SPORTS
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Sept. 6
Football: Lakeland 12, Rhinelander 8
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Sept. 5
Boys’ soccer: Rhinelander 3, Antigo 1 | Volleyball: Tomahawk 3, Rhinelander 1 | Girls’ swim: Rhinelander 120, Antigo 48 | Girls’ tennis: Medford at Rhinelander, ppd.
Cross country: Hodag girls win Mosinee Invite
The Hodag girls bested most of the GNC on Tuesday and placed four runners in the top 20 as they won the Mosinee Invite at Nine Mile Forest in Wausau.
Hodag soccer draws with Medford, falls in PKs
The Hodags played the Raiders to a 0-0 draw in Medford but were skunked in the penalty kick shootout, losing 3-0 with an extra point in the conference standings at stake.
Rhinelander tennis falls at Pacelli 4-3
A stacked singles lineup was too much for the Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team to overcome Tuesday. Pacelli swept all four singles matches, which proved to be the difference in a 4-3 win for the Cardinals in Great Northern Conference play in Stevens Point.
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RHS volleyball 16th in Friendship Tourney
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team won only one match last weekend but that was good enough for the Hodags to finish 16th in the 24-team Friendship Tournament in Wisconsin Dells.
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Shoutouts & Callouts
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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
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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 …
Demonized: Dazzle’s Demons deny Snowhawks undefeated season
Dazzle’s Demons stood between the Snowhawks and an undefeated season. As it turned out, Jesse Robinson’s Rhinelander-based Demons were too much for the Snowhawks to overcome.
Rhinelander sisters find success at National Figure 8 Barefoot Championships
The 2024 Footstock National Figure 8 Barefoot Championships were held Aug. 17-18 in Crandon. Plum Ski-Tees Ella Miljevich, Owen Repenshek and Sophie Miljevich took part in the Championships.
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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