Dons improve to 10-0 in Cloverbelt East

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Marshfield Columbus Catholic raced out to a 51 points in the first half to bury Spencer early and went on to a 79-50 victory in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday at Columbus Catholic High School.

The Dons led 51-22 at the break and played even with Spencer the rest of the way to preserve the 29-point win.

Columbus Catholic remains undefeated at 14-0 overall and 10-0 in the Cloverbelt East. Spencer falls to 4-8 and 4-5 in the conference.

Tyler Fuerlinger scored 31 points on 15 of 21 shooting to lead Columbus Catholic. He was 15 of 16 from 2-point range and missed all five of his 3-point attempts.

Nick Malovrh had 17 points and Hunter Schultz added 16, each making three 3-pointers, for the Dons.

Noah Zastrow had 18 points, and Jack Bezlyk added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets.

Columbus plays at Granton, and Spencer will host Owen-Withee in Cloverbelt East action Friday.

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

Dons 79, Rockets 50

Columbus Catholic 51 28 – 79

Spencer 22 28 – 50

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (79): Tyler Fuerlinger 15-21 1-2 31, Nick Malovrh 7-14 0-0 17, Hunter Schultz 6-18 1-2 16, Noah Taylor 1-3 2-2 4, Matt Olson 2-2 0-0 4, Ryan Dieringer 1-4 0-0 3, Jarred Mandel 1-4 0-0 2, Ethan Meece 0-1 0-0 0, Karik Bushman 0-0 0-0 0, Nick Hutchison 0-1 0-0 0, Charles Payant 0-0 0-0 0, Peyton Nystrom 0-1 0-0 0, Noah Hansen 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 34-78. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 7-30 (Schultz 3-11, Malovrh 3-6, Dieringer 1-2, Meece 0-1, Mandel 0-2, Fuerlinger 0-5). Rebounds: 40. Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 14-0, 10-0 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

SPENCER (50): Noah Zastrow 7-15 2-2 18, Jack Bezlyk 3-11 4-6 12, Jacob Miller 5-10 0-0 10, Austin Bacon 1-5 1-2 4, Lukas Ellefson 1-3 0-0 2, Josh Rudolph 1-1 0-0 2, Colin Nieman 1-8 0-0 2, Nate Karau 0-0 0-0 0, Vladimir Rivera 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 19-56. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 5-16 (Bezlyk 2-3, Zastrow 2-4, Bacon 1-2, Miller 0-2, Ellefson 0-2, Nieman 0-3). Rebounds: 42 (Bezlyk 10). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-8, 4-5 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.