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LOCAL SPORTS
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MARSHFIELD - The last time the Hodags boys basketball team was in the sectional final was 2001.
Current head coach Derek Lemmens was a player on that team - which earned a trip to state.
This afternoon, Rhinelander faced state-ranked Rice Lake in Marshfield.
Rhinelander junior Gabbe Millot sang the National Anthum before the game.
Hodags and their fans were fired up looking to make history.
1st quarter off the miss Kent Matthews with the rebound and the putback. Hodags up by seven. Matthews led Rhinelander with 17 points.
2nd quarter Rhinelander down one until Devin Oleinik nails a three from the corner as the Hodags regain the lead.
But from there Rice Lake outscored Rhinelander 13-8 to end the half, including Trapper Ward scoring in the paint to take the lead. Rhinelander down three at the break.
3rd quarter Warriors work it inside to 6'10" Henry Ellenson who gets the dunk.
Ellenson scored a game-high 34 points. Rhinelander could not find an answer. Hodags fall 72-49. A disappointing end to a magical season.
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WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Precision, showmanship and high flying action. All of these things made for quite a show at the state gymnastics tournament.
After an exciting Friday night of team competition, today the focus shifted to individual championships.
Antigo had 2 competitors in the all-around in Division 2.
Red Robins senior Lindsay Berndt was the top Northwoods athlete in the vault and the All-Around. She finished tied for 17th in the vault. She tied for 13th in the All-Around.
Chequamegon's Alexis Stueber qualified in the vault. She placed 25th in the event.
And Katelyn Kondzela was 20th in the All-Around for Antigo. Her day included a 10th place showing on the balance beam, 14th on the floor, and 21st on the vault.
In Division 1 Kali Schierl of SPASH was 21st in the All-Around. The freshman had 17th place showings in both the vault and uneven bars.
Congrats to all the gymnasts at state.
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MERRILL - The ladies played for regional championships tonight. Merrill hosted Mosinee.
The Blue Jays knocked off Medford last night to advance and they came out strong in the first.
Renee Sladek kicks it out to Dawn Leland and she sinks the triple to put Merrill up early.
Reegan Byer passes it down low to Anna Finnell she drops it in- the Blue Jays on a 7-0 run to open the game.
After a timeout, the Indians responded. Rochelle Koshalek takes it herself and lays it in to make it a one point game.
But the Blue Jays started to pull away. Check out the fast break back to Sladek. Both Sladek and Leland finished with 16.
And Merrill wins their 2nd regional title in three years. 53-32 the final.
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WISCONSIN RAPIDS - Among the state tournaments going on this weekend, The state Gymnastics meet in Wisconsin Rapids.
Antigo was making their eleventh straight trip to state. Stevens Point was also taking part. Marisa Silvas recaps the action.
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- Two games away from a trip to the state boys basketball tournament. That's the goal any teams still playing faced Thursday night.
Sectional semifinals throughout the state.
Strike up the band, as in Division Three, Tomahawk upset regional #1 seed Peshtigo to get to this game.
On Thursday, the Hatchets faced another #1 seed - Little Chute. The game was played in Antigo.
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- Here is 8-year old Sydney Eibisch (I-Bish) of Crystal Lake, IL. Last month while fishing with her dad and grandpa on Lake Alice near Tomahawk, Sydney caught her first walleye on her first ice fishing trip. She landed this 6-incher using a jig and minnow for bait. In fact, she was the only one to get on the board that day. After the picture, the fish was released.
4-year old Matthew Carpenter of Rhinelander was fishing at an area lake - when he landed this 22-inch Northern Pike. I'm told Matthew was very quick on the draw when the indicator on the tip up was spinning. Matthew is now giving tips to the rest of the family on how to land the big ones.
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EAGLE RIVER - Last week, the season ended for the Northland Pines boys basketball team. The team only won one game all season long.
But for one Eagle River family, great memories were made - despite the record.
That's because one of the sons is able to enjoy life from the sidelines - despite obstacles.
Ken Kluever of Eagle River and his wife Carie learned their second child - Austin has spinal bifida. It's is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube. Some vertebrae overlying the spinal cord are not fully formed. Austin will be bound to a wheel chair his whole life.
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REGIONAL SPORTS
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MILWAUKEE - Ersan Ilyasova scored a season-high 31 points on 13-of-14 shooting, and the Milwaukee Bucks hit a blistering 57 percent from the field to beat the Utah Jazz 114-88 on Monday night.
Zaza Pachulia added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists, and five Bucks scored in double digits. The NBA's worst team improved to 12-47 and enjoyed a rare breather at home.
Enes Kanter had 27 points to lead Utah, mired by a mistake-prone third quarter in which the Bucks regularly led by at least 20.
NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took in some of the action. Drafted No. 1 overall by the Bucks in 1969, Abdul-Jabbar was in town to promote a tourism ad for the state of Wisconsin that played off his acting role in the movie ``Airplane.''
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MILWAUKEE - Marcus Thornton scored 12 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 107-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
Brooklyn's Kevin Garnett missed the game with back spasms but wasn't needed as the Nets never trailed in the second half against the NBA's worst team.
Thornton, playing in his third game for Brooklyn since being obtained in a Feb. 19 trade with Sacramento, came off the bench to make 8 of 13 from the field to help the Nets finish their seven-game road trip 4-3.
Andray Blatche had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Brooklyn, including eight points and 10 rebounds in the fourth quarter.
Khris Middleton and Ramon Sessions scored 16 points apiece for Milwaukee.
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MADISON - Several wrestlers from the Northwoods headed to Madison with championship dreams. The Merrill Bluejays led the way with seven wrestlers competing at state.
At Division One 195 pounds, Rhinelander's Connor Johnson won is preliminary match against Green Bay Preble/East. However, he lost his quarterfinal match Thursday night.
At D-1 170 pounds, Merrill's David Pophal won both his matches. He'll wrestle in the semifinals Friday night.
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MADISON - Sam Dekker scored 16 points and No. 14 Wisconsin shrugged off a slow start to beat Indiana 69-58 on Tuesday night.
The Hoosiers (15-12, 5-9 Big Ten) held Wisconsin (23-5, 10-5) to its lowest point production in the first half this season, taking a 29-19 lead.
But Wisconsin outscored Indiana 9-2 over the first 3 minutes of the second half as the shots started to fall. The Badgers shot 26 percent in the first half, they hit 62 percent of their shots in the second. They went 6 of 11 from the 3-point line after making just 1 of 10 in the first half.
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SOCHI - The U.S. was averaging five goals per game heading into the Olympic semifinals.
Against Canada, it couldn’t muster one.
That was the story at the Bolshoy Ice Dome on Friday as Carey Price stopped all 31 shots faced and Canada continued its stifling defense in a 1-0 win over the Americans, securing a berth in the gold medal game for the second consecutive Olympics.
Jamie Benn scored the game’s lone marker — his second of the tournament — early in the second period, deflecting home a Jay Bouwmeester slap-pass.
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SOCHI - Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice for the second straight Olympic gold medal game and Canada beat the United States 3-2 in overtime on Thursday for its fourth consecutive title.
Canada trailed 2-0 before Brianne Jenner and Poulin scored in the final 3:26 of regulation, and Poulin had the game-winner with a power play goal at 8:10 of overtime.
To see more about the game, select the recap link below.
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SOCHI - The U.S. stayed hot in the Sochi Olympics by taking care of the Czech Republic on Wednesday with a 5-2 win to advance to the semifinals.
James Van Riemsdyk, Dustin Brown, David Backes, Phil Kessel and Zach Parise all scored for the U.S.
Plover native Joe Pavelski had an assist in the victory.
For more on the game, select the recap link below.
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