By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Colby outscored Marshfield Columbus Catholic by six points in the second quarter to pull ahead and held off the Dons the rest of the way, winning 40-35 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division girls basketball game Friday night at Columbus Catholic High School.

After a low-scoring first quarter, Colby used a 13-7 advantage in the second quarter to take an 18-10 lead and was able to finish off the win, sending the Dons to their third loss in a row.

Abby Baierl made five 3-pointers and scored a game-high 20 points for Columbus Catholic (10-10, 7-8 Cloverbelt East).

Columbus Catholic tried to get back in the game using the 3-point shot, but other than Baierl it was not very successful. The Dons were just 6 of 24 from long range with Baierl going 5 of 14. Columbus shot just 20.4 percent (11 of 54) overall from the field.

Samantha Hayes scored 16 points, including eight in the decisive second quarter for Colby, who improves to 10-11 overall and finish its Cloverbelt East schedule with a 10-6 record and a fourth-place finish in the standings.

Columbus Catholic wraps up its conference schedule Monday at Gilman and will host the fifth-place game in the Cloverbelt East-West crossovers on Thursday against a team yet to be determined. Monday’s game will broadcast on WDLB-AM 1450 and wdlbwosq.com at 7:30 p.m.

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

Hornets 40, Dons 35

Colby 5 13 13 9 – 40

Columbus Catholic 3 7 12 13 – 35

COLBY (40): Haylee Geiger 3 2-2 9, Hannah Gurtner 0 2-8 2, Jordyn Halopka 0 0-0 0, Jenna Jicinsky 3 1-2 7, Neilanna Gotz 0 4-8 4, Paige Brueswitz 0 0-0 0, Kendra Bellendorf 1 0-0 2, Samantha Hayes 8 0-0 16. FG: 15. FT: 9-20. 3-pointers: 1 (Geiger 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-11, 10-6 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (35): Meena Thill 1-3 0-0 2, Alexandra Hutchison 0-7 0-0 0, Alishia Reigel 0-4 0-2 0, Kendra Baierl 0-0 0-0 0, Jess Trad 2-14 2-2 7, Abby Baierl 6-18 3-4 20, Natalie Pospyhalla 0-2 0-0 0, Hannah Stratman 2-6 2-4 6, Marissa Immerfall 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 11-54. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 6-24 (A. Baierl 5-14, Trad 1-8, Pospyhalla 0-2). Reboudns: 21 (Stratman 5, A. Baierl 5). Record: 10-10, 7-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.