February 3, 2012 at 4:12 p.m.
Youth Sports Roundup: Feb. 4, 2012
Youth Sports Roundup: Feb. 4, 2012
- Several James Williams Middle School wrestlers were in action Jan. 28 at the Central Wisconsin Wrestling Conference Meet in Merrill. The Hodags finished sixth place out of 12 teams in the field.
Rhinelander earned an individual title with Derrick Dumprope at 128 pounds. Dumprope earned a first period pin over his opponent from Wisconsin Rapids to earn the title.
Alec Modrow (77) and Jacob DeMeyer (91) earned second place finishes. DeMeyer was edged out, 6-5 in overtime, in the finals. Alec Bess collected a third place finish at 112 pounds. Jon Fox and Mike Wagner added fourth place finishes. Payton Hartman and Alex Kurtz also competed in the main tournament.
There was a mini-tournament held in conjunction with the conference meet. Tyler Olson, Scott Fox and Colten Krueger placed first in the mini-tournament. Adam Maas placed second. Alex Monk and Kayia Schrader and Brandon Wunrow placed third. Also wrestling were RonDae Donahue, Jerry Dubois and Zac Maas.
- The Rhinelander Wrestling Club sent 11 wrestlers to Edgar for an invitational Jan. 29. Walker Hartman, Gavin Ostermann, Dante Steinmetz and Cael Steinmetz walked away with first place finishes. Josh Randolph and Dante Suhm finished second in their brackets. Reagan Hartman, Jaden Schoeneck and Jaxen Schoeneck finished third. Aiden Ostermann and Garrett Younker added fourth place finishes.
Thirteen grapplers from the club took part in the Three Lakes Invite Saturday, Jan. 28. Joe Leider and Cole Lehman earned first place in their brackets. Connor Olson, Brock Lieder and Kamerin Resch finished second. Third place finishes went to Josh Randoplh, Parker Restlaff, Eric Grulke, Tyler Olson, Maxwell Ratty, Cole Price and Jacob Wagler. Draven Klaver finished fourth in his bracket.
Alpine Skiing
- JV and middle school competitions were held alongside the varsity Northern Ski League meet that took place Jan. 28 at Ski Brule in Iron River, Mich.
The RHS boys' Alpine JV team took first overall, claiming four of the top six positions. Alec Effinger finished first overall, winning boys' JV slalom (38.55 seconds) and giant slalom (27.76) and finishing second in boys' JV super giant slalom (39.05). T.J. Fritz was third overall, finishing second in giant slalom (29.5) and first in super G (34.46). Zach Harder was fifth overall. Tyler Scheuermann placed sixth.
In boys' JV snowboard, Jorgen Tesseman and Quintin Triplett completed a 1-2 sweep for Rhinelander. Tesseman won JV giant slalom and boardercross. Triplett was the runner up in both events. Duncan Seidel tied for first overall in boys' middle school Alpine skiing. The Rhinelander seventh grader won boys' middle school slalom (40.3) and finished second in super G (34.98).
- The JVs were back on the slopes Feb. 2 at Mt. Ashwabay in Bayfield. The RHS boys' Alpine JV team scored first place again. Fritz finished second overall, highlighted by a second place finish in slalom (50.16). Effinger was third overall and had second place runs in JV giant slalom (33.93) and JV super G (35.89). Scheuermann finished seventh and Harder placed eighth.
Triplett and Tessman tied for first in JV snowboarding. Triplett won JV boardercross (44.57). Tessman was first in JV giant slalom (36.21).
Seidel won the middle school boys' Alpine competition. He finished first in giant slalom (30.46) and second in slalom (43.25) and super G (33.78).
Boys' basketball
- The RHS JV boys' team scored victories over Northland Pines and Medford in its last two contests.
Rhinelander raced out to a big early lead and cruised to a 56-34 victory over the JV Eagles Jan. 31 at the Northland Pines High School Fieldhouse. The Hodags led 18-7 after one quarter and 35-17 at halftime.
Matt Bloch led a balanced Rhinelander attack with 14 points. Ryan Dart added eight points and Eric Fabish and Kent Mathews each had six as all 13 players active for the game scored at least one point.
The team pulled away in the final minutes to earn a 59-46 victory over the Medford Raiders Jan. 27 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium. Medford led 27-24 at halftime and hit nine 3-pointers during the course of the game to stay in it, but the Hodags led by six with six minutes to play and finished the game on a 12-5 run to secure the win.
Darren McGuire paced the Hodags with 13 points, Dart had 10, Austin Bowman had nine and Tyler Thorsen added seven. The Hodags drained six 3-point field goals on the night.
- The RHS freshman team also dispatched Northland Pines and Medford in its two most recent contests.
The Hodags routed Northland Pines 61-22 Jan. 31 in Eagle River. R.J. Eades had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Isaac Wendt has 11 points. Cole Oettinger scored 10 and Brendan McGuire chipped in nine.
"I liked our defensive pressure," RHS freshman coach Jason Kremer said. "We threw a lot of different defensive looks at Pines and it really kept them guessing. This was a game that everyone contributed to the win, every player on the roster had at least four points."
The team downed Medford 43-35 on Jan. 27 at the Central Intermediate School gym. Wendt led the Hodags with an 18-point, 4-rebound effort. Oettinger had 12 points and seven rebounds. Eades added eight points and six boards.
"Our defensive pressure gave Medford trouble," Kremer noted. "We had an outstanding team effort where all players contributed to the victory."
Girls' basketball
- The RHS girls' freshman basketball team had little difficultly with Medford, downing the Raiders 51-16 Jan. 27 in Medford. The Lady Hodags had three players score in double digits. Brianna Gilbert led the way with 14 points, Riley Aschenbrenner had 13 and Brittany Haker added 10.
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