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EDGAR – The Auburndale girls basketball team won its fifth straight game downing Edgar 39-21 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Thursday at Edgar High School.
The Apaches are now one-half game behind Wisconsin Rapids Assumption in the Marawood South standings at 6-1. Assumption is 6-0. The two teams meet Tuesday at Assumption.
Auburndale is now 9-4 overall after its fifth straight victory.
Edgar falls to 4-8 and 2-5 in the Marawood South.
Auburndale trailed 19-15 at halftime before turning up the defensive pressure in the second half.
The Apaches outscored Edgar 8-2 in the third quarter and 16-0 in a dominating fourth quarter to finish off the victory.
Shannon Yahnke had 15 points and Nicole Nikolay had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Apaches.
Apaches 39, Wildcats 21
Auburndale 6 9 8 16 – 39
Edgar 15 4 2 0 – 21
AUBURNDALE (39): Kendra Kundinger 0-1 0-0 0, Stafani Karl 1-1 0-0 2, Brianna Meyer 0-3 0-0 0, Mikayla Jankowski 0-8 0-0 0, Becky Willfahrt 1-6 2-2 4, Nicole Nikolay 6-14 0-0 12, Shannon Yahnke 7-10 1-5 15, Emma Steines 1-6 0-0 2, Melanie Brandl 1-5 0-0 2, Kayla Gotz 1-2 0-0 2. FG: 18-56. FT: 3-7. 3-pointers: 0-10 (Gotz 0-1, Nikolay 0-1, Meyer 0-1, Kundinger 0-1, Jankowski 0-3, Steines 0-3). Rebounds: 29 (Nikolay 7). Record: 9-4, 6-1 Marawood South.
EDGAR (21): Kira Dittman 0-0 0-0 0, Alayna Hoesly 1-2 0-0 2, Krystin Wanless 1-2 0-3 2, Tianna Borchardt 0-1 0-0 0, Kailey Stencil 2-3 0-0 5, Kaylee Korlen 0-2 0-0 0, Holly Denfeld 3-9 2-4 10, Elizabeth Tess 1-3 0-0 2, Brenna Martyn 0-3 0-0 0, Sydney Holbach 0-6 0-0 0. FG: 8-31. FT: 2-7. 3-pointers: 3-15 (Denfeld 2-5, Stencil 1-1, Wanless 0-1, Korlen 0-1, Martyn 0-2, Holbach 0-5). Rebounds: 22 (Denfeld 7). Record: 4-8, 2-5 Marawood South.