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MARATHON – Marathon overcame a slight one-point halftime deficit to complete a season-sweep of Stratford, beating the Tigers 62-51 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball matchup Tuesday night at Marathon High School.
Marathon maintains its one-half game lead over Wausau Newman Catholic atop the Marawood South standings, improving to 14-3 overall and 11-1 in the conference. Newman is 10-1 after defeating Auburndale on Tuesday. Stratford falls to 9-8 overall and 6-6 in conference play. Click here to view the Marawood South boys basketball standings
Brady Schmidt made four 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points for Stratford, which led 28-27 at halftime before being outscored by 12 over the second 18 minutes.
Grant Warren had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Marathon.
Stratford plays a Marawood Conference crossover game at Chequamegon on Friday.
Raiders 62, Tigers 51
Stratford 28 23 – 51
Marathon 27 35 – 62
STRATFORD (51): Braeden Schueller 3-17 2-2 9, John Seitz 3-9 0-0 6, Ashton Wrensch 5-11 2-4 13, Drew Bruesewitz 1-5 0-0 2, Henry Zaleski 1-4 0-0 2, Izaiah Hadlock 0-3 0-0 0, Brady Schmidt 6-15 3-4 19. FG: 19-64. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 6-30 (Schmidt 4-10, Wrensch 1-3, Schueller 1-11, Zaleski 0-1, Hadlock 0-1, Bruesewitz 0-2, Seitz 0-2). Rebounds: 25 (Wrensch 7). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-8, 6-6 Marawood Conference South Division.
MARATHON (62): Cooper Hoeksema 3-7 3-4 11, True Thurs 0-0 0-0 0, Drew Woelfel 0-1 0-0 0, Drew Love 2-2 0-0 5, Danile LaQua 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Underwood 4-7 5-7 13, Mason Seehafer 4-5 1-4 9, Grant Warren 12-17 0-0 24. FG: 25-41. FT: 9-15. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Hoeksema 2-4, Love 1-1, LaQua 0-1, Underwood 0-1, Warren 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Warren 10). Record: 14-3, 11-1 Marawood Conference South Division.