This story is sponsored by: Gary Varsho Baseball League
MarshfieldAreaSports.com
WAUSAU – Four Auburndale players scored in double figures as the Eagles defeated Wausau Newman Catholic 71-53 in a Marawood Conference South Division boys basketball game Tuesday at Newman Catholic High School.
Hunter Wright scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Alex Willfahrt and Schuyler Gilhausen each scored 14 points, and Carl Lundgren added 11 for the Eagles, who remain in first place in the Marawood South.
Lundgren was 5-for-6 from the field and Gilhausen hit four 3-pointers for Auburndale, which is now 9-2 overall and 7-1 in the Marawood South following its seventh-straight win.
Mason Prey had 25 points for Newman Catholic (6-3, 5-3 Marawood South).
Auburndale hosts Wisconsin Rapids Assumption on Friday.
Eagles 71, Cardinals 53
Auburndale 36 35 – 71
Newman Catholic 25 28 – 53
AUBURNDALE (71): Hunter Wright 6-16 10-14 23, Alex Willfahrt 5-12 3-5 14, Schuyler Gilhausen 5-10 0-4 14, Carl Lundgren 5-6 1-2 11, Terrance Roberson 1-3 2-2 5, Gavin White Eagle 0-0 2-2 2, Mason White Eagle 0-1 2-2 2, Lucas Yeske 0-1 0-0 0, Trayton Weber 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 22-49. FT: 20-31. 3-pointers: 7-16 (Gilhausen 4-8, Roberson 1-1, Willfahrt 1-3, Wright 1-4). Rebounds: 26 (Wright 10). Fouls: 9. Fouled out: none. Record: 9-2, 7-1 Marawood Conference South Division.
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (53): Mason Prey 11 0-0 25, Thomas Bates 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Lemanski 0 0-0 0, Eli Gustafson 0 0-0 0, Quinn Reeves 1 0-0 3, Conner Krach 0 0-0 0, Isaac Seidel 4 0-0 10, Jacob Pfiffner 0 0-0 0, Nick Brenner 0 0-0 0, Charlie McCarthy 5 2-2 15. Fouls: 24. Fouled out: none. Record: 6-3, 5-3 Marawood Conference South Division.