HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodags, Lakeland to reignite hockey rivalry in high-stakes sectional final
The Hodags are one win away from the WIAA Division 2 state tournament. Standing in its way tomorrow night will be arch rival Lakeland in the sectional final round.
Lady Hodags' season ends in OT loss
Down seven points and without its best player, the Rhinelander High School girls' basketball team made a last-ditch effort to rekindle the dying embers of its 2020-21 season.
Hodag hoops holds on for two wins
Rhinelander withstood a second-half Lakeland rally to win 61-52 on Monday in Minocqua and then erased a 10-point first-half deficit a night later in a 68-49 win at Tomahawk.
RHS/NPHS skiers & boarders claim team, individual conference titles
The Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski and Snowboard team did just enough on Tuesday to sweep the team and individual Northern Conference championships during the season finale at Granite Peak in Wausau.
Survive and advance
Freshman Joey Belanger tipped in the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Garrett Kulhanek stopped 26 pucks as Rhinelander fended off Waupaca 4-2 to open the WIAA tournament at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
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RHS swimmers finish 9th at state
The Rhinelander High School boys' swim team put a bow on its 2020-21 season Friday night with a ninth-place finish at the WIAA Division 2 state meet.
Raiders down Rhinelander 54-50 in GNC hoops showdown
The Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team let an opportunity to grab a piece of the Great Northern Conference title slip through its hands Friday night.
Medford beats RHS 43-41 in playoff preview
It's dead even through two rounds of a Great Northern Conference slugfest between Rhinelander and Medford in girls' basketball. Round 3 is tonight with much more on the line.
Hodag wrestlers conclude season at sectionals
The season came to an end Saturday for the three Rhinelander High School wrestlers who made it beyond the regional round of the WIAA tournament.
Magnificent seven
Rhinelander is back and loaded for bear tonight, with 11 entries in 10 events set to take to the water at the Waukesha South High School natatorium for the WIAA Division 2 state boys' swim meet.
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Hodag gymnasts down Lakeland, finish 3-1 in GNC Small
Lilli Bishop won two events and the all-around, and the Hodags had the top two finishers in all four events as they knocked off Lakeland 114.55-92.3 in a Great Northern Conference Small Division dual at the Hodag Dome.
Edge falls to Northland Pines in regular season finale
The Rhinelander/Antigo/Lakeland girls' hockey team was shut out Monday night in its final game of the regular season, losing to Northland Pines 7-0 at the Eagle River Sports Arena.
WIAA suspends tournament travel reimbushments
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control last Wednesday suspended tournament travel reimbursements to schools and approved a limited number of fall sport coaches' recommendations at its January meeting.
HISTORIC RUN
The Rhinelander High School boys hockey team capped off an improbable and historic week on Saturday night to call itself conference champions for the first time.
RHS swimming sends 11 entries to state, wins third straight D2 sectional title
When it comes to sectionals over the last three years, nobody has been able to stop the Rhinelander High School boys' swim team. Rhinelander won five events and qualified 11 entries for the WIAA D2 state meet Saturday as they claimed the sectional championship at the Heck Family Community Pool.
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