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AUBURNDALE – Blake Anderson scored 21 points and Austin Hawkins added 18 to lead the Auburndale boys basketball team to its third victory of the season over Marathon, a 51-46 win in a WIAA Division 4 regional final Saturday night at Auburndale High School.
Auburndale (23-1) moves on to a Division 4 sectional semifinal Thursday against Hurley (14-10) at Wausau East High School. Game time is 7 p.m. The winner moves on to a sectional final against either Unity or Colfax on March 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie.
Marathon led 26-25 at halftime and the game remained close throughout, with the Apaches taking a 42-41 lead into the fourth.
Auburndale outscored the Raiders (19-5) 9-5 in the final period.
Hawkins made 9 of 15 shots from the field and had seven rebounds for the Apaches. Anderson was 7 of 14, hitting four 3-pointers.
Overall, Auburndale was 21 of 39 from the field, while Marathon was just 21 of 52.
Apaches 51, Raiders 46
Marathon 11 15 15 5 – 46
Auburndale 13 12 17 9 – 51
MARATHON (46): Collin Seubert 6-16 2-2 11, Xavier Lechleitner 1-2 0-1 2, Alex Stanek 3-5 0-0 9, Vince Dinkel 4-9 0-0 8, Ross Wokatsch 3-4 0-0 6, Ethan Seubert 1-11 0-0 2, Cole Glassford 0-0 0-0 0, Matthew Haehlke 3-5 2-2 8. FG: 21-52. FT: 4-5. 3-pointers: 6-16 (Stanek 3-5, C. Seubert 3-6, Dinkel 0-1, E. Seubert 0-4). Rebounds: 22 (Lechleitner 6, Haehlke 6). Record: 19-5.
AUBURNDALE (51): Tom Sabel 1-1 0-0 2, Matt Nikolay 2-4 0-1 5, Blake Anderson 7-14 3-3 21, Isaac Castellano 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Staats 0-0 0-2 0, Austin Hawksin 9-15 0-0 18, Ben Bolder 2-4 1-1 5. FG: 21-39. FT: 4-7. 3-pointers: 5-14 (Anderson 4-10, Nikolay 1-2, Castellano 0-1, Hawkins 0-1). Rebounds: 17 (Hawkins 7). Record: 23-1.