HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Photos: Youth baseball tournament
The Hodag Dome hosted an 11U and 12U travel baseball tournament Saturday, April 24.
Team preview: RHS track & field
Whether the Rhinelander High School track team can repeat its magical 2019 season remains to be seen, but coach Aaron Kraemer said he's excited to see what his team can do as competition gets underway today in Ashland.
Hodag golfers take 6th in first match
For the Rhinelander High School golf team, the first match of the season played out about as expected. The team's two returning varsity golfers fared well while the three rookies on the squad took some lumps.
RHS pitchers sharp in scrimmage vs. Stratford
The Rhinelander High School baseball team outmaneuvered Mother Nature on Saturday to get in a live tune-up before the start of the regular season. The Hodags got six pitchers one inning of work each as they scrimmaged Stratford at Stafford Field.
Hodag fastpitch scrimmages Merrill
The Rhinelander High School softball team gained some valuable experience Saturday in its dress rehearsal prior to the regular season. The Hodags scrimmaged Merrill in the Hodag Dome, with the teams getting in five innings of simulated game and scenario work during the two-hour session.
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Team preview: RHS baseball
There are plenty of unknown and unproven commodities entering the first high school baseball season in two years, but Rhinelander High School baseball coach Joe Waksmonski knows quality pitching is usually a great start to a winning formula.
Team preview: RHS softball
Youth will be served on the Rhinelander High School softball team this spring. Only three starters are back from a squad that went 2-17 two years ago. Behind that, there is a lot of young talent that is eager to prove 2019 was a blip on the radar following a …
Football conferences, spring playoff admission requirements OKed by WIAA board
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved the 11-player football conference realignment solution initiated by the WIAA Conference Realignment Task Force Committee, admission requirements for baseball and softball tournament series contests this spring, and other action items, as well as tabled discussion of a COVID-19 recovery fee assessment …
Numbers booming as RHS boys' tennis team preps for season
First-year RHS boys' tennis coach Matt Nichols has a very good problem on his hands - 32 of them, actually. That's how many athletes are registered for the team this year. Nearly all of them have been taking advantage of the team's voluntary contact days, which started following spring break and …
Stephanie Hauser named next WIAA executive director
Stephanie Hauser has been named the next executive director of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association announced by the Board of Control Friday.
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Pitchers and catchers gearing up for baseball season
This week is the unofficial start of the high school baseball campaign, with pitcher- and catcher-specific training.
Team review: RHS Nordic skiing
The 2020-21 season was anything but ordinary for the Hodags, or really anybody in the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League. Events were canceled or postponed either due to weather or the COVID-19 virus. The WNSL state competitions, usually held in February, were pushed back into March due to a bitter cold …
RHS girls' soccer embracing the long road back
It's been a long way back for the Hodag girls' soccer program which, like all spring sports, saw its 2020 campaign canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hodags Skeen, Lawrence eager for All-Star experience
Neither Ross Skeen nor Rebecca Lawrence were exactly prepared for the news when the learned they would have the opportunity to suit up one more time in their high school basketball careers.
Team review: Rhinelander/Elcho/Three Lakes bowling
Though the Rhinelander/Elcho/Three Lakes club bowling team did not return to state as a team, there were plenty of highlights for the team during the 2020-21 season.
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