HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag wrestlers drop GNC dual against Tomahawk
The Rhinelander High School boys’ wrestling team won only one contested bout on Thursday, Jan. 8 as it fell to reigning Great Northern Conference champion Tomahawk 63-12 in a dual meet at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Snow conditions, fog wreak havoc on Alpine opener
The Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski team left the Northern Conference season opener Thursday, Jan. 8 without an official result, and with injuries that could put the team’s hopes of making it to state in girls’ skiing in jeopardy.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Jan. 10
Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 7th/15, Ashwaubenon Invite | Wrestling: RHS girls T13th/26, boys 23rd/27, Merrill Invite
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Jan. 9
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 64, Merrill 26 (Aubryn Clark scores 1,000th career point)
Hodag gymnasts take down GNC Small champs Ashland
It was far from a perfect night on Tuesday, but the Rhinelander High School gymnastics team had more than enough to pick up a victory and establish itself as the team to beat the Great Northern Conference Small Division.
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RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Jan. 8
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 72, Merrill 28 | Boys’ hockey: Medford 3, Rhinelander 2, OT | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 137, Lakeland 11 | Boys’ wrestling: Tomahawk 61, Rhinelander 12
RHS girls wrestlers compete in Shiocton
The Rhinelander High School girls’ wrestling Hodags jumped back into action Saturday, Jan. 3 in the Clausen Girls’ Classic at Shiocton. Rhinelander, with just four wrestlers in the lineup, finished 20th in the 29-team field.
Pines co-op falls to Badger, beats Viroqua
The Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op split a pair of games last weekend, the second of which took place in Minocqua.
Hodag girls’ Nordic third at Lakeland
The Hodag Nordic Ski Team traveled to Minocqua Winter Park Sunday, Jan. 4 for its second race of the 2025-26 season, taking part in the six-team Lakeland Invite.
Hodag varsity bowlers split again in D9 play
The Rhinelander Area Youth Bowling Club’s varsity team split its matches Sunday in Wisconsin High School Bowling Club District 9 play at Dale’s Weston Lanes, defeating Marathon 9-0 to open the day and then falling to Antigo 7-2.
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Youth Sports Roundup
RBA 8th grade boys win Crandon tournament | JV gymnasts compete twice
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Jan. 6
Gymnastics: Rhinelander 120.2, Ashland 107.05 | Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander at Tomahawk, ppd. | Girls basketball: Tomahawk at Rhinelander, ppd. | Boys’ hockey: Mosinee at Rhinelander, ppd. | Girls’ wrestling: GNC/WVC Challenge No. 2 at D.C. Everest, ppd.
Hodag Hoops cruises past Waupaca
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team cruised to a wire-to-wire victory over Waupaca Tuesday, Dec. 30, but coach Derek Lemmens felt his squad left some things on the table against the short-handed Comets.
Hodag hockey drops three over holiday week
The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team enters 2026 still looking for its first win of the season. The Hodags were close on a couple of occasions last week, before things unraveled in a significant way.
Offense goes cold in second half for Lady Hodags at Menomonie
Rhinelander’s offense ran out of gas in the second half Tuesday, Dec. 30 in a playoff rematch against Menomonie. The Hodags were held scoreless over the final 7 minutes, 27 seconds of the contest and the Mustangs inched away to a 54-44 win in the final day of the Menomonie …
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