Auburndale finishes strong, knocks off Marathon

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AUBURNDALE – Liz Breu scored 11 of her team-high 13 points in the second half to lead the Auburndale girls basketball team to a 36-30 win over Marathon in its Marawood Conference South Division finale at Auburndale High School.

Breu had three field goals and her teammates combined to make 7 of 9 free throws in the fourth quarter to help the Apaches hold on and clinch third place in the South. Auburndale will play at Chequamegon in the Marawood North-South crossover third-place game on Monday.

The game was tight throughout. Auburndale led 13-12 at halftime and 23-20 after three quarters before the strong finish. The Apaches won for the 11th time in their last 13 games to improve to 15-6 overall and finish 10-4 in the South Division.

Alexandria Boehm had 12 points to lead Marathon (11-10, 6-8 Marawood South).

Apaches 36, Raiders 30
Marathon 4 8 8 10 – 30
Auburndale 5 8 10 13 – 36
MARATHON (30):
Hannah Seubert 1-8 0-0 2, Kaile Zimmerman 1-5 2-2 4, Jacee Anderson 0-3 0-0 0, Alex Boehm 6-7 2-3 14, Rebecca Reiche 0-2 2-2 2, Kayla Stanley 0-2 2-2 2, Nicole Heise 1-1 0-0 2, Donna Blume 2-4 0-0 4, Mel Brickner 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 11-34. FT: 8-9. 3-pointers: 0-7 (Stanley 0-2, Reiche 0-2, Boehm 0-1, Zimmermann 0-1, Seubert 0-1). Rebounds: 25 (Brickner 5, Boehm 5). Record: 11-10, 6-8 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (36): Kayleigh Kundinger 0-1 0-0 0, Kayla Nikolay 2-6 1-2 6, Kelly Tomfohrde 1-6 3-4 5, Sam Karl 2-5 4-5 9, Katie Willfahrt 0-0 0-0 0, Lindsay Gotz 1-6 0-2 3, Kayla Leibl 0-2 0-0 0, Melissa Hartle 0-1 0-0 0, Liz Breu 5-9 3-4 13. FG: 11-36. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 3-10 (Gotz 1-3, Karl 1-2, Nikolay 1-1, Kundinger 0-1, Tomfohrde 0-1, Leibl 0-1, Breu 0-1). Rebounds: 19 (Nikolay 6). Record: 15-6, 10-4 Marawood South.

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