HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
RHS swimmers nearly perfect in season-opening win
The Rhinelander High School boys' swim team served early notice Thursday it remains the team to beat in the Great Northern Conference. The Hodags were dominant Thursday night, winning all 11 events in convincing fashion and cruising to a 139-28 victory over Medford at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Team preview: RHS wrestling
Due to both injuries and the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-21 season for the RHS wrestling team is not shaping up anywhere near what coach Paul Ellenbecker had anticipated.
Northland Pines uses short-handed goals, big second period to skate by Northern Edge
Looking for win number one, the Northern Edge went on the road to the always tough Northland Pines on Friday night. The Eagles used a strong second period to win 7-2.
WIAA approves three pandemic-related accommodations
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control reviewed and approved three pandemic-related accommodations, all of which will take effective immediately, at its December meeting Friday, Dec. 4.
Lakeland rallies past Rhinelander, snaps Hodags GNC winning streak
The Hodags led most of the way Tuesday night but foul trouble down the stretch helped Lakeland put together a decisive 20-4 second-half run as the T-Birds defeated RHS 54-46 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
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Team preview: RHS boys' basketball
Coach Derek Lemmens, entering his 11th season as head coach at his alma mater, is expecting better days for the Hodag hoops program. He is optimistic that the team, with six players back from last year's rotation, including three starters, will turn things around.
Team preview: RHS boys' swimming
The RHS boys made their season debut last night against Medford at the Heck Family Community Pool in a dual meet that concluded after deadline. Though the Hodags must replace three fast seniors off last year's squad, there are still plenty of high expectations for this year's team.
Team review: RHS football
The 2020 campaign will certainly be one Hodag fans remember for quite some time. Simply playing a full nine-game schedule was remarkable, considering all the delays and obstacles that stood in the way due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team preview: RHS boys' hockey
With several pieces of last year's squad back, and bolstered depth courtesy of a number of players from a bantam squad that placed third at state a year ago, the RHS boys' hockey team has high expectations for the season.
Lady Hodags split Wausau road trip
The Hodags struggled against pressure last Tuesday as they fell on the road 63-35 at Wausau West. Things looked better on Friday night, however, as Rhinelander led buzzer to buzzer in a 67-48 win at Wausau East.
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Winter practice notebook
The Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team was back on the court for practice Monday in preparation for the upcoming season. The simple fact that the team was on the court was music to head coach Derek Lemmens' ears.
Team preview: Northern Edge girls' hockey
While most of last year's Northern Edge girls' hockey squad has returned for the 2020-21 campaign, with only 17 games currently on the schedule due to COVID-19 concerns, it will be difficult to match last year's 13-win total.
Team review: RHS boys' soccer
The Rhinelander High School boys' soccer team won only three games in the entire 2019 season. The 2020 Hodags matched that total by the end of the first week of the regular season and did not stop there.
Frozen in time
The Hodag defense stopped Mosinee quarterback Michal Dul on a two-point conversion attempt with 1:31 remaining and Rhinelander capped its most successful season since 1989 with a 27-26 victory over the Indians in Level 2 of the WIAA football culminating event Thursday night at Mike Webster Stadium.
Team preview: RHS girls' basketball
Rhinelander does return a pair of starters and nine players who saw varsity minutes from a squad that went 19-6 and reached the WIAA sectional semifinals last year, but it's going to take a collective effort to come close to the success the team has had over the past two …
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