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AUBURNDALE – Auburndale sophomore guard Fletcher Raab, who hasn’t seen a lot of playing time this season, had the game of his short varsity career on Tuesday.
Raab, who had just nine points in six previous games this season, exploded for 23 points on 7 of 8 shooting from 3-point range, to lead the Apaches to a 72-46 win over Wausau Newman Catholic in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game at Auburndale High School.
With the victory, Auburndale improves to 10-3 overall and 7-2 in the Marawood South, and remains tied for first place with Wisconsin Rapids Assumption and Marathon. Assumption topped Stratford, which had also been in a four-way tie for the conference lead entering play Tuesday.
Cameron Ertl added 15 points, Colten Yeske scored 14 on 6 of 7 shooting, and Cooper Weinfurter had team-highs with five rebounds and seven assists in the win for Auburndale.
Auburndale was 12-for-18 overall from 3-point range in the victory.
Ben Leischer had 13 points to lead Newman Catholic (2-12, 1-8 Marawood South).
Auburndale hosts Chequamegon on Friday in a Marawood Conference crossover game.
Apaches 72, Cardinals 46
Wausau Newman Catholic 25 21 – 46
Auburndale 46 26 – 72
WAUSAU NEWMAN CATHOLIC (46): Ben Leischer 5 1-2 13, Cade Kimball 1 0-0 2, Tom Ende 0 2-2 2, Kasey Kalafice 3 2-4 10, Elliot Samuels 1 0-0 2, Ben Bates 5 0-0 10, Charlie McCarty 2 2-2 6, Joe Zeimetz 0 1-2 1. FG: 17. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 4 (Leischer 2, Kalafice 2). Record: 2-12, 1-8 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (72): Cooper Weinfurter 2-8 1-1 5, Paul Kollross 0-1 0-0 0, Cale Jacoby 2-5 0-0 4, Cason Schmutzer 3-7 0-0 7, Fletcher Raab 7-8 2-2 23, Dylan Paun 0-1 0-0 0, Carter Wilcott 1-5 0-1 3, Aaron Marth 0-0 1-2 1, Colten Yeske 6-7 2-4 14, Cameron Ertl 5-9 2-2 15. FG: 26-51. FT: 8-12. 3-pointers: 12-18 (Raab 7-8, Ertl 3-6, Wilcott 1-3, Schmutzer 1-3, Paun 0-1, Kollross 0-1, Weinfurter 0-6). Rebounds: 21 (Weinfurter 5). Assists: 15 (Weinfurter 7). Record: 10-3, 7-2 Marawood Conference South Division.