Manawa drops two

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

Posted Friday, February 17, 2017 9:17 am

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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.

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.