HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Rapids’ hot shooting dooms Hodags
Rhinelander fell to 0-5 against the WVC on Tuesday night as Wisconsin Rapids hit 14 3-pointers and used a 23-4 run midway through the second half to pull away for a 74-66 victory at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Jan. 23
Boys’ basketball: Wisconsin Rapids 74, Rhinelander 66 | Girls’ basketball: Stevens Point 57, Rhinelander 47 | Boys’ hockey: Antigo 7, Rhinelander 3 | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 107, Tomahawk 32 | Wrestling: Rhinelander 1-2, Laona/Wabeno/Three Lakes quad
Hodag Hoops edges away from Antigo
Devon Feck scored 18 points off the bench and Will Gretzinger added 16 as the Hodags defeated Antigo 60-45 in a Great Northern Conference contest at Sheldon Fieldhouse in Antigo.
Lady Hodags overcome foul trouble, cruise past Antigo
Lily Treder scored a game-high 23 points and Rhinelander overcame some foul trouble for leading scorer Aubryn Clark in a 69-43 victory at Antigo in Great Northern Conference play.
Hodag swimmers pick up wins over Ashwaubenon, Tomahawk, Medford
The Hodags defeated Tomahawk 112-30 and Medford 111-41 in a Great Northern Conference double dual at Tomahawk on Thursday and returned home Friday to defeat Ashwaubenon 99-70 in non-conference competition at the Heck Family Community Pool.
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Hodag hockey falls in OT to East/Merrill
Zach Pagel scored four times, including the game-winner on the power play 1:58 into overtime, as Wausau East/Merrill up ended the Hodags 6-5 in Merrill.
Hodag Nordic skiers compete in Iola
The Hodags had seven racers take to the trails of Iola Winter Sports Club for the freestyle portion of the Iola Invite on Saturday.
Girls’ hockey: Pines co-op splits games
The Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op defeated Medford for the third time this season, defeating the Raiders 5-2 in Eagle River on Thursday night. It was part of a pair of games that the Eagle co-op split late last week.
Rhinelander’s Kurtz reaches 100-win plateau
Owen Kurtz, wrestling in his final home meet, reached the 100-win milestone on Thursday as the Hodags dropped a pair of dual meets, first to Tomahawk 54-30 and then to Wausau East 48-24, at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Jan. 20
Boys’ hockey: East/Merrill 6, Rhinelander 5, OT | Wrestling: Rhinelander 17th/20, Wausau East Invite
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RHS Sports recap: Friday, Jan. 19
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 60, Antigo 45 | Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 69, Antigo 43 | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 99, Ashwaubenon 70
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Jan. 18
Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 112, Tomahawk 30; Rhinelander 111, Medford 41 | Wrestling: Tomahawk 54, Rhinelander 30; Wausau East 48, Rhinelander 24
Hodags gymnasts drop GNC Small dual to Antigo 117.4-106.2
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team has closed the gap on perennial Great Northern Conference front runner Antigo, but it wasn’t quite enough to pull off a dual meet victory on Tuesday.
Hodag wrestlers go 2-1 in Phillips Quad
The Rhinelander High School wrestling team doubled its number of dual meet wins on the season, going 2-1 in a quadrangular meet in Phillips on Tuesday. The Hodags defeated Flambeau 60-6 and Athens 48-17 before falling to Phillips in the final round, 52-27.
Hodag boys’ bowlers fall to Marshfield in rolloff
The Rhinelander/Tomahawk boys’ club bowling team lost a five-frame rolloff with Marshfield 134-94 after rallying to what it thought was a 4 1/2-4 1/2 tie during rounds 7 and 8 of the D9 dual meet season at Dale’s Weston Lanes.
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