HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
The journey continues
If you ask RHS football coach Aaron Kraemer, simply qualifying for the playoffs - which start Friday night at River Falls - is not enough. Rhinelander wants to do something it has never done before, win a playoff game.
Hodags squander lead, fall to Lakeland on PKs
Lakeland scored three unanswered goals to tie the match early in the second half and eventually prevailed in a penalty kick shootout, 5-4, to end the RHS boys' soccer team's season.
PLAYOFF BOUND
The Hodags found a way to fend off winless Ashland 16-12 at Weikal Field, becoming playoff eligible for only the third time in school history and the first time since 2012.
Laggis finishes fourth, Hodags fifth overall at GNCs
Sophomore Cal Laggis had a breakout race and earned first-team all-conference honors with a fourth place finish in the boys' 5K on Saturday as the Hodags finished fifth in both the boys' and girls' divisions of the GNC hosted by Antigo at the Gartzke Flowage Trails.
Hodags rout defending GNC swim champion Hatchets
Rhinelander won nine events and vanquished five-time defending GNC champion Tomahawk 109-61 at the Heck Family Community Pool.
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Medford edges Hodag soccer 1-0 to earn GNC share
Medford's AJ Adleman converted a penalty kick in the 76th minute, which proved to be the only score as the Raiders defeated the Hodags 1-0 at Mike Webster Stadium.
Ellenbecker ready to 'get the old band back together' for Hodag wrestling
The course of the Rhinelander High School wresting program changed suddenly earlier this week. Fortunately for the Hodags, there was a wealth of experience waiting in the wings.
Course, competition storylines for GNC cross country meet
When it comes to today's Great Northern Conference cross country meet, much of the discussion will be about the big three teams competing for the conference title and the course that will decide their battle.
JWMS swimmers take third at conference
The James Williams Middle School girls' swim team scored a handful of podium finishes and took third place overall in the 10-team Horace Mann Invite - which served as the Hodags' conference meet - last Saturday in Wausau.
Miljevich wins WVC middle school cross country race
Sophia Miljevich, a seventh-grader on the James Williams Middle School cross country team, was the first runner across the line in the girls' division of the Wisconsin Valley Conference middle school cross country meet held Tuesday at Standing Rocks Park near Stevens Point.
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Finish or finished
After squandering 13-point first-half leads the last two weeks against Mosinee and Merrill, the equation for Rhinelander is simple - beat winless Ashland Friday night at Weikal Field or be a spectator when the playoffs kick off next week.
Piasecki out; Ellenbecker to return to RHS wrestling on interim basis
Paul Ellenbecker has been named interim head coach, the School District of Rhinelander announced in a press release issued Wednesday afternoon. He replaces Nathan Piasecki who has been let go by the district, according to activities director Brian Paulson.
Hodag spikers take Tomahawk to four sets
The Hodags took a set from Tomahawk, and were more competitive with the Hatchets than in their first meeting of the season, before falling 3-1 at Hatchet Fieldhouse.
RNC riders close in on state titles
With one race remaining in the Wisconsin High School Cycling League season, the Rhinelander Northwoods Composite Mountain bike team is on the verge of a number of state championships.
Destiny delayed
For the second week in a row the Rhinelander High School football team let a chance to get into the WIAA playoffs slip through its grasp.
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