HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Cardinals too much for Lady Hodags in opener
Leah Palubicki led five Cardinals in double digits as Crandon dominated the glass and the paint in a 75-35 victory over the Hodags.
Team review: RHS cross country
The Rhinelander High School cross country team was not quite able to recapture the magic it had during the 2021 season, when it sent its boys' team to the WIAA state meet, but the 2022 campaign had some successes.
Hodag grad White starting for South Alabama men's basketball
Owen White, a 2018 graduate of Rhinelander High School, is seeing plenty of time on the floor for NCAA Division-I program South Alabama.
RHS alum Martin named first-team All-WIAC
UW-Whitewater sophomore Drake Martin, a 2021 graduate of Rhinelander High School, received first-team all-conference recognition from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletics Conference on Thursday for his contributions to the Warhawks' special teams this year.
winter practice notebook
The bad news for the Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team is that it graduated the vast majority of the group that went on a Cinderella run last year as a No. 6 seed to the sectional semifinals of the WIAA D2 tournament.
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Gobin named coach as girls' wrestling practice begins
Eric Gobin, previously a middle school coach within the Hodag wrestling program, was officially tabbed to lead the girls' squad - which opened practice alongside the Rhinelander boys' team in the JWMS balcony on Monday.
Team review: RHS Football
Murphy's Law dominated a season that began with high expectations following back-to-back eight-win seasons. Anything that could go wrong seemingly did for the Hodags as both injuries and losses mounted.
Team review: RHS volleyball
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team has experienced five straight difficult seasons, but if things improve moving forward, 2022 may be looked upon as the year the Hodags began to turn things around.
PHOTO: RIA holds 12th annual Faceoff Banquet
Supporters of Rhinelander hockey and figure skating packed the banquet room at Holiday Acres Resort Saturday, Nov. 12 for the Rhinelander Ice Association's 12th annual Faceoff Banquet.
Four of a kind
Rhinelander had four fourth-place finishes, and placed in the top 10 with eight of their nine entries, to finish fifth overall out of 37 teams Friday night in Waukesha.
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Team preview: RHS girls' basketball
The Hodags return only one starter and a couple of other role players from a team that went 16-10 overall and 8-4 in the GNC behind sectional semifinalists Mosinee and Lakeland.
Winter practice notebook
The Northern Edge girls' hockey co-op will have a lot to do in a short amount of time prior to opening the season with a tournament over Thanksgiving weekend in Fond du Lac.
Hodag swim team still has high hopes at state
Bringing home more team hardware from the WIAA D2 state girls' swim meet will likely be a longshot for the Hodag girls' swim team this season. Still, coach Jenny Heck said that will not change the Hodags' mission at the Waukesha South Natatorium.
Winter practice notebook
Coach Ryan Clark enters his 10th season with one of the younger Hodag girls' basketball squads he has had during his time in Rhinelander.
Team review: RHS girls' tennis
There was a point during the 2022 season when the Hodags' stranglehold over the GNC appeared to be in serious doubt. Ultimately, order was restored and Rhinelander overcame an early-season loss to Lakeland to win yet another conference title.
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