NEWMAN CATHOLIC BOYS BASKETBALL EARNS MARAWOOD WIN ATHENS

Zaleski Sports

WAUSAU – Wausau Newman Catholic made seven 3-pointers and 13 of 14 free throw attempts in a 77-55 win over Athens in a Marawood Conference boys basketball crossover game Thursday at Newman Catholic High School.

Mason Prey scored 21 points and Isaac Seidel added 20 for the Cardinals, who improve to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the Marawood South.

Cooper Diedrich has 24 points and Aiden Janke had 19 for Athens (2-1, 1-1 Marawood North).

Athens hosts Colby in a nonconference game on Monday. Newman Catholic will be off until next Thursday, Dec. 9, when it plays a Marawood crossover game at Abbotsford.

Cardinals 77, Bluejays 55

Athens 26 29 - 55

Newman Catholic 38 39 - 77

ATHENS (55): Connor Sheahan 0 0-0 0, Cooper Diedrich 7 9-14 24, Nathan Wolf 1 0-0 3, Evan Guralski 1 1-2 3, Andrew Schaer 1 0-0 2, Kody Lepak 1 1-2 4, Connor Komarek 0 0-0 0, Aiden Janke 7 3-9 19. FG: 18. FT: 14-27. 3-pointers: 5 (Janke 2, Lepak 1, Wolf 1, Diedrich 1). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-1, 1-1 Marawood Conference North Division.

NEWMAN CATHOLIC (77): Mason Prey 7 5-5 21, Jackson Pfender 1 0-0 2, Zongcha Lo 2 0-0 6, Aiden Spychalla 0 0-0 0, Conner Krach 1 4-5 6, Jacob Pfiffner 4 1-1 11, Wyatt Gasper 0 0-0 0, Matthew Hamilton 0 0-0 0, Owen Sullivan 0 0-0 0, Isaac Seidel 8 1-1 20, Elijah Gustafson 2 0-0 4, Charlie Shields 2 2-2 7. FG: 27. FT: 13-14. 3-pointers: 7 (Seidel 3, Prey 2, Lo 2, Pfiffner 2, Shields 1). Fouls: 20. Fouled out: none. Record: 4-1, 2-0 Marawood Conference South Division.