Five Tigers hit double figures in nonconference victory

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD — Five Stratford players scored in double figures, and the Tigers made eight 3-pointers in a 76-29 rout of Chequamegon in a nonconference boys basketball game Tuesday night at Stratford High School.

Ethan Nagel had four 3-pointers and finished with 19 points and eight rebounds for the Tigers, who improve to 10-9 this season.

Derrick Schmidt added 17 points and 11 rebounds, Jacob Danen had a season-high 16 points, Brenden Fecker had three 3-pointers and 13 points, and Cole Hoffman notched 10 points for Stratford.

The Tigers outscored Chequamegon 40-15 in a resounding first-half performance that put the game away early.

Stratford plays its Marawood Conference South Division finale Thursday at Northland Lutheran.

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

Tigers 76, Screaming Eagles 29

Chequamegon 15 14 – 29

Stratford 40 36 – 76

CHEQUAMEGON (29): No statistics reported. Record: 5-14.

STRATFORD (76): Brenden Fecker 5-12 0-0 13, Cole Hoffman 4-10 1-4 10, Drew Oertel 0-4 1-2 1, Nick Stoflet 0-1 0-0 0, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Nagel 7-10 1-1 19, Derrick Schmidt 6-14 5-7 17, Jacob Danen 7-8 2-4 16, Caleb Weinfurtner 0-4 0-0 0. FG: 29-63. FT: 10-18. 3-pointers: 8-21 (Nagel 4-6, Fecker 3-5, Hoffman 1-6, Oertel 0-1, Schmidt 0-3). Rebounds: 48 (Schmidt 11). Assists: 17 (Stoflet 7). Turnovers: 9. Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-9.