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PITTSVILLE – The Auburndale boys basketball team responded in a big way after suffering its first loss of the season, blowing out Pittsville 43-16 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Tuesday night at Pittsville High School.
Auburndale improves to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the Marawood South. Pittsville is now 3-5 and 1-3 in the conference.
Auburndale will host the Auburndale Invitational next Monday and Tuesday. Cudahy plays Weyauwega-Fremont in the first semifinal Monday night at 6 p.m., with Auburndale hosting Augusta in the other at 7:45 p.m. The third-place game is Tuesday at 6 p.m. and the championship game is at 7:45 p.m.
Auburndale led 19-6 at halftime and finished off the game with a 19-0 run in the fourth quarter.
Alex Marth had a season-high 16 points and Matt Nikolay added 13 points for the Apaches.
Apaches 43, Panthers 16
Auburndale 9 10 5 19 – 43
Pittsville 2 4 10 0 – 16
AUBURNDALE (43): Matt Nikolay 13, Cooper Krings 3, Alex Marth 16, Matt Lang 1, Dylan Peplinski 2, Josh VanSchoick 8. Record: 3-1, 2-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
PITTSVILLE (16): Jacob Allind 7, Paul Downs 4, Aiden Masanz 3, Matthew Carlson 2. Record: 3-5, 1-3 Marawood South.