SPORTS
Team Preview: RHS boys’ soccer
Coach Nathan Bates said he is confident that his Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team will be a pretty strong squad by season’s end, but it may take a few learning moments along the way to get there.
Rhinelander swimmers strong in opening meets
Rhinelander captured the lion’s share of the top 10 spots Wednesday in the Colby/Abbotsford Pentathlon and then won eight of nine events to take first place Saturday in the Menomonie Relays.
Hodag netters break out brooms to end week
The Hodags got back to .500 with a quartet of 7-0 sweeps late last week. Rhinelander knocked off Antigo on the road Thursday and then came home Friday to dispatch Merrill, Ashland and Ironwood. Mich. in the Hodag Quadrangular.
Lyons roars in Minocqua
It was anyone’s game in the final round of the Wisconsin State Open. In the end, amateur Max Lyons from Peoria, Ariz. won the 104th Suter Ward Group Wisconsin State Open last Wednesday at Minocqua Country Club.
PHOTOS: Packers end preseason with win
The Green Bay Packers made their lone home preseason game a memorable one Saturday. The defense forced four turnovers, Sean Clifford and Michael Pratt each threw a touchdown pass in their battle for the No. 2 quarterback spot and the Packers defeated the Ravens 30-7 at Lambeau Field.
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Sports Digest
Retzlaff takes 7th in Daytona Cup race | Gasperini claims B-Mod main at Eagle River
Season opening shutout
If one play on Friday defined the Rhinelander High School football team’s sentiment following a disappointing end to the 2023 season, it was a pinball-style run by junior Cyrus Leisure facing third and 21.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Aug. 24
Girls’ swimming: Rhinelander 1st/10, Menomonie Relays
RHS Sports recap: Friday, Aug. 23
Football: Rhinelander 20, Ashland 0 | Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 3-0, Hodag Quad
RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Aug. 22
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 7, Antigo 0
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Medford football tabbed by media to win GNC
In a GNC that’s experienced a lot turnover and new teams, the Raiders are the constant in the eyes of the media, which picked Medford as this year’s champions in the GNC Football Media Poll — a joint effort of the Northwoods River News and The Lakeland Times that canvasses …
Hodag BMX marks 25 years with a bang
In a Saturday night special, the Hodag BMX Club celebrated 25 years of racing with some of the fastest laps its seen turned at its facility, and plenty of fireworks both on and off the track.
Hodag tennis goes 1-5 at Bay Port
A new-look lineup for the RHS girls' tennis team was tested right out of the gate Monday and Tuesday in the top division of the Bay Port Invite near Green Bay.
Notebook: Wyss feels energy on Hodag volleyball first day
Jayme Wyss’s first in-season day as head coach of the RHS volleyball team on Monday was a bit of a whirlwind between the typical first day paperwork, roughly two hours of practice, the first day of varsity tryouts and a parents’ meeting after practice.
Snowhawks stay undefeated, top WPS Local 420
Coach Jeff Smith had to call on some extra reinforcements Monday night as the Snowhawks remained undefeated on the season. The Snowhawks defeated WPS Local 420 19-13 to preserve their unblemished season.
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