RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Jan. 20

Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 56, Shawano 55

The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team survived a furious comeback attempt by Shawano as a Jackson Nordin putback fell off the rim as time expired and the Hodags defeated Hawks 56-55 in Shawano.

Rhinelander led 51-39 with 5:48 remaining before Shawano came roaring back. The Hawks got within one on a steal and finish by Tristan Lawe and then another steal in with 15 seconds left set up a wild scramble where Greyson Swedberg missed a 3 before the Nordin miss.

Jatyn Barkus led Rhinelander with 23 points and Abe Gretzinger had 13. Will Verkuilen led Shawano with 19 points while Swedberg added 17.

Rhinelander (10-2, 5-1 Great Northern) travels to Medford on Thursday.

Girls’ basketball: Shawano 42, Rhinelander 38

The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team dropped a close game Tuesday, falling at Shawano 42-38.

Wisconsin recruit Leah Nordin broke a 37-all tie with a pair of free throws with 1:14 left and then made a steal and transition layup to put the Hawks up four. 

The Hodags struggled offensively, going 11 of 39 from the field and 7 of 28 from 3, but rallied from an early 9-0 deficit to lead 15-14 at halftime and led 22-14 early in the second half before the Hawks rallied.

Aubryn Clark had 18 points to lead Rhinelander while Nordin had 15 for the Hawks.

Rhinelander (7-8, 4-3 Great Northern) travels to Medford Thursday.

Boys’ hockey: Rhinelander 3, Medford 2

The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team earned its first win of the season Tuesday night, defeating Medford 3-2 at the Rhinelander Ice Arena. 

The Hodags scored twice in the second period, including what proved to be the game winner by Drake Nelson at the 13:46 mark of the frame. The Hodags held on in the third after Ian Roiger scored 1:22 into the period to cut the lead to one.

Carson Plehn scored for Rhinelander win the first period and Carsen Zadnik added a second period goal for the Hodags, who outshot Medford 34-29 in the contest. Connor McGee made 27 saves in the win.

Further details weren’t available as of the time of this post.

Rhinelander (1-15-0, 1-7-0-0 Great Northern) hosts Pacelli on Thursday.

Gymnastics: Rhinelander 120.15, Antigo 116.575

The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team edged Antigo 120.15-116.575 Tuesday night in a GNC Small dual in Antigo.

Emeline Hintz won the floor exercise (8.65) and the balance beam (7.55) as she won the individual all-around with a 31.65. Addison Fish was third in all-around (29.8), Marsadies Williams was fifth (29.1) and Alexis Smith took seventh in the all-around (28.55) after winning the vault (8.4).

Rhinelander (2-0 GNC Small) will be back in Antigo for an invite Jan. 31.

Girls’ wrestling: Rhinelander at GNC/WVC Challenge Match No. 3

The Rhinelander High School girls’ wrestling team went 4-6 in its matches on Tuesday in a GNC/WVC Challenge match in Tomahawk.

Cassidy Lindner won both of her matches at 120 pounds while Katie Hazelton was 2-1 at 132. Syklar Leitl and Nevaeh Anderson were winless at 147 and 152, respectively. 

Rhinelander will return to action Jan. 31 at the Marshfield Invite.

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