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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team earned a trip into the championship game of its home holiday tournament with a 65-46 victory over Weyauwega-Fremont on Thursday night at Auburndale High School.
The Eagles (8-1) led by 10 at halftime and outscored Weyauwega-Fremont (2-6) by nine in the second half to finish off the victory.
Senior Kaden Anderson continued his early-season tear for Auburndale with 23 points and 13 rebounds. Caden Weinfurter added 15 points and nine rebounds in the win for the Eagles.
Braylon Arndt led all scorers with 24 points for the Warhawks.
Auburndale will take on Neillsville (5-5) in the championship game of the tournament at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Augusta will play Weyauwega-Fremont in the third-place game at 6 p.m.
Eagles 65, Warhawks 46
Weyauwega-Fremont 18 28 – 46
Auburndale 28 37 – 65
WEYAUWEGA-FREMONT (46): Hunter Meisenhelder 1 1-2 3, Caleb Leschke 1 0-0 3, Parker Wilson 4 0-0 10, Ethan Koplein 1 0-0 2, Broc Billington 0 0-0 0, Braylon Arndt 9 4-4 24, Noah Pantzlaff 0 0-0 0, Aidan Lederhaus 0 0-0 0, Cohan Weed 0 0-0 0, Chris Gurst 2 0-0 4, Branden McIver 0 0-0 0. FG: 18. FT: 5-6. 3-pointers: 5 (Arndt 2, Wilson 2, Leschke 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 2-6.
AUBURNDALE (65): Kaden Anderson 8-17 7-14 23, Caden Weinfurter 6-14 1-1 15, Evan Scholl 2-9 2-2 6, Blake Raab 3-5 0-1 6, Thomas Aue 3-3 0-0 6, Aden Cherney 1-2 0-0 3, Ayden Raab 1-1 0-0 2, Peyton Weinfurter 0-0 2-2 2, Mason Meissner 1-1 0-0 2. FG: 25-52. FT: 12-20. 3-pointers: 3-8 (C. Weinfurter 2-4, Cherney 1-1, Scholl 0-1, B. Raab 0-2). Rebounds: 32 (Anderson 13). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-1.