HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
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.
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
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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.
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.
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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.
Hodag golfers take 5th in first conference match
The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team experienced a little bit of success Thursday, Aug. 20 as it played in its first ever conference tournament match.
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.
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