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EDGAR – Edgar jumped out to a 10-point lead by halftime and Auburndale couldn’t recover.
The Wildcats won the Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game on Friday night, 47-41, to end Auburndale’s chances at a second-straight conference title.
Edgar led 24-14 at halftime and held off a comeback attempt by the Apaches, who fall to 17-3 overall and 12-2 in the Marawood South.
The loss by the Apaches, combined with Stratford’s win over Marathon, clinches the Marawood South title for Stratford.
Cooper Weinfurter and Colton Wright each had 12 points to lead Auburndale.
Drew Guden had 15 points for Edgar (13-6, 7-6 Marawood South).
Auburndale finishes its regular-season and Marawood South schedule with games at Stratford on Thursday and at home against Marathon on Feb. 23.
Wildcats 47, Apaches 41
Auburndale 14 27 – 41
Edgar 24 23 – 47
AUBURNDALE (41): Cooper Weinfurter 3 5-6 12, Hunter Wright 2 0-0 4, Fletcher Raab 1 0-0 3, Carter Wilcott 2 0-0 4, Aaron Marth 2 2-2 6, Dylan Paun 0 0-0 0, Colton Wright 4 3-3 12. FG: 14. FT: 10-11. 3-pointers: 3 (Weinfurter 1, Raab 1, C. Wright 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 17-3, 12-2 Marawood Conference South Division.
EDGAR (47): Caden Higgins 1 4-4 6, Drew Guden 5 3-4 15, Karson Butt 3 1-2 7, Konnor Wolf 0 0-3 0, Austin Dahlke 0 0-0 0, Kaleb Hafferman 4 0-0 8, Kyle Brewster 4 2-2 9, Brayden Baumgartner 1 0-0 2. FG: 18. FT: 10-15. 3-pointers: 3 (Guden 2, Brewster 1). Fouls: 12. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-6, 7-6 Marawood Conference South Division.