Wausau Pilot & Review
MOSINEE – The top-seeded Mosinee girls basketball team held off a pesky Wausau East squad 59-51 in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal Friday night at Mosinee High School.
The Indians led 34-26 at halftime and were able to maintain their eight-point lead in the end.
Mosinee (24-1) will host a regional final on Saturday at 7 p.m. against No. 4 seed New London (13-10).
Claire Selenske scored 16 points, and Kate Fitzgerald and Hailey Shnowske each had 14 points, with Shnowske drilling four 3-pointers in the victory.
Madisyn Krueger led East (6-18) with 22 points and Hailey Valiska added 12 for the Lumberjacks.
Indians 59, Lumberjacks 51
Wausau East 26 25 – 51
Mosinee 34 25 – 59
WAUSAU EAST (51): Syd Crawford 1 0-0 3, Hailey Valiska 4 1-5 12, Claire Coushman 1 0-1 3, Graysen Burger 0 1-2 1, Lily Messman 2 0-1 6, Madisyn Krueger 7 5-7 22, Bailey Brandt 0 0-0 0, Geneva Michlig 0 0-0 0, Nysia Herrick 0 0-0 0, Jess Nardi 2 0-1 4. FG: 17. FT: 7-17. 3-pointers: 10 (Valiska 3, Krueger 3, Messman 2, Crawford 1, Coushman 1). Fouls: 21. Fouled out: Messman. Record: 6-18.
MOSINEE (59): Lexi Freiboth 1 0-0 2, Jenna Placek 2 1-2 6, Adalyn Lehman 1 1-5 3, Claire Selenske 5 4-8 16, Kate Fitzgerald 7 0-0 14, Kaitlyn Selle 1 0-0 2, Hailey Shnowske 5 0-0 14, Brooke Baumann 1 0-1 2. FG: 23. FT: 6-16. 3-pointers: 7 (Shnowske 4, Selenske 2, Placek 1). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: none. Record: 24-1.
