GIRLS SOFTBALL: Hodags end season in regional final

Members of the 2017 Hodag girls softball team include, from left, front row, Chelsea Newby, Mikayla Evenstad, Stephanie Kuester, Ivy Packard, Makayla Kuester. Back row, Sophia McGinnis, Lindsay Juedes, Hope Wissbroecker, Ali Schickert, Erica Counter, Molly Wagler, Ella Mullikin. Missing, Cami Buchmann, Tori Roberts. Photo by Bob Mainhardt

Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2017 3:20 pm

STAR JOURNAL REPORT

The Rhinelander High School girls softball team closed out its season Friday when the No. 4-seeded Hodags lost their WIAA Division 2 Regional final in six innings at top-seeded Rice Lake, 11-1.

RHS ended the season 13-10 overall, while Rice Lake advanced to host Tuesday’s sectional semifinal against No. 3-seeded Mosinee, which won its regional final in nine innings over No. 2-seeded Antigo/White Lake, 8-6.