Columbus Catholic boys basketball blasts Granton

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — Marshfield Columbus Catholic scored 32 points in the second quarter to open up a 31-point halftime lead and roll to a 79-39 victory over Granton in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division boys basketball game Tuesday night at Columbus Catholic High School.

Columbus led 18-9 after the first quarter before pouring it on with a 32-10 second quarter to take a 50-19 lead at halftime.

Evan Nikolai had 20 points, and Hunter Schultz added 17 points for the Dons, who improve to 5-4 overall and 4-1 in the Cloverbelt East. Granton is 0-5 and 0-4 in the conference. A total of 13 Dons scored in the win.

The Dons are off until Jan. 6 when they play at Greenwood.

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

Dons 79, Bulldogs 39

Granton 9 10 14 5 – 39

Columbus Catholic 18 32 12 17 – 79

GRANTON (39): Austin Naedler 11, Brandon Anding 3, Kevin Johnson 3, Mike Meddaugh 6, Matt Tyler 2, Dillon Pongratz 4, Max Opelt 10. Record: 0-5, 0-4 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (79): Billy Young 5, Kevin Gruber 3, Ryan Dieringer 5, Ben Behling 5, Charles Payant 3, Christian Payant 2, Evan Nikolai 20, Hunter Schultz 17, Nick Malovrh 5, Matthias Gouin 2, Tyler Fuerlinger 3, Brett Loveland 7, Evan Hansen 2. Record: 5-4, 4-1 Cloverbelt East.