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River Monsters earn key weekend split
2021 RHS graduate Isaac Bixby made his return over the weekend and scattered six hits in a complete-game 4-3 victory Sunday at Whittlesey. It felt like a must-win game for the Monsters after falling at league-leading Everest 10-3 a day earlier. It moved Rhinelander to 2-3 and still very much …
Malia Francis heads back to Olympic swim trials
For the second time in her career, Malia Francis will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials, which get underway this Saturday in Indianapolis. While making Team USA and competing in the Paris Games later this summer will be a longshot, at best, getting to the trials was an accomplishment in …
Vanderbunt named Hodag baseball MVP
One of the bright spots in an otherwise long season for the Rhinelander High School baseball team, junior Dylan Vanderbunt was named the Hodags’ most valuable player this spring by his peers. He received the award Tuesday during the team’s season-ending banquet at Nick’s Hodag Lanes.
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River Monsters fall in Everest rematch | Tennis league to be held Mondays during the summer
Hodag football kicks off summer program
Last Thursday marked exactly two months until the start of practice for the 2024 high school football season and the Rhinelander Hodags began their preseason preparation in earnest.
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Legion: Rebels eye success while developing in 2024
By all accounts it was a rough spring on the varsity front for the Rhinelander baseball program. The good news, unlike most programs, the Rhinelander hard-ballers don’t have to wait until next spring to turn things around.
State qualifiers Belanger, Fritz earn Hodag tennis MVP
Following a strong senior campaign that ended at the WIAA state tournament in Madison, Joey Belanger and Dalton Fritz shared the Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team’s most valuable player award. The two headlined the list of award winners during Tuesday’s banquet in the RHS commons.
Hodag softball team hands out awards
The Rhinelander High School softball team put a wrap on its 2024 season Sunday with its year-end banquet in the RHS commons. The team handed out five awards, led by the team’s two All-Great Northern Conference recipients. Freshman Chase Verbist earned the team’s Silver Slugger award while senior Lily Treder …
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JV award winners announced
49 RHS athletes earn All-GNC honors
The All-Great Northern Conference teams for the spring 2024 season were officially announced by the conference last Friday, with Rhinelander High School being well-represented.
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Hodags Fritz, Belanger win match at state tennis
Seniors Dalton Fritz and Joey Belanger ended their high school careers on a proud note Friday morning after bowing out of the WIAA Division 1 state boys’ tennis doubles tournament in Madison with a second-round loss to Neenah’s Andrew Werner and Brady Hildreth.
Shutout ends Hodag soccer’s season
Josie Wentland’s free kick goal in the 47th minute was enough as Lakeland knocked its rival out of the WIAA tournament, defeating the Hodags 1-0 in a WIAA Division 3 regional final in Minocqua.
1981 Alpine ski team inducted into Hodag Hall of Fame
The 1981 WIARA state-champion Rhinelander High School boys’ Alpine ski team was inducted in the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club’s Hodag Hall of Fame during the ABC’s 42nd annual banquet at The Pines Event Center.
River Monsters drop exhibition to Tomahawk
Thought to be a strength going into the start of the season, the depth of the Rhinelander River Monsters’ pitching staff is going to be tested greatly going into a key stretch of the Dairyland League season.
Sam Schoppe wins Hodag golf MVP award again
For the second straight year, Sam Schoppe took home the Rhinelander High School golf team honor that bears his family’s name.
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