Auburndale boys basketball thumps Baraboo

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AUBURNDALE – Josh VanShoick scored 17 points to lead the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 61-35 nonconference win over Baraboo on Saturday afternoon at Auburndale High School.

Auburndale came back from its first loss of the season (50-43 to Waupaca last Saturday) to win the home game against Baraboo (2-6), which is coached by former Auburndale standout player Brian Bauer. The Apaches are now 8-1.

Auburndale started quickly, piling up a 32-18 lead by halftime and pushing it to 46-25 after three quarters.

Blake Anderson added 14 points and Zach Staats chipped in with 12 for the Apaches.

No player scored more than six points for Baraboo.

Auburndale hosts Marathon on Tuesday in a battle of Marawood Conference South Division leaders. Both teams stand at 5-0 in the conference.

Apaches 61, Thunderbirds 35
BARABOO (35):
Taylor Hart 1 2-2 4, Collin Feld 0 1-2 1, Garrett Gertgen 0 0-0 0, Drake Coleman 2 0-0 6, Ben Geenen 1 0-0 2, Lucas Hanger 1 0-0 3, Fischer Bailey 0 0-0 0, Ty Schlichtman 2 0-0 4, Izak Walker 0 0-0 0, Matt Meyer 1 0-0 3, Conner Weckerly 1 0-0 2, Matt Moonecke 3 0-0 6, Brodrick Bailey 2 0-0 4. FG: 14. FT: 3-4. 3-pointers: 4 (Coleman 2, Hanger 1, Meyer 1). Record: 2-6.
AUBURNDALE (61): Jake Lewis 0-0 0-0 0, Tom Sabel 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Nikolay 3-6 2-2 8, Blake Anderson 4-5 4-5 14, Isaac Castellano 2-4 0-0 4, Bryan Gehrke 0-0 0-0 0, Zach Staats 5-10 2-3 12, Cooper Krings 0-0 0-0 0, Tyler Weber 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Marth 2-3 0-0 4, Matt Lang 1-2 0-0 2, Jacob Hunsberger 0-0 0-0 0, Josh VanShoick 6-10 5-6 17. FT: 23-40. FT: 13-16. 3-pointers: 2-7 (Anderson 2-3, Nikolay 0-1, Staats 0-1, VanSHoick 0-1). Rebounds: 18 (VanShoick 4, Marth 4). Assists: 13 (Castellano 5). Record: 8-1.