Sports Digest

Registration open for Hodag Soccer Club competitive teams

Registration is open as the Hodag Soccer Club looks to form competitive teams for the 2024 spring/summer season. 

According to a flyer provided by the club, it is looking for co-ed teams from the U10, U12 and U14 levels for players born between 2010 and 2016. 

Practices will begin in mid-May and the club intends to play a 10-game league schedule, along with taking part in tournaments June 7-9 in Eau Claire and June 14-16 in Stevens Point. 

Registration is $300 per child, which includes jerseys and game and field fees. Players/parents will be responsible for providing cleats, shin guards, black socks and shorts. 

Registration has been extended through March 8. Registration is available online at hodagsoccer.com. For more information, email [email protected]. 

Rhinelander’s Retzlaff scores second straight top-5 Xfinity finish

Rhinelander native Parker Retzlaff scored back-to-back top-five finishes for the first time in his NASCAR Xfinity Series career, finishing fifth Saturday in the RAPTOR King of Tough 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. 

Retzlaff saved enough fuel for an overtime finish on the drafting-style track to score the top-five finish. Four of the top five finishers from the season-opener Feb. 19 at Daytona were also in the top five Saturday. Austin Hill piloted his Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to a second straight win, followed by Chandler Smith in a Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, New Zeelander Shane Van Gisbergen in a Kaulig Racing Chevy and Sheldon Creed in another Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.

Retzlaff, who finished third in the season opener at Daytona, sits sixth in the second-tier Xfinity Series points standings through two races in his Jordan Anderson Racing Bommarito Autosport Chevy. The series will race again this coming Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.