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STRATFORD – A dominating first half was all the Auburndale girls basketball team needed to continue its solid start to its Marawood Conference South Division schedule.
The Apaches jumped out to a 28-8 lead by halftime and defeated Stratford 48-33 in a Marawood South matchup Thursday night at Stratford High School.
Auburndale is now 3-5 overall and 3-1 in the conference, moving into a three-way tie along with Wausau Newman Catholic and Marathon for second place in the Marawood South. Stratford is now 3-4 and 1-3 in the conference.
Shannon Yahnke was 7 of 10 from the field and scored a team-high 14 points for Auburndale. Taylor Gotz added nine points and six rebounds.
Brooke Schultze had 14 points and nine rebounds for Stratford.
Auburndale plays at first-place Wisconsin Rapids Assumption and Stratford has a nonconference game at home against Elcho on Monday.
Apaches 48, Tigers 33
Auburndale 14 14 10 10 – 48
Stratford 4 4 11 14 – 33
AUBURNDALE (48): Kendra Kundinger 2-4 0-0 6, Stafani Karl 0-1 0-0 0, Brianna Meyer 0-3 2-2 2, Allison Linzmeier 4-7 0-0 8, Cheyenne Karl 0-3 0-0 0, Jenna Peplinski 1-1 0-0 2, Shannon Yahnke 7-10 0-1 14, Taylor Gotz 4-8 1-4 9, Sabrina Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Paiton Richardson 3-11 1-2 7. FG: 21-48. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 2-5 (Kundinger 2-4, S. Karl 0-1). Rebounds: 23 (Gotz 6). Record: 3-5, 3-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
STRATFORD (33): Nadia King 0-0 0-0 0, Macie Frueh 0-3 0-0 0, Amanda Rindfleisch 3-8 1-2 8, Brooke Schultze 5-12 2-4 14, Tianna Hughes 2-6 5-7 9, Emily Hauke 1-4 0-0 2, Savannah Schillinger 0-2 0-0 0, Casey Kolbeck 0-7 0-0 0, Marissa Cepress 0-1 0-0 0, Andie Zuelke 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 11-43. FT: 8-13. 3-pointers: 3-16 (Schultze 2-4, Rindfleisch 1-4, Frueh 0-1, Hauke 0-1, Schillinger 0-2, Kolbeck 0-4). Rebounds: 15 (Schultze 9). Record: 3-4, 1-3 Marawood Conference South Division.