By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

KRONENWETTER — Stratford blanked Northland Lutheran in the third quarter to open up a tight game, and it went on to a 48-30 victory in a Marawood Conference South Division matchup Friday night at Northland Lutheran High School.

The Tigers trailed 18-17 at halftime before a 16-0 run in the third quarter busted it open.

Stratford is now 8-3 overall and 4-2 in the Marawood South. Northland Lutheran falls to 2-9 and 0-5 in the conference.

Complete game statistics were not provided.

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

Tigers 48, Wildcats 30

Stratford 5 12 16 15 – 48

Northland Lutheran 5 13 0 12 – 30

STRATFORD (48): Statistics not provided. Record: 8-3, 4-2 Marawood Conference South Division.

NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (30): Gavin Nelson 1-5 0-0 2, Adam Jensen 0-0 0-0 0, Luke Thums 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Schmidt 0-1 0-0 0, Danny Worden 4-14 2-6 12, David Burgess 0-0 0-0 0, Noah Panzer 1-5 2-4 4, Jacob Price 4-15 3-3 11, Kyle Griesbach 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 10-40. FT: 7-13. 3-pointers: 2-20 (Worden 2-9, Price 0-7, Nelson 0-3, Panzer 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Price 10). Record: 2-9, 0-5 Marawood South.