Marathon rallies to beat Auburndale boys basketball

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team had conference champion Marathon on the ropes but couldn’t hold off a second-half onslaught by the Raiders.

Auburndale led 26-21 at halftime before Marathon outscored the Apaches 39-22 in the second on its way to a 60-48 victory in a Marawood Conference South Division matchup Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.

Preston Wirkus and Karter Underwood each scored 12 points to lead the Raiders (15-2, 10-0 Marawood South), who have already clinched the conference title. Underwood was 4-for-4 from 3-point range as the Raiders made 7 of 12 from long range and shot 63 percent (22 of 35) overall.

Caleb Weinfurter made 5 of 8 3-pointers and finished with 16 points for the Apaches (4-11, 2-8 Marawood South). Dylan Peplinski added 11 points and seven rebounds.

Auburndale plays at Northland Lutheran on Friday.

Raiders 60, Apaches 48
Marathon 21 39 – 60
Auburndale 26 22 – 48
MARATHON (60):
Kellen Vetter 2-3 0-0 4, Xavier Lechleitner 4-8 1-4 12, Preston Wirkus 4-7 4-6 12, Nathan Stoffel 1-3 0-0 2, Karter Underwood 4-4 0-0 12, Ryan Gassner 3-5 0-0 6, Donovan Free 0-0 1-2 1, Bryce Seubert 4-5 1-3 9. FG: 22-35. FT: 7-15. 3-pointers: 7-12 (Underwood 4-4, Lechleitner 3-4, Vetter 0-1, Wirkus 0-1, Stoffel 0-2). Rebounds: 20 (Lechleitner 5, Wirkus 5). Assists: 11 (Gassner 4). Record: 15-2, 10-0 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (48): Nicholas Steele 0-1 0-0 0, Luke Olsen 2-5 1-1 6, Cason Schmutzer 0-0 0-0 0, Logan Willfahrt 0-1 0-0 0, Caleb Weinfurter 5-9 1-2 16, Colton Wright 3-7 2-4 8, Cameron Ertl 1-1 0-0 3, Christian Firnstahl 2-5 0-0 4, Dylan Peplinski 5-6 1-2 11. FG: 18-35. FT: 5-9. 3-pointers: 7-15 (Weinfurter 5-8, Olsen 1-3, Ertl 1-1, Willfahrt 0-1, Wright 0-2). Rebounds: 19 (Peplinski 7). Assists: 14 (Steele 3, Weinfurter 3). Record: 4-11, 2-8 Marawood South.