SPORTS
PHOTO: Golfers tee off to support Hodag sports
Trent Coppenger, right, high-fives playing partner Tom Pulec after draining a putt in the putting contest on the practice green Friday, Aug. 7 at the Rhinelander Athletic Booster Club’s 45th annual golf scramble at Pinewood Golf Club.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 17
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 0-3, Bay Port Invite
Team preview: RHS girls’ golf
The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team is jumping head first into the golf season this year. It competed in its first meet yesterday and is ready to take the leap as a full-fledged varsity program after competing in a handful of exhibition matches last year prior to its first-ever …
Senior swimmers offer knowledge to open practice
The group of six seniors on the Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team has seen plenty over their careers. Collectively, they’ve been a part of a state-champion squad, a state runner-up and last year’s team that finished third in Madison — not to mention three Great Northern and Division 2 …
Girls’ tennis back in action
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team held its first day of practice at the RHS tennis courts on Monday.
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PHOTOS: BMX State championship qualifier
The Hodag BMX Club had a tripleheader weekend of racing capped off by its Wisconsin State Championship qualifier race Sunday, Aug. 9.
Black Bear Bar comeback results in extra-inning win over Snowhawks
There was no shortage of drama Monday night as snowshoe baseball went to extra innings for the first time this season.
PHOTOS: Fan-Filled Family Night
Fans flocked to Lambeau Field in Green Bay Friday, Aug. 7 for the annual Green Bay Packers Family Night practice.
Sports Digest
Retzlaff close to chase spot entering O’Reilly Series regular season finale
Team Preview: RHS football
Entering his eighth season at the helm of the Rhinelander High School football team, head coach Aaron Kraemer has never possessed a losing record overall for his career. He and his Hodags will have to work hard to keep it that way this season.
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Inconsistency plagued Rebels in summer ball
The sports cliché that the No. 1 ability is availability rang absolutely true for the Rebels this summer, as appearances by a number of the top players from the RHS baseball team this spring were sporadic, at best.
Lady Rebels show flashes in first Legion season
While the Rhinelander Post 7 Lady Rebels did not advance to the American Legion state tournament in their inaugural season, a 3-4 record showed some positive steps for a Rhinelander program that is looking to turn the corner.
Truscott, Thomas win in photo finishes at Eagle River
The margin of victory was a mere .035 seconds, when Chippewa Falls’ Michael Truscott squeezed passed Kory Joliff at the line to win the B Modified feature win at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday in a photo finish.
Hodags are back on the gridiron
The fall sports season officially got underway Tuesday as the Rhinelander High School football team hit the field for its first practice.
An eye toward the future
Led by 2026 WIAA state tournament qualifier Cassidy Lindner, the Hodag girls passed the knowledge down to a younger generation Monday night, hosting a youth girls’ wrestling camp at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
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