Rhinelander’s 9U team took first place this weekend at the Hodag Memorial Invitational Youth Baseball Tournament after defeating Merrill (10-0), DCE (19-4) and Antigo (21 – 0).

Seventeen teams were slated to play at the two-day tournament which took place in Rhinelander May 24-26.

Pictured, from left front, are Hodags Ian Miller, Tim Fox, Isaac Bixby, Jake Loesch and Cole Lehman; in the middle row are Cael Steinmetz, Mitchell Wolosek, Jacob Schoppe, Devyn Orth, Joe Schneider and Jackson Smith; in back are coaches Tom Fox, Kass Schoppe, Craig Orth, Bob Mullikin and Kevin Bixby.