Wausau Pilot & Review
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Wisconsin Rapids jumped out to a double-digit lead by halftime and went on to defeat D.C. Everest 87-58 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference girls basketball game Tuesday at Lincoln High School.
Rapids led 44-30 at halftime and continued its hot shooting, putting up 43 more points in the second half to earn the victory.
Kiara Hammond had 26 points and Braelyn Beiler added 17 for D.C. Everest, which falls to 8-14 overall and 3-8 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference.
Megan Clary led Wisconsin Rapids (12-8, 9-1 WVC) with 25 points.
D.C. Everest hosts Merrill for its Wisconsin Valley Conference finale on Friday at 7:15 p.m. The Evergreens finish their regular-season schedule with a nonconference game at Wabeno/Laona on Monday. WIAA playoff brackets will be announced Sunday.
Raiders 87, Evergreens 58
D.C. Everest 30 28 – 58
Wisconsin Rapids 44 43 – 87
D.C. EVEREST (58): Jenna Check 0-1 1-2 1, Kirsten Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Braelyn Beiler 5-14 5-7 17, Grace Sandquist 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Schulz 0-0 0-0 0, Kiara Hammond 12-20 2-3 26, Brianna Rux 0-2 0-0 0, Riley Zuleger 0-1 0-0 0, Kennedy Stowell 3-4 0-0 6, Lauryn Wimmer 0-1 0-0 0, Abby Kislow 0-3 46 4, Ella Pavlovich 2-7 0-0 4. FG: 22-54. FT: 12-18. 3-pointers: 2-16 (Beiler 2-8, Zuleger 0-1, Rux 0-1, Hammond 0-3, Pavlovich 0-3). Rebounds: 30 (Hammond 9). Record: 8-14, 3-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (87): Megan Clary 9-23 3-3 25, Ella Bruns 4-6 7-9 15, Avery Brise 4-9 0-0 12, Chelsea King 4-11 4-6 12, Logan Vollert 3-3 0-1 7, Aliyah Jennings 2-2 0-0 5, Kristin Radtke 1-1 3-4 5, Meghan Jochimsen 2-4 0-0 4, Nikita Tisland 0-0 2-2 2, Maddy Metcalf 0-0 0-0 0, Jazz Redcloud 0-1 0-0 0, Kate Schaeffer 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 29-60. FT: 19-25. 3-pointers: 10-26 (Brise 4-8, Clary 4-11, Vollert 1-1, Jennings 1-1, Jochimsen 0-2, King 0-3). Rebounds: 27 (Bruns 7). Record: 12-8, 9-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
