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SPARTA — The Arcadia High School girls basketball team held Sparta scoreless for the first 7 minutes, 9 seconds of the second half as it expanded on a lead and put down the groundwork for a 46-32 nonconference victory at Alton D. Ask Gymnasium on Tuesday.
The Raiders (1-0) scored the first 12 points after halftime to give themselves a 36-21 lead that was too much for the Spartans (0-1), who played without injured junior Tiana Leis, to overcome.
Sophomore Tatum Drazkowski scored 15 points to lead Arcadia, which made two 3-pointers during the run. Senior Kaitlyn Bremer made one of those and junior Joselyn Lockington the other to help the Raiders pull away.
Junior Lily Seifert scored 14 points for Sparta, which didn’t get a bucket in the second half until senior Kylie Burton converted a bank shot in the lane to cut Arcadia’s lead to 36-23 with 10:51 remaining.
Junior Elexa Jones added eight points for the Spartans and Lockington scored all of her nine after halftime for Arcadia.
Cashton 67, Seneca 11
CASHTON — The Eagles scored 35 points in the first half and took a 35-6 lead to the second.
Ten players scored for Cashton, which made three 3-pointers and 14 free throws. Sophomore point guard Kennedy Brown made two of those 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points.
Sophomore Evie Weber added 12 points and senior Lauren Huntzicker eight for the Eagles.
Altoona 56, G-E-T 18
ALTOONA — The Railroaders took care of the Red Hawks, who were led by junior Amara Brantner’s nine points.
Neillsville 60, Bangor 43
NEILLSVILLE — The Cardinals were held to 17 first-half points, and Neillsville held senior Anna Fronk to one first-half 3-pointer.
She hit four more in the second half and finished with a team-high 16 points for Bangor, which also received seven points from Kiera Cavadini.
Brookwood 53, La Farge 30
LA FARGE — The Falcons started their season with a victory behind 23 points from junior Reagan Muehlenkamp, who made two 3-pointers and scored 12 of her points in the first half.
Junior Ruby Muehlenkamp added 17 points with two 3-pointers and 10 points in the second half.
Mauston 58, Royall 36
ELROY — The Panthers were held to eight first-half points and found themselves in a 25-point hole heading to the second.
Bria Gruen scored a team-high 18 points, and Layla Marty added 14.
SCOREBOARD
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Nonconference
Adams-Friendship 46, Black River Falls 44
Hillsboro 49, Kickapoo 46
Necedah 52, Whitehall 44
North Crawford 45, Wonewoc-Center 42
