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AUBURNDALE – Wausau Newman Catholic jumped out to a 15-point lead by halftime and went on to defeat Auburndale 65-47 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Friday night at Auburndale High School.
The Apaches shot just 33 percent (20-for-60) from the field, including 1 of 13 from 3-point range, and made just six of 12 free throws to see their two-game winning streak stopped.
Christian Firnstahl had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Nicholas Steele added 12 points for Auburndale (3-7, 1-5 Marawood South).
Dane Fronek had 21 points and nine rebounds for Newman (10-4, 4-2 Marawood South). The Cardinals, which pulled out to a 36-21 lead by halftime, were 28 of 59 shooting and made five 3-pointers.
Auburndale hosts Spencer on Tuesday as part of a girls-boys doubleheader. The girls game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow at approximately 7:45 p.m.
Cardinals 65, Apaches 47
Wausau Newman Catholic 36 29 – 65
Auburndale 21 26 – 47
WAUSAU NEWMAN CATHOLIC (65): Jason Tubbs 6-11 0-2 14, Bobby McGucken 0-1 0-0 0, Braxton Resch 1-7 0-0 3, Terek Glenetski 0-1 1-2 1, Bailey Lemke 3-7 0-0 8, Chris Nicklaus 0-1 0-2 0, Alex Bollman 4-5 0-0 8, Jake Gajewski 5-14 0-0 10, Dane Fronek 9-12 3-3 21. FG: 28-59. FT: 4-9. 3-pointers: 5-18 (Lemke 2-6, Tubbs 2-4, Resch 1-5, Fronek 0-1, Gajewski 0-2). Rebounds: 38 (Fronek 9). Assists: 11 (Tubbs 5). Record: 10-4, 4-2 Marawood South.
AUBURNDALE (47): Nicholas Steele 5-16 1-1 12, Luke Olsen 1-1 0-2 2, Logan Willfahrt 0-2 0-0 0, Caleb Weinfurter 0-10 0-0 0, Collin Hawkins 3-6 2-4 8, Christian Firnstahl 7-10 1-1 15, Colten Yeske 0-0 0-1 0, Dylan Peplinski 3-12 2-3 8, Logan Brown 1-2 0-0 2, Noah Kunz 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 20-60. FT: 6-12. 3-pointers: 1-13 (Steele 1-3, Willfahrt 0-1, Peplinski 0-4, Weinfurter 0-5). Rebounds: 30 (Peplinski 10). Record: 3-7, 1-5 Marawood South.