Youth Sports Roundup

Successful weekend for RBA

The Rhinelander Basketball Association was busy with a number of its travel boys’ and girls’ teams in action in various tournaments. 

The four RBA girls’ teams that Rhinelander sent to the Crandon tournament Sunday, Jan. 7 came away victorious. The Hodags’ seventh-grade team competed in the eighth-grade bracket and went 3-0 on the day. The RBA’s fourth, fifth and sixth-grade girls’ teams all went 4-0 to take first in their respective divisions. 

Additionally, the Hodag girls’ fourth-grade team took first in Antigo Saturday, Jan. 6 while the fifth-grade girls’ team won the Mosinee tournament Saturday, Jan. 6. 

In boys’ action, the Hodag eight-grade team took second in Crandon, the boys’ seventh-grade team took first place in Eagle River and the boys’ fourth/fifth-grade team took second in Eagle River. 

    The RBA fourth-grade girls’ team poses after winning the Crandon tournament Sunday, Jan. 7. In the front row, from left to right, are Garcia Engelman, Mia Kudick, Corah Rappley, Cailyn Karpf, Emma Tienhaara and Lyla Mueller. In the back row are Quinn Santilli, Ariel Rafferty, Everlie Jahn, Coach Tony Santilli, Harper Lee, Kennedy Santilli, Bailee Dillenberg, Mya Stein, Harper Adams and coach Ryan Tienhaara. (Submitted photo)
  

    The RBA fifth-grade girls’ team poses after winning the Crandon tournament Sunday, Jan. 7. In the front row, from left to right, are Avery Clark, Avery Verbist and Charlotte MacIntyre. In the back row are coach Val Verbist, Lizzie Eades, Kaylynn Vassar, Hailey Jackson, Kiley Walker, Beatles Calhoun, Allison Miller, Zianna Beson and coach Andrew MacIntyre. (Submitted photo)
  

    The RBA sixth-grade girls’ team poses after winning the Crandon tournament Sunday, Jan. 7. In the front row, from left to right, are Marina Karwoski, Siiri Weinzatl, Delaney Ourada and Amelia Berghammer. In the back row are Aliyah Jordan, Olivia Eades, Isabelle Gray, Rhyan Adams, Jade Chiamulera and coach Zach Jordan. (Submitted photo)
  

    The RBA seventh-grade girls’ team poses after winning the Crandon tournament Sunday, Jan. 7. In the front row, from left to right, are Maddie Paulson, Jessa Achterberg, Kenzie Paulson, Anna Cure and Gemma Ring. In the back row are coach Brian Paulson, Kylie Treder, Cadence Walters, Corynn Waksmonski, Teagan Clark, coach Ryan Clark. (Submitted photo)
  

Swim Club prepares for home meet

The Rhinelander Swim Club will be hosting their home swim meet Saturday, Jan. 20. The meet will welcome over 200 athletes and six teams from across north central Wisconsin to the Heck Family Community Pool at Rhinelander High School. Ages 10 and under compete during the morning hours and 11 and over hit the pool deck in the afternoon.

This year’s RSC team is over 80 athletes strong with ages ranging from 5 to 18. Over 90% of the beginner athletes have competed in all four strokes during previous swim meets and the majority of athletes are finishing with personal best times at each meet. There are seven swimmers already qualified to swim in the Wisconsin Short Course Championships at the end of the season. 

“Our athletes are growing at each level,” RSC head coach Megan Cihla said. They are hungry to try new things and push themselves out of their comfort zone every week. The support they share for each other and the friendships they make along the way are priceless.” 

The Rhinelander Swim Club season begins during the month of October and ends in early March. 

    Members of the Rhinelander Swim Club pose for a group photograph at the Heck Family Community Pool. The club will host a Central Wisconsin Swim Conference meet at the Heck Pool Saturday, Jan. 20. (Bob Mainhardt for the River News)
  

JV basketball

The Rhinelander High School boys’ and girls’ junior varsity teams competed at Lakeland Friday, Jan. 5.

(Photos by Bob Mainhardt for the River News)

    Jackson Weinzatl puts up a shot in the lane during the JV boys’ game.
  

JV wrestlers compete in Merrill

The Rhinelander High School wrestling team had a number of athletes compete in the junior varsity division of the Bluejay Challenge in Merrill last Saturday. 

Six wrestlers competed on the JV side, all of whom won matches and placed in the top three of their brackets. Shayden Hylleberg went 3-0 with three pins as he won the JV 215-pound weight class. Hoyt Dantoin went 2-1 with a pair of pins as he took second at JV 120, Avrom Barr was 3-1 with three pins as he took second in the JV 132 class. One of those pins came over teammate Gage Anderson, who went 2-2 with two pins and took third. 

Robert Schramke went 3-1 with three pins to score a runner-up finish in the JV 138-A bracket. Augustus Porter was 2-1 with a pin and a major decision to take second in the JV 138-B bracket.

JV gymnasts compete

The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team had a handful of JV entries during a triangular meet last Thursday in Ashland and last Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids. 

Arieanna Crossman and Emma Tagalos competed on vault for the Hodags on Thursday, scoring 7.55 and 7.5, respectively in that event. Crossman also competed on the floor exercise, earning a 5.8. 

In Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, both Crossman and Tagalos competed on floor, earning a 5.4 and a 4.8, respectively.