Auburndale’s Blake Anderson named Marawood South boys basketball player of the year

Auburndale's Blake Anderson was named the 2013-14 Marawood Conference South Division Boys Basketball Player of the Year. (Photo by Paul Lecker/MarshfieldAreaSports.com)
Auburndale’s Blake Anderson was named the 2013-14 Marawood Conference South Division Boys Basketball Player of the Year. (Photo by Paul Lecker/MarshfieldAreaSports.com)

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Auburndale seniors Blake Anderson and Isaac Castellano were both unanimous selections to the first team of the 2013-14 All-Marawood Conference South Division Boys Basketball Team.

Anderson, who led Auburndale in scoring at 15.6 points per game, was named the South Division Player of the Year. Anderson finished second in the conference in scoring and led all players with 38 3-pointers.

Castellano led the conference with 73 assists.

Apaches’ coach Chad Weinfurter was chosen as the conference’s coach of the year after leading Auburndale to a perfect 14-0 record and its fourth-straight South Division championship.

Auburndale senior Zach Staats and junior Matt Nikolay were picked to the second team.

Staats averaged 11.4 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, while Nikolay made 20 3-pointers and had a team-high 33 steals, while averaging 9.2 points per game.

Stratford’s Jake Reif and Austin Strasser, and Auburndale’s Josh VanShoick were among the honorable mention choices.

2013-14 All-Marawood Conference South Division Boys Basketball Team
First team:
*Chase Lamp, jr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; *Blake Anderson, sr., Auburndale; *Isaac Castellano, sr., Auburndale; *Ethan Seubert, jr., Marathon; Brad Wesely, sr., Pittsville. (*unanimous selection)
Second team: Josh Paltz, sr., Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Matt Nikolay, jr., Auburndale; Zach Staats, sr., Auburndale; Matthew Haehlke, sr., Marathon; Tim Venus, sr., Northland Lutheran.
Honorable mention: Kolt Linzmeier, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Jared Haas, Wisconsin Rapids Assumption; Josh VanShoick, Auburndale; Xavier Lechleitner, Marathon; Isaac Barber, Marathon; Nate Prososki, Wausau Newman Catholic; Jeff Ford, Wausau Newman Catholic; Michael Krueger, Northland Lutheran; Danny Worden, Northland Lutheran; Austin John, Pittsville; Kyle Kolar, Pittsville; Jake Reif, Stratford; Austin Strasser, Stratford.
Coach of the Year: Chad Weinfurter, Auburndale.
Player of the Year: Blake Anderson, Auburndale.