HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Wildcat wallop
Rhinelander was no match for third-seeded River Falls, falling behind 22-0 in the first quarter en route to a 43-8 defeat in Level 1 of the WIAA Division 3 playoffs at Ramer Field on the campus of UW-River Falls.
Hodag harries finish mid-pack at sectionals
Rhinelander finished smack dab in the middle of the field, placing seventh out of 14 complete teams in the girls' division and eighth out of 15 in the boys' division of a WIAA Division 2 sectional at Edgewater Country Club in Tomahawk.
Shoutouts & Callouts
The 2019 RHS football season will be one to remember. However, the question remains, will this year's team be remembered as a one-year flash in the pan as the beginning of the renaissance of Rhinelander football?
Photos: Wrestling clinic
On Thursday, Oct. 24, U.S. Army members Leslie Fuenffinger and Hayden Tuma, part of the Army World Class Athlete Program, conducted a two-hour wrestling clinic for middle and high school wrestlers in the James Williams Middle School balcony.
Seeking sectional improvement
With a young squad this year and a talent-laden Division 2 sectional, the Hodags know they have their work cut out for them as they get set to race in Tomahawk today.
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Johnson voted RHS girls' tennis MVP
Annika Johnson, Rhinelander's No. 1 singles player, received the Hodag tennis team's most valuable player award during a banquet last Sunday at The Haven restaurant. The award was voted on by her peers.
SDR Special Olympians compete at bowling regionals
The School District of Rhinelander's Special Olympics team participated in the 2019 Regional Bowling Meet Saturday, Oct. 20 at Dale's Weston Lanes in Weston.
Hodag JVs compete at GNC cross country meet
The Rhinelander High School junior varsity cross country team finished out its season in the Great Northern Conference meet at the Gartzke Flowage Ski Trails in the Town of Bryant Saturday, Oct. 19.
Photo: JV tennis awards
Freshman Hannah Connor, pictured, was one of two players to earn junior varsity most improved player awards.
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.
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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.
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.
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