Huge second half lifts Apaches to victory

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — Hannah Bolder scored 11 points and grabbed six rebounds to help lead the Auburndale girls basketball team to a 51-21 victory over Pittsville in a Marawood Conference South Division game Thursday night at Auburndale High School.

The Apaches led 16-10 after a low-scoring first half before blowing the game open with a 24-point advantage over the second 18-minute session.

Mackenzie Raab added 10 points, and Brooke Anderson had five steals for Auburndale (8-7, 4-4 Marawood South).

Pittsville drops to 1-15 and 0-9 in the conference.

Auburndale plays at first-place Marathon on Tuesday.

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

Apaches 51, Panthers 21

Pittsville 10 11 – 21

Auburndale 16 35 – 51

PITTSVILLE (21): Skye Klein 3 1-4 10, Courtney Schwanebeck 1 0-0 2, Delany Grimm 1 1-6 3, Carly Knutson 0 0-0 0, Rebecca Sturgis 0 1-2 1, Mandi Ortner 0 1-2 1, Kacey Soetebier 1 0-0 2, Amanda Piotrowski 0 0-0 0, Ana Klein 1 0-0 2. FG: 7. FT: 4-10. 3-pointers: 3 (S. Klein 3). Fouls: 15. Fouled out: none. Record: 1-15, 0-9 Marawood Conference South Division.

AUBURNDALE (51): Mackenzie Raab 5-8 0-0 10, Brooke Anderson 1-6 1-4 3, Rachael Gronemeyer 1-6 0-0 2, Maggie WIllfahrt 2-2 2-2 6, Izzy Hilber 0-0 0-0 0, Rachael Bolder 1-5 0-1 2, Lauren Dillinger 1-2 0-0 2, Marissa Ponshock 1-4 2-2 4, Kali Karl 0-0 0-2 0, Natalie Aue 4-5 0-2 8, Hannah Bolder 5-13 1-2 11, Emily Pankratz 1-1 0-0 2, Unassigned 1 point. FG: 22-50. FT: 6-13. 3-pointers: 0-2 (Anderson 0-1, Raab 0-1). Rebounds: 32 (H. Bolder 6, Ponshock 6). Assists: 13 (Hilber 4, R. Bolder 4). Record: 8-7, 4-4 Marawood Conference South Division.