Stratford boys basketball jumps on Abbotsford early, cruises to home win

Stratford senior Brady Schmidt. (MarshfieldAreaSports.com file photo/Paul Lecker)

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STRATFORD – The Stratford boys basketball dominated the first half, rolling out to a 24-point lead, and cruised to a 73-35 win over Abbotsford in a Marawood Conference crossover game Friday night at Stratford High School.

The Tigers pulled out to a 37-13 lead by halftime and were able to finish off the home win, improving to 8-3 overall and 5-2 in the Marawood Conference South Division.

Brady Schmidt connected on five of Stratford’s 11 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 15 points. Reid Miller, Henry Zaleski and Kaden Foster each chipped in 11 points in the victory.

Stratford is back in action Tuesday with a Marawood South game at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption.

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Tigers 73, Falcons 35
Abbotsford 13 22 – 35
Stratford 37 36 – 73
ABBOTSFORD (35):
Scoring not reported. Record: 2-10, 1-5 Marawood Conference North Division.
STRATFORD (73): Caleb Wrensch 1-1 0-2 2, Alec Chapel 2-5 1-2 5, Reid Miller 4-9 2-2 11, Jett Schoenherr 3-5 0-0 6, Drew Bruesewitz 1-5 2-2 5, Riley Spindler 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks Vanderhoof 0-0 0-0 0, Brady Berg 0-1 2-2 2, Payton Glenn 2-5 0-0 5, Henry Zaleski 5-10 1-3 11, Kaden Foster 4-5 0-3 11, Brady Schmidt 5-13 0-2 15, Brandon Gebelein 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 27-60. FT: 8-18. 3-pointers: 11-31 (Schmidt 5-12, Foster 3-4, Glenn 1-2, Bruesewitz 1-3, Miller 1-5, Chapel 0-2, Zaleski 0-3). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-3, 5-2 Marawood Conference South Division.