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AUBURNDALE – Georgi Schmutzer continued her hot late-season shooting, hitting four 3-pointers and scoring a game-high 18 points to lead the Auburndale girls basketball team to a 71-23 win over Wild Rose in a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal Friday night at Auburndale High School.
Schmutzer, who had nine 3-pointers in the Eagles’ final two regular-season games and scored a combined 40 points in the pair of wins, made two 3-pointers in the first half to help push Auburndale out to a 39-10 lead by halftime.
Kaitlyn Kundinger and Annamarie Aue each added 13 points, and Hailey Grimm scored 10 for the Eagles, who improve to 16-4.
Top-seeded Auburndale will host No. 3 seed Iola-Scandinavia (14-4) in a regional final at 7 p.m. Saturday. Iola-Scandinavia whipped No. 2 seed Rosholt 66-42 on the road Friday.
Eagles 71, Wildcats 23
Wild Rose 10 13 – 23
Auburndale 39 32 – 71
WILD ROSE (23): Laney Havlovitz 0 0-3 0, Mya Bahr 1 0-0 3, Abbie McCardell 0 0-0 0, Orria Wood 2 2-6 7, Aryah Elm 1 0-0 3, Dalene Sharton 0 0-0 0, Torrance Morquez 0 3-8 3, Marissa Cartwright 3 1-2 7. FG: 7. FT: 6-16. 3-pointers: 3 (Bahr 1, Wood 1, Elm 1). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-4.
AUBURNDALE (71): Aliah Hamus 0 0-0 0, Josie Ertl 3 0-0 6, Georgi Schmutzer 7 0-1 18, Lauren Peplinski 1 0-0 2, Brianna Weiler 0 0-1 0, Ashlyn Grimm 2 2-2 7, Kaitlyn Kundinger 5 2-2 13, Victoria Hasenohrl 1 0-0 2, Hailey Grimm 4 2-2 10, Annamarie Aue 5 2-2 13. FG: 28. FT: 8-10. 3-pointers: 7 (Schmutzer 4, A. Grimm 1, Kundinger 1, Aue 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-4.