ASSUMPTION GIRLS BASKETBALL HOLDS OFF MARATHON

Zaleski Sports

MARATHON – The Wisconsin Rapids Assumption girls basketball team extended its winning streak to seven with a 49-44 win over Marathon in its Marawood Conference South Division and regular-season finale on Thursday at Marathon High School.

Sarah Shaw scored 12 points and Ainara Sainz de Rozas added 11 for Assumption, which heads into the playoffs with a 21-3 record and finishes off its Marawood South championship season with a 14-2 record.

Assumption, the No. 1 seed in its WIAA Division 5 sectional, will host Marion in a regional quarterfinal Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game will be live at zaleskisports.com.

Royals 49, Raiders 44

Assumption 25 24 - 49

Marathon 23 21 - 44

ASSUMPTION (49): Sarah Shaw 4-9 4-4 12, Ainara Sainz de Rozas 4-10 2-2 11, Addi Vollert 0-3 0-0 0, Kendall Duellman 1-3 0-0 2, Izzy Jungwirth 1-5 0-0 3, Kayla Kerkman 1-4 0-0 3, Cristin Casey 2-9 4-4 8, Anna Schooley 2-4 0-0 4, Maleia Kolo 3-3 0-0 6. FG: 18-50. FT: 10-10. 3-pointers: 3-13 (Kerkman 1-1, Sainz de Rozas 1-3, Jungwirth 1-4, Casey 0-1, Shaw 0-2, Duellman 0-2). Rebounds: 21 (Schooley 6, Kolo 6). Record: 21-3, 14-2 Marawood Conference South Division.

MARATHON (44): Statistics not reported. Record: 12-11, 9-6 Marawood Conference South Division.