RHS Sports recap: Monday, April 20

Baseball: Rhinelander 5, Mosinee 1

Jackson Waydick allowed one run over five innings and Conner Rappley drove in three runs as the Rhinelander High School baseball team knocked off defending GNC champion Mosinee 5-1 Monday afternoon at Stafford Field. 

The Hodags jumped on Mosinee early with three runs in the first, one in the second and one more in the fourth. Mosinee got a single run back in the fifth. 

Waydick scattered six hits, had four walks and four strikeouts in the win. Vince White worked the final two innings scoreless for the Hodags. 

Rappley and White both collected two hits at the plate. White and Waydick each had an RBI. 

Rhinelander (4-0, 4-0 Great Northern) travels to Marathon on Tuesday.

Softball: Rhinelander 5, Tomahawk 4, 9 innings

A walk-off double from Ruby Plamann propelled the Rhinelander High School softball team to victory over the Tomahawk Hatchets in nine innings, 5-4 on Monday.

Tomahawk got the bats going early, with two runs in the top of the first. The Hodags were able to get a pair themselves in the bottom of the third after struggling to start. Another two-run inning for the Hatchets came in the sixth, but their lead disappeared when Rhinelander scored two more in the bottom of the seventh, on another Plamann double with two outs to force extra innings.

Chase Verbist was 3-for-5 in the contest, while Kadyn Taylor went 2-for-5 with two runs and the sacrifice bunt that scooted Verbist into scoring position in the bottom of the ninth. 

Aleece Johnson pitched a complete game for the Hodags. She allowed seven hits, two earned runs, and three walks. In the seventh, eighth, and ninth, the Hodags had one-two-three innings behind Johnson, who had seven strikeouts on the night. 

Rhinelander (8-4, 4-1 Great Northern) will play at conference title contender Mosinee on Tuesday.

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