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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team overcame an early deficit to beat Edgar 39-34 in the Marawood Conference South Division opener for both teams on Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.
Edgar led 14-8 after the first quarter only to see the Apaches turn the tables with a big second quarter as they took a 23-22 lead into halftime.
Auburndale outscored Edgar by two points in each of the final two quarters to hold on for the win and improve to 2-0 overall. This is was the season opener for Edgar.
Auburndale was just 12 of 33 shooting, but made 14 of 24 free throws and held a 29-18 rebounding edge over Edgar. The Wildcats were only 11 of 44 shooting.
Nicole Nikolay and Shannon Yonke each had seven points and Stefani Karl had six to lead a balanced attack for Auburndale. Seven Apaches scored at least four points in the win.
Holly Denfeld had eight points to lead the Wildcats.
Auburndale is now off until Dec. 6 when it hosts Wausau Newman Catholic.
Apaches 39, Wildcats 34
Edgar 14 8 7 5 – 34
Auburndale 8 15 9 7 – 39
EDGAR (34): Kira Dittman 2-5 1-2 5, Alayna Hoesly 1-1 0-0 2, Tiana Borchardt 0-2 0-2 0, Kailey Stencil 2-9 0-0 5, Kaylee Goodwin 0-0 0-0 0, Lizzie Pospyhalla 1-3 1-3 3, Kaylee Karlen 0-0 0-0 0, Holly Denfeld 2-12 4-6 8, Elizabeth Tess 1-1 0-0 2, Brenna Martyn 0-3 4-4 4, Sydney Holbach 2-8 0-0 5. FG: 11-44. FT: 10-17. 3-pointers: 2-11 (Holbach 1-4, Stencil 1-2, Dittman 0-1, Pospyhalla 0-1, Martyn 0-1, Denfeld 0-2). Rebounds: 18 (Denfeld 5). Record: 0-1 overall and Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (39): Kendra Kundinger 1-2 1-2 4, Stefani Karl 2-6 2-2 6, Brianna Meyer 0-0 0-0 0, Mikayla Jankowski 0-2 4-5 4, Becky Willfahrt 2-2 0-0 4, Nicole Nikolay 2-5 3-4 7, Shannon Yonke 3-5 1-2 7, Emma Steines 1-3 0-0 2, Melanie Brandl 1-5 2-7 4, Kayla Gotz 0-3 1-2 1. FG: 12-33. FT: 14-24. 3-pointers: 1-5 (Kundinger 1-1, Nikolay 0-1, Steines 0-1, Jankowski 0-2). Rebounds: 29 (Nikolay 9). Record: 2-0, 1-0 Marawood South.