By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD — Macie Frueh had 18 points, and Tianna Hughes added 15 points and seven rebounds to lead the Stratford girls basketball team to a 66-43 rout of Wausau Newman Catholic in a Marawood Conference South Division matchup Tuesday night at Stratford High School.

The Tigers assure themselves of a winning season by improving to 12-4 overall, and they are now 5-3 in the Marawood South. Newman drops to 5-9 and 2-6 in the conference.

Savannah Schillinger added 10 points and six rebounds, and Andie Zuelke had eight points and nine rebounds for the Tigers.

Stratford led 31-17 at halftime and finished strong, outscoring the Cardinals 20-9 in the fourth quarter.

The Tigers host Auburndale on Friday.

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

Tigers 66, Cardinals 43

Newman Catholic 10 17 17 9 – 43

Stratford 16 15 15 20 – 66

NEWMAN CATHOLIC (43): Lauren Fech 3-8 0-0 9, Laura Beilke 0-0 3-4 3, Karina McGucken 0-5 4-6 4, Abbye Fox 1-3 0-0 3, Hadleigh Baumann 0-3 0-0 0, Caitlin Deaton 6-17 3-6 16, Taylor Jankowski 3-6 0-0 8, Kaley Fech 0-3 0-2 0, Brogan Kimball 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 13-45. FT: 10-18. 3-pointers: 7-12 (L. Fech 3-4, Jankowski 2-3, Deaton 1-3, Fox 1-2). Rebounds: 22 (Deaton 11). Record: 5-9, 2-6 Marawood Conference South Division.

STRATFORD (66): Sammy Griesbach 2-6 3-4 7, Macie Frueh 6-16 3-4 18, Brittany Bredeman 1-1 0-0 2, Tianna Hughes 5-15 5-11 15, Emily Manecke 0-0 2-4 2, Savannah Schillinger 3-8 2-3 10, Casey Kolbeck 2-5 0-0 4, Marissa Cepress 0-3 0-0 0, Andie Zuelke 4-7 0-0 8. FG: 23-61. FT: 15-26. 3-pointers: 5-12 (Frueh 3-7, Schillinger 2-5). Rebounds: 29 (Zuelke 9). Assists: 10 (Frueh 5). Record: 12-4, 5-3 Marawood South.