Wausau Pilot & Review
WAUSAU – The Wausau Newman Catholic girls basketball team wrapped up its conference schedule with a 33-28 loss to Stratford in a Marawood Conference South Division contest Thursday at Newman Catholic High School.
The game was tied at 15-15 at halftime before Stratford was able to pull away late, holding Newman to 13 second-half points.
Bailey Linzmaier had 11 points for Stratford, which finishes the regular season 11-12 overall and the Marawood South with a 7-9 record.
Maggie Wulf led Newman (10-13, 4-12 Marawood South) with nine points.
Newman Catholic plays a nonconference game at Rosholt on Friday to finish its regular season, then will travel to Marshfield Columbus Catholic for a WIAA Division 5 regional quarterfinal Tuesday. The game against Columbus will be broadcast live at zaleskisports.com.
Tigers 34, Cardinals 28
Stratford 15 18 – 33
Newman Catholic 15 13 – 28
STRATFORD (33): Allison Lindner 0 0-1 0, Ella Heidmann 1 0-0 2, Lauren Kraus 3 1-2 7, Bailey Linzmaier 4 3-6 11, Tessa Berg 2 0-0 4, Kalyn Schueller 3 0-0 6, Sailor Kauffman 0 0-0 0, Lexie Christopherson 1 1-2 4. FG: 14. FT: 5-11. 3-pointers: 1 (Christopherson 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Rebounds: 25 (Scheuller 7). Record: 11-12, 7-9 Marawood Conference South Division.
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (28): Lily Shields 2 1-3 5, Ashley Jankowski 2 2-2 6, Maggie Wulf 4 0-0 9, Lily Zeimitz 1 0-0 2, Mel Severson 0 0-0 0, Evie Bates 3 0-0 6. FG: 12. FT: 3-5. 3-pointers: 1 (23 1). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-13, 4-12 Marawood Conference South Division.
