By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD — Dawson Gebelein scored 14 points, and Michael Bargender added 12 points and six rebounds to lead the Stratford boys basketball team to a 60-45 nonconference win over Athens on Friday night at Stratford High School.

Stratford shot 46 percent from the field (26-for-56) and had 10 steals in the victory.

Jake Reif added 10 points and five assists, and Derek Schmidt had nine points and six rebounds for Stratford (11-6) in a balanced scoring attack.

Stratford led 30-23 at halftime before putting the game away with a 16-6 run in the third quarter.

Lane Tessmer led Athens (3-13) with 13 points.

Stratford plays at Pittsville on Tuesday.

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

Tigers 60, Bluejays 45

Athens 10 13 6 16 – 45

Stratford 13 17 16 14 – 60

ATHENS (45): Benjamin Weller 2 0-0 5, Lane Nicholds 0 1-2 1, Austin Schreiner 4 0-2 11, Lane Tessmer 6 0-2 13, Sawyer Thurs 0 0-0 0, Justin Kelly 0 1-2 1, Aaron Wickman 3 1-2 7, Jameson Brooks 1 0-0 2. FG: 18. FT: 2-9. 3-pointers: 7 (Schreiner 3, Kelly 2, Tessmer 1, Weller 1). Record: 3-13.

STRATFORD (60): Dawson Gebelein 7-13 0-0 14, Nick Stoflet 0-1 1-2 1, Michael Bargender 4-8 4-4 12, Ethan Nagel 2-5 0-0 6, Derek Schmidt 4-7 1-2 9, Jake Reif 5-14 0-0 10, Mitch Guralski 0-2 0-0 0, Jake Schmitt 4-5 0-0 8, Brenden Fecker 0-1 0-0 0. F: 26-57. FT: 6-8. 3-pointers: 2-13 (Nagel 2-4, Gebelein 0-1, Stoflet 0-1, Schmidt 0-1, Schmitt 0-1, Fecker 0-1, Reif 0-4). Rebounds: 29 (Bargender 6, Schmidt 6). Assists: 11 (Reif 5). Record: 11-6.