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AUBURNDALE – Three Auburndale players scored in double figures as the Eagles defeated Weyauwega-Fremont 65-51 in its opening game at its home Auburndale Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament on Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.
Alex Willfahrt had 17 points and seven rebounds, Caden Weinfurter scored 15 points, and Terrance Cottrell-Roberson made three 3-pointers and added 11 points for Auburndale, which snapped a four-game losing skid and improves to 2-6 this season.
Quinn Dittmann had 24 points for Weyauwega-Fremont (5-4), which also lost its opening game in the three-team round-robin tournament on Monday.
Auburndale will host Neillsville for the tournament title at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The game will be live at zaleskisports.com.
Eagles 65, Warhawks 51
Weyauwega-Fremont 26 25 – 51
Auburndale 31 34 – 65
WEYAUWEGA-FREMONT (51): Hayden Orr 0 0-0 0, John Mueller 0 4-4 4, Muluken Rucks 0 0-0 0, Doc Hanley 2 0-0 4, Brayden Arndt 3 1-2 9, Ethan Marquette 0 0-0 0, Quinn Dittmann 10 3-4 24, Jaden Rice 2 3-4 7, Bryce Dittman 1 0-2 3. FG: 18. FT: 11-16. 3-pointers: 4 (Arndt 2, Q. Dittmann 1, B. Dittmann 1). Record: 5-4.
AUBURNDALE (65): Alex Willfahrt 5-10 6-6 17, Caden Weinfurter 7-15 0-1 15, Terrance Cottrell-Roberson 3-8 2-4 11, Mason White Eagle 3-4 2-6 8, Lucas Yeske 2-8 2-4 8, Tim Schmitt 1-1 0-0 2, Kaden Anderson 0-1 2-2 2, Gavin White Eagle 0-0 2-2 2, Trayton Weber 0-1 0-0 0, Blake Raab 0-1 0-0 0. FG: 21-49. FT: 17-25. 3-pointers: 6-21 (Cottrell-Roberson 3-6, Willfahrt 1-3, Weinfurter 1-5, Yeske 1-6, Raab 0-1). Rebounds: 26 (Willfhart 7). Record: 2-6.