Schmidt leads Tigers with 24 points, nine rebounds

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

ATHENS — Derrick Schmidt had 24 points and nine rebounds, and Ethan Nagel nailed five 3-pointers and added 20 points as the Stratford boys basketball team won its third-straight game with a 69-56 nonconference victory over Athens on Tuesday night at Athens High School.

Stratford shot 48 percent (24 of 49) and made 8 of 23 shots from 3-point range, including 5-for-9 from Nagel. Schmidt and Nagel combined to make 17 of 28 shots from the field overall.

The Tigers (12-9) also made 13 of 16 free throws in the win.

Stratford will wrap up its regular-season schedule at Prentice in the fifth-place game of the Marawood Conference North-South crossovers on Thursday. The Tigers open WIAA Division 4 playoff action March 1 at home against Coleman in a regional quarterfinal.

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

Tigers 69, Bluejays 56

STRATFORD (69): Brenden Fecker 3-9 1-1 8, Cole Hoffman 0-4 3-4 3, Drew Oertel 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Stoflet 2-4 5-6 10, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0, Ethan Nagel 7-11 1-1 20, Derrick Schmidt 10-17 3-3 24, Jacob Danen 2-3 0-1 4, Tanner Weinfurtner 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 24-49. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 8-23 (Nagel 5-9, Stoflet 1-3, Fecker 1-4, Schmidt 1-5, Hoffman 0-2). Rebounds: 30 (Schmidt 9). Assists: 10 (Hoffman 3, Nagel 3, Stoflet 3). Turnovers: 8. Fouls: 14. Fouled out: Hoffman. Record: 12-9.

ATHENS (56): No statistics reported. Record: 1-18.