In this July 27, 2025 file photo, Rhinelander’s Sam Schneider (10), Quinn Lamers (second from right) and Martin Hoger (far right) congratulate Owen Kurtz after Kurtz hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Whittlesey Reds in a Dairyland League baseball game at Stafford Field. The River Monsters scored four times in the ninth to defeat the Reds, 10-9. (Bob Mainhardt for the River News)

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Rhinelander’s overtime Peewee state triumph top local game of ‘25

There’s something special about overtime playoff hockey, especially when it comes in an elimination game. The notion that the result of a season hangs in the balance with every rush up and down the ice creates drama that is hard to match.

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• By Jeremy Mayo
• December 30, 2025