HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
A saintly lift
The Hodags got a pair of goals and an assist from senior Nick St. Pierre, and won back-to-back games for the first time this season, as they defeated Antigo 3-0 at Listle Field on Thursday.
Hodag swimmers nearly perfect in 138-30 rout of Mosinee
First-place Rhinelander dominated last-place Mosinee in a Great Northern Conference swim dual on Thursday and was nearly perfect in the process. Rhinelander swept the top two spots in every race and cruised to a 138-30 win over Mosinee at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Photos: JV football vs. Mosinee
The RHS football program combined its JV and JV2 squads on Monday to take on Mosinee at Mike Webster Stadium.
Pigskin Preview Week 8: Merrill at Rhinelander
Rhinelander still has plenty to play for as it entertains Merrill, needing only one win in its final two contests to become playoff eligible for only the third time in school history.
Hodag harriers capture Pines Invite
The Hodags dominated, placing all seven of its varsity runners in the top 12 in the boys' race, and six runners in the top 12 of the girls' race, to take the Northland Pines Invite in overwhelming fashion.
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Hodag soccer snaps 8-game winless streak, beats Mosinee 1-0
Hugh Wiese converted a penalty kick in the 30th minute, which proved to be the only goal in Rhinelander's 1-0 triumph over Mosinee Tuesday at Edgewood Park.
Hodag volleyball fades against Lakeland, falls in four sets
Rhinelander took the first set 25-21, but Lakeland won the last three 25-16, 25-19, 25-13.
Almost doesn't count
Big plays, and a key injury, cost the Hodag football team a chance to become playoff eligible, for at least one week. Mosinee's Trey Fitzgerald hooked up with wide receiver Cyle Kowalski for three touchdowns and the Indians rallied for a 21-20 win at Veterans Park in Mosinee.
Fit to be tied ... again
Lakeland scored in the 62nd minute, and had plenty of other quality scoring chances in the second half, but the Hodags did enough to preserve a 1-1 deadlock at IncredibleBank Field. It was Rhinelander's fifth tie of the season and fourth in its last five contests.
Hodag swimmers sweep Antigo in 127-43 win
The Hodags won all 11 events and had eight different swimmers record a victory in a 127-43 rout over Antigo at the McKenna Aquatic Center.
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Hodag tennis in familiar spot entering subsectional play
Ever since joining the Great Northern Conference, the script for the Rhinelander High School girls' tennis has pretty much been the same.
Hodag soccer ties again
The Hodags played to their fourth tie of the season Monday, and third in the last four games, as they finished level with Three Lakes in a 2-2 result at Mike Webster Stadium.
Pigskin preview week 7: Rhinelander at Mosinee
There are bigger goals on the horizon for the RHS football team, including getting to the playoffs for only the third time in school history. It will take one win over the next three weeks to become playoff eligible. Rhinelander's first crack to get into the postseason comes Friday night …
Hodag volleyball can't slow down Smith, Northland Pines in three-set defeat
Northland Pines' Jacqueline Smith had 17 kills, including eight in the second set, as the Eagles rolled to a straight set win over the Hodags at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Mud, lower numbers slow RNC riders at Nordic Mt.
Down riders on both of their squads, the Rhinelander Northwoods Composite team placed a season-low third in the Division 2 standings, while the Rhinelander High School squad placed 12th in Division 1 during the third race of the Wisconsin High School Cycling League season at Nordic Mountain in Wild Rose.
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