SPORTS
Short-handed Hodags fall to Shawano
The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team was unable to keep up with Shawano/Bonduel in non-conference play Thursday night, falling 5-1 to the Hawks at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
Alpine: RHS/Pines girls 2nd, boys 3rd at Snowriver
The Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine ski team couldn’t quite figure out the snow conditions Friday in the third Northern Conference meet of the season. While the Hodag girls still managed a runner-up finish, the Hodag boys slipped back to third in a Northern Conference race at Snowriver Resort in Wakefield, Mich.
Sports Digest
Girls’ hockey: Pines blanked by Wisconsin Valley Union
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Jan. 25
Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 2nd/17, Small School State Invite | Wrestling: Rhinelander 16th/20, Wausau East Invite
Coaches seek change to football playoff qualification model
A proposal being pushed by the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association would change that, introducing a computer formula it says would make the process of determining which teams make the postseason, and where they are seeded once they get there, more fair.
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Seven steps to success
It wasn’t long after her first season as coach of the Rhinelander High School volleyball team that Jayme Wyss set her sights on a different, personal goal — one she was able to achieve earlier this month.
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Jan. 23
Wrestling: Rhinelander 42, Lakeland 27; Rhinelander 41, Medford 36 | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 121, Tomahawk 43; Rhinelander 137, Lakeland 21 | Boys’ hockey: Shawano/Bonduel 5, Rhinelander 1
Wysses named to Hodag track staff
Former Three Lakes track and field coaches Andy and Jayme Wyss will be part of the Rhinelander High School coaching staff in 2025 it was confirmed this past week.
Sports Digest
RHS games rescheduled from Tuesday’s slate | Fifth annual Hawgs and Dawgs football camp set for March 8 in Hodag Dome | WIAA task force conducts appeals and amends football and lacrosse realignment plans
Youth Sports Roundup
Peewee Bs runners-up at home tourney | JV Hoops
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Reeled in by the Raiders
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team squandered a chance to take full control of the Great Northern Conference Friday night. Instead, if the Hodags are to win their second straight conference title, they’ll have to prevail in a three-way dogfight down the stretch.
Hodag swimmers win double dual, take 2nd in Appleton
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team had back-to-back days of successful swimming, sweeping both ends of a Great Northern Conference double dual at Lakeland on Thursday before finishing second in the eight-team Lightning Invite in Appleton on Friday.
Clark misses another game, Lady Hodags fall at Medford
Sophomore Aubryn Clark missed her second straight contest Friday night for the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team. The Hodags’ leading scorer will likely miss a few more games, but the team is starting to adjust to life without its standout guard.
Medford foils Hodag hockey in rematch
After defeating Medford five days earlier in non-conference play, the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team had visions of earning its first Great Northern Conference win of the season Thursday night against the Raiders.
Hodag wrestlers split matches in Mosinee
Able to fill the majority of the weight classes, the Rhinelander High School wrestling team split its two Great Northern Conference duals Thursday night in Mosinee.
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