RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, April 29

Baseball: Medford 5, Rhinelander 3

A late rally for the RHS baseball team fell short Tuesday afternoon in a 5-3 loss to Medford at Stafford Field. 

Trailing 5-1 in the seventh, the Hodags got two runs back as Dylan Vanderbunt rounded the bases on a double and an error, but the Hodags hit back-to-back fly outs after that to end it. 

Medford broke a 1-all tie with two runs in the fourth inning and added insurance runs in the fifth and seventh. Rhinelander scored in the second but not again until the seventh, despite loading the bases in both the fifth and sixth innings. 

Jackson Waydick allowed on earned run on five hits with two walks and a strikeout over six innings. Conner Rappley had a pair of hits as the Hodags and Raiders finished tied in the hit column at five a piece. 

Rhinelander (5-5, 2-3 Great Northern) travels to Tomahawk on Friday.

Softball: Medford 15-20, Rhinelander 0-2

The Rhinelander High School softball team lost a doubleheader in Medford on Tuesday, getting swept by the Raiders 15-0 and 20-2. 

Aleece Johnson got the lone hit off Medford starter Laney Hraby in game 1 while Zayleah Leonhardt went 3-for-3 at the plate with a home run, two doubles and seven RBIs for the Raiders. Medford scored twice in the first, three times in the second and 10 in the third. 

Johnson worked two-plus innings in the circle before experiencing a leg issue. She allowed eight runs on five hits with five walks and three strikeouts. Kendall Vanney closed out game 1 for the Hodags.

Medford then jumped on Rhinelander for nine runs in the top of the first in game 2 before tacking on three in the third and eight in fourth. 

Lucy Lindner hit a two-run double for the Hodags in the third inning and had two of the team’s three hits in the game. 

Vanney lasted just two-thirds of an inning in the loss, giving up nine runs on nine hits. Nevaeh Anderson went the rest of the way for Rhinelander, allowing 11 runs — but just one earned — on nine hits. 

Rhinelander (2-8, 0-5 Great Northern) hosts Tomahawk in a doubleheader on Thursday. 

Girls’ soccer: Rhinelander 13, Antigo 0

The Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team put up a scoring barrage Tuesday as it defeated Antigo 13-0 in Great Northern Conference play on the road. The game was called at halftime. 

Sophie Miljevich scored three times in the contest while Ella Miljevich, Vivian Lamers and Gabby Wanta each scored twice. Lindsey Hoerchler, Jordan Manske, Kiley Pooch and Ella Heck added goals in the contest as the Hodags outshot the Robins 25-0.

Rhinelander (7-3-0, 4-0-0-0 Great Northern) closes out the first round of conference play at home against Northland Pines on Thursday. 

Boys’ tennis: Rhinelander 5, D.C. Everest 2

The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team swept singles and captured the bottom two singles flights in a 5-2 home victory over D.C. Everest in non-conference play on Tuesday. 

Calvin Loomis rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 victory at No. 3 singles while Asher Rivord won at No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles, the pairings of Aiden Osterman/Michael Schiek, Van Tulowitzky/Hart Hokens and Danek Koniar/Aidan Lueder were straight-set winners. 

Rhinelander (7-4, 2-0 Great Northern) travels to Wausau Friday and Saturday for a non-conference invite.

Track & Field: RHS boys 8th/14, girls 10th/13 Wausau East Invite

The Rhinelander High School track team rested or limited a number of starters Tuesday as it competed in the Sawmill Invite at Wausau East. The Hodag boys’ finished eighth in a 14-team field while the Hodag girls took 10th.

Greyson Gremban scored the best finish of the night for the Hodags boys, taking runner-up in the 800 meters. He was also third in the 1,600 while Avrom Barr added a third-place run int he 3200. 

On the girls’ side, Macy Myers was runner-up in the pole vault and Shyanne was fifth in the 100. 

The Hodags return to action Friday at the Kaukauna Invite.

Full reports will be published in Friday’s River News.