brodziski added 10 points and a team-high seven rebounds.
Mason Froeba led Loyal with 11 points.
The Rockets wrap up Cloverbelt East play next week with a game at Colby on Tuesday and at home against third-place Neillsville next Friday.
Rockets 56, Greyhounds 37
Loyal 4 17 3 13 – 37
Spencer 14 11 18 13 – 56
LOYAL (37): Mason Froeba 4-8 2-2 11, Nick Schlagenhaft 3-7 1-2 9, Kyle Genteman 2-8 0-1 5, Jeremy Schiller 2-6 0-0 4, Anthony Schlagenhaft 1-5 0-1 3, Max Luchterhand 1-4 1-2 3, Tyler Meyer 1-1 0-0 2, Richard Oestreich 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 14-40. FT: 4-8. 3-pointers: 5-15 (N. Schlagenhaft 2-4, Froeba 1-3, A. Schlagenhaft 1-3, Genteman 1-4). Rebounds: 16 (Froeba 4). Record: 6-12, 5-8 Cloverbelt East.
SPENCER (56): Ben Bonitz 6-8 0-1 12, Bryan Brodziski 3-11 4-5 10, Wyatt Phillips 3-4 2-2 9, Tyler Kolstad 3-7 0-0 7, Steve Gilboy 2-4 2-4 6, Josh Weier 2-3 0-0 5, Phil Ivacic 1-4 2-2 4, Justin Cowell 1-2 0-0 2, Jordan Buss 0-0 1-2 1, Hunter Reckner 0-0 0-0 0, Luke Kromanaker 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan Krause 0-0 0-0 0, Jesse Anderson 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 21-43. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 3-6 (Phillips 1-1, Kolstad 1-2, Weier 1-2, Ivacic 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (Brodziski 7). Record: 13-5, 12-2 Cloverbelt East.
