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PHOTOS: Gone to the dawgs …
The Hodag Gridiron Club put on its sixth annual Hawgs and Dawgs football camp in the Hodag Dome Saturday, March 7.
YMCA, Hodag tennis to host pickleball tournament March 28-29
The YMCA of the Northwoods, in partnership with the Rhinelander High School boys’ and girls’ tennis teams, will host the Clash of the Paddles Indoor Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, at the Hodag Dome.
End of the road
In the final nine minutes Saturday night against Menomonie if anything could go wrong for the Hodags, it did — whether it was foul disparity, problems protecting the basketball or stopping the Mustangs top player.
Hodag gymnasts 10th at state
Rhinelander finished with a 123.0334 in Friday’s team competition, a couple of points behind sectional champion Waupun. On Saturday, junior Emeline Hintz finished 23rd in the all-around and added an impressive 12th-place finish on the balance beam. Fellow junior Alexis Smith was 19th on the vault and freshman Marsadies Williams …
Lady Hodags run out of March magic
Leah Nordin scored 26 points, collected 12 rebounds and converted a key three-point play in the final minute as Shawano snuck past Rhinelander 50-47 Thursday, March 5 win a Division 2 sectional semifinal at Sheldon Fieldhouse.
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Hodag swimmers reflect on successful season
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team put a bow on its 2025-26 season with its season-ending banquet Tuesday, March 3. Even though the Hodags had a young squad, devoid of any seniors, the season continued a long run of dominance for the program in the northern half of the …
Five Hodag bowlers finish in the money at D9 singles tournament
Five Rhinelander Area Youth Bowling Club members placed in the top six of their respective flights and earned money contributed to their bowling scholarship accounts during the Wisconsin High School Bowling Club’s District 9 singles tournament held Feb. 27 to March 1 at Nick’s Hodag Lanes in Rhinelander.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, March 7
Boys’ basketball: Menomonie 65, Rhinelander 51 | Gymnastics: Rhinelander at WIAA D2 State Meet
RHS Sports recap: Friday, March 6
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 64, Wausau East 52 | Gymnastics: Rhinelander 10th/10, WIAA D2 State Meet
Hodag Hoops begins tourney run tonight
For the second year in a row, the Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team enters the WIAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in its half sectional as it looks to get back to the second weekend of the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
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Building blocks for the future
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team might struggle to be in team or individual podium contention today and tomorrow during the WIAA state meet in Wisconsin Rapids, but that’s not the point for this young group of Hodags.
All-GNC: Aubryn Clark named girls’ hoops POTY
Rhinelander High School junior Aubryn Clark was not the Great Northern Conference’s leading scorer, nor did she play on the conference championship team, but a strong argument could be made she was the one player in the conference that drew the most attention from opposing defenses. That fact helped her …
RIA Squirt Bs 3rd at state
The Rhinelander Ice Association’s Squirt B hockey team won two out of its three games over the weekend and took third in the WAHA 3B Squirt (10U) B state tournament held Feb. 28 and March 1 at the Smith Center in Merrill.
Youth Sports Roundup
Peewee 3B state tournament comes to Rhinelander this weekend | Peewee As hold tourney | Middle School gymnastics
THE LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
Lexi Beran scored off an offensive rebound with 2:26 remaining, and the Hodags erased an 11-point second half deficit to defeat Marinette 47-43 Saturday night, winning the team’s first WIAA regional title since 2020 in the process.
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