HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Team preview: RHS wrestling
Paul Ellenbecker is back at the helm of the RHS wrestling program following a year off. The Hodags dropped in the GNC standings last year, going from first to fourth in the conference standings.
Team preview: Rhs boys' basketball
Rhinelander coach Derek Lemmens wants to make last season a blip on the radar but knows, in order to turn things around this season, it needs to be all hands on deck.
Team preview: Rhs boys' hockey
In order for the Hodags to match the impressive win totals from their last two seasons, the team is going to have to rely on a number of young players to step up in a hurry.
Team preview: Rhinelander co-op girls' hockey
The face of girls' hockey in the Northwoods had changed dramatically with the Rhinelander/Antigo and Lakeland/Tomahawk co-ops merging to form a new-look Northern Edge for the 2019-2020 season.
Lady Hodags race past Merrill in opener
Kenedy Van Zile scored a game-high 30 points and Rebecca Lawrence added 16 as Rhinelander knocked off Merrill 64-54 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
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Top line shines for Hodag hockey in scrimmage
Even without its points leader from a season ago, the Rhinelander High School boys' hockey team was able to find plenty of ways to put the puck in the back of net in its preseason tune-up on Thursday.
Team preview: RHS girls' basketball
After one of the most successful seasons in program history, the question is what will the Rhinelander High School girls' basketball team do for an encore in 2019-20?
Notebook: Ellenbecker packs the room in coaching return
The wrestling room up in the James Williams Middle School balcony was abuzz with activity Monday afternoon as the Rhinelander High School wrestling team began practice for the upcoming season.
MALIA'S MAGNIFICENCE
Rhinelander sophomore Malia Francis was nearly flawless on Friday night, winning a pair of Division 2 state titles during the WIAA state girls' swim meet at the UW-Natatorium.
Winnicki, medley relay reach podium as Hodags place 5th at state meet
Rhinelander had two other podium finishes to go along with Malia Francis' state titles in the 100-yard butterfly and backstroke as the Hodags placed fifth overall in the 38-team Division 2 state field at the UW-Natatorium.
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Lady Hodags show rust at scrimmage
The Hodags struggled from the field, and with ball security, as they unofficially dropped three out of four sessions in a scrimmage at JustAgame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells.
Francis wins fly, back titles, Hodags place fifth at state swim meet
Hodag sophomore Malia Francis swam her way to state titles in dominating performances in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke at the WIAA Division 2 state meet at the UW Natatorium, helping the Hodags to finish fifth overall in a 38-team D2 field.
Team review: RHS football
For a program that has been long on struggles and short on success, the 2019 season for the Rhinelander High School football team could only be described one way - special.
Ostermann, Wiese named RHS boys' soccer MVPs
It seemed appropriate that following a 2019 season that saw roughly a third of the Rhinelander High School boys' soccer team's games end in a tie that there would be a tie for the team's top award.
Hodag swimmers seek next step at state
Following some lean years in the late 2000s and early 2010s, those expectations have returned for the Hodag swimmers. The Hodag girls' are eager to write their own legacy on Friday night in Madison.
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