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MARSHFIELD – The Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team got off to a quick start and blew past Gilman 50-32 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Thursday night at Columbus Catholic High School.
Columbus led 19-6 after the first quarter and pushed the lead to 42-25 by the end of three quarters as it cruised to the win.
The Dons are now 10-3 overall and 8-2 in the Cloverbelt East and remain in a tie for third place with Spencer, one-half game behind co-leaders Neillsville and Owen-Withee in the conference standings.
Alex Baierl drilled six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points for Columbus Catholic. Jacob Puent added 10 points for the Dons.
Columbus is back in action Tuesday at Augusta.
Dons 50, Pirates 32
Gilman 6 14 5 7 – 32
Columbus Catholic 19 12 11 8 – 50
GILMAN (32): Lepak 11, Copenhaver 8, Amborn 5, Sonnentag 2, Rosemeyer 3, Schmitt 3. 3-pointers: 4 (Lepak 1, Amborn 1, Rosemeyer 1, Copenhaver 1). Record: 2-11, 2-8 Cloverbelt East.
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (50): Alex Baierl 18, Bryce DeSmet 9, Jared Fleischmann 3, Derrick Green 2, Christian Payant 2, Evan Nikolai 4, Jacob Puent 10, Tyler Fuerlinger 2. 3-pointers: 9 (Baierl 6, DeSmet 2, Fleischmann 1). Record: 10-3, 8-2 Cloverbelt East.