HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
JWMS sweeps conference track meet
It came down to the wire but the James Williams Middle School swept the Wisconsin Valley Conference Small middle school track meet on Wednesday at Mike Webster Stadium.
RHS sports recap: Thursday, May 25
Baseball: Rhinelander 5, Antigo 3 Track: RHS boys 26th/32, girls T-22nd/32, WIAA Sectionals
Hodag softball falls in extras to No. 1 Medford
Finley Arndt beat a throw to the plate on a Zayleah Leonhardt ground ball in the bottom of the ninth inning as top-ranked and top-seeded Medford edged Rhinelander 3-2 in a Division 2 regional semifinal game in Medford.
Hodag golfers take 3rd, move on to sectionals
The Hodags shot 339 and took third in an eight-team WIAA Division 1 regional at their home course. Rhinelander came in as the fifth seed but improved by two spots to qualify as a team for sectionals for the second year in a row.
Hodag tennis sends five flights to sectionals
The Rhinelander High School tennis team more than held its own Monday against the Wisconsin Valley Conference to begin WIAA tournament play.
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Hodag track advances 16 entries to sectionals
The Hodags sent 16 entries through to the sectional by virtue of performances in a regional track meet Monday in Colby. Rhinelander took fifth in the boys' division of the eight-team meet and seventh in the girls' division.
Hodag soccer ends regular season with 7-3 win
The Rhinelander High School girls' soccer team regained its offensive form in a big way Tuesday as it closed out the regular season on a high note. Ava Lamers netted three goals and Leah Weigel scored twice as the Hodags knocked off Mosinee 7-3 at Mike Webster Stadium.
RHS sports recap: Wednesday, May 24
Boys' tennis: Rhinelander 3rd/15, WIAA Sectionals
RHS sports recap: Tuesday, May 23
Softball: Medford 3, Rhinelander 2, 9 innings Golf: Rhinelander 3rd/8, WIAA Regionals Baseball: Rhinelander 4, Stratford 3 Girls' soccer: Rhinelander 7, Mosinee 3
RHS sports recap: Monday, May 22
Baseball: Wausau East 8, Rhinelander 3 Boys' tennis: Rhinelander T-2nd/7, WIAA Subsectionals Track: RHS boys 5th/8, girls 7th/8, WIAA Regionals
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Nine is fine
The Rhinelander High School boys' tennis team was once again a runaway winner in the Great Northern Conference this season. On Thursday, the Hodags nearly pulled off the perfect capper to a ninth straight conference title.
Hodag softball edges Shawano 1-0 in playoffs
Lily Treder came up with the catch of the year for the Hodag softball team, robbing Marissa Tomashek of a potential game-tying hit with one out in the seventh as the Hodags preserved a 1-0 win over the Hawks in a Division 2 regional quarterfinal game at Andrea Musson Field.
Lakeland ends Hodag soccer's GNC hopes with 1-0 result
Alyson Lazaroff had the lone goal, a strike from 30 yards in the 25th minute, as Lakeland defeated Rhinelander 1-0 at Mike Webster Stadium. After losing to Lakeland 2-0 last month in Minocqua, the Hodags needed a regulation win to keep alive any realistic hopes of a conference title.
Late '90s standouts Orgeman, Brekke inducted into Hodag Hall of Fame
Rhinelander High School produced many standout student-athletes during the late 1990s. Two of them where immortalized Wednesday night. Teague Orgeman and Kerry Brekke (nee Hagen) were inducted into the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club's Hodag Hall of Fame during the club's 41st annual banquet at Holiday Acres Resort.
Hodag baseball splits final two in GNC
The Rhinelander High School baseball team let a chance to take sole possession of fourth place in the Great Northern Conference slip away on Saturday. The Hodags collected only two hits and fell 2-1 in a pitchers' duel at Lakeland.
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