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WESTON – The Marshfield boys basketball team guaranteed its fifth-straight winning season after beating D.C. Everest 49-36 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference contest Tuesday night at D.C. Everest High School.
The Tigers improve to 12-5 overall and 7-2 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference with the win, clinching a winning record for the season. It is the first time in the 102-year history of boys basketball at Marshfield High School that its teams have had five winning seasons in a row.
Matt Oestreich scored 17 points to top the Tigers in scoring.
D.C. Everest is now 6-10 and 3-5 in the Valley.
Marshfield’s next game is Friday at home against Wausau East.
Marshfield shot a solid 47 percent (18 of 38) and only turned the ball over six times in the win.
Tigers 49, Evergreens 35
Marshfield 15 13 13 8 – 49
D.C. Everest 13 5 6 11 – 35
MARSHFIELD (49): Jeff Allison 1-5 1-2 3, Luke Zuiker 4-9 2-2 10, Tanner Boson 0-2 0-0 0, Matt Oestreich 5-10 4-6 17, Will Spindler 4-4 0-1 8, Kegan Fassler 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan Schlinsog 1-1 2-2 4, Alex Strege 3-6 0-0 7. FG: 18-38. FT: 9-13. 3-pointers: 4-16 (Oestreich 3-4, Strege 1-4, Zuiker 0-2, Boson 0-2, Allison 0-4). Rebounds: 21 (Zuiker 8). Turnovers: 6. Record: 12-5, 7-2 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
D.C. EVEREST (35): Brady Uekert 2, Nick Sierakowski 2, Stephen Weir 11, Riley Peterson 2, Grant Van Grinsven 10, Chris Cornish 4, Jake Ebert 4. Record: 6-10, 3-5 Wisconsin Valley Conference.