By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

FORT ATKINSON – The Marshfield boys basketball team fell to 0-2 after losing 54-41 to Hortonville on the second day of the Fort HealthCare Classic at Fort Atkinson High School on Saturday.

The Polar Bears (1-1) led 20-12 after one quarter and never relinquished the lead. They finished off Marshfield with a 15-8 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Will Spindler led Marshfield with 13 points. Jordan Schlinsog added eight.

Kyle Witthuhn led all players with 16 points for Hortonville.

Marshfield plays a nonconference game at Holmen on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com.

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

Polar Bears 54, Tigers 41
Hortonville 20 10 9 15 – 54
Marshfield 12 9 12 8 – 41
HORTONVILLE (54): Trenton Knuppel 9, Sean Killoren 9, Jake Sommers 3, Kyle Witthuhn 16, Sam Thompson 1, Ryan Krueger 3, Charlie Schabo 9, Alex Turkow 4. Record: 1-1.
MARSHFIELD (41): Tanner Boson 6, Kegan Fassler 4, Alec Hinson 6, Will Spindler 13, Jordan Schlinsog 8, Adam Fravert 4. Record: 0-2.