Gotz, Richardson score 18 points each for Apaches

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

ATHENS — The Auburndale girls basketball team pushed its winning streak to 13 games with a dominating 67-12 victory over Athens on Tuesday night at Athens High School.

Ten different Apaches scored in the win, which pushes Auburndale’s record to 19-2.

Paiton Richardson and Taylor Gotz were each 9 of 13 from the field and scored 18 points for Auburndale. Gotz added 10 rebounds and seven assists.

Auburndale, which finished in a three-way tie for the Marawood Conference South Division title, hosts Abbotsford in the third-place game of the conference’s North-South crossovers on Friday at 7:15 p.m. to wrap up its regular-season schedule.

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

Apaches 67, Bluejays 12

Auburndale 50 17 – 67

Athens 6 6 – 12

AUBURNDALE (67): Mackenzie Raab 0-2 2-2 2, Brooke Anderson 2-2 0-0 5, Rachel Gronemeyer 0-1 0-0 0, Cassie Mitchell 1-2 0-0 3, Ashley Peplinski 3-11 0-0 6, Allison Linzmeier 3-7 0-0 6, Rachael Bolder 2-3 0-0 4, Sylviann Momont 1-2 1-1 3, Paiton Richardson 9-13 0-0 18, Taylor Gotz 9-13 0-0 18, Hannah Bolder 2-6 0-0 4. FG: 32-62. FT: 3-3. 3-pointers: 2-6 (Mitchell 1-1, Anderson 1-1, Raab 0-1, Peplinski 0-3). Rebounds: 35 (Gotz 10). Assists: 18 (Gotz 7). Record: 19-2.

ATHENS (12): No statistics reported. Record: 2-18.