The Northwestern High School boys basketball team held Chetek to just one field goal in the first half as the Tigers coasted to a 55-25 victory Thursday night at Maple.
NHS is now 14-3 overall and is 10-0 in the Heart O' North Conference with four conference games left.
In the first quarter Thursday, Northwestern's post players gave the Tigers a big lead early. After winning the tip but missing its first two shots, Northwestern got on the board when center Donnie Hissa blocked a shot and converted on a three-point play on the other end. Two plays later, John Darwin came up with a steal and Timmy Follis cut back door for a 5-0 lead. Two more inside shot, from Hissa and Darwin, gave Northwestern a 9-0 lead despite battling turnovers early.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Follis and Lee Brown game the Tigers' a 15 point lead, and Northwestern held Chetek scoreless in the quarter to lead 17-0. At halftime, the Tigers led 27-4. Chetek's Jake Nicholson scored the Bulldog's lone field goal when he went up strong inside and hit the extra free throw for a three-point play.
Chetek continued to struggle in the third quarter, but in the fourth the Bulldogs more than tripled their score to end the night down 55-25.
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Hissa had 16 points for NHS and Brown hit two of the Tigers' four 3-pointers to finish with 11 points. Darwin finished with eight points, Kendall Abrahamzon and Follis had five apiece, Justin Alexson and Jake Schiff four points each and Jake Dunphy added two points.
Kreg Ziarnik had nine points to lead the Bulldogs.
