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Hodag Highlights

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April 2, 2024
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Kaden Vanney throws a pitch with a runner on second base. Bob Mainhardt photo

Photos by Bob Mainhardt

SOCCER

The Hodag Dome was the site of the girls soccer scrimmage against the Merrill Bluejays. The teams played four 20-minute quarters instead of two 40-minute halves.

The Hodags scored two goals by the time the first two quarters were in the books and then let loose and scored seven more in the second half of the scrimmage while not allowing a shot on goal.

The girls were scheduled to begin the regular season last Tuesday against Hayward, but the game was canceled because Hayward schools were closed. Tuesday, April 2 the Hodags are scheduled to play at home against Shawano.

Mia Tulowitzky delivers a ball toward the Merrill end of the pitch.
Leah Weigel took a shot on goal that bounced over the Merrill keeper and into the net for a Hodag score.
Freshman Vivian Lamers makes a pass to the box.
Ali Birk looks to make a pass early in the scrimmage.
Sophie Mijevich takes a corner kick.

BASEBALL

The Hodag baseball team scrimmaged the Crandon Cardinals in the Hodag Dome Thursday.

The Cardinals played shorthanded, due to Crandon’s extended spring break, and recruited a player as their ninth man.

The game went seven innings as the Hodags used seven different players on the mound to get a look at possible pitchers. The Cardinals used four different pitchers against the Hodags.

The Hodags are scheduled to begin the regular season at Wittenberg-Birnamwood Tuesday.

Second baseman Seth Nofftz made a throw to first base for an out.
Senior Max Ratty throws a knuckle curve in the first inning.
Senior Owen Kurtz slides safely into home for a Hodag score.
Lead off man Seth Nofftz hits a double.
Kaden Vanney throws a pitch with a runner on second base.

TENNIS, GOLF

The last two sports for the spring season began practice March 25 in the dome. Both tennis and golf got their first swings in at the dome.

Golf head coach Adam Schmidt talks to players on the first day of practice.
Golfers practice chip shots in the dome.
Returning letter winner Joey Belanger works on footwork with the ladder.
Dalton Fritz practices serving on the first day of practice.
Tennis players warmed up with several exercises before hitting any balls.

PICKLEBALL

The YMCA and the high school tennis team sponsored the Clash of the Paddles Pickleball tournament March 23-24 at the Hodag Dome. There were men’s, womens, and mixed doubles divisions with awards given for the top three finishers in each division.

Terry Berndt of Rhinelander makes a return while his partner in mixed doubles, Amy Baumetz of Three Lakes, waits at the kitchen line for a return.
In the women’s division Rhinelander alum Taylor Bruhlreturns a volley as she was partnered with her mother, Gigi Packard.
Lori Grinde returns a volley as her partner in the mixed doubles, Alex Bontz approaches the net.
Lisa Young of Rhinelander returns a volley as her partner Shannon Zaremba of Tomahawk watches the return.
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