HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
12 Hodags honored on All-GNC football team
The Hodags had 12 team members named to the All-Great Northern Conference team, released Thursday. That's the most Rhinelander has had as a member of the GNC, surpassing the total of 11 players the Hodags had in 2012 and 2019.
STATE CHAMPIONS!
WAUKESHA - The Rhinelander High School girls' swim team made history Friday night. Malia Francis won two individual events, the Hodags won four events overall and Rhinelander claimed the WIAA Division 2 state championship at Waukesha South High School.
Rivalry and response
Despite losing the GNC championship game to Medford, not only were the Hodags a No. 1 seed for the two-week WIAA football culminating event, the team will have a second chance at an opportunity taken from them earlier in the season due to circumstances beyond its control.
RHS swimmers head to state with chance to win multiple events, overall championship
All season long, the Rhinelander High School girls' swim team has been trying to accomplish feats never before seen in the program's history. The number of program and pool records the team already owns serves as evidence of their success.Tonight, the Hodags look to cap off a historic season with …
Hodags' Wiese named GNC soccer co-offensive player of the year
Eight members of the Rhinelander High School boys' soccer team were honored Sunday when the Great Northern Conference announced its all-conference teams in a three fall sports. The conference also announced its volleyball cross country teams.
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Destiny denied
Rhinelander's dream season hit a speed bump Friday night and the long-awaited return of a football conference championship to the Hodag city continues.
Hodag swimmers dominate sectionals, send 15 entries to state
The Hodags' tour de force continued Saturday as they dominated a seven-team WIAA Division 2 subsectional, winning 10 events and setting five pool records at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Team review: RHS volleyball
Not that rebuilding a struggling program is ever easy, but the circumstances the Rhinelander High School volleyball team faced in 2020 certainly increased the degree of difficulty.
A shot at history
This is not hyperbole - the Rhinelander High School football team will play its most important football game in 31 years tonight at Mike Webster Stadium.
Hodag swimmers set up for strong swims at sectionals
The Rhinelander High School girls' swim team is looking to build off of last year when it won the WIAA D2 sectional crown by a point over Rice Lake and sent seven entries to the WIAA state meet.
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Iola edges Hodags 5-4 in prep bowling opener
Statistically, the Rhinelander/Elcho/Three Lakes club bowling team fared slightly better than Iola-Scandinavia on Sunday, but it was not enough for the Hodags to earn a win in their home house in the WiHSBC District 9 season opener. Iola ran four games in the middle of Sunday's match, which was enough …
Avoiding the trap
Quinn Lamers had two touchdowns each rushing and passing, Caleb Olcikas scored three times and the Hodags came alive after a slow start to defeat Hayward/Lac Courte Oreilles 42-6 at Lundberg Field.
Hodag soccer falls to Medford in sectional semis
The Raiders scored twice in the second half, and that proved to be the difference as Medford knocked off Rhinelander 2-0 in a WIAA Division 2 Sectional Semifinal contest at Mike Webster Stadium.
Team review: RHS girls' tennis
Despite an offseason coaching change, and the need to replace more than half of its starting lineup from a season ago, the Rhinelander High School girls' tennis team hardly missed a beat in the 2020 season.
One step away
GNC newcomer Hayward/Lac Courte Oreilles is the only team standing between the Hodags and a chance to take on the Raiders for the outright conference crown.
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