HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hartman, Swanson place at youth state wrestling meet
Two Rhinelander Wrestling Club members, Walker Hartman and Abby Swanson, placed last weekend at the Wisconsin Wrestling Federation Kids Folkstyle state meet held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.
Northwoods boy heads to Augusta for Drive, Chip and Putt
This Sunday, 12-year-old Minocqua resident Kaeden Nomm will set foot on arguably the most famous golf course in the world - Augusta National in Georgia.Nomm qualified for the championship of the Drive, Chip and Putt competition last September in Minnesota. (subscriber access)
Hodags competitive despite early-season adversity
From his playing and coaching days, Derek Lemmens has plenty of connections in the boys' basketball coaching world, yet when faced with a 17-day break from practices and games in late December due to a whooping cough outbreak that swept through Rhinelander schools, there weren't a lot of answers to …
Experienced squad to lead Hodags in '17
Rhinelander was the best Great Northern Conference program last summer in the newly-formed American Legion baseball conference. The Hodags hope that success will carry over to this spring's high school season. (subscriber access)
Hodags look sharp in baseball scrimmage
Tyler Blomdahl homered and drove in three while Easton Senoraske added a couple of hits and Jacob DeMeyer pitched a pair of scoreless innings as the Hodags scrimmaged Marathon, unofficially winning the eight-inning affair 9-2.
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Strong turnout for Hodag trap's inaugural season
Rhinelander High School trap coaches were optimistically hoping to get 10 kids when the new team got the green light from the Rhinelander school board back in late December. Nearly triple that amount showed up for Sunday's season-opening meeting. (subscriber access)
Hodag tennis stays late in opening practices
The Rhinelander High School boys' tennis team is staying up late this week as it begins preparations for its 2017 season. (subscriber access)
White voted Hodag hoops MVP
Owen White dominated the stat line for the Rhinelander High School boys' basketball team and earned team MVP honors the Hodags handed out their season-ending awards Sunday in the RHS cafeteria. (subscriber access)
Team review: RHS Nordic skiing
Though the Hodags finished toward the back of the pack at the Northern Conference meet and the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League state championship, a youthful team with improving numbers has the Hodags trending in the right direction. (subscriber access)
Team review: RHS boys' hockey
The Hodags went 8-15-0 overall on the campaign and recorded three wins in Great Northern Conference play, despite not playing for nearly 3 1/2 weeks due to a pertussis outbreak that halted the season toward the end of December. (subscriber access)
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Team review: RHinelander/Antigo girls' hockey
Between struggles on the ice, illness and a month-long break from competition, it was a trying year for the Rhinelander/Antigo girls' hockey co-op. (subscriber access)
Hodag compete at Lakeland Indoor
The Hodags finished in the middle of the pack in the competition, tying for third out of six teams in the girls' division and placing fourth out of five teams in the boys' flight Tuesday at the T-Bird Co-ed Invitational meet at Lakeland Union High School.
Baseball, soccer teams rush to prepare for season
The lack of snow on the ground is a double-edged sword for both the Rhinelander High School baseball and girls' soccer teams, which began practice Monday. (subscriber access)
Team Review: RHS boys' swimming
What will make the 2016-17 season memorable for the Rhinelander High School boys' swim team won't be the results, rather the trials it went through to achieve them. (subscriber access)
Team preview: RHS track & field
It's a new season and a fresh start for the Rhinelander High School track and field team, which has roughly 70 kids out for the team in total this year, many of them underclassmen. (subscriber access)
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