NEWMAN CATHOLIC BOYS BASKETBALL ROLLS PAST PACELLI IN D-5 REGIONAL SEMIFINAL

Zaleski Sports

WAUSAU – Mason Prey scored 32 points and Isaac Seidel added 20 points to lead the Wausau Newman Catholic boys basketball team to an 83-62 win over Stevens Point Pacelli in a WIAA Division 5 regional semifinal Friday night at Newman Catholic High School.

No. 1 seed Newman (19-7) rolled out to a 50-26 by halftime and held on from there to advance to a regional final Saturday at 7 p.m. against No. 13 seed Spencer (9-17). Spencer upset No. 5 Port Edwards 70-49 on Friday.

Newman Catholic made 11 3-pointers in the victory, including three each by Prey and Seidel. Prey also added a team-high 10 rebounds.

Logan Mayer had four 3-pointers and 18 points for Pacelli, which finishes the season at 13-13.

Newman Catholic 83, Pacelli 62

Pacelli 26 36 - 62

Newman Catholic 50 33 - 83

PACELLI (62): Brock Birrenkott 0-1 0-0 0, Jacob Schroeder 0-0 1-4 1, Ben Haemmerle 0-2 0-0 0, Logan Mayer 7-10 0-0 18, Andrew Van Order 2-7 0-0 5, Bennett Eckendorf 0-0 0-0 0, Camden Schurk 5-8 3-4 15, Jaydon Awe 2-10 4-7 8, Brycen Cashin 1-3 0-0 3, Nick Fox 3-7 2-2 10, Adam Mueller 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 21-49. FT: 10-17. 3-pointers: 10-19 (Mayer 4-5, Schurk 2-2, Fox 2-2, Cashin 1-3, Van Order 1-5, Haemmerle 0-1, Awe 0-1). Rebounds: 28 (Awe 11). Record:

NEWMAN CATHOLIC (83): Mason Prey 12-18 5-5 32, Jackson Pfender 1-5 0-0 3, Zongcha Lo 0-0 0-0 0, Conner Krach 4-9 0-0 9, Jacob Pffifner 6-11 0-0 14, Matthew Hamilton 0-1 0-0 0, Owen Sullivan 0-2 0-0 0, Isaac Seidel 8-16 1-1 20, Eli Gustafson 1-2 0-0 03, Charlie Sheilds 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 33-65. FT: 6-6. 3-pointers: 11-25 (Prey 3-4, Seidel 3-7, Pfiffner 2-4, Gustafson 1-1, Pfender 1-3, Krach 1-4, Hamilton 0-1, Sullivan 0-1). Rebounds: 31 (Prey 10). Record: