RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Dec. 3

Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 63, Medford 58, OT

Aubryn Clark scored a Rhinelander High School single-game record 43 points Tuesday night as the Hodags rallied from down 21 late in the first half to defeat Medford 63-58 in overtime in the GNC opener at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium. 

The Hodags still trailed by 5 with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation but Lexi Beran had a put back and, after two missed free throws by Medford, Clark drilled a 3 from the top of the key with less than 6 seconds to play to force bonus basketball. 

Clark had six of Rhinelander’s 10 points in overtime, including a pair of free throws in the waining seconds that allowed her to eclipse Ava Lamers’s school record of 42 points, set in an overtime loss at Rice Lake in November 2022. 

Dawsyn Barkus had seven points and Vivian Lamers added six for Rhinelander. Taylor Klingbeil paced Medford with 26 points while Kayla Baumgartner had 13.

Rhinelander (4-1, 1-0 Great Northern) hosts Antigo Friday.

Boys’ hockey: Rhinelander 6, Chequamegon/Phillips 2

Drake Nelson tallied two goals and two assists Tuesday as the RHS boys’ hockey team knocked off Chequamegon/Phillips at the Rhinelander Ice Arena. 

Dylan Shefveland, Kadin Rodziczak and Timber Cronauer scored as the Hodags led 3-0 after one period. Nelson scored twice after the SEaLs scored early in the second and Zach Edyvean added a goal as the Hodags led 6-1 after two periods. 

The Hodags outshot the SEaLs 45-18 in the contest. Asher Rivord made 16 saves in the win. 

Rhinelander (1-1-0, 0-0-0-0 Great Northern) kicks off GNC play at Antigo on Thursday.

Boys’ swim: Rhinelander 134, Medford 31

The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team won all 11 events Tuesday as it took the GNC opener from Medford 134-31 at the Heck Family Community Pool. 

Samson Shinners and Judson O’Malley were each four-event winners for Rhinelander. Individually, Shinners won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle while O’Malley took the 200 individual medley and the 100 freestyle. 

Seven different Hodags had a had in an event win. Mathias Fugle won the 50 freestyle, Shawn Denis took the 100 butterfly, Dolan O’Malley won the 100 backstroke and Dean Gillingham won the 100 breaststroke. 

Rhinelander (1-0 Great Northern) will host Lakeland on Thursday.

Full reports will be published in Tuesday’s River News