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Wolves beat Gresham

Manawa girls share division title

By Holly Neumann


A two-point win gave the Manawa girls’ basketball a share of the Central Wisconsin Conference North Division championship.

The Wolves came from behind Feb. 20 to hand Gresham a 52-50 loss.

Gresham led 26-24 at halftime. Kaitlyn Miller scored 14 of her game-high 17 points in the first half for Manawa.

The Wolves outscored the Wildcats 28-24 in the second half while dealing with foul trouble and Gresham’s full-court press.

Jaden Jaeger and Maleah Pirk scored nine points for Manawa. Mikenna Wegener and Josie Nichols led the Wolves in rebounds with nine and eight, respectively.

Makayla Belongia and Hannah Cerveny led Gresham with 14 points.

The win gave the Wolves a 9-1 record in division play and Manawa shared the division championship with another 9-1 team, Northland Lutheran,

The Wolves will open WIAA state tournament play at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at home against Oconto in a Division 4 regional quarterfinal. The winner of that game will head to Bonduel Feb. 28, to face the top-seeded Bears at 7 p.m.

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Manawa's Alexis Hedtke puts pressure on Gresham's Alexandria Vele as Vele looks for a place to pass the ball Feb. 20 in a Central Wisconsin Conference North Division girls' basketball game in Manawa. Manawa came from behind for a 52-50 win over the Wildcats to share the division championship with Northland Lutheran. Holly Neumann Photo
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