Manawa drops two - Waupaca County Post

Wolves fall at home, on the road

By Holly Neumann

Wittenberg-Birnamwood handed Manawa a pair of Central Wisconsin 8 Conference boys’ basketball losses. The Chargers defeated the Wolves 74-41 Feb. 16 in Manawa and 91-42 two days earlier in Wittenberg.

W-B 74, Manawa 41
W-B led 39-15 at halftime behind a combined 19 points from Matthew Kapitz and Cory Fraaza.

The Chargers also outscored the Wolves 35-26 in the second half.

Manawa’s Ethan Hass scored 14 of his team-high 16 points in the second half and teammate Jeven Sachtjen also finished in double figures with 13. Kapitz led the Chargers with 19 points.

Manawa’s Nathan Reynolds and Wyatt Nichols trap Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Cory Fraaza. Fraaza went on to score a game-high 18 points Feb. 16 in the Chargers’ 74-41 win over the Wolves. He also led W-B with 25 points two days earlier in another win over Manawa. Holly Neumann Photo

Bo Koehn flies through the air to put up a shot for Manawa and draws a foul from Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Teagon Lehman. Holly Neumann Photo

Nathan Reynolds and Josh Griesbach trap Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Ethan Wesolowski with the ball during a Central Wisconsin 8 Conference boys’ basketball game Feb. 16 at Little Wolf High School in Manawa. Holly Neumann Photo

Manawa’s Billy Murphy and Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s Cory Fraaza get into position to get a rebound. Holly Neumann Photo

Nathan Reynolds goes to the free-throw line for the Manawa Wolves. Holly Neumann Photo

W-B 91, Manawa 42
The Chargers outscored the Wolves 53-23 in the first half and 38-19 in the second.

Hass and Seth Forbes led the Wolves with 13 and 10 points, respectively, while Fraaza led all scorers with 25.