HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag hockey routs Hatchets 11-0
Linemates Max Spaulding and Leo Losch each recorded hat tricks, and the second line accounted for seven goals overall, in a 11-0 drubbing of Tomahawk at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
RHS swimmers beat Tomahawk 109-60, move to 5-0 in GNC
The Hodags won eight races, including three 1-2-3 sweeps, as they beat Tomahawk 109-60 at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Top teams of the decade
The 2010s provided a number of memorable highlights in Rhinelander sports. From state championships to ranked teams, memorable upsets and great individual accomplishments, the last decade brought a little bit of everything.
Photos: RHS Alumni swim meet
Swimmers representing several different decades of Rhinelander High School history were on hand Saturday, Dec. 28 as the Hodag swim team renewed the tradition of the RHS alumni swim meet at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Photos: RHS Alumni hockey game
The Hodag Blue Line Club held its annual RHS Alumni hockey game at the Rhinelander Ice Arena Saturday, Dec. 28.
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Rulers of Hodagland
The main Northern Edge squad won all three of its games at the Hodagland tournament in Rhinelander, bookending Saturday's 9-0 rout of Marquette, Mich. with 2-1 squeakers over Viroqua Friday and the Stoughton co-op on Sunday.
RHS wrestlers take 16th at Northern Badger
The Hodags saw five of their 11 wrestlers qualify for the placement rounds and finished seventh in Division 1, and 16th overall, in a 39-team field.
RHS football team's turnaround season named top local sports story of 2019
The Hodags' magical run landed them on the top of The Northwoods River News' list of top local sport stories of 2019, as selected by sports editor Jeremy Mayo.
Bell Game victory named River News' top game of 2019
There were a lot of special moments during the 2019 season for the Rhinelander High School football team but, arguably none more special than what the Hodags' did on their home field Sept. 27.
Holiday tourney preview
The Northern Edge girls' hockey co-op is gearing up for plenty of action this weekend as it hosts the annual Hodagland tournament at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
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The tradition continues at alumni basketball tourney
Players spanning nearly five decades of Hodag basketball returned home Saturday for the 18th annual Russ Johnson Memorial Alumni basketball tournament.
Half-court shot contest in full swing for hoops season
The Rhinelander Area Scholarship Foundation (RASF) half-court shot is underway for the 2019-20 season.
Toppling the Cardinals
Down 17 at the break, Rhinelander rallied to take the lead and then withstood a buzzer-beating 3 attempt by Crandon's Tabitha Renkas as the Hodags shocked the Cardinals 50-48 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Vizanko scores four, Edge beats Medford 10-3 for first win
Lakeland's Kate Vizanko scored four times, Rhinelander's Madi Losch added a pair of goals and the Northern Edge defeated Medford Friday night 10-3 at the Simek Center in Medford.
Hodag gymnasts beat Chequamegon 112.85-104.875
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team entered the holiday break on a high note Thursday night. Though the Hodags scored only two individual wins, they outpointed Chequamegon in every event to take a 112.85-104.875 win in a Great Northern Conference Small Division dual meet in Park Falls.
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