HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Aug. 21
Football: Rhinelander 20, Ashland 7 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 3-0, Hodag Quad
Pigskin preview Week 1: Rhinelander at Ashland
The 2026 season opens for the Rhinelander High School football team tonight in a matchup of two teams that made the playoffs last season, and would like to do even better this year.
Medford media’s choice in GNC, Hodags picked 7th
Heading into a football season full of question marks in the Great Northern Conference, those who cover the league are putting their trust in a nearly perennial constant.
Notebook: Vojta, Hodag soccer add familiar face to sidelines
There was a new face helping out the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team Monday as practice kicked off for the season — one that both head coach John Vojta and Hodag soccer fans of a certain vintage recognize.
Tennis: Hodag girls go 1-5 in opening tourney
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team got its first official matches of the fall Monday and Tuesday as it went 1-5 overall in the Battle on the Fox Invite hosted by Bay Port High School in Suamico.
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Youth Sports Roundup
JV2 Scrimmage | Youth gymnastics camp
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Aug. 20
Girls’ golf: Rhinelander 5th/7, WVC Meet No. 1
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Aug. 18
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 1-2, Bay Port Invite Day 2
Hodags a work in progress at scrimmage
The Hodags took part in a five-team scrimmage Friday, Aug. 14 at Wittenberg-Birnamwood. The Hodags played Crandon evenly in the first session and Wittenberg-Birnamwood evenly in the last, but struggled in their middle session against Shawano, getting outscored three touchdowns to none.
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Several highlights for Hodag golfer in first match
The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team got on the course for the first time Thursday, playing in a unique team format that eased it into competition for the season.
Avila scores $10K payday in Eagle River’s Rumble at the River
Boone, Iowa’s Matt Avila continued his penchant for bagging big money B-Modified specials in Wisconsin.
PHOTO: Special Olympics team heading to state
Rhinelander area Special Olympics competed at the regional bocce ball tournament in Appleton on Aug. 1.
PHOTO: Golfers tee off to support Hodag sports
Trent Coppenger, right, high-fives playing partner Tom Pulec after draining a putt in the putting contest on the practice green Friday, Aug. 7 at the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club’s 45th annual golf scramble at Pinewood Golf Club.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 17
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 0-3, Bay Port Invite
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