VIP: BOYS BASKETBALL SECTIONAL PREVIEW - FIVE AREA TEAMS TO BATTLE IN THREE GAMES THURSDAY

Stratford senior Cam Daul leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding heading into Thursday's WIAA Division 4 sectional semifinal against undefeated Iola-Scandinavia. (Paul Lecker file photo)

By Paul Lecker

Zaleski Sports

Five teams in the Zaleski Sports coverage area will compete in three games on Thursday as the WIAA boys basketball playoffs continue with sectional play.

All three games will be broadcast live at zaleskisports.com at 7 p.m. Thursday as Stratford takes on Iola-Scandinavia in a Division 4 sectional semifinal, and in Division 5 Wausau Newman Catholic plays Marshfield Columbus Catholic, and Athens will battle Turtle Lake.

Winners move on to sectional finals on Saturday, with the 20 sectional champions across five divisions qualifying for next week’s 2022 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament, which returns to the Kohl Center in Madison for the first time since 2019.

Here is a look at the matchups:

DIVISION 4

SECTIONAL 2

No. 1 Iola-Scandinavia (26-0) vs. No. 2 Stratford (22-4)...

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