Apaches fall to 8-8, host Northland Lutheran on Friday

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MARATHON — The Auburndale girls basketball team gave Marawood Conference South Division front-runner Marathon all it could handle but fell short in the end, losing 43-34 on Tuesday night at Marathon High School.

Marathon led 19-16 after a low-scoring first half and held on from there with a six-point advantage in the second period. The Raiders are now 14-3 overall and 9-1 in the Marawood South, one-half game ahead of Wausau Newman Catholic. Auburndale drops to 8-8 and 4-5 in the conference.

Mackenzie Raab scored 10 points to lead a balanced scoring attack for Auburndale, which had eight different players find the scoring column. Hannah Bolder added seven points in the loss.

Alysha Stieber had 17 points for Marathon.

Auburndale will host Northland Lutheran on Friday.

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

Raiders 43, Apaches 34

Auburndale 16 18 – 34

Marathon 19 24 – 43

AUBURNDALE (34): Mackenzie Raab 5-11 0-1 10, Brooke Anderson 1-7 1-1 3, Rachael Gronemyer 0-4 0-0 0, Maggie Willfahrt 1-1 0-0 2, Izzy Hilber 1-1 2-2 4, Rachael Bolder 1-2 0-0 2, Lauren Dillinger 0-1 0-0 0 0, Marissa Ponshock 2-4 0-0 4, Kali Karl 0-3 0-0 0, Natalie Aue 1-2 0-2 2, Hannah Bolder 3-5 1-2 7. FG: 15-41. FT: 4-8. 3-pointers: 0-1 (Anderson 0-1). Rebounds: 26 (Ponshock 5). Assists: 13 (R. Bolder 4). Record: 8-8, 4-5 Marawood Conference South Division.

MARATHON (43): Stephanie Draeger 2 1-1 5, Karley Fischer 0 0-0 0, Alysha Stieber 7 1-1 17, Rhianna Swero 1 1-3 3, Elizabeth Boehm 1 0-0 2, Olivia Ziebell 0 0-0 0, Katelyn Schmidt 1 2-4 4, Brooke Balz 2 0-0 5, Amanda Kind 3 1-1 7. FG: 17. FT: 6-10. 3-pointers: 3 (Stieber 2, Balz 1). Record: 14-3, 9-1 Marawood Conference South Division.