RHS Sports recap: Monday, May 18

Baseball: Rhinelander 3, Lakeland 2

The Rhinelander High School baseball team walked off Lakeland in the bottom of the seventh to win 3-2 and claim the GNC title outright at Stafford Field on May 18. 

In a back-and-forth game, Vince White hit the sacrifice fly that brought Jackson Waydick home for the winning run. Both teams scored one run in the first, with Lakeland tallying one more in the third before Rhinelander scored a single run in the fourth to tie the game 2-2. Sawyer Bishop was intentionally walked to load the bases for White to do the final damage. 

Bishop, Charlie Johnson, and Josh Willoughby were all 2-for-3 in the game, while White and Jaxon West had an RBI each for the Hodags. 

White also pitched six innings, striking out a dozen Thunderbirds while allowing two runs on six hits and one walk. Waydick pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the win.

Rhinelander (14-1, 12-1 Great Northern) will play Edgar in a non-conference game Tuesday at Stafford Field.

Boys’ golf: Rhinelander 5th/8, GNC Meet No. 8

The Rhinelander High School boys’ golf team shot 351 and took fifth in the GNC finale Monday at Indianhead Golf Course in Mosinee. 

Drake Nelson, in his first conference match, shot 84 and finished ninth to lead the Hodags. Grant Gremban was 11th with an 87. Dylan Shefveland shot 89, Blake Petroff shot 91 and Hank Kowieski shot 93.

The Hodags finished third in the final team standings and had two players earn all-conference honors. Chase West (seventh) and Gremban (eighth) both made the second team. West did not play Monday. 

Rhinelander will host the Hodag Invite to close out the regular season Thursday at Northwood Golf Club.

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