HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Team preview: Northern Edge girls' hockey
Virtually every player from last year's Northern Edge squad returns and the team has a few incoming players to help with depth. That has led to some higher hopes for the five-school co-op that includes players from Rhinelander, Lakeland, Antigo, Three Lakes and Wabeno.
Team Review: RHS boys' soccer
Rhinelander finally broke through the glass ceiling, qualifying for the WIAA state tournament for the first time in program history. The team had to avenge a number of heartbreaks - both from this season and the past four seasons - along the way.
Team preview: RHS boys' hockey
Whether the RHS boys' hockey team can make a deep run in both the Great Northern Conference and WIAA tournaments, may come down to how well they fill the few voids they have.
Team preview: RHS boys' basketball
With four starters, and a number of rotation players, gone from last year's squad don't be surprised if the RHS boys' basketball team is once again a team that doesn't peak until late in the season.
Team preview: RHS boys' swimming
With 10 swimmers back from last year's squad, including eight who swam at the WIAA state meet last February in Waukesha, expectations are sky-high for this year's RHS boys' swim team.
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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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