HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
RHS boys take first in home invite
Rhinelander placed five runners in the top 20 as it won the boys' division of the 11-team Hodag Invite in front of RHS. The Hodag girls placed two runners in the top 11 overall and finished third on the day.
Pigskin Preview Week 2: Milwaukee Riverside at Rhinelander
For the better part of a month, the Hodags didn't know who, where or even if they would be playing this evening. Things came together at the end of last week, and the Hodags were able to get Milwaukee Riverside for tonight's Week 2 contest.
Hodag volleyball snaps losing streak
After 34 matches, and 728 days, the Rhinelander High School volleyball team returned to the win column on Tuesday. The Hodags defeated Elcho in three sets as they went 1-2 overall in their season-opening quadrangular meet at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Team preview: RHS boys' soccer
With six returning all-conference honorees, Rhinelander High School boys' soccer coach Nathan Bates said the team is eager to match, if not improve upon, last year's success.
Fun in the sun: Hodag swimmers open as Merrill Relay champs
The Hodags won four events, and placed second in two others, as they edged Stevens Point by two points for the championship in the Fun in the Sun Outdoor Relays hosted by Merrill High School at the Bierman Aquatic Center.
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Team preview: RHS cross country
Rhinelander hit hard by COVID-19 protocol toward the end of last season, with a number of the team's best runners missing the biggest meets of the year while in quarantine. It's a new season and the Hodags are eager to show where they stack up among their rivals when they …
Team preview: RHS volleyball
The 2021 RHS volleyball season will be about laying a foundation from which future teams can build.
Hodag netters open GNC play with 6-1 win over Lakeland
The Rhinelander High School girls' tennis team got off on the right foot Thursday as it seeks its ninth Great Northern Conference title in 11 years. The Hodags swept singles en route to a 6-1 victory over Lakeland at the RHS tennis courts in the first GNC dual meet of …
Late start OK for RHS boys' soccer
Usually, high school teams are eager to practice as soon as the WIAA allows - sometimes even taking the field at 12:01 a.m. on the first eligible day to practice. This year, the Rhinelander High School boys' soccer team took a more casual approach to the start of the season, …
Pigskin preview Week 1: Rhinelander at Tomahawk
After years of being the down-trodden team that opponents wanted to build their homecoming festivities around, the Hodags are now being circled on opposing calendars for a different reason. Teams know that proving themselves as GNC contenders now means getting a victory over Rhinelander.
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Medford still media's pick to win GNC, Hodags No. 2
Medford remains the team to beat in the GNC this year, in the eyes of the panel assembled for this year's Great Northern Conference media poll - a joint-effort of the Northwoods River News and The Lakeland Times that canvasses those who cover the conference on a regular basis.
Hodag tennis winds up 2-3 in Wausau
A Rhinelander High School girls' tennis team still trying to determine all of its roles for the 2021 season had plenty of opportunity to do so at the start of the week, with mixed results.
Notebook: Wolter takes the reins of RHS volleyball
Monday marked the first in-season day for Dan Wolter as head coach of the Rhinelander High School volleyball team. The former assistant was tabbed to take over the program in July following Jim Povolo's resignation earlier in the year.
WIAA board elects new officers, to form competitive balance ad-hoc committee
Willy Chambers, superintendent of the Black Hawk School District, presided over the first meeting of the 2021-22 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control last Friday.
Hodags hit-and-miss in scrimmage
Though this year's Rhinelander High School football team has high expectations, it is still a work in progress. That fact was underscored Friday night in its first opportunity to face other competition.
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