Youth Sports Roundup

Y gymnasts compete at Badger State Games 

    Members of the YMCA of the Northwoods’s Platinum gymnastics team pose for a photograph following competition at the Badger State Games in Stevens Point Saturday, April 5. Pictured, from left to right are Alexis Smith, Marsadies Williams, Addison Fish, Eliza Halada, Emeline Hintz, Payton Walentowski, Samantha Aschenbrenner. (Submitted photo)
  

The YMCA of the Northwoods Gymnastics team competed at the Badger State Games at SentryWorld in Stevens Point April 5 and 6. The Y’s Platinum team finished fifth as a team while the Y’s Gold team finished eighth. 

Alexis Smith and Emeline Hintz were Badger State Games gold medalists in the Platinum division. Smith won the vaulting competition and the all-around, while Hintz won the uneven bars and finished second in the all-around. Additionally Smith was fourth on uneven bars, fifth on balance beam and fifth on floor exercise while Hintz was fourth on the floor exercise and sixth on both vault and beam. 

Elsewhere in the Platinum division, Sam Aschenbrenner fished seventh in the all-around, highlighted by a runner-up finish on balance beam, a seventh on uneven bars and an eighth on floor. Addison Fish, Marsadies Williams, Payton Walentowski and Eliza Halada were 11th, 12th, 14th and 16th, respectively in the all-around. Halada’s performance was good enough to add her to the list of program gymnasts who have qualified to YMCA nationals June 24-28 in Green Bay.

In the Gold division, Holly Novak finished third in her age-group the all-around, highlighted by third-place finishes on floor, bars and beam and a 10th-place shoring on vault. 

Other top-10 finished for the team included an eighth for Jade Chiamulera on bars. ninth-place finishes for Helina Gurskey on uneven bars, Raelynn Perlberg on balance beam and Mollie Arneson on vault; and a 10-th place finish for Gurskey on vault.

Also competing for the club were Taylynn Senoraske, Autumn Stockwell, Izzy Flory, Briar Grill, Lucy Hunter, Evie Olson, Amelia Rosemary, Rachel Bidell and Khloe Skubal.

“It was a fun meet with several middle school and high school gymnasts joining the team specifically for this meet,” program lead Kristina Aschenbrenner said. “We moved our Silver team up to compete Gold and they did a fabulous job. We had a lot of girls compete new skills and make them.”

Aschenbrenner noted the Y will be welcoming a new group of gymnasts to its competitive team beginning the week of April 21. Those interested should contact Matt Steingraber at the YMCA of the Northwoods (715-362-9622, [email protected]) for more information.

RBA girls’ 7th graders take 5th at state

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The Rhinelander Basketball Association’s seventh-grade girls’ basketball team finished fifth out of eight teams in the large division of the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament in Schofield April 5 and 6. 

The Hodags went 1-2 in pool play, defeating La Crosse Central, 29-20 before falling to Neenah, 55-36, and Holmen, 34-21. The Hodags lost in quarterfinal play to Tomah, 31-20, before winning their final two games in the conflation bracket. The Hodags defeated Marshfield, 36-31, and Sparta, 42-30.

PICTURED: Team members pose for a photograph and display their ribbons following Sunday’s play. In the front row, from left to right, are Delaney Ourada, Ava Rohan, Marina Karowski and Jade Chiamulera. In the back row are Olivia Eades, Aliyah Jordan, Rhyan Adams, Siiri Weinzatal and Grace Delaney. Team members Isabelle Gray and Holly Kurilla were unavailable for the photograph.

Two Rhinelander middle school bowlers qualify for state

    Dellenbach
  

Two members of the Rhinelander Area Youth Bowling Club’s middle school team have qualified for next month’s Wisconsin Middle School Bowling Club state tournament. 

Eighth grader Brighton Walkowski and seventh grader Natalie Dellenbach have qualified based on their fill percentage during the WiMSBC District 9 season. Dellenbach finished second in the middle school girls’ standings with a .6633 fill percentage while Walkowski was 15th in the boys’ standings among eligible bowlers with a .5816 fill percentage.

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Though the District 9 middle school season ended in mid-March, the team had to wait a few additional weeks while other districts around the state finished up their season to know how many bowlers from District 9 would qualify. The top six girls and top 15 boys ended up qualifying for state. 

The state meet will take place Saturday, May 3 at The Super Bowl in Appleton.