The Luxemburg-Casco Spartan girls fell to the Clintonville Truckers in a North Eastern Conference matchup Monday evening 65-52. The Spartans fell behind early 16-8, but rallied to take a 32-27 lead into halftime.
Clintonville came out of intermission on fire, as the Truckers went on a 19-1 run in the first nine minutes of the second half to take a 46-33 lead.
Luxemburg-Casco could not get any closer than eight points the rest of the way, as the Truckers were able to hit free throws to seal the victory.
The Spartans were led by Gabby Wech with 11 points and Alana Mrotek with ten points. Lauren Zwirschitz lead Clintonville with 22 points, as four Truckers scored in double figures.
Luxemburg-Casco (5-6, 7-9 overall) will now travel to Wrightstown to take on the Tigers Thursday night.
The next broadcast will be on Tuesday, January 31 as the Lady Spartans host the Denmark Vikings. The pregame on 104.1 WRLU begins at 6:45 p.m. with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will also be streamed on New Radio Sports Network with Paul Schmitt and Reece Robillard on the call.
In other girls' basketball action, Kewaunee rode a hot hand in the second half to beat Gibraltar 56-34, Algoma could not recover from an early deficit en route to a 59-54 loss to NEW Lutheran, Southern Door was nipped at home by Peshtigo 40-39, and Sturgeon Bay was handled by Oconto 88-31.
As for Tuesday's action, Kewaunee gets back to work to play West De Pere on the road at 7 p.m.
(photo by Ron LeCloux)
