Marathon rallies past Auburndale in Marawood South boys basketball opener

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MARATHON – Grant Warren scored 18 of his game-high 24 points in the second half to lead Marathon to a come-from-behind 58-53 win over Auburndale in the Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball opener for both teams on Tuesday at Marathon High School.

Auburndale (1-1 overall) led 23-21 at halftime before Marathon rallied to pull out the win in what was its season opener as well.

Daniel LaQua made three 3-pointers and added 13 points for the Raiders.

Caden Weinfurter was 5-for-10 from 3-point range and had 15 points to lead Auburndale. Alex Willfahrt added 12 points and Mason White Eagle scored nine for the Eagles.

Auburndale plays a Marawood crossover game Friday at Abbotsford.

Raiders 58, Eagles 53
Auburndale 23 30 – 53
Marathon 21 37 – 58
AUBURNDALE (53):
Caden Weinfurter 5-10 0-0 15, Alex Willfahrt 5-16 2-4 12, Mason White Eagle 4-8 1-4 9, Evan Scholl 3-4 0-0 8, Lucas Yeske 3-7 0-0 7, Trayton Weber 1-2 0-0 2, Blake Raab 0-2 0-0 0, Kaden Anderson 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 21-49. FT: 3-8. 3-pointers: 8-23 (Weinfurter 5-10, Scholl 2-3, Yeske 1-4, Raab 0-2). Rebounds: 21 (Weber 6). Turnovers: 10. Fouls: 18. Fouled out: Weinfurter. Record: 1-1, 0-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
MARATHON (58): Cooper Hoeksema 3 1-3 8, Drew Love 0 1-2 1, Drew Woelfel 0 0-0 0, Daniel LaQua 5 0-0 13, Tyler Underwood 3 4-6 10, Mason Seehafer 0 0-2 0, Payton Lawrence 1 0-0 2, Grant Warren 10 4-10 24. FG: 22. FT: 10-23. 3-pointers: 4 (LaQua 3, Hoeksema 1). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-0 overall and Marawood Conference South Division.