Weinfurter scores 22 points for Apaches

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — Caleb Weinfurter hit six 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points to help the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 61-37 rout of Nekoosa in a nonconference matchup Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.

Dylan Peplinski added 11 points for the Apaches, who are now 6-11 this season. Nekoosa drops to 3-17.

Weinfurter drained three 3-pointers, and the Apaches made six free throws to take a 34-20 lead at halftime. Auburndale put the game away with six 3-pointers in the second half.

Auburndale plays at Wausau Newman Catholic in its Marawood Conference South Division finale on Thursday.

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

Apaches 61, Papermakers 37

Nekoosa 20 17 – 37

Auburndale 34 27 – 61

NEKOOSA (37): Brett Sutherland 0 2-2 2, Dylan Royce 0 0-0 0, Andrew Bohenstengel 3 4-7 12, Josh Dillon 0 0-0 0, Jared Olson 3 0-0 7, Justin Mortel 3 1-2 7, Jace Olson 0 0-0 0, Caleb Doebereiner 2 0-2 4, Drew Henrickson 0 0-0 0, Kade Lacour 1 1-2 3, Trevor Pritzl 1 0-0 2. FG: 13. FT: 8-15. 3-pointers: 3 (Bohenstengel 2, Olson 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: none. Record: 3-17.

AUBURNDALE (61): Nick Steele 0 0-0 0, Luke Olsen 2 3-5 8, Cason Schmidzer 0 0-0 0, Logan Willfahrt 1 0-0 3, Trevor Haumschild 0 0-0 0, Caleb Weinfurter 7 2-3 22, Colton Wright 2 3-4 8, Cam Ertl 1 0-0 3, Christian Firnstahl 3 0-0 6, Colten Yeske 0 0-0 0, Dylan Peplinski 4 3-7 11, Logan Brown 0 0-0 0. FG: 20. FT: 11-19. 3-pointers: 10 (Weinfurter 6, Olsen 1, Willfahrt 1, Wright 1, Ertl 1). Fouls: 17. Fouled out: Firnstahl. Record: 6-11.