Fecker tops Tigers with 21 points

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON — Marathon shut out Stratford’s top scorer and was able to pull out a 48-37 victory in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game on Friday night at Marathon High School.

Stratford’s top scorer, Vaughn Breit, was held to 0-for-8 shooting and did not score in the loss.

Marathon is now 5-3 overall and 2-1 in the Marawood South. Stratford drops to 5-4 and 1-2 in the conference.

Brenden Fecker led the Tigers with 21 points, including three 3-pointers.

Stratford plays at Northland Lutheran on Tuesday.

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

Raiders 48, Tigers 37

Stratford 17 20 – 37

Marathon 21 27 – 48

STRATFORD (37): Brenden Fecker 7-16 4-4 21, Cole Hoffmann 1-6 1-2 4, Okley Wrensch 0-0 0-0 0, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0, Paul Huther 2-2 1-1 5, Trent Heckel 1-4 0-0 3, Andrew Bargender 0-1 0-0 0, Vaughn Breit 0-8 0-2 0, Lance Heidmann 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob Danen 2-3 0-0 4. FG: 13-40. FT: 6-9. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Fecker 3-11, Hoffmann 1-3, Heckel 1-4). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 5-4, 1-2 Marawood Conference South Division.

MARATHON (48): Statistics not reported. Record: 5-3, 2-1 Marawood Conference South Division.