WISCONSIN RAPIDS GIRLS BASKETBALL BLASTS D.C. EVEREST
Zaleski Sports
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The Wisconsin Rapids girls basketball team earned a much-needed Wisconsin Valley Conference victory on Tuesday as it defeated D.C. Everest 87-58 at Lincoln High School.
Megan Clary scored 25 points to lead four Raiders in double figures. Ella Bruns added 15 points, nine steals and seven rebounds, Avery Brise hit four 3-pointers and scored 12, and Chelsea King also chipped in 12 for Wisconsin Rapids.
The win keeps Wisconsin Rapids (12-8, 9-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference) in the conference championship chase as it remains one game behind first-place Wausau West. The two teams play in the final game of the season Feb. 17 at Wisconsin Rapids.
Kiara Hammond scored 26 points and Braelyn Beiler added 17 for D.C. Everest (8-14, 3-8 WVC).
Wisconsin Rapids plays a nonconference game at Mosinee on Thursday. The game will be live-streamed at zaleskisports.com.
Raiders 87, Evergreens 58
D.C. Everest 30 28 - 58
Wisconsin Rapids 44 43 - 87
D.C. EVEREST (58): Jenna Check 0-1 1-2 1, Kirsten Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Braelyn Beiler 5-14 5-7 17, Grace Sandquist 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Schulz 0-0 0-0 0, Kiara Hammond 12-20 2-3 26, Brianna Rux 0-2 0-0 0, Riley Zuleger 0-1 0-0 0, Kennedy Stowell 3-4 0-0 6, Lauryn Wimmer 0-1 0-0 0, Abby Kislow 0-3 46 4, Ella Pavlovich 2-7 0-0 4. FG: 22-54. FT: 12-18. 3-pointers: 2-16 (Beiler 2-8, Zuleger 0-1, Rux 0-1, Hammond 0-3, Pavlovich 0-3). Rebounds: 30 (Hammond 9). Record: 8-14, 3-8 Wisconsin Valley Conference.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (87): Megan Clary 9-23 3-3 25, Ella Bruns 4-6 7-9 15, Avery Brise 4-9 0-0 12, Chelsea King 4-11 4-6 12, Logan Vollert 3-3 0-1 7, Aliyah Jennings 2-2 0-0 5, Kristin Radtke 1-1 3-4 5, Meghan Jochimsen 2-4 0-0 4, Nikita Tisland 0-0 2-2 2, Maddy Metcalf 0-0 0-0 0, Jazz Redcloud 0-1 0-0 0, Kate Schaeffer 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 29-60. FT: 19-25. 3-pointers: 10-26 (Brise 4-8, Clary 4-11, Vollert 1-1, Jennings 1-1, Jochimsen 0-2, King 0-3). Rebounds: 27 (Bruns 7). Record: 12-8, 9-1 Wisconsin Valley Conference.