Ponshock leads Apaches with 14 points, seven rebounds

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

AUBURNDALE — Marissa Ponshock had a season-high 14 points to lead the Auburndale girls basketball team to a narrow 42-39 victory over Northland Lutheran in a Marawood Conference South Division game Friday night at Auburndale High School.

The Apaches are now 9-8 overall and 5-5 in the Marawood South. Northland Lutheran drops to 4-14 and 1-9 in the conference.

Ponshock made 7 of 10 shots from the field and added a team-high seven rebounds for Auburndale.

The Apaches survived despite shooting just 18 of 53 from the field and 6 of 15 at the free throw line.

Kari Kreklau and Sidney Moore each had 12 points for Northland Lutheran.

Auburndale plays a nonconference game at Adams-Friendship on Tuesday.

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

Apaches 42, Wildcats 39

Northland Lutheran 23 16 – 39

Auburndale 21 21 – 42

NORTHLAND LUTHERAN (39): Kari Kreklau 5 2-3 12, Mesa Haag 3 0-0 7, Mikayla Obsuzt 0 0-0 0, Sidney Moore 4 4-5 12, Hailey Eggebrecht 2 0-0 4, Erin Gast 1 2-2 4. FG: 15. FT: 8-10. 3-pointers: 1 (Haag 1). Record: 4-14, 1-9 Marawood Conference South Division.

AUBURNDALE (42): Mackenzie Raab 1-7 2-5 4, Brooke Anderson 3-8 0-0 6, Rachael Gronemeyer 0-5 0-2 0, Maggie Willfahrt 0-0 2-2 2, Izzy Hilber 0-2 0-1 0, Rachael Bolder 2-3 0-1 4, Lauren Dillinger 1-1 0-0 2, Marissa Ponshock 7-10 0-0 14, Kali Karl 0-4 0-0 0, Natalie Aue 2-5 1-2 5, Hannah Bolder 2-8 1-2 5. FG: 18-53. FT: 6-15. 3-pointers: 0-2 (Raab 0-1, Anderson 0-1). Rebounds: 36 (Ponshock 7). Assists: 8 (Anderson 2, Gronemeyer 2). Record: 9-8, 5-5 Marawood Conference South Division.