RHS Sports recap: Friday, April 10

Baseball: Rhinelander 4, Antigo 2

The Rhinelander High School baseball team broke through for four runs in the fourth inning as it defeated Antigo in the season opener 4-2 Friday in Wisconsin Rapids. 

The Hodags took advantage of three Antigo errors in the inning, including one on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Jackson Waydick that tied the game. Conner Rappley gave the Hodags the lead on a two-out single and Sawyer Bishop plated two insurance runs with a base hit after that. 

Three Hodag pitchers combine to two-hit the Red Robins. Waydick struck out two over three innings in a no-decision. Vince White got the win in relief, allowing a run on no hits with a walk and two strikeouts over two innings. Rappley got the save, working around an unearned run in the sixth. 

Abe Gretzinger collected a pair of singles and the Hodags had five hits overall in the contest. 

Rhinelander (1-0, 1-0 Great Northern) is scheduled to travel to Northland Pines on Monday.

Softball: Clintonville 7, Rhinelander 4; Whitnall 6, Rhinelander 0

The Rhinelander High School softball team dropped both of its games at an invite in Mauston on Friday, falling to Clintonville 7-4 and Whitnall 6-0.

The Truckers broke a 2-all tie with five runs in the fifth against the Hodags in the first game. Rhinelander got two runs back in the sixth, but got no closer. Chase Verbist went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and Ruby Plamann went 1-for-3 with one driven in. 

The Falcons tagged Rhinelander for three runs in the first, one in the third and two more in the fifth. Whitnall pitcher Reese Johnson scattered two hits and struck out 11 over seven innings. 

Aleece Johnson took the loss in both games for Rhinelander — allowing seven runs on six hits with two walks and four strikeouts against Clintonville, and six runs on 11 hits with four strikeouts against Whitnall.

Rhinelander (6-3, 2-0 Great Northern) plays Lake Mills Saturday in Mauston. 

Boys’ track: RHS boys 4th/14, Wausau West Indoor

The Rhinelander High School boys’ track team took fourth place Friday in the 14-team Wausau West Indoor Invite. 

Relays yielded the most success for Rhinelander in the meet. The Hodags took the sprint medley relay with Ben Olson, Landon Catlin, Evan Shoeder and Cyrus Leisure. Rhinelander had the runner-up quarter in the 4x727.25-meter relay with Dean Gillingham, Jonathan Campbell, Wyatt Crowell and Michael Tredupp.

Michael Brunette took third in the 1,600 meters and Paul Denis tied for third in the pole vault. 

Rhinelander is back in action Tuesday as it hosts the Hodag Hybrid Invite.

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