RHS Sports recap: Friday, Sept. 12

Football: Rhinelander 28, Wausau East 14

The Rhinelander High School football team dug out from an early hole to score 28 unanswered points and defeated Wausau East 28-14 Friday night at Thom Field. 

The Hodags turned the football over on their first two drives, which resulted in short fields and a pair Xander Klein touchdown passes for Wausau East in the first 4:10 of the contest. 

Rhinelander got within a score at the break thanks to a Sam Zwaard 2-yard score midway through the second quarter, tied it early in the third on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Abe Gretzinger to Ben Olson and took the lead on Zwaard’s second touchdown run of the night later in the third. Cyrus Leisure capped off a 14-play, 95-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

The Hodags had three players rush for more than 90 yards — Leisure (15-116), Olson (18-108) and Zwaard (12-92). Olson added a team-high 63 yards on three grabs. Gretzinger was 5 of 16 passing for 79 yards with a touchdown and an interception. 

Klein was 12 of 29 passing for Wausau for 186 yards. Kayden Meverden had four catches for 121 yards. 

Rhinelander (2-2, 1-1 Great Northern) faces undefeated Tomahawk at home next Friday night.

A full report will be published in Tuesday’s River News.

Girls' tennis: Rhinelander 2-1 Wausau Invite

The RHS girls' tennis team defeated Antigo (6-1) and D.C. Everest (4-3), and lost to Menomonie (3-4) in the first day of a two-day invite Friday in Wausau. 

Individual match results were not available as of the time of this post.

Rhinelander (14-8, 5-1 Great Northern) will conclude the invite Saturday.

A full report will be published in the Friday, Sept. 19 edition of the River News.