Gotz has 21 points, four assists, eight rebounds for Apaches

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

PITTSVILLE — The Auburndale girls basketball team clinched a share of the Marawood Conference South Division championship with a 58-16 rout of Pittsville in its conference finale on Friday night at Pittsville High School.

The Apaches rolled out to a 42-8 halftime lead on their way to the big win.

Auburndale finishes the Marawood South season with a 10-2 record, tied with Marathon for first place. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption can also grab a share of the title with a win at home over Stratford on Tuesday.

The conference title is the first for Auburndale in the Marawood and the program’s first since earning a tie for the Cloverbelt Conference title in 1990-91.

Taylor Gotz scored 21 points and hauled down eight rebounds in the victory. Rachael Bolder added 10 rebounds, and Paiton Richardson scored 17 points for the Apaches.

Auburndale (18-2 overall) will take its 12-game winning streak into a nonconference game at Athens on Tuesday.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Apaches 58, Panthers 16

Auburndale 42 16 – 58

Pittsville 8 8 – 16

AUBURNDALE (58): Mackenzie Raab 1-5 0-0 2, Brooke Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Rachel Gronemeyer 1-5 0-0 2, Cassie Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0, Ashley Peplinski 2-10 2-2 6, Allison Linzmeier 1-6 0-0 2, Rachael Bolder 1-4 0-0 2, Paiton Richardson 8-12 0-0 17, Taylor Gotz 9-13 3-4 21, Hannah Bolder 2-9 2-4 6. FG: 25-66. FT: 7-10. 3-pointers: 1-9 (Richardson 1-1, Raab 0-3, Peplinski 0-5). Rebounds: 44 (R. Bolder 10). Assists: 12 (Gotz 4). Record: 18-2, 10-2 Marawood South.

PITTSVILLE (16): No statistics reported. Record: 3-17, 1-11 Marawood South.