HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
River News sports editor Mayo, cameraman Mainhardt into Hodag Hall of Fame
With more than half a century of combined sports coverage, longtime Rhinelander community members and River News contributors, Bob Mainhardt and Jeremy Mayo, were inducted into the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club (ABC) Hodag Hall of Fame at the annual banquet on May 20.
RHS track team hands out honors
Prior to departing for the WIAA state meet in La Crosse, the Rhinelander High School track team gathered to celebrate its season and hand out year-end awards Tuesday, June 2 in the RHS commons.
PHOTO: Feck competes in Border Bash game
Rhinelander’s Devon Feck took part in the Kiwanis Border Bash All-Star Game Thursday, June 4 at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, Mich.
Deuces wild in La Crosse
The Hodag girls tied for 11th, highlighted by runner-up finishes from Libbey Buchmann in the discus and Macy Myers in the pole vault. Ayden Myers made it a family affair on the second step of the podium, taking second in the boys’ pole vault, as the Hodag boys finished tied …
RHS girls’ soccer wins regional championship
The Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team won its first WIAA regional championship since 2023 at Mike Webster Stadium on Saturday. The Hodags outlasted Ashland in penalty kicks 4-3 to advance to the sectional semifinal against Lakeland on Thursday.
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RHS Sports recap: Saturday, June 6
Girls’ soccer: Rhineander 0 (4), Ashland 0 (3) | Track: Rhinelander at WIAA State Meet, Day 2
RHS Sports recap: Friday, June 5
Track: Rhinelander at WIAA State Meet, Day 1
Proving they belong
With nine entries this year, RHS track coach Andy Wyss said the Hodags aren’t just happy to be in La Crosse this time around. Given that seven of those entries currently seeded inside the top 10 in Division 2, the goal is for the Hodags to prove they belong on …
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, June 4
Girls' soccer: Rhinelander 9, Antigo 0
Bloomer blues
The Rhinelander High School baseball team lost 5-4 in the WIAA regional semifinal to the Bloomer Blackhawks at Stafford Field on June 2. The top-seeded Hodags got off to a shaky start against 9-seed Bloomer and weren’t able to get over the hump after a four-run Bloomer fourth inning.
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All-GNC roundup: Hodag baseball has strong showing in conference awards
Nine Rhinelander High School baseball team members were named to the Great Northern Conference all conference baseball team, the conference announced last Friday.
Hodag softball team hands out awards
The Rhinelander High School softball team closed the book on its 2026 season with a banquet Monday at Mike Webster Stadium. In addition to varsity letters, the team handed out three awards that were voted upon by the players and coaches.
PHOTOS: Hodag BMX racing
The Hodag BMX club raced Friday, May 29 at the Hodag BMX track in Rhinelander’s West Side Park.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, June 2
Baseball: Bloomer 5, Rhinelander 4
Hodag track sends 9 entries to state
A total of nine of Rhinelander’s 30 sectional entries qualified for La Crosse thanks to top-four finishes Friday in a Division 2 sectional meet in Rice Lake. Rhinelander finished fourth overall out of 34 teams in the girls’ standings, tied for 15th on the boys’ side and, in total, advanced …
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