HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Nov. 4
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 1st/14, WIAA D2 sectionals
Heck named RHS football’s Hodag Award winner
Senior James Heck, a standout on both sides of the ball, was named the team’s Hodag Award recipient as the team’s most outstanding player this season. That honor was presented Sunday during the team’s banquet at The Pines event center.
Team review: RHS volleyball
Rhinelander went 13-23 this season. The 13 wins equaled the total that Dan Wolter had in his first two seasons as head coach, combined. Those two seasons came off a stretch in which the Hodags won only two matches in three years.
Six Hodags receive All-GNC soccer honors
Six members of the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team have received All-Great Northern Conference recognition the conference announced on Sunday.
RHS swim ready for march to Waukesha
The Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team will have its sights on a fifth straight sectional title Saturday in Merrill as the WIAA Division 2 tournament commences. But the Hodags also have an eye toward an even bigger prize one week from tonight.
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Hodag bowlers gearing up for season
A mix of new and returning bowlers will lead the Hodag club high and middle school teams into action when the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club District 9 season gets underway in a couple of weeks.
PHOTOS: Stuck between two seasons
With the fall sports season done for most Rhinelander High School athletes, and the start of winter practices still a week or two away, several athletes are looking to get a head start on their winter sport seasons.
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Team review: RHS girls’ tennis
A top-three finish in the conference standings, a winning record overall and six players earning all-conference honors would be considered a solid year for most girls’ tennis teams. That those numbers, posted by the Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team this fall, marked the worst the Hodags have done since …
All-GNC roundup: Hodags’ Winnicki voted GNC swimmer of the year
This week, Rhinelander High School senior Abi Winnicki added one more accolade to her already decorated resume — Great Northern Conference swimmer of the year.
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RNC mountain bike teams conclude season
The Rhinelander Northwoods Composite mountain bike team concluded its 2023 season on Sunday in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Cycling League finals at Trek Trails in Waterloo.
Hodag football has 12 all-GNC honorees
A return to the WIAA playoffs and a fourth-place tie in the Great Northern Conference yielded several more individual honors for the Rhinelander High School football team this year.
Hodag girls’ swim claims 5th straight GNC title
The Hodags won nine events and broke five GNC records as they cruised to victory in the conference meet at the McKenna Aquatic Center in Antigo. The result locked up Rhinelander’s fifth straight girls’ swimming conference title.
Gremban falls just short at sectionals again
COLBY — Once again Rhinelander junior Greyson Gremban entered the final mile of the WIAA sectional meet with the goal of qualifying for the state championships squarely in sight. Once again on Saturday he could only watch as that chance slipped further into the distance.
Hodag soccer falls to Mosinee in regional finals
MOSINEE — The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team had one playoff upset in it but, unlike last year, the squad was unable to string together a Cinderella run to the WIAA state tournament.
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