Hodag Highlights

Rhinelander High School sports highlights from the week –

Bob Mainhardt Photos

TENNIS

Hodag tennis took on Phillips with a few players at different spots in the roster. Helena Wisner was absent, moving Olivia Jones up to #2 doubles and the Evelyn Sawyer, Brooke Sisel duo played at #3 doubles for the first time in conference. It did not matter as no match went to 3 sets and the Hodags swept for the 7-0 win.

Taylor Riopel hits a backhand serve return at No. 1 doubles.

Kelsey Winter won her No. 2 singles match.

Brooke Sisel hits a return as she and Evelyn Sawyer played at the No. 3 doubles flight and won their match.

SWIMMING

The Hodag girls swim team opened the conference portion of the schedule hosting the Ladysmith co-op. The team was hoping to continue where they left off last year. The Hodags won all 11 events in scoring the 120-50 win.

Junior Abi Winnicki starts the 200 yard medley relay with the backstroke leg.

Freshman Emma Houg swam the 500 yard freestyle and won with a time of 5:53.45. Houg also placed first in the other three events she swam.

Ellyse Younker swims the breaststroke leg of the 200 yard individual medley Younker placed first over teammate Lily Thorsen by 1.21 seconds.

SOCCER

Hodag soccer played their second game of the week at home against the Northland Pines Eagles on Thursday. Both teams tied their games on Tuesday and the score at the end of the first half was tied at one.

Both teams were awarded penalty kicks in the second half and converted them to goals. Pines’ penalty kick tied the game at two while the Hodags Braden Mork’s penalty kick gave the Hodags a 3-2 lead. The Hodags would score two more goals late in the game for the 5-2 win.

No. 14 Will Gretzinger celebrates his goal with Shane Petrick.

Senior Braden Mork delivers a penalty kick past the Pines keeper giving the Hodags a 3-2 lead after Pines committed a foul in the box with just under six minutes remaining in the game.

Hodag senior keeper Cooper Radke watches as the penalty kick gets to the back of the net, tying the score at two with just under 12 minutes left in the game.

Defenseman Charlie Heck heads the ball back into the Pines end of the field.

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