HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Dec. 30
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 69, Waupaca 44 | Girls’ basketball: Menomonie 54, Rhinelander 44 | Boys’ hockey: Manistique, Mich. 7, Rhinelander 1
Rhinelander’s overtime Peewee state triumph top local game of ‘25
There’s something special about overtime playoff hockey, especially when it comes in an elimination game. The notion that the result of a season hangs in the balance with every rush up and down the ice creates drama that is hard to match.
Dome’s collapse, return top local sports story of ‘25
The deflation of the Hodag Dome, its aftermath and reopening, is our top local sports story of 2025, by a landslide.
Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op falls 3-1 to Wis. Valley Union
The Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op were unable to make it two straight wins with a 3-1 loss to Wisconsin Valley Union on Monday, Dec. 22.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Dec. 29
Girls’ basketball: St. Croix Central 72, Rhinelander 38 | Boys’ hockey: Rhinelander vs. Manistique, Mich., ppd.
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Assume nothing
If the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team goes on to do big things over the final two thirds of the season, it can look back to the second half Monday night as the turning point.
Everest piles up goals early in win over Hodags
It took all of 53 seconds for the floodgates to open against the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team on Monday night, and the torrent continued through the first two periods.
Youth Sports Roundup
Rhinelander Wrestling Club hosts Arneson Memorial tourney | JV Hoops | Youth Skiing
WIAA task force conducts initial conference realignment review
The WIAA’s Conference Realignment Task Force assembled and reviewed submitted applications at the first meeting of the 2025-26 conference realignment process for all sports except football earlier this month.
Rhinelander fends off Pines, remains unbeaten in GNC
Devon Feck and Mylo Albrecht both scored 24 points, but it was Feck’s Hodags that made more plays down the stretch as Rhinelander defeated Northland Pines 60-55 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
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RHS Sports recap: Monday, Dec. 22
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 50, Wis. Rapids Assumption 22 | Boys’ hockey: D.C. Everest 12, Rhinelander 0
Lindner takes title at Hodag Scramble
Cassidy Lindner went 5-0 on the day and topped a 19-wrestler bracket at 126 pounds to capture the title in the large invite hosted at the Hodag Dome. Lindner’s title helped the Hodags place ninth out of 22 teams in the girls’ division. Rhinelander finished 21st of 25 teams on …
Lady Hodags wear down Eagles, win 54-25
The Hodags forced 36 turnovers, held the Eagles to 22% from the field and eventually pulled away to a 54-25 victory in GNC play at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Short-handed Hodag swimmers still have plenty to down Tomahawk
Despite having a number of swimmers out of the lineup, the Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team still had plenty of depth Thursday as it closed out the dual meet portion of the Great Northern Conference schedule.
Sports Digest
Hodag strength to offer youth speed and movement sessions in Hodag Dome |
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