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NORTHERN EDGE HOCKEY

The Northern Edge girls hockey team traveled to Eagle River for the second time this season to play the Eagles. The Edge wanted to keep the Eagles’ winless streak going this season with a win.

Wyndi Saari scored the first goal of the game for the Edge early in the first. The goal would be the first of two for Saari as the Edge did not let up, scoring four in the first to take a 4-0 lead into the second period.

The girls would add three more in the second and give up a goal to make the score 7-1 late in the second and put the game into run clock mercy rule.  In the third period the Edge would add on another three goals and give up another to make the final score 10-2.

Taylor Heleniak of Lakeland scored five goals for the Edge, Saari had two, Maddie Roeser also tallied two and Emalee Detienne would have one goal in the win. 

Taylor Heleniak on the side of the net managed to get the puck past goalie Jenna Uhrine to make the score 5-1 in favor of the Edge.

Emalee Detienne takes a shot on goal in the second. Detienne would get the rebound circle around the back of the net and get the puck by the goalie for a score making it 6-1 for the Edge.

Wyndi Saari’s shot gets between the pads for her second goal of the night making the score 7-1 and putting the clock into run time with 3:50 left in the second period.

Maddie Roeser, in the middle, took a pass from Taylor Heleniak and made the shot close to the net giving the Edge an 8-1 lead.

SKI AND SNOWBOARD

Northern High School Ski and Snowboard Conference of Wisconsin competed at Granite Peak in Wausau last week. It was the fourth in the conference series.

On the girls side, skiers Tommie Jo Springer of Eagle River was the winner, placing second in the slalom, and first in both the giant slalom and super G. Springer is a member of the Rhinelander/Northland Pines co-op team.  The top finisher for the boys was Brandon Bacon in fourth place.

The snowboarders were led by senior Max Durkee as he swept the four races, placing first in each of the runs. Owen Repenchek was in second for the Hodags. The Hodag girls took the top two places in snowboarding as Nicole Long swept the four runs.

The leader of the conference on the snowboard is Max Durkee. Durkee swept the four races on the day.

Brandon Bacon crosses the finish line on his way to a Hodag-best fourth place finish on the day.

Eleventh place finisher was Callie Hoerchler of Rhinelander.

Nicole Long comes over the last gate on her way to her fourth race win of the day for Rhinelander. Long finished in first place for the Hodags.

Tommy Jo Springer comes through a gate on her way to a second place finish in the first race of the day. Springer finished first overall for the girls.

WRESTLING

The Great Northern Conference wrestling meet was held in Tomahawk on Saturday with eight of the 14 weight classes filled. Five Hodags, Aiden Ostermann, Kyle Wiese, Cyrus Leisure, Logan Schwinger and Dresden Klaver, earned honorable mention all conference. Owen Kurtz was the champion in the 285 lb. class in the three-man bracket defeating wrestlers from Lakeland and Medford.

The next meet for the Hodags is the regional tournament in Merrill Saturday.

In overtime Owen Kurtz took down Medford’s Max Dietzman and put him on his back to earn the championship at 285.

Senior Kyle Wiese tries turning his opponent to his back. Wiese would eventually pin the Mosinee wrestler.

At 132 pounds, Cyrus Leisure pinned his Mosinee opponent.

Aiden Ostermann gets two points for getting control of the Tomahawk wrestler in the 120 pound class.

BOYS SWIMMING

The conference swim meet was held in Antigo this year and the Hodags were looking for their fifth straight title.

Rhinelander started the meet winning and taking second place in the 200 meter medley relay. The boys would repeat that result in the last event by winning and setting a new conference record in the 400 meter relay. The four swimmers in the record-breaking event were Daniel Gillingham, Mathias Fugle, Carter Gaber and Charlie Heck.

Gillingham was named swimmer of the year in the conference after winning his two individual events and was part of two winning relays. The Hodags would win 10 of the 11 events and place a swimmer in second place in all eight individual events. The Hodags outscored second place Tomahawk 422-177.

The Hodags took the top three spots in the 400 meter freestyle, Shawn Denis in first, Dolan O’Malley second and Eli Lundt in third.

Carter Gaber begins the 200 medley relay with the backstroke.

RHS senior Daniel Gillingham is this year’s conference Swimmer of the Year.

400 freestyle relay swimmers Mathias Fugle, Carter Gaber, Charlie Heck and Daniel Gillingham broke the conference record last weekend in Antigo.

Daniel Gillingham swam the 100 meter butterfly and won that event, as well as the 200 IM. Gillingham was also part of two winning relays and was awarded the conference swimmer of the year plaque as voted on by the coaches.

Shawn Denis won the 400 meter freestyle race.

BOYS HOCKEY

The Hodags defeated Northland Pines in two consecutive days last week. The first win was in Eagle River Monday and then at the RIA Tuesday in the first game of the GNC hockey tournament.

Thursday evening, parents’ night, the boys played Stevens Point Pacelli. The Hodags scored first on a Leo Losch goal on assists from Gavin Denis and Zach Edyvean. Pacelli would tie the score with 31 seconds left in the first period. The Hodags would score in the second on a shot from Layne Roeser with assists from Joey Belanger and Sam Schneider in the power play to put the Hodags up for good.

In the third, the Hodags score two more goals before Pacelli would score one to make the score 4-2. Rhinelander scored one more to make the final score 5-2. The Hodags outshot Pacelli 45-20 in the game.

Johnny Turek stops a shot in the third period.

Leo Losch flipped the puck over the Pacelli goalie for the first score of the game.

Gavin Denis celebrated the shot he made in the third period giving the Hodags a 4-1 lead.

Joey Belanger scored a shorthanded breakaway goal putting the puck just inside the left post to make the score 3-1 in the third period.

GYMNASTICS

Tuesday at the Hodag Dome Rhinelander gymnastics hosted Lakeland. Rhinelander only had three gymnasts competing; Lakeland had five.

The Hodags did not have much of a chance of winning the meet but were out to improve on their season scores. It was the last home meet for the Hodags and senior Leta Cole was honored before the meet began.

Wendy Fronk placed third in the all around with a score of 24.6 and Cole was fourth with a score of 23.95.

Wendy Fronk begins her last run on the floor exercise.

Junior Leighann Hoople hits the vault in her first competition as a high school gymnast.

Senior Leta Cole lands her dismount on the bars.

Wendy Fronk does a wolf jump on the balance beam.