Griesbach leads Tigers with 16 points, seven assists

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

STRATFORD — Eight different Tigers scored, and Stratford shot 53 percent on its way to a 57-20 rout of Northland Lutheran in a Marawood Conference South Division girls basketball game Thursday night at Stratford High School.

Sammy Griesbach was 8 of 9 from the floor to put up a game-high 16 points for Stratford (14-6, 7-4 Marawood South). Griesbach also had seven assists and four rebounds, and Andie Zuelke had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Griesbach and Zuelke each had eight points, and Taya Nett had a pair of 3-pointers and seven points in the first half as Stratford ran out to a 37-10 lead.

Stratford made 23 of 32 shots from the floor and had 15 assists in the win.

The Tigers wrap up their Marawood South schedule Saturday at Auburndale. The game will start at 7:15 p.m.

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

Tigers 57, Wildcats 20

Northland Lutheran 10 10 – 20

Stratford 37 20 – 57

NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (20): Kari Kreklau 1 4-9 6, Aguilar 1 0-0 3, Mesa Haag 1 2-2 4, Mikayla Obsuzt 0 0-0 0, Sidney Moore 0 0-0 0, Hailey Eggebrecht 1 0-0 2, Erin Gast 2 1-5 5. FG: 6. FT: 7-18. 3-pointers: 1 (Aguilar 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-15, 1-10 Marawood South.

STRATFORD (57): Olympia Garrigan 1-5 0-0 2, Taya Nett 3-6 1-3 9, Blaire Linder 1-3 1-2 3, Sammy Griesbach 8-9 0-0 16, Brooke Peterson 2-3 2-2 6, Olivia Burrows 1-1 0-0 2, Mariah Zawislan 0-1 0-0 0, Kaylee Hollatz 2-3 1-2 7, Andie Zuelke 5-12 2-5 12, Callie Lehman 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 23-43. FT: 7-14. 3-pointers: 4-8 (Hollatz 2-3, Nett 2-4, Garrigan 1-1). Rebounds: 34 (Zuelke 12). Assists: 15 (Griesbach 7). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 14-6, 7-4 Marawood South.