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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season with a dominating 56-32 win over Wausau Newman Catholic in the Marawood Conference South Division finale for both teams on Thursday at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches jumped out to a 10-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 27-6 at halftime on their way to the 24-point win.
Austin Hawkins scored 16 points, making 8 of 11 shots from the field, Tom Sabel added 11 points and Ben Bolder had 10 for Auburndale.
The Apaches finish off their third straight Marawood South championship with a 13-1 record in the conference and improve to 20-1 overall. Auburndale plays Prentice in the Marawood South-North crossover first-place game at 3 p.m. Saturday at Edgar High School. Pittsville and Abbotsford play in the second-place game at 1 p.m.
The Apaches’ game will be broadcast on WOSQ-FM 92.3 and wdlbwosq.com.
Nate Prososki had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Newman (6-15, 4-10 Marawood South).
Apaches 56, Cardinals 32
Newman 2 4 8 18 – 32
Auburndale 10 17 11 18 – 56
NEWMAN (32): Eric Bychinski 0-1 1-2 1, Nick Thoreson 3-5 0-0 8, Nate Prososki 5-17 1-2 12, Josh Watson 0-1 1-2 1, Dane Fronek 3-3 0-0 6, Jared Buntin 1-4 0-0 2, Jake Damask 1-2 0-0 2, Tolga Ozturk 0-5 0-0 0, Jeffrey Ford 0-1 0-0 0, Jake Gajewski 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 13-40. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 3-13 (Thoreson 2-4, Prososki 1-6, Ozturk 0-3). Rebounds: 20 (Prososki 10). Record: 6-15, 4-10 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (56): Tom Sabel 4-4 1-1 11, Matt Nikolay -3 2-4 2, Blake Anderson 2-7 0-0 5, Isaac Castellano 1-5 0-0 3, Zach Staats 3-6 0-0 6, Matt Lang 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Hawksin 8-11 0-0 16, Ben Bolder 5-9 0-0 10, Josh VanShoick 1-1 1-1 3. FG: 24-46. FT: 4-6. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Sabel 2-2, Anderson 1-3, Castellano 1-4, Nikolay 0-2, Staats 0-1, Hawkins 0-1). Rebounds: 23 (Sabel 4, Anderson 4). Record: 20-1, 13-1 Marawood South.