By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

PRENTICE — The Stratford girls basketball team closed out its season with a narrow victory, topping Prentice 44-42 in the fourth-place game of the Marawood Conference Crossovers on Friday night at Prentice High School.

Stratford led 20-17 at halftime and by four heading into the fourth quarter, and it held on for the two-point win.

Macie Frueh, despite a tough shooting night (4 of 28), led the Tigers with 11 points. Andie Zuelke added nine points and 10 rebounds in the win.

Stratford finishes the regular season with a 14-8 record. The Tigers will host Stevens Point Pacelli in a WIAA Division 4 regional quarterfinal at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will move on to a regional semifinal at Auburndale on Feb. 27.

Sidney Wilund led Prentice (11-11) with 12 points.

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

Tigers 44, Buccaneers 42

Stratford 7 13 7 17 – 44

Prentice 7 10 6 19 – 42

STRATFORD (44): Sammy Griesbach 1-3 3-5 5, Macie Frueh 4-28 3-4 11, Brittany Bredemann 2-4 0-0 5, Olivia Burrows 0-0 0-0 0, Tianna Hughes 4-9 0-1 8, Emily Manecke 0-0 0-0 0, Savannah Schillinger 1-6 1-2 4, Casey Kolbeck 1-5 0-0 2, Andie Zuelke 3-4 3-6 9. FG: 16-59. FT: 10-18. 3-pointers: 2-17 (Bredemann 1-2, Schillinger 1-4, Frueh 0-11). Rebounds: 25 (Zuelke 10). Assists: 9 (Frueh 4). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: Hughes, Schillinger, Kolbeck. Record: 14-8.

PRENTICE (42): Brianna Schellin 0 1-2 1, Hailey Enders 1 0-0 2, Sheridan Kalander 1 0-0 2, Sidney Wilund 4 4-8 12, Caelyn Ulrich 2 6-7 10, Cassidy Strobel 0 0-0 0, Shawnie Sarkkinen 1 6-8 8, Alyson Nehls 4 1-2 9. FG: 12. FT: 18-27. 3-pointers: none. Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-11.