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STRATFORD – For the second-straight season, the Stratford boys basketball team has finished the regular season undefeated.
The Tigers defeated Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 63-23 on Thursday night to wrap up a perfect regular-season and Marawood Conference South Division schedule. Stratford is now 21-0 overall and finishes the Marawood South at 16-0.
Stratford earned a No. 1 seed in its bracket of the WIAA Division 4 playoffs and will host either Colby or Stevens Point Pacelli in a regional semifinal on Friday, March 6.
Vaughn Breit made 7 of 8 shots from the field and scored a team-high 14 points for the Tigers. Teddy Redman added 10 points, and Chandler Schmidt and Cody Miller each chipped in eight for Stratford as all three made a pair of 3-pointers.
Assumption (1-21, 1-15 Marawood South) will play a Division 5 regional quarterfinal at Rib Lake on Tuesday.
Tigers 63, Royals 23
Wisconsin Rapids Assumption – 23
Stratford 39 24 – 63
ASSUMPTION (23): Statistics not provided. Record: 1-21, 1-15 Marawood Conference South Division.
STRATFORD (63): Teddy Redman 4-7 0-0 10, Cody Miller 3-4 0-0 8, Kale Weisenberger 0-0 0-0 0, Kam Koft 0-1 0-0 0, Max Vanderhoof 2-3 0-0 5, Chandler Schmidt 2-2 2-2 8, Dawson Danen 1-2 0-0 2, Tyler Lappe 2-2 0-0 4, Chase Flink 0-4 0-2 0 Jake Skroch 1-1 0-2 2, Keegan Weiler 0-0 0-0 0, Caden Brueswitz 0-0 0-0 0, Vaughn Breit 7-8 0-0 14, Camden Daul 2-3 0-0 4, Ben Barten 2-2 0-0 4, Zack Seitz 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Fox 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 27-43. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 7-16 (Schmidt 2-2, Redman 2-3, Miller 2-3, Vanderhoof 1-2, Danen 0-1, Koft 0-1, Flink 0-3). Rebounds: 22 (Breit 5). Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 21-0, 16-0 Marawood Conference South Division.