Auburndale girls basketball earns home win over Newman Catholic

The 2023-24 Auburndale High School girls basketball team. (Photo courtesy of Don Patterson Photography)

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AUBURNDALE – The Auburndale girls basketball team took a 10-point lead into halftime and held on in the second half to defeat Wausau Newman Catholic 48-37 in a Marawood Conference South Division game Tuesday at Auburndale High School.

Sidney Wolff scored 10 points, and Lily Bellanti and Rose Hasenohrl each added nine in the win for the Eagles, who are now 11-4 overall and 8-1 in the Marawood South, one game in back of first-place and undefeated Wisconsin Rapids Assumption.

Evie Bates had 13 points and Lily Shields scored 10 for Newman Catholic, which lost its fifth game in a row and falls to 2-13 overall and 1-9 in the Marawood South.

Click here to view the Marawood Conference South Division girls basketball standings

Auburndale plays a Marawood crossover game at Phillips (13-2) on Thursday. Newman Catholic is back in action Friday at Chequamegon.

Eagles 48, Cardinals 37
Newman Catholic 14 23 – 37
Auburndale 24 24 – 48
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (37):
Mallory Rozwadowski 1 0-0 3, Lily Shields 4 1-1 10, Mel Severson 2 0-0 4, Ashley Jankowski 1 3-4 5, Brianna Schulz 0 0-0 0, Lillian Rodenhemier 0 0-0 0, Aubrey Puent 0 2-4 2, Evie Bates 5 3-4 13. FG: 13. FT: 9-13. 3-pointers: 2 (Rozwadowski 1, Shields 1). Fouls: 10. Fouled out: Jankowski. Record: 2-13, 1-9 Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (48): Kylie Anderson 0 0-0 0, Chesney Nagel 0 0-0 0, Gracie Hasenohrl 1 0-0 2, Taylor Anderson 2 0-0 4, Lily Bellanti 4 0-0 9, Sidney Wolff 5 0-0 10, Rose Hasenohrl 4 0-0 9, Breleigh Grimm 0 1-2 1, Mya Krings 3 0-0 6, Hope Schulte 1 0-0 2, Myah Katzenberger 2 1-2 5, Lili Grube 0 0-0 0. FG: 22. FT: 2-4. 3-pointers: 2 (R. Hasenohrl 1, Bellanti 1). Fouls: 11. Fouled out: none. Record: 11-4, 8-1 Marawood Conference South Division.