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STRATFORD – The Auburndale boys basketball team wrapped up its Marawood Conference South Division championship season with a perfect 14-0 record after downing Stratford 35-18 in a low-scoring affair Monday night at Stratford High School.
Auburndale led 20-12 at halftime and pushed the lead to 13 with a 7-2 run in the third quarter.
Both teams struggled shooting. Auburndale was just 13 of 46 and 3 of 23 from 3-point range. Stratford made just 8 of 35 shots from the field.
Auburndale improves to 20-1 overall and ends up perfect at 14-0 in the Marawood South. The conference title is the Apaches’ fourth in a row and third straight outright crown.
Stratford is 7-11 and finishes 7-7 in the conference.
Zach Staats had 11 points and Josh VanShoick grabbed 11 rebounds for the Apaches.
Jake Reif led Stratford with eight points but was just 3 of 15 shooting.
Stratford will play in a Marawood Conference North-South crossover game on Friday at an opponent to be announced. Auburndale will play in the first-place crossover game Saturday at Abbotsford against the Falcons, champions of the North Division.
Apaches 35, Tigers 18
Auburndale 12 8 7 8 – 35
Stratford 6 6 2 4 – 18
AUBURNDALE (35): Tom Sabel 1-3 0-1 2, Matt Nikolay 3-8 0-0 9, Blake Anderson 2-14 4-5 8, Isaac Castellano 1-4 1-1 3, Zach Staats 5-11 1-1 11, Alex Marth 1-2 0-0 2, Matt Lang 0-1 0-0 0, Josh VanShoick 0-3 0-1 0. FG: 13-36. FT: 6-9. 3-pointers: 3-23 (Nikolay 3-7, Sabel 0-2, Castellano 0-3, Anderson 0-11). Rebounds: 32 (VanShoick 11). Record: 20-1, 14-0 Marawood South.
STRATFORD (18): Dawson Gebelein 1-2 0-0 2, Eli Temanson 2-9 0-0 2, Nick Stoflet 0-0 0-0 0, Jeremiah Hubing 0-3 0-0 0, Michael Bargender 1-1 1-2 2, A.J. Strasser 0-1 2-4 2, Jake Reif 3-15 0-0 8, Jake Schmitt 1-4 0-0 2. FG: 8-35. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 2-14 (Reif 1-7, Temanson 1-2, Gebelein 0-1, Schmitt 0-1, Hubing 0-3). Rebounds: 26 (Schmitt 6). Record: 7-11, 7-7 Marawood South.