HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Pigskin preview Week 2: Hayward (0-1) at Rhinelander (1-0)
Last week showed how the Rhinelander High School football team cam respond in the face of adversity. Now, as the Hodags come home tonight to face the Hayward Hurricanes in the final non-conference of the season, coach Aaron Kraemer said he is challenging his team to respond well in the …
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Aug. 27
Boys’ soccer: Kingsford, Mich. 4, Rhinelander 1 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 7, Antigo 0 | Cross country: RHS girls 2nd/6, boys 3rd/9, Hodag Invite
Johnson scores twice as Hodag soccer wins opener
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team did something Tuesday it didn’t do the entire 2025 season and, as a result, did something else it achieved only once last year.
Team Preview: RHS Cross country
The Rhinelander High School cross country team looks to benefit from recent youthful years as it starts the 2026 season.
Hodag girls’ tennis wins 3 of 5 in Wausau
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team concluded its opening non-conference slate with a two-day invite at Wausau West High School Aug. 24-25, winning three of its five matches.
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Hodag spikers go 1-3 in Stevens Point Invite
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team went 1-3 on Tuesday and took eighth place in the nine-team Stevens Point Invite.
WIAA green lights GNC/WVC girls’ wrestling merger
The Great Northern Conference and the Wisconsin Valley Conference will officially be together as one league for girls’ wrestling beginning this winter.
RHS Sports recap: Wednesday, Aug. 26
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 2nd/9, Hodag Relays | Girls’ golf: Rhinelander 7th/7, WVC Meet No. 2
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Aug. 25
Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 2, Washburn 1 | Volleyball: Rhinelander 8th/9, Stevens Point Invite | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 1-1, Wausau West Invite
Stronger than iron
Rowan Wiczek caught two touchdowns passes from Abe Gretzinger, and the Hodags rallied for 20 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Oredockers 20-7 in the season opener at Weikal Field.
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RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 24
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 2-1, Wausau West Invite
Team preview: RHS girls’ swimming
Led by a group of seven seniors — including five returning state qualifiers — the Hodags continue to have high aspirations. This group has been a part of the last three of Rhinelander’s eight straight Great Northern Conference and sectional titles, and has never finished lower than third in the …
Team Preview: RHS volleyball
After a season filled with numerous types of adversity, the Rhinelander High School volleyball team looks to improve during its 2026 campaign. That process began with a four-match scrimmage at Northland Pines on Saturday.
Team preview: RHS boys’ soccer
While the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team took its lumps last year, going 1-13-4 in head coach John Vojta’s first season, the Hodags played markedly better during the second half of the campaign.
Hodag girls’ tennis goes undefeated in home quad
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team enjoyed some home cooking on Friday, breezing past a trio of opponents in the Hodag Quadrangular at the RHS tennis courts.
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