Hodag Highlights: The bell is back!

Gene Shepard’s bell is back home!
The Rhinelander High School football reclaimed the historic bell trophy in commanding fashion Friday night, defeating the Antigo Red Robins 54-8 at Mike Webster Stadium. Seven different players scored touchdowns for Rhinelander. Rowan Wiczek led the scoring with a touchdown reception and a 99-yard interception return. Cyrus Leisure, Ben Olson, Abe Gretzinger, Trenton Smits, Austin Sparling and Sam Zwaard each added rushing touchdowns.
Antigo forced a fumble deep in Red Robins territory on Rhinelander’s opening possession, but the Hodags responded by scoring 35 points in the first half. The margin triggered a running clock for the entire second half.
The Red Robins scored late in the fourth quarter against Rhinelander’s second-string defense.
Rhinelander travels to Mosinee on Friday.