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Hodag powerlifters host meet | JV Gymnastics | RBA 7th grade boys 1st in Medford | Youth girls’ hoops | Mite tournament
Sports digest
Girls’ hockey: Northland Pines falls to WVU in playoff preview | Little League baseball, softball registration open | NFHS announces football rule changes for 2025 | Eagle River Speedway to sanction USRA Late Models in 2025
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Feb. 11
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 49, Shawano 34 | Girls’ basketball: Shawano 52, Rhinelander 23 | Boys’ hockey: Antigo 10, Rhinelander 2 | Gymnastics: Mosinee 118.425, Rhinelander 117.0
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Rhinelander was in a class of its own at the GNC championship meet once again, winning all 11 events en route to a 228-point romp over Tomahawk for the team’s seventh straight conference title. It was a performance that’s sure to cement the team’s legacy for some time to come …
WIAA Board approves football playoff matrix
A drastic change in how the WIAA football playoff field is determined, and then seeded, will go into effect this fall.The WIAA Board of Control has approved a plan created by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association to use a new computer-based system to rank and seed the field.
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Hodag wrestlers take 5th in GNC tourney, finish 4th overall
The Hodags didn’t have the same success in the conference tournament that they had in the duals. Rhinelander finished fifth on Saturday in Minocqua and took fourth overall in the final conference standings.
Lady Hodags take care of Hatchets on senior night
Senior Makenna Sternitzky, who has battled injury the better part of the last two seasons, got the final bucket to the delight of her teammates and the home crowd as the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team defeated Tomahawk 52-32 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Hodag Alpine takes second in Northern Conference
The Hodag girls, taking advantage of a short-handed Wausau squad, won the Northern Conference finale at Ski Brule while the Hodag boys edged Ashwabay for the runner-up spot.
Hodag Hoops dominates Tomahawk
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team got back in the win column in a big way Friday night, dominating Tomahawk on the road 81-13 in Tomahawk.
RHS hockey suffers back-to-back losses
A pair of non-conference games less than 24 hours apart yielded nearly identical results for the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team late last week.
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Rhinelander gymnasts post season high in Marshfield
Despite being without a handful of its usual starters in the lineup, the Rhinelander High School gymnasts team still managed its highest score of the season on Saturday.
Sports Digest
Whitford named WIAA interim assistant director | Northland Pines co-op drops close one to Beaver Dam
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Feb. 7
Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 1st/6, GNC Meet | Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 81, Tomahawk 13 | Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 52, Tomahawk 32 | Boys’ hockey: Ashland 4, Rhinelander 0 | Girls’ wrestling: Rhinelander 6th/19, CWWWL Finale at Merrill
One more for the home fans
On Monday night two Rhinelander seniors got one final curtain call in front of their home fans.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Feb. 6
Boys’ hockey: Kingsford, Mich. 4, Rhinelander 0
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