T-Bird boys still undefeated
By Greg Seubert and Holly Neumann
One team picked up its second win of the season and another stayed undefeated.
Iola-Scandinavia and Weyauwega-Fremont’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams faced each other for the second time this season Feb. 1.
The W-F girls avenged an earlier loss to the Thunderbirds with a 36-24 win in Weyauwega, while the I-S boys improved to 15-0 with a 72-31 victory in Iola.
W-F 36, I-S 24
The W-F girls picked up their first Central Wisconsin Conference East Division win behind a game-high 20 points from Katie Bleck.
The T-Birds took their first lead of the game – 8-7 – on Hannah Melum’s three-pointer early in the game. The T-Birds eventually built a 12-8 lead, but the Indians closed the half with a 10-3 run to take an 18-15 lead into the locker room.
Bleck scored the Indians’ first eight points of the second half, while the T-Birds went cold from the field and didn’t make a basket until Bryanna Kisting’s three-pointer with 4:20 to go in the game cut the Indians’ lead to 32-19.
The T-Birds trailed by as many as 16 points in the second half. Taylor Folk had 10 points to go with Bleck’s 20, while Emilie Briquelet led the T-Birds with eight.
The T-Birds fell to 8-9 on the season and the Indians improved to 2-14.
I-S 72, W-F 31
Justin Sivertson’s double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds led the T-Birds over the Indians.
The T-Birds turned the ball over several times in the first half, but still led 25-17 at halftime behind eight points from Connor Kurki.
Sivertson scored 15 of his game-high 18 points in the second half. Kurki and Charlie Stockwell also finished in double figures for the T-Birds with 16 and 11 points, respectively. Drew Vandervest and Kolden Baehman led the Indians with nine and eight.
Both teams hosted East Division games Feb. 5. Iola-Scandinavia hosted Shiocton and Menominee Indian traveled to Weyauwega.