By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON – Stratford fell behind by double-digits before halftime and could not recover, dropping a Marawood Conference South Division contest to Marathon 57-38 on Friday night at Marathon High School.

Marathon improves to 10-1 overall and 5-1 in the Marawood South, while Stratford falls to 9-4 and 3-3 in the conference.

Emily Kind had 14 points and seven rebounds to top Marathon, which had eight different players score.

Tianna Hughes led Stratford with 14 points and five rebounds.

Marathon led 16-8 after one quarter and 33-14 by halftime to take control.

The Tigers host Tomah in a nonconference game Tuesday.

Raiders 57, Tigers 38
Stratford 8 6 9 15 – 38
Marathon 16 17 13 11 – 57
STRATFORD (38): Sammy Griesbach 1-2 0-0 2, Macie Frueh 3-9 0-0 8, Brittany Bredeman 2-4 2-2 7, Tianna Hughes 6-10 1-2 14, Savannah Schillinger 2-9 0-0 5, Casey Kolbeck 1-5 0-0 2, Marissa Cepress 0-1 0-0 0, Andie Zuelke 0-3 0-0 0. FG: 15-43. FT: 3-4. 3-pointers: 5-11 (Frueh 2-4, Bredeman 1-1, Hughes 1-1, Schillinger 1-5). Rebounds: 17 (Hughes 5). Assists: 8 (Bredeman 4). Record: 9-4, 3-3 Marawood South.
MARATHON (57): Ashley Denfeld 0-1 0-1 0, Julia Anderson 1-5 0-0 3, Bailey Seubert 0-3 0-0 0, Ashley Knoeck 1-1 0-0 2, Jayci Blume 2-5 0-0 6, Morgan Rachu 3-5 2-2 10, Alison Stieber 0-3 0-0 0, Olivia Meurette 4-5 0-0 8, Amanda Kind 2-4 1-3 5, Natasha Hanke 4-7 0-0 9, Emily Kind 6-8 2-4 14. FG: 23-47. FT: 5-10. 3-pointers: 6-13 (Rachu 2-3, Blume 2-4, Hanke 1-1, Anderson 1-3, Stieber 0-2). Rebounds: 23 (E. Kind 7). Assists: 15 (Blume 5). Record: 10-1, 5-1 Marawood South.