HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag spikers fall to Crandon on senior night
The Cardinals rallied back from down two sets to one to defeat the Hodags 25-16, 25-27, 16-25, 25-21, 15-5 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Swim meet moved to Monday due to ‘emergency maintenance issue’
The Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team’s final dual meet of the 2023 season was postponed by four days due to what was described as a temporary “emergency maintenance issue” that arose last Wednesday at the Heck Family Community Pool.
No win, but still in
The Rhinelander High School football team lost to Lakeland 32-6 Friday on homecoming night in the Northwoods Axe Game at Mike Webster Stadium, but found out Saturday morning that they were one of the final 40 teams to make the field of 224 for the WIAA playoffs.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Oct. 14
Football: WIAA playoff reveal | Cross country: RHS boys 2nd/5, girls 4th/5, GNC Meet
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Oct. 13
Football: Lakeland 32, Rhinelander 6
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RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Oct. 12
Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 2, Northland Pines 1 | Volleyball: Crandon 3, Rhinelander 2 | Girls’ tennis: WIAA state tournament | Girls’ swimming: Antigo at Rhinelander, ppd.
The easy, and hard, way for Rhinelander to get into the playoffs
There are two paths for the Rhinelander High School football team to qualify for the WIAA playoffs and one is much less complicated than the other.
Hodag harriers strive for top half finish at GNC meet
While Lakeland and Medford have established themselves as the clear-cut favorites on the boys’ and girls’ sides, respectively, there figures to be plenty of competition behind them when the GNC schools converge on Nine Mile Forest in Wausau tomorrow for the conference meet, hosted by Mosinee.
Late leads slip as Hodag volleyball swept at Antigo
Rhinelander had three chances with the lead past the 15-point mark on Tuesday but came away empty-handed in a three-set sweep at Antigo to close out conference play.
RHS boys’ soccer receives 5-seed, to open playoffs at Waupaca
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team received the fifth seed in their nine-team half sectional bracket on Sunday and will begin the WIAA tournament at Waupaca in a regional semifinal matchup next Thursday.
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RNC mountain bikers score top 10s in Wild Rose
Both partitions of the Rhinelander Northwoods Composite mountain bike team scored top 10 finishes in Division 2 on Sunday as the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League held the sixth round of its 2023 season at Nordic Mountain in Wild Rose.
Nordic ski registration open, information night Nov. 2
The Northwoods Nordic Ski Club announced that registration is open for the Rhinelander high school and middle school Nordic ski teams for the upcoming season.
Pigskin preview Week 9: Lakeland at Rhinelander
The Hodags find themselves in a unique situation as they get set to take on Lakeland in the ninth playing of the Northwoods Axe Game. At 3-3 in the Great Northern Conference, the Hodags sit firmly on the WIAA playoff bubble entering the final night of the regular season. A …
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Oct. 10
Volleyballl: Antigo 3, Rhinelander 0
Rising from the brink
Riopel rallied from down 9-5 in a 10-point match tiebreaker to defeat Eau Claire North’s Miah Nelson 6-4, 1-6, 11-9 in a quarterfinal match at No. 1 singles during a WIAA Division 1 sectional tournament at the Menard Tennis Center in Eau Claire.
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