SPORTS
Team review: Hodag Nordic skiing
Perhaps the biggest accomplishment for the Hodag Nordic Ski team in the 2023-24 season was the fact that there was a season at all.
Sports Digest
Tomahawk hockey wins WIAA Sportsmanship award | Rhinelander’s Retzlaff nabs pole, finishes 16th at Richmond
Team preview: RHS boys’ tennis
The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team has had plenty of success in coach Matt Nichols’ first three seasons at the helm. Last year the Hodags captured their ninth straight conference title, went 17-6 overall in dual meets and finished third at WIAA sectionals.
Track: Hodag girls rally to win Merrill Indoor
It came down to the final event on Thursday as the Rhinelander High School girls’ track team picked up its first meet victory of the 2024 season. The Hodags scored a runner-up finish in the 10-lap relay, which was just enough to vault them into first place in a hotly-contested …
Hodag soccer picks up tempo late in scrimmage
It took some time for the old and new pieces of the Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team’s attack to gel Thursday night in its preseason scrimmage against Merrill. Once that happened, the Hodags were virtually unstoppable.
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Team review: RHS gymnastics
Following a couple of lean years for the Rhinelander High School gymnastics program, the 2023-24 season marked what could be the start of a turnaround for the Hodags.
Team Preview: RHS baseball
As the Rhinelander High School baseball team tries to bounce back from an eight-win season in 2023, having plenty of experience back on the pitching mound will help.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, March 28
Track: RHS girls 1st/6, boys 2nd/6, Merrill Indoor
Kurtz, Swanson voted Hodags’ most valuable wrestlers
Senior Owen Kurtz and sophomore Mya Swanson took home top honors for the Rhinelander High School wrestling team this year, having been voted the team’s most valuable male and female wrestlers. Awards were voted on by team members and presented Saturday during the team’s banquet held at the Crescent Town …
Team review: RHS boys’ hockey
The Hodags won three of their final four games to close out the regular season. Entering the playoffs as a No. 8 seed, Rhinelander gave eventual state qualifier Tomahawk a scare before falling 5-3.
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RSC swimmers compete at state championship meets
Fifteen swimmers from Rhinelander Swim Club qualified to compete at state championships. The swimmers range in age from 6 to 17 and, depending on their age group, traveled to one of three championship meets held in Ashwaubenon, Brown Deer or Pleasant Prairie.
PHOTOS: Clash of the paddles
The YMCA of the Northwoods and the Rhinelander High School boys’ and girls’ tennis teams co-hosted the Clash of the Paddles indoor pickleball tournament at the Hodag Dome March 23 and 24.
Spring practice notebook
The final group of spring sports to begin practice for the upcoming season did so on Monday, though one wouldn’t have been able to tell by looking outside.
Hodag softball goes winless in opening tourney
It was a trial by fire this past weekend for the Rhinelander High School softball team. A squad rebuilding after losing a number of key pieces from last season ran into some tough competition from the start, dropping all three games it played in the Danny Mac Classic at the …
Team review: RHS boys’ basketball
Thanks to a couple of key upsets and a gritty finish to the year, the RHS boys' basketball team ended up cutting down the nets at the end of the regular season. Rhinelander knocked off Medford in a game that decided who was going to share the conference crown with …
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