Tigers finish Marawood South season with 6-6 record

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

KRONENWETTER — Brenden Fecker scored 16 points to help the Stratford boys basketball team to a 61-44 victory over Northland Lutheran in the Marawood Conference South Division finale on Thursday night at Northland Lutheran High School.

Stratford rolled out to a 37-24 lead by halftime and held on from there to improve to 11-9 overall and finish the Marawood South season with a 6-6 record.

Derrick Schmidt added 14 points and five rebounds for the Tigers.

Stratford shot an efficient 58 percent (21 of 36), including 16 of 22 from 2-point range. The Tigers also made 14 free throws.

Stratford will play at Athens in a nonconference game on Tuesday.

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

Tigers 61, Wildcats 44

Stratford 37 24 – 61

Northland Lutheran 24 20 – 44

STRATFORD (61): Brenden Fecker 6-9 2-2 16, Cole Hoffman 1-5 3-4 6, Drew Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Stoflet 2-3 5-8 9, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Nagel 3-6 2-3 9, Derrick Schmidt 6-9 1-2 14, Jacob Danen 3-4 1-2 7, Dylan Paschel 0-0 0-0 0, Tanner Weinfurtner 0-0 0-2 0. FG: 21-36. FT: 14-23. 3-pointers: 5-14 (Fecker 2-5, Hoffman 1-2, Nagel 1-3, Schmidt 1-3, Stoflet 0-1). Rebounds: 19. Record: 11-9, 6-6 Marawood South.

NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (44): No statistics reported. Record: 5-14, 0-12 Marawood South.