HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Playoff berths possibly at stake as Hodags, T-Birds battle for Axe
For the Hodags to sleep well tonight and not worry about if they make the playoff field, they’re going to have to do something they haven’t done since 2021 — beat Lakeland for the Axe.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Oct. 15
Boys' soccer: Antigo 3, Rhinelander 1 | Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 124, Merrill 42
Hodag soccer falls at Northland Pines 4-1
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team hoped to play spoiler one final time in the Great Northern Conference race on Tuesday, but a short-handed squad couldn’t take down GNC-leading Northland Pines.
Hodag harriers take second in GNC tune-up
Rhinelander fared well in a test run on the conference course Saturday, Oct. 10, finishing runner-up to Lakeland in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the Hatchet Invite in Tomahawk.
Sports Digest
Retzlaff takes 12th at Charlotte | RNC competes in Wild Rose
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Hodag spikers 8th at GNC tourney, fall to Hurley
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team finished off the regular season with a four-set loss at Hurley on Tuesday, after going 0-3 for eighth place in the GNC tournament on Saturday, Oct. 10.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Oct. 13
Boys’ soccer: Northland Pines 4, Rhinelander 1 | Volleyball: Hurley 3, Rhinelander 1
Homecoming collapse
Up 21-0 late in the first half, the Hodags mustered only nine yards of offense after halftime and surrendered 25 unanswered points in a 25-21 loss to Wausau East at Mike Webster Stadium.
Seniors shine for Hodag swim team in final home meet
Rhinelander won all 11 events, sweeping the top two spots in 10 of them, as it defeated Mosinee 136-29 in a Great Northern Conference dual meet at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Hodag soccer drops close one with Merrill
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team found itself in a one-goal game against Merrill for the second time this season on Thursday, Oct. 8 but, this time, couldn’t conjure up with the late magic to steal a victory. Nathaniel Clutter’s 18th-minute strike proved to be the difference as Merrill …
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RHS girls’ tennis takes 5th at sectionals
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team’s entire singles flight competed at the WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament at the Lakeland Union High School tennis courts in Minocqua on Oct. 7. They took fifth out of 17 teams.
Youth Sports Roundup
October racing at Hodag BMX | JV football wins big over Merrill | Middle school cross country
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Oct. 10
Volleyball: Rhinelander 0-3, GNC tournament | Cross country: RHS boys 2nd/10, girls 2nd/10, Tomahawk Invite
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Oct. 9
Football: Wausau East 25, Rhinelander 21
Singles sweep into sectional for Hodag tennis
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team started WIAA postseason play on a strong note at home on Monday, going 8-3 in its matches and tying for second in a Division 1 subsectional tournament conducted at the RHS tennis courts and the Hodag Dome.
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