Tigers’ season ends with 3-1 loss

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON — One of the better seasons in recent memory for the Stratford girls volleyball team came to an end Thursday night with a 3-1 loss to Athens in a WIAA Division 3 sectional semifinal at Marathon High School.

Athens won 25-23, 25-14, 23-25, 25-23 to move on to a sectional final against Wittenberg-Birnamwood on Saturday night at Auburndale High School.

Stratford finished second in the Marawood Conference South Division and reached sectionals after capturing the regional title last Saturday with a win over Marathon.

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