HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Rhinelander swimmers strong in opening meets
Rhinelander captured the lion’s share of the top 10 spots Wednesday in the Colby/Abbotsford Pentathlon and then won eight of nine events to take first place Saturday in the Menomonie Relays.
Hodag netters break out brooms to end week
The Hodags got back to .500 with a quartet of 7-0 sweeps late last week. Rhinelander knocked off Antigo on the road Thursday and then came home Friday to dispatch Merrill, Ashland and Ironwood. Mich. in the Hodag Quadrangular.
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Retzlaff takes 7th in Daytona Cup race | Gasperini claims B-Mod main at Eagle River
Season opening shutout
If one play on Friday defined the Rhinelander High School football team’s sentiment following a disappointing end to the 2023 season, it was a pinball-style run by junior Cyrus Leisure facing third and 21.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Aug. 24
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 1st/10, Menomonie Relays
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RHS Sports recap: Friday, Aug. 23
Football: Rhinelander 20, Ashland 0 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 3-0, Hodag Quad
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Aug. 22
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 7, Antigo 0
Medford football tabbed by media to win GNC
In a GNC that’s experienced a lot turnover and new teams, the Raiders are the constant in the eyes of the media, which picked Medford as this year’s champions in the GNC Football Media Poll — a joint effort of the Northwoods River News and The Lakeland Times that canvasses …
Hodag tennis goes 1-5 at Bay Port
A new-look lineup for the RHS girls' tennis team was tested right out of the gate Monday and Tuesday in the top division of the Bay Port Invite near Green Bay.
Notebook: Wyss feels energy on Hodag volleyball first day
Jayme Wyss’s first in-season day as head coach of the RHS volleyball team on Monday was a bit of a whirlwind between the typical first day paperwork, roughly two hours of practice, the first day of varsity tryouts and a parents’ meeting after practice.
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Registration for RIA hockey, learn to skate now open | WIAA board conducts first meeting of fall, contact ad hoc committee meets
Pigskin Preview Week 1: Ashland at Rhinelander
It’s a bit of a new-look Great Northern Conference in 2024, with Tomahawk and Wausau East joining the league as football members. As the Rhinelander Hodags prepare to go after their fifth postseason appearance in six years, they will gear up for GNC play by taking on two former members …
RHS Sports recap: Wednesday, Aug. 21
Girls’ swim: Rhinelander at Colby/Abby Pentathlon
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Aug. 20
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 1-2, Bay Port Invite
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 19
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 0-3, Bay Port Invite
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