HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Hodag bowling teams open 2025-26 season
The Rhinelander Area Youth Bowling Club kicked off its 2025-26 season with its first Division 9 dual meets of the year Sunday, Nov. 9 at Dale’s Weston Lanes.
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Team review: RHS volleyball
While Rhinelander High School volleyball coach Jayme Wyss hoped her squad would look vastly different at the end of the 2025 season than it did at the start, little could have prepared her or the Hodags for the tough hand they were dealt much of the season.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Nov. 8
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 1st/14, WIAA Sectionals
Hodag swimmers seek another sectional title, several state entries
Sectional Saturday is upon the Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team and, as its been the last several years, the goals for the start of the WIAA postseason are the same.
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WIAA board approves spring sports changes, action items
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved coaches advisory committee rule change recommendations in track and field, softball, and lacrosse at its Oct. 30 meeting.
Barr, Myers named fastest Hodag harriers
Juniors Avrom Barr and Macy Myers were presented with the Rhinelander High School cross country team’s fastest harrier awards during a banquet in the RHS commons. They were two of seven award winners for the team this year.
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Hodag harriers have solid races at state
The three members of the Rhinelander High School cross country team who qualified for the WIAA state meet all had strong performances to end their season on Saturday.
Vander Galien named Hodag tennis MVP
Sophomore Annie Vander Galien, who vaulted from outside the varsity lineup as a freshman to the Hodags’ No. 1 singles player this year, earned the RHS girls' tennis team's MVP award — which was voted upon by her peers.
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Team review: RHS girls’ golf
Improvement was always going to be the name of the game for the Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team in its inaugural season.
WIAA launches ‘Hear It? See It? Report It!’ initiative to combat poor sportsmanship
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) on Oct. 23 announced the launch of the “Hear It? See It? Report It!” sportsmanship initiative, designed to make reporting inappropriate behavior at high school athletic events easier and more effective than ever before.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Nov. 1
Cross country: Rhinelander at WIAA D2 State Championship
Three more runners, three more miles
While the Rhinelander High School cross country team won’t have a team of athletes at the WIAA state meet, Saturday will mark the first time in coach M.J. Laggis’s tenure that he’s had entries in both the boys’ and girls’ races in the same season.
Hodag gridders earn 7 All-GNC nods
The Rhinelander High School football team ended up with seven all-conference awards among six different players on Monday when the All-GNC team was announced.
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