HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag soccer blanks Lakeland
Rhinelander's hopes of a Great Northern Conference boys' soccer title are all but mathematically over, but the Hodags picked up a big win Tuesday that could have implications both during the regular season and the postseason.
Hodags face must-win scenario on senior night
The Hodags can no longer guarantee a playoff berth, but two wins over the final two weeks could get them onto the bubble of teams looking for one of the spots to fill out the field of 224 teams. That begins tonight against a Merrill team looking for a win …
Winnicki takes down 500 free record, Hodags beat Colby/Abby 128-41
The longest-standing high school girls' record at the Heck Family Community Pool fell Tuesday night. Rhinelander junior Abi Winnicki took down the 500-yard freestyle mark as the Hodags swam to a 128-41 victory over Colby/Abbotsford in the team's final home meet of the season.
Hodag harriers sweep Northland Pines Invite
The Hodag boys and girls had similar success Tuesday. Rhinelander placed five runners in the top 12 of the girls' race and five in the top 13 of the boys' race to sweep the Northland Pines Invitational in Eagle River.
Hodags advance three to tennis sectionals
The Rhinelander High School girls' tennis team advanced its No. 1 singles and doubles flights through to sectionals, but had a difficult time everywhere else, as it hosted a Division 1 subsectional meet Monday at the RHS tennis courts and the Hodag Dome.
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Comeback complete
Rhinelander put the exclamation point on its season-long charge back to the front on Thursday, and left Lakeland celebrating with a familiar piece of hardware.
Hurting Hodags can't keep up with GNC-leading Raiders
A wounded Hodag squad was no match Medford. The Raiders racked up 514 yards of offense - including 415 on the ground and blew out the Hodags 66-0 at Raider Field.
Hodag soccer beats Pines, ties Shawano
The Rhinelander High School boys' soccer team played on back-to-back nights to end last week, scoring a 3-1 victory on the road against Northland Pines Thursday before coming home and playing Shawano to a 1-1 draw in non-conference play on Friday.
Cross country: RHS boys 3rd, girls 4th in GNC tune-up
The Rhinelander High School cross country team got a preview of the Great Northern Conference meet course on Thursday, taking third in the boys' division and fourth in the girls' division of the five-team Medford Invite.
Pigskin Preview Week 7: Rhinelander (1-5) and Medford (5-1)
If you thought things could not get any more difficult for the Rhinelander High School football team following a 50-8 homecoming loss to conference co-leading Mosinee, think again.
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Hodag swimmers roll past Mosinee 136-27
The Hodags won all 11 events, taking maximum points in nine of them, as they cruised to a 136-27 victory at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Hodag volleyball shows flashes, but falls to Medford
Rhinelander had the lead in two of the three sets, and was within a point late in the third, but fell short in a 25-19, 25-15, 25-20 loss to the Raiders at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Hodag tennis drops subsectional tune-up to Wisconsin Rapids
The Rhinelander High School girls' tennis team fell in its final dual meet of the season Tuesday, dropping a couple of tiebreakers in doubles in a 4-3 defeat against Wisconsin Rapids.
Mosinee routs Hodags on homecoming
The Indians scored three touchdowns in a 1-minute, 26-second span between the second and third quarters and raced by Rhinelander 50-8 on homecoming night at Mike Webster Stadium.
Hodag volleyball gets back into win column at Phillips Invite
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team snapped an 11-game losing streak Saturday, winning its final three matches and placing fifth in the eight-team Phillips Invite.
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