HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Season coming quickly for Hodag teams
Games are right around the corner for the Hodag softball, baseball and girls' soccer teams in a season that will look much different than 2021.
Team preview: RHS softball
After back-to-back sub-.500 seasons, the Rhinelander High School softball team brings back a relatively young nucleus this spring and will attempt to be in the mix in what figures to be a very competitive Great Northern Conference.
Team review: RHS boys' swimming
This year, featuring a state team that was chock full of underclassmen, the Hodags not only ended this season with a bang but set the stage for perhaps even bigger and better things in 2022-23.
Team review: RHS girls' basketball
The Rhinelander High School girls' basketball team - led by a group of athletes who were primarily role players last season - came into its own this season.
Photo: Half Court winner
Eagleson won the RASF's half-court shot contest and Feb. 14 and took home a $562 jackpot.
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Team preview: RHS Track & Field
The Rhinelander High School track team proved plenty with a strong 2021 season and, with a number of key contributors returning, the Hodags are eager to build upon that success and atone for a few opportunities that slipped away.
Team review: RHS boys' hockey
It was not easy for the Rhinelander High School boys' hockey team but the 2021-22 season will go down as the winningest in the history of the program.
Team review: RHS wrestling
The Rhinelander High School wrestling team struggled to fill weight classes at the start of head coach Scottie Arneson's first year at the helm. By the end of the season, not only did the Hodags have close to a full lineup, success started to show as well.
First day of Practice
The first day of practice for the Rhinelander High School girls' softball team took place Monday evening, March 14, 2022, at the Hodag Dome.
Team review: RHS/NPHS Alpine ski
Given a disjointed 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and that his team had lost a number of its top athletes to graduation, Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine ski coach Rod Olson set the bar relatively low for his team this year. The Hodags exceeded expectations at pretty much every turn. …
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'Normal' RHS track season begins under unusual circumstances
The Rhinelander High School track team will have in excess of 60 athletes on the roster once at full strength, but it may take a couple of weeks for the team to get there.
Gillingham named Hodag boys' swim MVP
The Rhinelander High School boys' swim team gathered to celebrate a successful season Tuesday night with plenty of awards to share among its 14-member team.
Rhinelander swimmers take part in club state meet
Eleven swimmers with Rhinelander connections took part in the Wisconsin 13 & Over State Championships held March 3-6 in Waukesha.
STILL DANCING
Rhinelander upset Shawano in overtime, 61-56 Friday night on the road before knocking the glass slipper off another underdog Saturday night, beating seventh-seeded Merrill 72-64 in front of a raucous crowd at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Team review: RHS Nordic skiing
The 2021-22 season will likely be remembered as a year of torch passing for the Rhinelander High School Nordic ski team.
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