By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

NEILLSVILLE — Neillsville edged Marshfield Columbus Catholic 54-51 in an early-season battle of Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball unbeatens on Tuesday night at Neillsville High School.

The Dons are now 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Cloverbelt East. Neillsville improves to 4-1 and 4-0 in the conference.

Columbus Catholic’s next game is Friday at home versus Colby. The game will start at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.

Check out the Cloverbelt East boys basketball standings here.

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