HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag skiers recall the fun at year-end banquet
When the Rhinelander High School Nordic ski team gathered last Thursday at the Hodag Dome to put a bow on its 2021-22 season, outgoing head coach Charil Reis said the team achieved its main objective.
Hodag alum White earns GLIAC Player of the Week honors again
For the second time this season and fifth time in his career, Michigan Tech senior guard/forward - and Rhinelander High School alum - Owen White has been named GLIAC North Division Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.
Delivering in waukesha
The Hodags scored six podium finishes, including a runner-up showing in the 200-yard freestyle relay, as they placed third overall in the WIAA D2 state meet in Waukesha.
Gavin Ostermann overcomes penalty, qualifies for state wrestling tourney
Ostermann bounced back from a penalty point that ultimately cost him the sectional title at 182 pounds to place second in the bracket at the Eau Claire North sectional Saturday and advance to the WIAA Division 1 state tournament.
Hodag hockey survives and advances
Joey Belanger scored twice and a flurry of goals early in the second period proved to be just enough cushion as the Hodags held off the Hatchets 5-4 in a WIAA Division 2 regional final game at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
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Hodag Hoops beats Antigo, snaps eight-game losing streak
Rhinelander's big three shooters - Jackson Smith, Ryan Jamison and Will Gretzinger - combined to hit eight 3-pointers Friday night and the Hodags downed Antigo 55-42 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Lady Hodags down Antigo 68-36 in regular season finale
Audrey Schiek and Ava Lamers combined to score 35 points and the Hodags cruised past Antigo 68-36 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS gymnasts take 2nd at GNCs
Rhinelander scored a season-high of 107.6 points and finished second in the Small Division at the conference meet in Antigo. The Hodags tied Mosinee for second in the final conference standings as a result.
PHOTO: No one fights alone
The Rhinelander and Antigo basketball programs rallied together during Friday night's doubleheader at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium to help support a local family in need.
'Focusing on Friday'
Following another sectional title - and with a program-record 17 entries heading to Waukesha tonight - the Hodags are seeking to perform well as they take part in the WIAA Division 2 state meet.
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Hodag wrestlers seek state berths at sectionals
Three or four matches stand between five Rhinelander High School wrestlers and a berth at the WIAA state meet in Madison next week. Getting through those matches will be easier said than done.
Hodag Hoops' rallies stall late in back-to-back losses
The Hodags dropped back-to-back games in similar fashion Monday and Tuesday night, falling 64-60 at home to Northland Pines on Monday before going on the road and losing to Marshfield 63-49 on Tuesday.
Hodag Alpine wraps up boys' ski, snowboard titles
Rhinelander/Northland Pines put a bow on its third straight Northern Conference boys' skiing title Monday, winning the final conference race of the season at Granite Peak in Wausau. The Hodags also won, unopposed, in their title defense in boys' snowboarding and got virtually all of its athletes through to this …
Gymnastics: Short-handed Hodags fall to Mosinee
The Hodags were one scorer shy of a full team on both floor exercise and vault and fell to Mosinee 107.3-91.9 at the Hodag Dome.
Photo: Mighty mites
The Rhinelander Ice Arena held its annual Mite half-ice tournament Feb. 11-13. Thirty two youth teams took part in the event. Pictured, one of the Rhinelander teams plays Sunday, Feb. 13.
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