RHS Sports recap: Wednesday, June 4

Baseball: Rhinelander 3, St. Croix Falls 2

Rhinelander scored twice in the seventh inning and upset St. Croix Falls 3-2 Wednesday in a WIAA D2 regional semifinal on the road. 

With runners at second and third with one out, Jackson Waydick hit a sacrifice fly to right to score John Turek and Vince White scored after the Saints misfired on a throw to third in an effort to catch him advancing.

Rhinelander’s only other run came in the fifth as White walked and scored on a two-out passed ball. 

St. Croix Falls scored single runs in the first and fifth and cot six hits off Conner Rappley, who went the distance in a six-strikeout performance. 

Rhinelander managed only two hits in the game, but Seth Nofftz’s lead off single started the rally in the seventh.

The Hodags (13-10, 7-5 Great Northern) will face Mosinee in the regional finals Thursday after the Indians defeated Ashland 1-0 on Wednesday.

Golf: Rhinelander at WIAA sectionals

Sam Schoppe tied for 34th place Wednesday, shooting an 89 in a WIAA Division 1 sectional at Greenwood Hills in Wausau.

Schoppe shot 46 on the front nine and 43 on the back, missing the individual state cutline by 12 strokes.

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