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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale boys basketball team dominated from start to finish, pounding Pittsville 63-21 in a nonconference game Friday night at Auburndale High School.
Auburndale cruised out to a 30-11 lead by halftime and outscored the Panthers by 20 in the second to win going away, improving to 15-2 this season.
Alex Wilfahrt scored 17 points and Caden Weinfurter made four 3-pointers to finish with 12 points for the Eagles.
Auburndale shot 45.6 percent (26-for-57) and made eight 3-pointers, while holding Pittsville (13-4) to just 20 percent shooting (8 of 40) and just 3 of 22 from 3-point range.
Auburndale will play at Wausau Newman Catholic on Tuesday to try to keep its Marawood Conference South Division championship hopes alive. The Eagles are 9-2 in the conference, while Newman is 9-1 and Marathon is 10-1.
Eagles 63, Panthers 21
Pittsville 11 10 – 21
Auburndale 30 33 – 63
PITTSVILLE (21): Marcus Getsinger 2-11 0-0 5, Sam Bowden 2-5 0-2 4, Jake Hardinger 2-8 0-0 4, Derek Grossman 1-1 0-0 3, Dawson Luther 1-5 0-0 3, Trevor Millard 0-0 1-2 1, Jack Redmond 0-3 1-2 1, Matthew Gudel 0-1 0-0 0, Evan Haley 0-0 0-0 0, Dylan Luther 0-4 0-0 0, Braden Friday 0-2 0-0 0. FG: 8-40. FT: 2-6. 3-pointers: 3-22 (Grossman 1-1, Luther 1-4, Getsinger 1-8, Redmond 0-1, Luther 0-2). Rebounds: 20 (Bowden 5). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 13-4.
AUBURNDALE (63): Alex Willfahrt 8-16 0-1 17, Caden Weinfurter 4-11 0-0 12, Trayton Weber 3-4 1-1 7, Lucas Yeske 3-11 0-0 6, Blake Raab 2-3 1-1 6, Evan Scholl 2-5 0-0 5, Mason Rachu 1-2 0-0 3, Mason White Eagle 1-1 0-0 2, Tim Schmitt 1-2 0-0 2, Aden Cherney 1-2 0-0 2, Ian Brown 0-0 1-2 1, Kaden Anderson 0-0 0-0 0. FG: 26-57. FT: 3-5. 3-pointers: 8-22 (Weinfurter 4-9, Willfahrt 1-2, Raab 1-2, Rachu 1-2, Scholl 1-4, Yeske 0-3). Rebounds: 31 (Yeske 9). Fouls: 7. Fouled out: none. Record: 15-2.