SPORTS
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.
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.
Sports digest
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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.
The field for tonight’s state swim meet
Rhinelander’s quest for back-to-back WIAA Division 2 state girls’ swim titles — and what would be the Hodags’ third championship in the last five years — appears to be a long shot going into tonight’s state championship meet in Waukesha.
Winter Practice Notebook
The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team was up before the sun Monday morning as it rang in the first day of practice for the new winter sports season.
Hodag volleyball hands out awards
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team presented its year-end awards Sunday during a banquet in the RHS commons. The awards were a mix of coach-selected and statistics-based honors.
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Softball season cranks up in the dome
Though the calendar says November, softball season is just heating up in the Hodag Dome, which hosted the 16-team Hodag Fall Frenzy tournament Nov. 8-10.
Veterans Pool Tournament a success
The inaugural Veterans Day pool tournament, held last Saturday in Tomahawk drew strong support. Tournament organizer Misty Bergsrud stated the event raised more than $8,200, which will be presented to the Never Forgotten Honor Flight later this year.
Sectional six-peat
The Hodags won seven events Saturday and advanced 18 of their 21 entries through to the WIAA Division 2 state meet as they rolled to their sixth consecutive D2 sectional title in Menomonie.
Team review: RHS football
It’s no stretch to say that in a Great Northern Conference full of parity, the 2024 season could have turned out much differently for the Rhinelander High School football team.
Team review: RHS girls’ tennis
The numbers painted a pretty clear picture of the 2024 season for the Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team. With a 13-17 overall record, a fifth-place finish in the Great Northern Conference and a sixth-place finish in a nine-team WIAA subsectional, 2024 was a decidedly down year for a program …
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