HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag tennis makes short work of Pacelli
The Rhinelander High School boys' tennis team briefly fell out of first place in the Great Northern Conference late last week. The Hodags vaulted back into the lead with a dominant performance on Friday and will look to stay there this afternoon in a big conference doubleheader.
Hodag track takes 6th in Wisconsin Rapids
Six was a common number for the Rhinelander High School track team on Friday night. The Hodags scored six top-three finishes and took sixth place overall in both the boys' and the girls' divisions of the Gene Noonan Invitational in Wisconsin Rapids.
RHS sports recap: Saturday, May 6
Baseball: Mosinee 10-10, Rhinelander 0-0
RHS sports recap: Friday, May 5
Softball: Rhinelander 9, Tomahawk 2 Girls' soccer: Rhinelander 10, Antigo 0 Boys' tennis: Rhinelander 7, Pacelli 0 Track & field: RHS boys 6th/8, girls 6th/7, Gene Noonan Invite
RHS sports recap: Thursday, May 4
Baseball: Lakeland 5, Rhinelander 4
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Hodag tennis falls to SPASH in battle of conference leaders
SPASH won three of four singles flights and took a win at No. 3 doubles to edge the Hodags 4-3 in Stevens Point. The Wisconsin Valley Conference leaders held off the leaders of the Great Northern Conference in what could be a key matchup for subsectional seeding later this month.
Back in the dome, Hodag softball splits games
Mother Nature forced the Rhinelander High School softball team back inside Monday and Tuesday but the Hodags were still able to get in a pair of Great Northern Conference games.
Hodag soccer beats Mosinee 4-0
The Rhinelander High School girls' soccer team bounced back on Tuesday from its first Great Northern Conference loss of the season, keeping the pressure on in the GNC title race.
Hodag golfers tie for 2nd in Marathon
The Rhinelander High School golf team battled breezy conditions Tuesday in Marathon, shooting 354 to tie for second in a nine-team invite at Pine Valley Golf Course.
RHS/NPHS Alpine names top performers
It seemed a bit fitting, following Sunday morning's late April storm, that the Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski team was the last Rhinelander winter sports team to hand out its end-of-year awards.
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Rhinelander ABC banquet to be held May 17
The Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club will host its 42nd annual awards banquet Wednesday, May 17 at Holiday Acres Resort.
Basketball: Fortier steps down at LUHS, replaced by Jarvensivu
Lakeland Union High School will have a new head boys' basketball coach next year as former Tomahawk head coach Jacob Jarvensivu was hired last week during the district's April school board meeting.
WIAA membership passes competitive balance plan
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association approved a much-deliberated competitive balance proposal and conducted other membership business last Wednesday at the 127th Annual Meeting at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Stevens Point.
RHS sports recap: Tuesday, May 2
Girls' soccer: Rhinelander 4, Mosinee 0 Softball: Rhinelander 7, Northland Pines 1 Boys' tennis: Stevens Point 4, Rhinelander 3 Golf: Rhinelander T-2nd/9, Marathon Invite
RHS sports recap: Monday, May 1
Softball: Antigo 3, Rhinelander 1
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