Columbus Catholic girls basketball loses Cloverbelt East finale to Neillsville

Dons finish conference schedule with 8-8 record

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARSHFIELD — The Marshfield Columbus Catholic girls basketball team gave Neillsville all it could handle but came up short of the upset bid, losing 43-36 in a Cloverbelt Conference East Division game Monday night at Columbus Catholic High School.

The Dons trailed 20-10 at halftime and outscored Neillsville by three in second half, but could not make it all the way back.

Neillsville improves to 19-1 overall and 14-1 in the Cloverbelt East with one game remaining against Greenwood on Tuesday. Columbus Catholic finishes its Cloverbelt East season at 8-8 and is 12-9 overall heading into a Cloverbelt Crossover game at home Thursday against Fall Creek.

Morgan Albrecht had a game-high 16 points, and Kendra Baierl had nine points and 11 rebounds for Columbus.

Kayla Lis topped Neillsville with 13 points.

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

Warriors 43, Dons 36

Neillsville 20 23 – 43

Columbus Catholic 10 26 – 36

NEILLSVILLE (43): Mindy Schoengarth 2-5 4-4 9, Morgan Hauge 0-4 0-1 0, Kayla Lis 4-13 4-5 13, Sam Cappodora 2-5 0-0 4, Lexi Opelt 1-1 0-0 2, Michelle Kyle 2-6 1-3 5, Lauren Mesar 4-5 0-0 8, Grace King 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 16-43. FT: 9-13. 3-pointers: 2-11 (Schoengarth 1-1, Lis 1-7, Hauge 0-3). Rebounds: 22 (Kyle 6). Turnovers: 7. Fouls: 6. Fouled out: none. Record: 19-1, 14-1 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.

COLUMBUS CATHOLIC (36): Morgan Albrecht 6-20 0-0 16, Hailey Roehl 0-0 0-0 0, Baylie Neider 1-7 0-2 3, Maren Seefluth 0-2 2-2 2, Kendra Baierl 4-6 1-2 9, Natalie Pospyhalla 2-6 0-0 6, Zoe Stratman 0-1 0-0 0, Marissa Immerfall 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 13-48. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 7-23 (Albrecht 4-12, Pospyhalla 2-5, Neider 1-5, Seefluth 0-1). Rebounds: 28 (Baierl 11). Turnovers: 16. Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 12-9, 8-8 Cloverbelt Conference East Division.