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AUBUNRNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team rolled out to a double-digit lead by halftime and went on to a convincing 56-37 win over Marawood Conference South Division rival Marathon in a WIAA Division 4 regional semifinal Friday night at Auburndale High School.
The Eagles pulled out to a 27-17 lead at the half and outscored Marathon by nine in the second half to pull away.
Annamarie Aue had 16 points and Gracie Krings drilled five 3-pointers to finish with 15 points for Auburndale, which improves to 16-9 this season. The Eagles finished with nine 3-pointers in the win.
Auburndale, the No. 4 seed in its half of the sectional bracket, moves on to a D-4 regional final at No. 1 seed Neenah St. Mary Catholic (24-1) on Saturday at 7 p.m. SMC, ranked No. 8 in the final regular-season Wissports.net D-4 state coaches poll, destroyed Princeton/Green Lake 78-24 on Friday.
Ashley Phakitthong had 17 points to lead Marathon, which finishes its season with a 13-13 record.
Eagles 56, Raiders 37
Marathon 17 20 – 37
Auburndale 27 29 – 56
MARATHON (37): Chenpieng Phakitthong 0 0-0 0, Mylee Haehlke 0 2-2 2, Emma Love 1 0-0 2, Cayden Sapinsk 0 0-0 0, Ashley Phakitthong 4 8-12 17, Chloe LaValley 3 1-2 7, Kyla Heise 0 0-1 0, Kali Prihoda 3 0-0 6, Hannah Baldeshwiler 1 0-0 3, Ahlexis Nowak 0 0-0 0, Alysha Blenker 0 0-0 0, Danica Paszek 0 0-0 0, Madison Helse 0 0-0 0. FG: 12. FT: 11-17. 3-pointers: 2 (Baldeshwiler 1, A. Phakitthong 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: Baldeshwiler. Record: 13-13.
AUBURNDALE (56): Kylie Anderson 0 0-0 0, Gracie Krings 5 0-0 15, Taylor Anderson 0 0-0 0, Delaney Becker 0 0-0 0, Sidney Wolff 0 0-0 0, Mya Krings 1 0-0 2, Ashlyn Grimm 5 1-2 13, Josie Ertl 2 0-0 6, Sammy Stanton 0 0-0 0, Hope Schulte 0 0-0 0, Annamarie Aue 5 4-4 16, Lilly Hasenohrl 2 0-0 4. FG: 21. FT: 5-6. 3-pointers: 9 (G. Krings 5, Grimm 2, Aue 2). Fouls: 18. Fouled out: none. Record: 16-9.