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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team had first-place Wausau Newman Catholic on the ropes after an impressive first half, but couldn’t hold on, and the Cardinals won the Marawood Conference South Division battle 51-47 on Tuesday at Auburndale High School.
Auburndale led 20-10 after limiting Newman Catholic to four made field goals, all from Julia Seidel, in the first half.
Newman Catholic was able to pull out the win with seven 3-pointers in the second half, three from Jadelyn Ganski and two by Alex Frankel.
Seidel finished with 18 points, and Frankel and Ganski added 10 each, all coming in the second half for the Cardinals (9-2, 7-0 Marawood South).
Kaitlyn Kundinger had 12 points and Natalie Aue scored 11 for the Apaches (8-4, 4-3 Marawood South).
Auburndale hosts Chequamegon in a Marawood crossover game on Friday.
Cardinals 51, Apaches 47
Wausau Newman Catholic 10 41 – 51
Auburndale 20 27 – 47
WAUSAU NEWMAN CATHOLIC (51): Jaida Heinz 3 0-2 7, Lauren Shields 1 3-4 5, Alex Frankel 4 0-1 10, Jadelyn Ganski 3 1-2 10, Julia Seidel 7 2-2 18, Angela Donath 0 1-2 1. FG: 18. FT: 7-13. 3-pointers: 8 (Ganski 3, Seidel 2, Frankel 2, Heinz 1). Fouls: 8. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-2, 7-0 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (47): Taylor Stanton 2 0-0 4, Paityn Hamus 0 0-0 0, Georgi Schmutzer 3 0-0 8, Isabelle Hilber 3 2-3 10, Kaitlyn Kundinger 6 0-1 12, Hailey Grimm 0 2-2 2, Natalie Aue 4 3-3 11, Annamarie Aue 0 0-0 0. FG: 18. FT: 7-9. 3-pointers: 4 (Hilber 2, Schmutzer 2). Fouls: 14. Fouled out: none. Record: 8-4, 4-3 Marawood Conference South Division.