Auburndale boys basketball opens season with win over Wausau Newman

AUBURNDALE – Cooper Weinfurter poured in 26 points to lead the Auburndale boys basketball team to a 79-65 victory over Wausau Newman Catholic in the season opener for both teams on Tuesday night at Auburndale High School.

Auburndale led by five points at halftime before closing out the win with a 49-point second half.

The Apaches made 17 of 26 free throws while Newman made just 8 of 16.

Colton Wright added 19 points and Dylan Paun chipped in 13 for Auburndale.

Charlie McCarty had 21 points for the Cardinals, who made 13 3-pointers in the loss.

Auburndale hosts Athens in a nonconference game Friday at 7:15 p.m. The game will be livestreamed at zaleskisportsshow.com.

Apaches 79, Cardinals 65
Wausau Newman Catholic 25 40 – 65
Auburndale 30 49 – 79
NEWMAN CATHOLIC (65): Nick Brenner 0 0-0 0, Ben Leischer 5 2-3 16, Quinn Reeves 0 0-0 0, Cade Kimball 2 2-3 7, Tom Ende 2 0-1 6, Elliot Samuels 3 0-0 8, Shaugnessy 0 0-0 0, Charlie Shields 1 0-0 2, Lang 1 0-0 3, Joe Zeimetz 1 0-0 2, Charlie McCarty 7 4-9 21. FG: 22. FT: 8-16. 3-pointers: 13 (Leischer 4, McCarty 3, Samuels 2, Ende 2, Kimball 1, Lang 1). Fouls: 25. Fouled out: Ende. Record: 0-1 overall and Marawood Conference South Division.
AUBURNDALE (79): Cooper Weinfurter 9-20 7-9 26, Paul Kollross 0-0 0-0 0, Hunter Wright 3-4 2-2 6, Fletcher Raab 1-5 1-2 4, Jason Wilcox 1-2 0-0 2, Carter Wilcott 2-2 0-0 4, Aaron Marth 2-5 1-2 5, Dylan Paun 5-7 3-4 13, Colton Wright 7-23 5-7 19. FG: 30-68. FT: 17-26. 3-pointers: 2-19 (Raab 1-4, Weinfurter 1-4, H. Wright 0-1, C. Wright 0-10). Rebounds: 34 (Weinfurter 6, Marth 6, Paun 6, C. Wright 6). Record: 1-0 overall and Marawood Conference South Division.