HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Pigskin Preview Week 3: Rhinelander at Lakeland
It’s a dinged up Hodag team that travels to Minocqua tonight for the 10th playing of the Northwoods Axe Game against the Lakeland Thunderbirds. It’s also an undefeated team that heads to IncredibleBank Field trying to win back the Axe for the first time since 2021.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Sept. 3
Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 0, Medford 0 | Girls’ tennis: Pacelli 4, Rhinelander 3 | Cross Country: RHS girls 1st/9, boys 3rd/9, Mosinee Invite
Hodag swimmers down SPASH 100-70
Pushed by the Wisconsin Valley Conference champion SPASH Panthers on Wednesday, the reigning GNC champion Hodags still claimed six events, added eight runner-up finishes and won 100-70 in a non-conference dual meet.
Hodag harriers finish top 4 in home invite
In the season-opening race for the Rhinelander High School cross country team, some things went according to plan and there were some pleasant surprises. Ultimately, the Hodags wound up third out of 10 teams on the boys’ side and fourth out of nine teams on the girls’ side in the …
WIAA state tennis tourneys to stay in Madison through 2031
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has reached an agreement on a five-year extension of its contract with University of Wisconsin Madison Recreation & Wellbeing to have Nielsen Tennis Stadium serve as the site of the state boys’ and girls’ individual and team tournaments through 2031, the WIAA announced last week.
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RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Aug. 31
Volleyball: Rhinelander 16th/24, Friendship Tournament | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 0-4, Wausau West Invite
Hodag football tops Hayward 21-7
Senior Truman Lamers left the game at the end of the first quarter with an eye injury, but the Hodag defense rallied in the second half, forcing four turnovers as Rhinelander preserved a 21-7 win over Hayward at Rod Lundberg Field.
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Aug. 30
Football: Rhinelander 21, Hayward 7 | Volleyball: Rhinelander 1-3, Friendship Tournament | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander at Wausau West Invite
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Aug. 29
Cross country: RHS boys 3rd/10, girls 4th/9, Hodag Invite
Hodags concede late goal, fall to New London 1-0
Oswin Menez scored in the 75th minute as New London defeated Rhinelander 1-0 Tuesday night at Mike Webster Stadium.
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Team preview: RHS cross country
Coach M.J. Laggis and the Rhinelander High School cross country team are looking to throw things back to 2021 with their approach to this season. That’s a good year to reference, considering the Hodag boys won the Great Northern Conference title that year and made a Cinderella run to the …
Hodag volleyball goes 1-3 in Wyss’s debut
Jayme Wyss scored a victory in her first match as Rhinelander High School volleyball head coach on Tuesday. The Hodags opened with a straight-set win over Berlin before dropping their final three matches of the day to finish sixth in the nine-team SPASH Invite at Stevens Point.
Hodag tennis battles the elements in Wausau
Rhinelander wound up going 1-2 in an abbreviated Wausau West Invite. The Hodags defeated Wausau East 6-1, were edged by Wausau West 4-3 and were swept by Eau Claire North 7-0.
Pigskin Preview Week 2: Rhinelander at Hayward
The Rhinelander High School football team is eager to build on its 20-0 shutout victory over Ashland as it hits the road tonight to face the Hayward Hurricanes in its final non-conference tune-up of the year.
RHS Sports recap: Wednesday, Aug. 28
Girls’ swim: Rhinelander 100, Stevens Point 70
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