HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Volleyball team makes use of what it has
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team is trying to get ready for a new season with a new head coach but without its gym or much of its typical summer training schedule.
Swimmers begin to train amid COVID-19 pandemic
When the School District of Rhinelander reopened its athletic facilities earlier this month for training, the plan was to open only outdoor venues around its schools. One sport, however, has been granted an exception.
Northwoods Fastpitch goes 1-3 in Wausau
Ahead of a large tournament this past weekend in Wsiconsin Dells, the Northwoods Fastpitch 17U team participated in a tournament in Wausau July 12 to prepare for those games.
'You just have to keep moving'
Kenedy Van Zile readily admits she feels less of an emotional attachment to losing her final high school sports season than some of her Rhinelander High School class of 2020 classmates.
RHS athletes get back to work
A number of coaches and student-athletes were up early last Wednesday doing their best to get ready for the sports seasons that are still on schedule to begin next month.
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Hodag boys' swim team holds pandemic-delayed banquet
Last Tuesday, more than 4 1/2 months after its final competition, the team was finally able to hold its end-of-season banquet at the newly-expanded CT's Deli.
'I'd much rather be playing baseball right now'
Danny Zuiker has spent a lot more time on the water recently. It is a small consolation for the Rhinelander High School senior who was supposed to be manning second base for the Hodag baseball team this spring and the Rhinelander Post 7 Rebels this summer.
SDR to reopen outdoor facilities to coaches and athletes, with limitations
Rhinelander High School student athletes are once again able to convene and train at district facilities, but what they are able to do this month will be limited as the district phases in athletic participation in hopes of being able to begin fall sports as scheduled come August.
UW study: No school, sports during pandemic having negative impact on Wisconsin student-athletes
A study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has concluded that the school and sports cancellations prompted by the coronavirus pandemic to date "appear to be associated with significant, negative impacts on the health and well-being of Wisconsin adolescent athletes."
'You never know when it's going to be your last'
The spring of 2020 has been a lot lonelier than Izzy Haverkampf ever imagined it would be.
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RHS coaches encouraged by WIAA winter sports changes
The WIAA during its June 24 Board of Control meeting approved a number of changes that will impact winter sports teams beginning in either the 2020-21 or the 2021-22 season.
Back to the sandlot
For kids wanting to play baseball this summer in the Northwoods, all the traditional options have been eliminated due to the coronavirus pandemic. So a number of Rhinelander teens have taken matters into their own hands.
Softball back on the diamond
There may not be a lot of sports going on right now, but summer has still brought forth opportunity. The Northwoods' Fastpitch teams practiced last Wednesday to get ready for a tournament in Houghton, Mich. this weekend.
RHS looking to Povolo's experience to lead volleyball turnaround
RHS is hoping some veteran leadership with new head coach Jim Povolo will help the Hodag volleyball program start to build back to what was a conference championship-winning outfit just eight seasons ago.
BREAKING: RHS will not play games this summer
Rhinelander High School will not take part in a plan to play games in July to give senior student athletes some closure after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the spring sports season, RHS activities director Brian Paulson has confirmed.
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