HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Bednarz places 48th at state bowling tournament
Three Lakes senior Cody Bednarz had a better performance Friday night in his second chance at the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club state tournament, but it was not quite good enough to advance.
Photo: One shining moment
Members of the Laona/Wabeno girls' basketball team celebrate after winning a WIAA Division 5 sectional final game held Saturday, March 4 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium in Rhinelander.
Sports digest
Ava Lamers, senior for the Rhinelander High School girls' basketball team, was named last week to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association's Academic All-State team.
RHS sports recap: Friday, March 3
Boys' basketball: Fox Valley Lutheran 72, Rhinelander 38
Bednarz gears up for state bowling tourney
Three Lakes' Cody Bednarz will be a party of one tonight as the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club state tournament gets underway in Weston.
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Two earn All-GNC honors for Hodag hoops
Junior Will Gretzinger received second-team honors and senior Kyle Brown took home honorable mention for a Rhinelander team that finished in the middle of the pack, fourth in the GNC with a 6-6 mark in league play.
Plenty in reserve
Rhinelander used a balanced attack - six different players had at least eight points - and rolled past Ashland 73-49 in a Division 2 regional quarterfinal at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS sports recap: Tuesday, Feb. 28
Boys' basketball: Rhinelander 73, Ashland 49
Hodags' Swanson takes 3rd at state wrestling
Rhinelander senior Abby Swanson had a goal of finishing her high school wrestling career as a state champion. As it turns out, she might have come within a single point of doing just that.
Lady Hodags' upset bid falls short at New London
The top-seeded Bulldogs were put on upset alert by the eighth-seeded Hodags Friday night, but made enough plays down the stretch to secure a 62-49 victory in a WIAA regional semifinal contest.
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Hodag hoops fends off Tomahawk in regular season finale
The Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team got a win Friday night in its regular season finale, but coach Derek Lemmens felt the performance was far from a confidence booster for his team was hoping for entering the WIAA playoffs.
Hodag gymnastics season ends at sectionals
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team closed out its 2022-23 season with an eighth-place finish at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet in Antigo on Friday night.
PHOTO: ABC donates to Nordic ski team
The Hodag Nordic ski program boasted a new look at the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League state championships earlier this month, thanks to help from the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club.
RHS sports recap: Saturday, Feb. 25
Wrestling: Rhinelander at WIAA State meet
RHS sports recap: Thursday, Feb. 23
Wrestling: Rhinelander at WIAA State meet Boys' basketball: Rhinelander at Tomahawk, ppd.
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