By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD – Casey Kolbeck scored 17 points, including 13 in the second quarter, to lead the Stratford girls basketball team to a 51-19 rout of Marshfield Columbus Catholic in a nonconference game Thursday night at Stratford High School.

Stratford led 10-2 after one quarter and pushed it to 29-9 by halftime as the Dons (1-1) made just one basket from the floor (7 of 13 free throws).

Andie Zuelke added eight points, and Tianna Hughes and Sammy Griesbach each had seven for the Tigers, who were playing in their season opener.

Abby Baierl scored seven to lead Columbus. The Dons ended up making 10 of 17 free throws, but only had four field goals in the game.

Stratford plays at Rib Lake on Friday and hosts Edgar on Tuesday in a pair of nonconference games.

Columbus opens its Cloverbelt Conference East Division schedule Tuesday at Greenwood.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Tigers 51, Dons 19

Columbus Catholic 2 7 4 6 – 19
Stratford 10 19 9 13 – 51
COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (19): Meena Thill 1 3-4 5, Alexandra Hutchison 0 0-1 0, Alishia Reigel 0 0-0 0, Kendra Baierl 1 0-0 2, Jessica Trad 0 2-2 2, Abby Baierl 1 4-4 7, Natalie Pospyhalla 0 0-0 0, Rachel Roehl 0 0-0 0, Hannah Stratmann 0 0-0 0, Tara Brock 1 1-6 3. FG: 4. FT: 10-17. 3-pointers: 1 (A. Baierl 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-1.
STRATFORD (51): Sammy Griesbach 3 1-2 7, Macie Frueh 2 1-2 6, Brittany Bredeman 0 0-0 0, Tianna Hughes 3 1-1 7, Emily Hauke 1 0-0 2, Emily Manecke 0 0-0 0, Savannah Schillinger 1 0-0 2, Casey Kolbeck 6 4-4 17, Marissa Cepress 1 0-0 2, Andie Zuelke 4 0-0 8, Rebecca Mallon 0 0-0 0. FG: 21. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 2 (Frueh 1, Kolbeck 1). Rebounds: 25 (Cepress 6). Fouls: 19. Fouled out: Hughes. Record: 1-0.