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SPENCER – Marshfield Columbus Catholic raced out to a big lead by halftime and rolled to a 78-46 win over Spencer in the Cloverbelt Conference East Division opener for both teams on Tuesday night at Spencer High School.
The Dons put up 43 first-half points to take a 43-22 lead into halftime. Columbus outscored Spencer by 11 in the second half to win going away.
Blake Jakobi had 19 points and Grant Olson added 15 to lead the Dons. Charlie Moore, who like Jakobi had three 3-pointers, ended up with 13 points, and Emmitt Konieczny kicked in 12 as Columbus Catholic improves to 4-2 overall.
Jonathan Jonas had 13 points to lead Spencer, which falls to 1-2 overall.
Columbus Catholic will host Neillsville and Spencer will play at Loyal in Cloverbelt East action Friday. Both games start at 7:15 p.m.
Dons 78, Rockets 46
Columbus Catholic 43 35 – 78
Spencer 22 24 – 46
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (78): Emmitt Konieczny 5 1-2 12, Mac Konieczny 3 0-0 8, Isaac Mauritz 1 0-0 2, Nathan Nemitz 0 0-0 0, Alex Edwards 0 1-2 1, Calvin Birkhauser 1 0-0 2, Charlie Moore 4 2-2 13, Blake Jakobi 6 4-5 19, Grant Olson 7 0-1 15, Lucas Kreklau 1 0-0 2, Kohle Hilgemann 2 0-0 4, Sam Duns 0 0-0 0. FG: 30. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 10 (Moore 3, Jakobi 3, M. Konieczny 2, Olson 1, E. Konieczny 1). Record: 4-2, 1-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.
SPENCER (46): Levi Anderson 0 0-0 0, Jonathan Jones 5 2-3 13, Connor Bacon 3 0-0 7, Nathan Rucker 2 2-3 6, Luke Roehrborn 1 0-0 2, Reed Knecht 1 2-2 4, Tyler Waugtal 0 0-0 0, Sam Bezlyk 2 0-2 5, Degan Kind 3 0-0 6, Carter Luepke 0 0-0 0. FG: 17. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 3 (Jonas 1, Bacon 1, Bezlyk 1). Record: 1-2, 0-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.