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AUBURNDALE – Thomas Aue knocked in a 10-footer off an offensive rebound at the buzzer to give the Auburndale boys basketball team a thrilling 51-49 win over Marathon to claim a WIAA Division 4 regional title Saturday night at Auburndale High School.
The No. 1 seed Eagles (23-3) will take on another Marawood Conference South Division foe Stratford (24-2), the No. 2 seed, in a D-4 sectional semifinal on Thursday at Wausau West. The two teams split their regular-season meetings.
Auburndale trailed 23-21 at halftime and stayed in the game behind the 3-point shooting of Josh Lundgren, who knocked down five of nine shots from long range to finish with a team-high 20 points.
The Eagles looked for a chance to win it in the final seconds before missing a 3, but Aue gathered the rebound just off the right block and beat the buzzer with the game-winner. He finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
Blake Raab added 16 points for Auburndale.
Ean Shuda drilled five 3-pointers and scored a team-high 19 points for Marathon (17-9).
Eagles 51, Raiders 49
Marathon 23 26 – 49
Auburndale 21 30 – 51
MARATHON (49): True Thurs 1 0-0 2, Garrett Bracewell 2 0-1 4, Drew Woelfel 3 2-5 8, Landon Sneider 3 0-0 8, Ean Shuda 6 2-3 19, River Stanecki 1 0-0 02, Sawyer Berrens 0 0-0 0, Cody Radtke 2 0-0 4, Logan Peters 1 0-1 2. FG: 19. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 7 (Shuda 5, Sneider 2). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 17-9.
AUBURNDALE (51): Josh Lundgren 7-13 1-3 20, Blake Raab 5-13 4-4 16, Thomas Aue 3-7 2-2 8, Peyton Weinfurter 2-0 0-0 4, Keegan Empey 1-2 0-0 2, Jaxon Grube 0-0 1-2 1, Ayden Raab 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 18-45. FT: 8-11. 3-pointers: 7-24 (Lundgren 5-9, B. Raab 2-9, Weinfurter 0-6). Rebounds: 26 (Aue 7). Fouls: 13. Fouled out: none. Record: 23-3.