SPORTS
Hodag Hoops begins tourney run tonight
For the second year in a row, the Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team enters the WIAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in its half sectional as it looks to get back to the second weekend of the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
Building blocks for the future
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team might struggle to be in team or individual podium contention today and tomorrow during the WIAA state meet in Wisconsin Rapids, but that’s not the point for this young group of Hodags.
All-GNC: Aubryn Clark named girls’ hoops POTY
Rhinelander High School junior Aubryn Clark was not the Great Northern Conference’s leading scorer, nor did she play on the conference championship team, but a strong argument could be made she was the one player in the conference that drew the most attention from opposing defenses. That fact helped her …
RIA Squirt Bs 3rd at state
The Rhinelander Ice Association’s Squirt B hockey team won two out of its three games over the weekend and took third in the WAHA 3B Squirt (10U) B state tournament held Feb. 28 and March 1 at the Smith Center in Merrill.
Youth Sports Roundup
Peewee 3B state tournament comes to Rhinelander this weekend | Peewee As hold tourney | Middle School gymnastics
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THE LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
Lexi Beran scored off an offensive rebound with 2:26 remaining, and the Hodags erased an 11-point second half deficit to defeat Marinette 47-43 Saturday night, winning the team’s first WIAA regional title since 2020 in the process.
Sectional celebration
The Hodags picked the perfect time to have their best performance in more than a decade. Rhinelander scored 127.125 points to finish second at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet in Antigo. That was good enough to earn Rhinelander a spot in the team portion of the WIAA state meet …
THRILLING THREE-PEAT
Devon Feck scored a career-high 33 points, Abe Gretzinger added 19 points and 14 rebounds and Tommy Eades scored four of his six points in double overtime as the Hodags rallied past Mosinee 75-73 on the road Friday night.
Eagles co-op falls one game short of state
One game away from the state tournament, the Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op ran out of magic.
Lindner drops both matches at state wrestling tourney
The season ended for Rhinelander High School junior Cassidy Lindner Friday morning following her second loss at the WIAA state girls’ wrestling tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.
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RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Feb. 28
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 47, Marinette 43
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Feb. 27
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 42, Pulaski 27 | Gymnastics: Rhinelander 2nd/8, WIAA D2 Sectionals | Wrestling: Rhinelander at WIAA state girls’ meet
Lady Hodags gear up for playoff run
The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team has been in the postseason situation they face before and, this year, feel better prepared for it.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Feb. 26
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 75, Mosinee 73, 2OT | Wrestling: Rhinelander at WIAA state meet
Hodag gymnasts eye potential state berths as sectional meet
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team has sent several gymnasts to the WIAA individual state meet over the years, and will have a chance to do so again tonight during a Division 2 sectional meet in Antigo.
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