RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Sept. 28

Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 140, Mosinee 21

The RHS girls’ swim team achieved perfection, and broke a couple of records to boot, as it defeated Mosinee 140-21 at the Heck Family Community Pool on Thursday. 

The Hodags scored maximum points every event — finishing 1-2-3 in all eight individual races and 1-2 in all three relays — and achieved a perfect dual meet score of 140 points. 

Senior Abi Winnicki, after narrowly missing on Saturday, took down the longest-standing RHS girls’ swim team record as she won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 7.99 seconds. That eclipsed the mark of 5:10.27 set in 1979 by Karen Burton-Reeder. The Hodags also set a Heck Pool record in the 400 freestyle relay with the team of Karis Francis, Vivian Lamers, Celia Francis and Abi Winnicki (3:38.10).

In all 10 different swimmer played a role in at least one victory for the Hodags on Thursday. 

Rhinelander (5-0 GNC) returns to action Saturday at the Fond du Lac Invite.

Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 8, Antigo 0

The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team finally got its offense going on Thursday as it routed Antigo 8-0 at Mike Webster Stadium.

Matthew King scored twice and the Hodags had six other players score as they more than doubled their offensive production from their first six conference games combined. Will Gretzinger, Asher Rivord, Hart Hokens, Aidan Lueder, Neil Weigel and Michael Schiek also scored as the Hodags outshot the Robins 42-2. 

Barak Rappley made one save in the win for Rhinelander. 

The Hodags (6-2-3, 5-1-0-1 Great Northern) travel to Lakeland on Tuesday.

Cross country: RHS boys 4th/5, girls 4th/5 Medford Invite

Greyson Gremban picked up his first win of the season, highlighting the day for the Hodag cross country team at the Medford Invite. 

Gremban covered the 5-kilometer course in 17 minutes, 10.5 seconds and ran to a 17-second victory over Medford’s Tanner Hraby. 

The Hodags could only muster a fourth-place finish on the boys’ side, however, with No. 5 runner Shawn Denis scratched due to injury. Avrom Bar was 11th, Gavin Denis was 12th, Jackson Weinzatl was 13th and Hank Kowieski was 40th.

The Hodag girls also finished fourth, led by a seventh-place run from Leah Jamison (21:34.6). Sophie Miljevich was 11th, Kara Monk was 17th, Hayley Schiek finished 18th and Luna Grage was 20th.

Rhinelander returns to action this coming Tuesday at the Northland Pines Invite.

Full reports will be published in Tuesday’s River News.