RHS Sports recap: Friday, Dec. 27

Note: A previous version of this report listed an incorrect score for the RHS boys' hockey game at West Bend. The score has been corrected below. 

Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 76, Ripon 48

The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team pulled away in the second half Friday and defeated Ripon 76-48 in the first day of an invitational in Wisconsin Dells. 

Rhinelander led wire-to-wire and held a 31-21 advantage at the break. The Hodags used a 26-5 run in the second half to push the lead to 60-33 with 9:19 remaining.

Devon Feck led the Hodags with 19 points, Truman Lamers had 13 and Evan Shoeder added nine points and eight rebounds for a balanced Hodag attack. Blake Bradley hit six 3s for Ripon as he scored a game-high 20 points. 

Rhinelander (7-0, 3-0 Great Northern) faces host Wisconsin Dells on Saturday.

Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 55, Ripon 47

The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team overcame a sluggish offensive performance to hold off Ripon 55-47 Friday in Wisconsin Dells. 

Aubryn Clark hit a 3 in the final seconds of the first half to give the Hodags a 27-25 lead at the break. The advantage ballooned to 18 points with 6:14 remaining, but the Rhinelander failed to make a field goal the rest of the way and the Tigers got to within six before the Hodags salted the game away from the foul line.

Vivian Lamers led Rhinelander with 19 points while Clark had 17. Lexi Beran had six points and, unofficially, 17 rebounds. Bryn Carlson and Adalin Nohoff each scored 14 to lead Ripon.

Rhinelander (8-1, 4-0 Great Northern) plays Wisconsin Dells on Saturday.

Boys’ hockey: West Bend 9, Rhinelander 0

The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team fell to West Bend 9-0 Friday during a holiday tournament in Ozaukee. 

The Hodags allowed four goals each in the first two periods and one more in the third. Rhinelander was outshot 47-4 in the contest, with Asher Rivord making 38 saves in defeat. 

Rhinelander (1-6-0, 0-2-0-0 Great Northern) faces Homestead in Ozaukee on Saturday.

Wrestling: Rhinelander at Northern Badger Invite

The Rhinelander High School boys’ wrestling team had two wrestlers make it through to the placement rounds of the Northern Badger Wrestling Classic Friday in River Falls.

Logan Schwinger (190 pounds) and Reid Schultz (285) both made it through Friday’s play with only one loss and will wrestle again on Saturday. Dresden Klaver and Anthony Boldt both won one match before getting eliminated while Gus Porter went 0-2. 

Schultz and Schwinger can finish anywhere from third to 12th in their brackets in Saturday's placement rounds. They’ll compete along with Mya Swanson and Cassidy Lindner as the girls’ portion of the Northern Badger kicks off Saturday.

Because of an early holiday deadline, full reports will be published in the Friday, Jan. 3 edition of the River News.