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KRONENWETTER – The Auburndale girls basketball team showed its dominance early and rolled to another big Marawood Conference South Division victory.
The Apaches outscored host Northland Lutheran 19-0 in the first quarter and cruised to a 61-29 victory over the Wildcats on Thursday. Auburndale improves to 10-5 overall and 6-3 in the Marawood South, and is 6-1 in its last seven games.
Kelly Tomfohrde scored 17 points, and Lindsay Gotz, Liz Breu and Kayla Nikolay each chipped in with 10 points for the Apaches.
Auburndale led 30-6 at halftime and the game was never in doubt, as the Apaches outscored Northland Lutheran 31-23 in the second half.
Auburndale is tied for third place in the Marawood South with Edgar, and hosts the Wildcats on Tuesday before playing first-place Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Feb. 12.
Apaches 61, Wildcats 29
Auburndale 19 11 18 13 – 61
No. Lutheran 0 6 15 8 – 29
AUBURNDALE (61): Kayleigh Kundinger 0-2 0-0 0, Kayla Nikolay 5-8 0-0 10, Kelly Tomfohrde 6-12 5-6 17, Sam Karl 1-3 0-0 3, Katie Willfahrt 0-0 0-0 0, Lindsay Gotz 4-8 2-2 10, Kayla Leibl 3-5 0-0 7, Melissa Hartle 0-2 4-6 4, Liz Breu 5-8 0-0 10, Cassie Panzer 0-1 0-0 0, Stacie Lang 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 24-49. FT: 11-14. 3-pointers: 2-5 (Karl 1-2, Leibl 1-1, Gotz 0-1, Kundinger 0-1). Rebounds: 22 (Breu 5). Record: 10-5, 6-3 Marawood South.
NO. LUTHERAN (29): Emily Worden 1-3 2-2 4, Hailey Blauert 2-6 0-0 4, Emilie Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Jessie Sargent 0-2 0-2 0, Tori Stoffer 2-3 2-2 6, Morgan Thums 0-2 0-0 0, Emily Wittrock 0-1 0-0 0, Kayla Klitzman 2-8 2-2 8, Alyssa Blume 2-6 1-2 5. FG: 10-33. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 2-5 (Klitzman 2-2, Blume 0-1, Sargent 0-1, Blauert 0-1). Rebounds: 8 (Blume 4). Record: 4-11, 0-9 Marawood South.
