SPORTS
Bloomer blues
The Rhinelander High School baseball team lost 5-4 in the WIAA regional semifinal to the Bloomer Blackhawks at Stafford Field on June 2. The top-seeded Hodags got off to a shaky start against 9-seed Bloomer and weren’t able to get over the hump after a four-run Bloomer fourth inning.
All-GNC roundup: Hodag baseball has strong showing in conference awards
Nine Rhinelander High School baseball team members were named to the Great Northern Conference all conference baseball team, the conference announced last Friday.
Hodag softball team hands out awards
The Rhinelander High School softball team closed the book on its 2026 season with a banquet Monday at Mike Webster Stadium. In addition to varsity letters, the team handed out three awards that were voted upon by the players and coaches.
Controversial call costs River Monsters doubleheader sweep
The Rhinelander River Monsters were one strike away from sweeping the Minocqua Wood Ducks in a Dairyland League doubleheader at Stafford Field and — by most everyone’s account — had secured that final strike before things unraveled in a controversial finish on Sunday.
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Woodchucks baseball clinic to be held in Rhinelander June 25 | Northwoods Track Club to be held in Rhinelander this summer
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PHOTOS: Hodag BMX racing
The Hodag BMX club raced Friday, May 29 at the Hodag BMX track in Rhinelander’s West Side Park.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, June 2
Baseball: Bloomer 5, Rhinelander 4
Hodag track sends 9 entries to state
A total of nine of Rhinelander’s 30 sectional entries qualified for La Crosse thanks to top-four finishes Friday in a Division 2 sectional meet in Rice Lake. Rhinelander finished fourth overall out of 34 teams in the girls’ standings, tied for 15th on the boys’ side and, in total, advanced …
Top-seeded Hodag baseball to play Bloomer in playoff opener
After finishing 16-2 on the regular season, the Rhinelander High School baseball team got the top seed in the WIAA regional bracket and will play Bloomer at Stafford Field today at 5 p.m.
RHS girls’ soccer starts playoffs with Antigo Thursday night
The Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team rides a 12-4-0 (10-2-0-0 GNC) regular season record into the postseason that begins on June 4. The Hodags earned the two seed, and will play 7-seed Antigo (2-12-2, 0-10-0-2 GNC) at Mike Webster Stadium on Thursday.
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Rhinelander’s Rivord knocked out in WIAA tennis sectional quarterfinals
Rhinelander High School junior Asher Rivord ran into a tough draw Friday in a WIAA Division 1 boys’ tennis sectional as he saw his season come to an end.
Grebman earns Schoppe, Johnson awards at RHS golf banquet
Sophomore Grant Gremban pulled off an unusual double of honors from the Rhinelander High School golf team this spring.
11 late runs spell demise for RHS fastpitch in playoffs
The losses in the latter half of the season for the Rhinelander High School softball team nearly all had the same storyline — one inning with errors allowed the opposition to come back or gave them enough of a buffer to hold the Hodags off the rest of the game.
PHOTOS: JV baseball rallies for win
The Rhinelander High School JV baseball team rallied for an 11-10 victory over Laona/Wabeno Wednesday, May 27 at RHS.
RHS Sports recap: Friday, May 29
Track: RHS girls 4th/34, boys T15th/34, WIAA sectionals | Boys’ tennis: Rhinelander 7th/16, WIAA sectionals
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