HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Shawano pulls away from offensively-challenged Lady Hodags
The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team had no answers for Shawano’s trapping half-court zone on Tuesday night and, ultimately, not enough firepower to keep up with the Hawks.
Hodag swimmers set to face tight battle at sectionals
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team has its sights set on another WIAA state title next Friday night in Waukesha. First thing’s first, however, the Hodags are seeking their seventh straight sectional title — which may be easier said than done.
Mosinee edges RHS gymnasts in GNC dual
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team put up a solid total on Tuesday but it wasn’t enough to take down a Mosinee team that delivered its best performance of the year.
Kassler, Robins too much for RHS hockey
Eli Kassler scored six times and Owen Dickman added a hat trick as Antigo knocked off the Hodags 10-2 in the consolation semifinal round of the Great Northern Conference tournament in Antigo.
Hodag Nordic battles attrition at WNSL state meet
A number of skiers were forced to miss one day, or the entire two-day event all together, due to illness. The Hodags were hindered in the team standings as a result. The Hodag boys were the last of 12 qualifying teams in the event while the Hodag girls were knocked …
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Hodag boarders wrapped up team, individual titles at Brule
The snowboard portion of the Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine ski team wrapped up a successful Northern Conference season Saturday at Ski Brule in Iron River, Mich.
Youth Sports Roundup
Hodag powerlifters host meet | JV Gymnastics | RBA 7th grade boys 1st in Medford | Youth girls’ hoops | Mite tournament
Sports digest
Girls’ hockey: Northland Pines falls to WVU in playoff preview | Little League baseball, softball registration open | NFHS announces football rule changes for 2025 | Eagle River Speedway to sanction USRA Late Models in 2025
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Feb. 11
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 49, Shawano 34 | Girls’ basketball: Shawano 52, Rhinelander 23 | Boys’ hockey: Antigo 10, Rhinelander 2 | Gymnastics: Mosinee 118.425, Rhinelander 117.0
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Rhinelander was in a class of its own at the GNC championship meet once again, winning all 11 events en route to a 228-point romp over Tomahawk for the team’s seventh straight conference title. It was a performance that’s sure to cement the team’s legacy for some time to come …
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WIAA Board approves football playoff matrix
A drastic change in how the WIAA football playoff field is determined, and then seeded, will go into effect this fall.The WIAA Board of Control has approved a plan created by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association to use a new computer-based system to rank and seed the field.
Hodag wrestlers take 5th in GNC tourney, finish 4th overall
The Hodags didn’t have the same success in the conference tournament that they had in the duals. Rhinelander finished fifth on Saturday in Minocqua and took fourth overall in the final conference standings.
Lady Hodags take care of Hatchets on senior night
Senior Makenna Sternitzky, who has battled injury the better part of the last two seasons, got the final bucket to the delight of her teammates and the home crowd as the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team defeated Tomahawk 52-32 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Hodag Alpine takes second in Northern Conference
The Hodag girls, taking advantage of a short-handed Wausau squad, won the Northern Conference finale at Ski Brule while the Hodag boys edged Ashwabay for the runner-up spot.
Hodag Hoops dominates Tomahawk
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team got back in the win column in a big way Friday night, dominating Tomahawk on the road 81-13 in Tomahawk.
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