By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WISCONSIN RAPIDS — The Marshfield girls and boys basketball teams swept Wisconsin Rapids in a Wisconsin Valley Conference doubleheader Friday night at Lincoln High School.

The Marshfield girls won 63-40, and the Tigers boys followed that up with a 53-43 victory.

The Marshfield girls are now 5-1 and remain perfect in the Wisconsin Valley Conference, improving to 3-0. Wisconsin Rapids is now 1-5 and 0-3 in the conference.

The Marshfield boys team evens its record, improving to 4-4 overall and 1-1 in the WVC. Rapids suffered its first loss, falling to 6-1 and 2-1 in the conference.

In the girls game, Caitlin Michaelis scored 19 points, and Ellie Kummer had 18 points for Marshfield. The two combined to make 7 of 17 shots from 3-point range as Marshfield was 9 of 23 overall from beyond the arc.

Kendra Lysne had 14 points, and Victoria Hansen had nine points and 12 rebounds for Wisconsin Rapids.

The Marshfield boys led 15-5 after the first quarter and never relinquished the advantage.

The Tigers made seven 3-pointers, three from Jordan Schlinsog, who led Marshfield with 16 points. Adam Fravert added 11 points. The Tigers were 16 of 18 from the free throw line in the win.

The Marshfield girls host Superior in a nonconference game Saturday, and the boys are off until Dec. 29 when they host Eau Claire Memorial.

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

Girls

Tigers 63, Raiders 40

Marshfield 15 18 20 10 – 63

Wisconsin Rapids 8 12 8 12 – 40

MARSHFIELD (63): Makayla Scheuer 3-9 1-1 8, Meg Bryan 1-4 0-0 3, Caitlin Michaelis 7-15 1-2 19, Ana Jensen 0-1 0-0 0, Sara Dasler 0-0 0-0 0, Maddie Nikolai 2-4 1-2 5, Martha Kupfer 0-2 1-2 1, Ellie Kummer 6-16 3-4 18, Hannah Meverden 4-7 1-1 9. FG: 23-58. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 9-23 (Michaelis 4-9, Kummer 3-8, Scheuer 1-3, Bryan 1-3). Rebounds: 28 (Meverden 7). Assists: 13 (Michaelis 5). Record: 5-1, 3-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (40): Kendra Lysne 5-15 3-4 14, Carissa Vruwink 1-5 2-2 4, Maycie Wiernik 1-6 0-0 2, Kaitlyn Hess 1-3 0-0 2, Chani Pulchinski 4-8 0-3 8, Morgan Saeger 0-1 1-2 1, Victoria Hansen 2-7 5-6 9. FG: 14-45. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 1-8 (Lysne 1-4, Wiernik 0-2, Pulcinski 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Hansen 12). Record: 1-5, 0-3 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

Boys

Tigers 53, Raiders 43

Marshfield 15 11 12 15 – 53

Wisconsin Rapids 5 11 7 20 – 43

MARSHFIELD (53): Caleb Alexander 7, Tanner Boson 6, Kegan Fassler 6, Alec Hinson 5, Will Spindler 2, Jordan Schlinsog 16, Adam Fravert 11. Record: 4-4, 1-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (43): Tom Olson 7, Ben Olson 2, Alex Bassuener 19, Jayson Wiernik 15. Record: 6-1, 2-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.