Dons outscore Indians by 40 in first half to roll to home win

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — To say the Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys basketball team dominated the first half of its Cloverbelt Conference East Division game against Greenwood would be a severe understatement.

The Dons outscored Greenwood 49-7 in the first half and rolled to a 76-26 victory on Tuesday night at Columbus Catholic High School.

Hunter Schultz scored 23 points, and Evan Nikolai and Billy Young each added 10 for the Dons, who are now 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the Cloverbelt East.

Ten different Columbus players scored in the win.

The Dons, ranked third in this week’s Wissports.net Division 5 state coaches poll, plays at Owen-Withee on Friday. Owen-Withee was 4-0 in the conference heading into Tuesday’s game against Loyal, for which no score has been reported. Friday’s game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.

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

Dons 76, Indians 26

Greenwood 7 19 – 26

Columbus Catholic 49 27 – 76

GREENWOOD (26): Walker Wuethrich 3, Trevor Serocki 7, Devin Toburen 8, Cole Lucas 2, Sam Revier 6. Record: 0-8, 0-6 Cloverbelt East.

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (76): Billy Young 10, Matthias Gouin 4, Peyton Nystrom 1, Nick Malovhr 6, Evan Nikolai 10, Hunter Schultz 23, Mathias Olson 2, Noah Hansen 7, Tyler Fuerlinger 9, Charles Payant 4. Record: 9-0, 6-0 Cloverbelt East.