The Wausau West girls curling team won the Wisconsin State High School Curling Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Wausau Curling Center, defeating Stevens Point 10-3 in the final match. Wausau West scored four in the sixth end to break open a tight game, which was called after seven ends.
Wausau West went 3-0 in qualifying play which began Friday morning. They defeated Wausau East in the semi-finals before outscoring Point.
Curling for West were Maggie Hintz, Caroline Kurth, Nora Mathias Bella Duginski and Hope Abbiehl.
The Wausau East girls finished fourth, losing the consolation game to Pardeeville, also by a 10-3 score. The Wausau East team was made up of Carlie Kluz, Alexia Kufahl, Maddie Bellman, Chloe Buttke and Nora Wright.
The tournament drew 32 teams from 17 schools from around the state, approximately 150 student curlers in all. Other competing schools included D.C. Everest, Medford, Marshfield, Waupaca, Neenah, Kimberly, Appleton East, Lodi and Waukesha West. The Portage boys and girls teams were defending champions.
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