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AUBURNDALE – Auburndale sophomore Cooper Weinfurter scored 33 points to lift the Apaches to a 65-54 nonconference win over Spencer on Friday night at Auburndale High School.
Weinfurter made six 3-pointers and was a perfect 9-for-9 at the free throw line for the Apaches.
Auburndale led 34-29 at halftime and held on from there to improve to 13-3 this season.
Jack Bezlyk led Spencer (6-7) with 26 points and Austin Bacon added 14 points.
Auburndale plays at Marathon in a battle of teams tied for the top spot in the Marawood Conference South Division standings on Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Spencer’s next game is Tuesday at Owen-Withee.
Apaches 65, Rockets 54
Spencer 29 25 – 54
Auburndale 34 31 – 65
SPENCER (54): Kyler Bainer 0 0-0 0, Brett Kasch 0 0-0 0, Austin Bacon 6 0-0 14, Jack Bezlyk 12 0-1 26, Collin Nieman 1 0-0 2, Brandon Much 1 0-0 2, Nate Karau 4 2-4 10, Will Johnson 0 0-0 0. FG: 24. FT: 2-5. 3-pointers: 4 (Bacon 2, Bezlyk 2). Record: 6-7.
AUBURNDALE (65): Cooper Weinfurter 9-19 9-9 33, Cale Jacoby 0-1 0-2 0, Cason Schmutzer 2-7 1-2 5, Fletcher Raab 0-2 0-0 0, Aaron Marth 1-2 2-2 4, Carter Wilcott 0-0 0-0 0, Colten Yeske 7-10 1-1 15, Cameron Ertl 3-5 0-0 8. FG: 22-46. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 8-22 (Weinfurter 6-15, Ertl 2-4, Schmutzer 0-1, Raab 0-2). Rebounds: 24 (Yeske 10). Record: 13-3.