By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE – Christian Firnstahl scored 12 points and Dylan Peplinski added 11 to lead the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 59-48 nonconference win over Neillsville on Saturday afternoon at Auburndale High School.

Auburndale (7-12) trailed 27-26 at halftime but pulled away in the second half by holding Neillsville to just seven made baskets.

Peplinski had seven points and Firnstahl six in the second half for the Apaches.

Michael Dux led Neillsville (10-9) with 21 points.

Auburndale plays at Abbotsford on Monday.

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

Apaches 59, Warriors 48
Neillsville 27 21 – 48
Auburndale 26 33 – 59
NEILLSVILLE (48): Michael Dux 8 3-7 21, Jake Kunze 3 3-5 9, Logan Matson 3 0-2 6, Cody Roman 0 0-0 0, David Harder 1 3-4 5, Adam Schmidt 2 1-1 7, Jason Kurth 0 0-0 0. FG: 17. FT: 10-19. 3-pointers: 4 (Dux 2, Schmidt 2). Fouls: 22. Fouled out: none. Record: 10-9.
AUBURNDALE (59): Nicholas Steele 2 0-3 4, Luke Olsen 2 5-5 9, Logan Willfahrt 0 0-0 0, Trevor Haumschild 0 2-2 2, Caleb Weinfurter 3 0-0 7, Collin Hawkins 1 0-0 2, Colten Wright 3 3-6 9, Christian Firnstahl 5 2-2 12, Dylan Peplinski 4 3-5 11, Logan Brown 1 1-1 3. FG: 21. FT: 16-24. 3-pointers: 1 (Weinfurter 1). Fouls: 16. Fouled out: none. Record: 7-12.