HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Kingsford wins 6-1, hands Hodag hockey fifth straight loss
After a 7-0-0 start, the Hodags are now mired in a losing streak that reached five games Saturday night with a 6-1 loss to Kingsford, Mich. at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
RHS/NPHS skiers sweep 'Frostbite' Invite
The Hodags took first place overall in the boys' and girls' ski competitions in their home invite Saturday at Ski Brule.
Hodag Nordic climbs the ranks at CAVOC
The Hodag boys finished fourth out of 10 teams and the Hodag girls placed fifth out of seven teams in the junior varsity division of the two-day Hodag Challenge Nordic ski races that concluded Sunday.
Hodag gymnasts take fifth at Wisconsin Rapids Invite
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team matched its performance from a Jan. 2 dual meet Saturday as it placed fifth in the eight-team Wisconsin Rapids Invite at Lincoln High School.
Hodags can't keep up with Red Robins in 6-2 defeat
Antigo scored four unanswered goals in the second and third periods to defeat the Hodags 6-2 at the Rhinelander Ice Arena in the teams' only meeting of the season.
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Hodags handle Medford in swim return
The Hodags won 11 events - sweeping the top two positions in seven of them - as they cruised to a 110-53 win over Medford in a Great Northern Conference dual at the Heck Family Community Pool.
Wrestling: 'Sluggish' Hodags fend off Lakeland
The Hodags won only five of the 12 contested bouts, and needed the benefit of a pair of forfeit victories to get by Lakeland 42-30 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Rhinelander native Reinthaler named Midwest Conference's performer of the week
St. Norbert College senior forward, and Rhinelander native, Mitchell Reinthaler has earned the Midwest Conference (MWC) Men's Basketball Performer of the Week award, the conference announced Tuesday.
Photos: Alumni hockey game
A group of Rhinelander High School alumni, spanning nearly 30 years of Hodag hockey, returned to the Rhinelander Ice Arena for the annual RHS Hockey Alumni Game Saturday, Dec. 30.
Resume builders
The Hodags doubled down with wins against a pair of Division 2 regional opponents, defeating Waupaca 67-36 last Friday in Rhinelander and Marshfield 64-61 on the road Tuesday.
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Lady Hodags hand Tomahawk lopsided defeat
The Lady Hodags rushed out to a 27-0 lead in an impressive opening salvo and took care of the one-win Hatchets 67-22.
Edge splits games to finish 2nd at Hodagland
It was a tale of two days, albeit against two very different opponents, for the Rhinelander/Antigo girls' hockey team late last week as it finished second in its home Hodagland hockey tournament.
Photo: Hodags cook for Frederick Place
Some members of the Rhinelander High School boys' hockey team dropped their hockey gloves for oven mitts Thursday, Dec. 28 as they prepared dinner for the residents of the Frederick Place homeless shelter.
Francis finding a home at Liberty
Now a freshman on the Liberty University women's swimming and diving team, Kiah Francis has hardly skipped a beat. (subscriber access)
Francis finding a home at Liberty
Liberty University's Kiah Francis just shrugs off the challenges that come with being a freshman Division I college athlete with the upbeat, can-do attitude that led her to two WIAA Division 2 girls' swimming state titles at Rhinelander High School. (subscriber access)
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