Xavier girls basketball slams Denmark in WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal

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APPLETON – The Xavier girls basketball team made quick work of Denmark, bolting out to a 26-point lead by halftime, and rolled to a 65-38 blowout victory in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal Friday night at Xavier High School.

The top-seeded Hawks (18-7) outscored Denmark 40-14 in the first half and maintained their big lead the rest of the way, advancing to a Division 3 regional final at home Saturday night at No. 5 seed Omro (18-8). Omro downed Wrightstown 67-51 on the road Friday.

Elle Krull led Xavier with 15 points, and Carsyn Stempa and Joy Krull each had 14 in the win for the Hawks.

Paige Selner led Denmark (15-11) with 14 points.

Hawks 65, Vikings 38
Denmark   14   24   –   38
Xavier   40   25   –   65
DENMARK (38): Madison Antolec 0 0-0 0, Amelia Vannoie 2 2-3 7, Maren Draxler 0 0-0 0, Isabella Quick 2 0-0 5, Paige Selner 5 4-7 14, Chloe Klinksick 0 0-0 0, Paige Vogel 0 0-0 0, Lily Lebresh 0 0-0 0, Kiarrah Micolichek 3 4-5 10, Allie Vanvonderen 1 0-2 2, Vanessa Umentum 0 0-0 0, Shaelyn Kraschnewski 0 0-2 0. FG: 13. FT: 10-19. 3-pointers: 2 (Vannoie 1, Quick 1). Record: 15-11.
XAVIER (65): Hailey Hafner 0 0-0 0, Kyley Standish 3 0-0 6, Joy Krull 7 0-1 14, Halle VandeHey 2 0-4 4, Chloe Pfefferle 0 0-0 0, Molly Martine 1 0-0 3, Elle Krull 7 0-0 15, Allie Tylinski 0 2-2 2, Faith Hafner 2 0-0 5, Annika Heimann 0 2-2 2, Carsyn Stempa 5 2-2 14, Layna Petersen 0 0-0 0. FG: 27. FT: 6-11. 3-pointers: 5 (Stempa 2, Martine 1, E. Krull 1, F. Hafner 1). Record: 18-7.