RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, April 30

Girls’ soccer: Lakeland 1, Rhinelander 0

An eighth-minute penalty kick by Josie Wentland ended up being the difference as Lakeland knocked off Rhinelander 1-0 in a battle for first place in the GNC Tuesday at Mike Webster Stadium.

The Hodags outshot the T-Birds 13-8 in the match — including an 11-3 margin in the second half — but could never find the equalizer as they fell five points adrift in the conference standings. The Hodags held a slight 5-4 edge in shots on goal. Mya Krouze made four saves in the loss.

Rhinelander (7-1-2, 3-1-0-1 Great Northern) return to action May 7 at home against Mosinee.

Baseball: D.C. Everest 8, Rhinelander 0

The Rhinelander High School baseball team fell to D.C. Everest 8-0 at Stafford Field on Tuesday in non-conference play. 

The Evergreens scored twice in the second inning, twice more in the fifth and put the game away with a four-run seventh.

The Hodags managed only five hits of Logan Cherek, who went the distance for Everest. Dylan Vanderbunt had three of those hits, continuing his streak of multi-hit games. Vanderbunt took the loss on the hill for Rhinelander, giving up seven runs on eight hits with a walk and five strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings.

Rhinelander (1-10, 1-5 Great Northern) travels to Lakeland on Thursday.

Softball: Northland Pines 11, Rhinelander 5

The Rhinelander High School softball team could not pick up its second win of the year, falling on the road to Northland Pines 11-5 Tuesday in Eagle River. 

Pines took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back, adding a run in the third and four each in the fourth and the seventh. 

Rhinelander outhit Pines 8-5 in the contest. Lucy Lindner had three hits in the game, Lily Treder had two and Libby Buchmann had a two-run double in the seventh for Rhinelander.

Laney Haenel took the loss for Rhinelander, giving up seven runs on four hits over six innings. 

Rhinelander (1-11, 1-7 Great Northern) travels to Antigo Friday.

Boys’ tennis: Stevens Point 4, Rhinelander 3

A pair of three-set matches proved to be the difference on Tuesday as the RHS boys’ tennis team dropped a non-conference match to Stevens Point 4-3 at the RHS tennis courts. 

Stevens Point’s Mitchell Thielman rallied from a 6-1 first set loss to beat Rhinelander’s John Currie over the final two sets 7-6 (4) and 7-5 to claim the clinching point. SPASH swept singles in the match, including a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss for Rhinelander’s Karter Massey at No. 4 singles.

The Hdoags swept doubles as Joey Belanger/Dalton Fritz, Gavin Denis/Dawson Pontell and Aiden Ostermann/Michael Schiek were all straight-set winners. 

Rhinelander (11-6, 3-0 Great Northern) hosts Pacelli on Thursday.

Track & Field: RHS cosy 2nd/6, girls 1st/7, Three Lakes Invite

The Hodag girls’ track team won six events on Tuesday and claimed first-place in the seven-team Three Lakes Invite. The Hodag boys scored four victories and finished as runners up behind the hosting Bluejays.

Aila Bergman claimed the 300-meter hurdles for Rhinelander, Lexi Bishop took the 200-meter dash and Luna Grage claimed the 800 meters. Rhinelander also claimed the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays.

Jackson Fuss was the winner of the boys’ 400 meters and part of the Hodags’ winning 4x200 team with Ben Olson, Sam Zwaard and Zach Germain. Rhinelander also won the 4x100 and 4x400.

The Hodags will be back in action on Friday at the Otto Bacher Invitational in Merrill.

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