Wausau Pilot & Review
MERRILL – The D.C. Everest boys basketball team jumped out to a 25-point lead by halftime and doubled up Merrill, winning 62-31 in a Wisconsin Valley Conference game Tuesday at Merrill High School.
Cade Felch made six 3-pointers and scored a team-high 18 points for D.C. Everest, which is now 7-13 overall and 2-7 in the Wisconsin Valley Conference. Merrill falls to 7-12 and 0-8 in conference play.
Casey Stuedemann added 11 points, and Cohen Priebe had 10 points and nine rebounds in the win for the Evergreens.
D.C. Everest plays a WVC game at home against Wausau West on Thursday before traveling to Wisconsin Dells for a nonconference matchup on Saturday.
Evergreens 62, Bluejays 31
D.C. Everest 38 24 – 62
Merrill 13 18 – 31
D.C. EVEREST (62): Brennan Pederson 1-2 0-0 2, Colin Ebersold 2-3 2-2 6, Jake Ruether 0-0 0-0 0, Chase Pavlovich 0-1 0-0 0, Xavier Edwards 2-2 0-0 4, Cade Felch 6-10 0-0 18, Zekhari Jones 0-2 0-0 0, A.J. Reynolds 1-3 0-0 2, Luke Auner 0-2 0-0 0, Cohen Priebe 3-5 2-2 10, Casey Stuedemann 5-6 1-1 11, Ransom Dickerson 1-2 0-0 2, Sam Dassow 1-2 0-0 2, Vander Truax 2-6 1-2 5. FG: 24-46. FT: 6-7. 3-pointers: 8-16 (Felch 6-10, Priebe 2-2, Jones 0-1, Dickerson 0-1, Dassow 0-1, Truax 0-1). Rebounds: 33 (Priebe 9). Record: 7-13, 2-7 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
MERRILL (31): Statistics not provided. Record: 7-12, 0-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
