HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag football to have different play callers entering 2022
Come August, when the Rhinelander High School football team takes the field for the 2022 season, there will be a couple of different voices calling out the plays.
Team review: RHS golf
Thanks to a strong performance by its returning starters and some added depth, the Hodags had their best year in coach Adam Schmidt's nine seasons at the helm.
Hodags' Schiek scores seven in Border Bash girls' game
A breakout senior campaign for Rhinelander's Audrey Schiek afforded her the opportunity to put on a Hodag basketball uniform one final time on Monday.
Smith's layup leads to Border Bash win
Rhinelander point guard Jacksen Smith made a driving layup with 22 seconds remaining as the Northern Wisconsin All-Stars erased an 18-point second half deficit and beat Northern Michigan 89-88 at Gogebic Community College.
Team Review: RHS softball
The Rhinelander High School softball team had to go much deeper into its depth chart than it ever imagined it would at the start of the 2022 season.
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Norskies too much for Hodags
The Rhinelander High School girls' soccer team was hoping to give DeForest a much different test than when the Norskies defeated the Hodags 8-1 in the season opener. Saturday's playoff rematch, however, felt much like round 1, and then some.
Worrall narrowly misses finals at state
Rhinelander senior Cole Worrall finished only a couple of tenths of a second away from making the finals in both of his events Friday at the WIAA Division 1 state track meet.
Babe Ruth Roundup
Rhinelander's two Northwoods Babe Ruth Senior League teams faced each other to start the 2022 season. Thanks to two big innings, Rhinelander Black reigned supreme.
Gechas wins Schoppe Award again as golf MVP
Senior Kole Gechas earned his second Schoppe Family Award as the most valuable player of the Rhinelander High School golf team Thursday during the team's year-end banquet at Northwood Golf Club.
Resounding opener
Freshman Sophie Miljevich tallied a career-high five goals, Ava Lamers had two goals and four assists and the Hodags rolled Wausau East 10-0 to start the WIAA Division 2 playoffs at Mike Webster Stadium.
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Worrall looks to end on high note at WIAA state track meet
Cole Worrall gets to run two more races today in his decorated high school track career. With any luck, the Hodag senior will get to run one or two more races tomorrow.
Hodag golfers last in windy sectional
Rhinelander finished eighth in the eight-team field at Greenwood Hills, shooting one of its highest scores of the season, a 375, in demanding conditions.
Photo: RHS softball awards presented
The Rhinelander High School softball team handed out its year-end awards during a banquet at The Haven in Rhinelander Thursday, May 27.
One to remember
Ryan Jamison and Jacksen Smith combined to strike out seven batters and threw a team no-hitter Friday in a 3-0 victory over Merrill in the opening round of the WIAA playoffs.
Track: Worrall qualifies for state in two events
Cole Worrall finished as the runner-up in both the 110-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash in a WIAA Division 1 sectional in Marshfield, punching his ticket to the state meet to be held later this week in La Crosse.
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