HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
STILL DANCING
Rhinelander fended off a pesky, upset-minded Wausau East team in a 66-55 win on Friday night and then rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit to avenge last year's playoff exit at the hands of New London, fighting back to beat the Bulldogs 60-51 Saturday night at the Jim Miazga Community …
RHS boys still looking to find way entering tournament run
The Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team has shown plenty of flashes of promise this season but has only an 8-14 record to show for its efforts.
Hodags take 4th at gymnastics sectionals
The season came to an end Friday night for the Rhinelander High School gymnastics team with a fourth-place finish at a WIAA Division 2 sectional in Antigo.
Everest roars past Hodags late 86-70
D.C. Everest caught fire over the final nine minutes, and Rhinelander faded as it fell 86-70 to the Evergreens in the final regular season game of the season.
Springers to represent RHS/NP ski team in national events
The ski season has not stopped for siblings Ty and Tommie Jo Springer, who captured individual Northern Conference championships for the Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski team and fared well at this month's WIARA state championships.
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Midnight in Mosinee
Sophomore AJ Buenning went end-to-end off a turnover and buried a top-shelf goal with 57.1 seconds remaining in the first overtime as Mosinee edged Rhinelander 3-2 in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal game Tuesday night in Mosinee.
Lady Hodags to start playoff run in friendly confines of Miazga Gym
Home playoff basketball games at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium have been a staple over the years. This weekend, the Rhinelander High School girls' basketball team takes center stage in hopes of giving Hodag nation an exciting two-day show.
Rhinelander's Fox, Sinclair look to stay awhile at state wrestling tournament
Hodag juniors Tim Fox and Ben Sinclair want to try to make some noise during the three-day event that starts this afternoon at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Hodags Van Zile, Beavers named GNC co-girls' hoops players of the year
Hodag seniors Kenedy Van Zile and Cynthia Beavers were named co-recipients of the GNC girls' basketball player of the year award when the conference announced its winter all-conference teams on Monday.
Hodags Fox, Sinclair punch tickets to state wrestling tourney
Two of Rhinelander's four wrestling sectional qualifiers moved on to the WIAA state meet as 113-pounder Tim Fox and 220-pounder Ben Sinclair advanced with runner-up finishes in their weight classes.
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Lady Hodags down Tomahawk 70-15, complete second perfect GNC season
Friday night's game was never in doubt as the Hodags used a 29-0 run in the first half to put Tomahawk to bed early, cruising to a 70-15 win at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS swimmers record only 1 top-10, place 14th at WIAA D2 state meet
A storybook ending for the the RHS boys' swim team was not in the cards Friday night. Rhinelander failed to reach the podium with any of its nine entries and finished 14th overall in the WIAA Division 2 state meet in Madison.
Hodag hoops uses big runs to down Tomahawk 84-41
Drake Martin led four Hodag players in double figures with 15 points and the Hodags pulled away to an 84-41 victory over the Hatchets at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Hodag gymnasts finish second at GNC meet
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team knew its fate was pretty much sealed, in terms of a Great Northern Conference championship, entering Saturday's GNC meet in Park Falls.
Upset special
Jake Losch scored twice, Seth Stafford made 30 saves and the seventh-seeded Hodags shocked the second-seeded Thunderbirds 3-1 Thursday night at the Lakeland Ice Arena.
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