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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team ripped off 47 first-half points and cruised to a 63-21 victory over Edgar in a Marawood Conference South Division contest Thursday night at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches (3-0 overall, 2-0 Marawood South) led 20-7 after the first quarter and 47-17 at halftime on the way to the blow-out victory.
Auburndale made 8 of 20 shots from 3-point range and were 24 of 46 overall.
Blake Anderson hit 5 of 10 shots from long-range and finished with a game-high 21 points, equaling Edgar’s total.
Matt Nikolay added 13 points and five rebounds, and Zach Staats had 12 points for Auburndale.
The Apaches hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Tuesday.
Apaches 63, Wildcats 21
Edgar 7 10 4 0 – 21
Auburndale 20 27 14 2 – 63
EDGAR (21): Camden Heidmann 0-2 0-0 0, Matt Urmanski 2-3 0-0 4, Kaleb Wolf 0-6 0-2 0, Zach Pospyhalla 1-2 0-0 3, Blake Lehman 4-10 0-0 9, Travis Haanstad 1-5 0-0 2, Nehemiah Werner 0-0 1-2 1, Austin Borchardt 0-3 2-2 2. FG: 8-31. FT: 3-6. 3-pointers: 2-8 (Pospyhalla 1-2, Lehman 1-3, Haanstad 0-2, Wolf 0-1). Rebounds: 10 (Borchardt 3). Record: 0-4, 0-2 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (63): Jake Lewis 0-1 0-3 0, Tom Sabel 0-1 0-0 0, Matt Nikolay 5-9 1-2 13, Blake Anderson 8-13 0-0 21, Isaac Castellano 2-4 0-0 4, Bryan Gehrke 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Staats 2-7 5-6 12, Alex Marth 2-3 0-0 4, Josh VanShoick 4-7 1-1 9. FG: 24-46. FT: 7-12. 3-pointers: 8-20 (Anderson 5-10, Nikolay 2-6, Staats 1-1, Gehrke 0-1, Lewis 0-1, Sabel 0-1). Rebounds: 30 (VanShoick 9). Assists: 13 (Castellano 6). Record: 3-0, 2-0 Marawood South.