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AUBURNDALE – Derrick Schmidt scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Stratford to a 48-42 victory over Auburndale in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Tuesday at Auburndale High School.
Schmidt was 7 of 8 from the field and made 6 of 8 free throws for the Tigers, who were 14 of 31 shooting overall and held a 29-18 rebounding advantage.
Auburndale was just 15 of 45 from the field and missed six of its 13 free throw attempts.
Stratford (3-3, 1-1 Marawood South) raced out to a 25-10 lead at halftime and held on from there.
Caleb Weinfurter made a pair of 3-pointers and scored 12 points to top Auburndale (1-2, 0-1 Marawood South).
Both teams return to action Friday. Auburndale is at Wisconsin Rapids Assumption for a Marawood South contest, while Stratford plays a nonconference tilt at Wisconsin Valley Lutheran.
Tigers 48, Apaches 42
Stratford 25 23 – 48
Auburndale 10 32 – 42
STRATFORD (48): Brenden Fecker 1-5 0-0 2, Cole Hoffmann 2-6 0-1 5, Nick Stoflet 0-0 3-6 3, Lucas Heidmann 0-0 1-2 1, Ethan Nagel 3-8 4-4 13, Derrick Schmidt 7-8 6-8 20, Jacob Danen 1-4 2-2 4. FG: 14-31. FT: 16-23. 3-pointers: 4-13 (Nagel 3-5, Hoffmann 1-4, Schmidt 0-1, Fecker 0-3). Rebounds: 29 (Schmidt 14). Assists: 7 (Fecker 2, Stoflet 2). Record: 3-3, 1-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (42): Nicholas Steele 1-2 0-3 2, Luke Olsen 1-13 2-2 4, Logan Willfahrt 3-4 1-2 9, Caleb Weinfurter 3-14 4-4 12, Collin Hawkins 1-1 0-0 2, Christian Firnstahl 3-5 0-0 6, Dylan Peplinski 3-5 0-1 7, Logan Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Noah Kunz 0-0 0-1 0. FG: 15-45. FT: 7-13. 3-pointers: 5-20 (Willfahrt 2-3, Weinfurter 2-9, Peplinski 1-1, Olsen 0-7). Rebounds: 18 (Firnstahl 6, Peplinski 6). Assists: 9 (Steele 5). Record: 1-2, 0-1 Marawood South.