By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD – Macie Frueh had 19 points, six rebounds and six assists to lift the Stratford girls basketball team to another dominating performance as the Tigers routed Northland Lutheran 66-26 in their Marawood Conference South Division opener Friday night at Stratford High School.

Tianna Hughes added 15 points and four rebounds, and Savannah Schillinger had 12 points and four steals for the Tigers, who improve to 5-0.

Hannah Kloehn had eight points to top Northland Lutheran (1-3, 0-1 Marawood South).

Stratford wasted little time putting this one away. The Tigers outscored Northland Lutheran 18-3 in the first quarter and 20-6 in the second quarter to open up a 38-9 lead by halftime.

Stratford will face two of the other top teams in the Marawood South next week, playing at Wausau Newman Catholic on Tuesday and hosting Auburndale next Friday.

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

Tigers 66, Wildcats 26
Northland Lutheran 3 6 13 4 – 26
Stratford 18 20 18 10 – 66
NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (26): Cierra Mahnke 0-0 0-0 0, Rebekah Edelburg 1-3 2-4 4, Ashley Colby 2-4 1-4 4, Hannah Kloehn 2-6 4-6 8, Alissa Mahnke 0-0 0-0 0, Mesa Haag 0-1 0-0 0, Taylor Fenske 1-5 0-0 2, Sidney Moore 0-2 1-2 1, Halley Engelbrecht 0-1 0-0 0, Erin Gast 0-1 0-0 0, Melissa Newman 2-5 3-6 7. FG: 8-28. FT: 11-22. 3-pointers: 1-3 (Colby 1-1, Fenske 0-1, Moore 0-1). Rebounds: 15 (Fenske 4, Kloehn 4). Record: 1-3, 0-1 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (66): Sammy Griesbach 0-1 4-4 4, Macie Frueh 7-14 2-3 19, Brittany Bredemann 2-7 0-0 5, Tianna Hughes 4-5 6-9 15, Emily Manecke 0-1 0-0 0, Savannah Schillinger 5-12 1-2 12, Casey Kolbeck 4-5 0-0 9, Marissa Cepress 0-1 0-0 0, Andie Zuelke 1-4 0-2 2. FG: 23-50. FT: 13-20. 3-pointers: 7-18 (Frueh 3-6, Hughes 1-2, Kolbeck1-2, Bredemann 1-3, Schillinger 1-5). Rebounds: 23 (Frueh 6). Assists: 15 (Frueh 6). Record: 5-0, 1-0 Marawood South.