HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Lady Hodags rally past Crandon 57-40 in opener
Sophomore Aubryn Clark scored 25 points and the Hodags outscored Crandon 25-7 over the final 12 1/2 minutes to defeat the Cardinals 57-40 on the road.
Team preview: RHS boys’ basketball
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team emerged from the pack last season to claim a share of the Great Northern Conference title for the first time in six years. With a large amount of the rotation back from that squad, the Hodags have even bigger aspirations this season.
Team preview: RHS boys’ swimming
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team has had plenty of success over the past several seasons. The squad has captured six straight Great Northern Conference and WIAA sectional titles to go along with top-three finishes at the WIAA D2 state meet each of the last three years.
Team preview: RHS boys’ hockey
Coach M.J. Laggis knows, on paper, the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team has its work cut out for itself during the 2024-25 season. After graduating the majority of its scoring production from last year and with a thin roster of only 15 players, progress may need to be found …
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Winter Practice Notebook
With only eight days between the first practice of the season and the first game, the Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team started this past Monday knowing it had little time to waste as it begins its Great Northern Conference title defense.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Nov. 21
Girls’ basketball: Rhineladner 57, Crandon 40
Massey, Hokens named Hodag soccer MVPs
Seniors Karter Massey and Hart Hokens took home the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team’s top honors on Saturday, selected as the squad’s defensive and offensive most valuable players. The awards were presented during the team’s year-end banquet in the RHS commons.
Team review: RHS cross country
The Hodags’ returned to the WIAA state meet as a team for the first time since 2021. The three-year trek to get back to Wisconsin Rapids felt more like an odyssey at times — filled with highs and lows that eventually culminated with a 14th-place finish for the boys’ squad …
Hodag swimmers take 3rd at state
The Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team relinquished the WIAA Division 2 state crown Friday night, but the Hodags made sure they went down with a fight.
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Team preview: RHS girls’ basketball
The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team will look to keep pace against a strong top half of the Great Northern Conference this winter, but coach Ryan Clark concedes that it will be a challenge as up to half of his rotation will be seeing its first appreciable varsity minutes.
Paulson named WADA District 2 AD of the year
Rhinelander High School activities director Brian Paulson was recently named the district athletic director of the year by the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association. The award was presented to Paulson during WADA’s annual conference Nov. 10-12 in Wisconsin Dells.
Team review: RHS volleyball
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team continued to make small, incremental gains in 2024 under first-year head coach Jayme Wyss that the team hopes will eventually lead it back to being a contender in the Great Northern Conference.
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Nov. 15
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 3rd/34, WIAA D2 state swim meet
Hodags swimmers to face strong challengers in state title defense
The battle for the WIAA Division 2 girls’ swimming state championship appears to be a three-horse race going into tonight’s state meet in Waukesha — and the defending champion Rhinelander Hodags may need to go to the whip entering the final furlong.
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