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Lady Hodags can’t keep up with second-ranked Assumption
The constant pressure applied by the Wisconsin Rapids Assumption Royals on Tuesday night eventually became too much for the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team to withstand.
Hodag Alpine skiers take second at Ashwabay
The Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski team held on to its standings in the Northern Conference on Tuesday, but the end result may have taken a toll — especially for the girls’ squad — as the season enters the home stretch.
Hodag Nordic takes 5th at Northern Conference meet
Both the Hodag Nordic boys’ and girls’ high school ski teams finished fifth on Tuesday in the Wisconsin Nordic Ski League’s Northern Conference meet, held at the American Birkebeiner Trailhead in Cable.
Youth Sports Roundup
Youth girls' basketball | RBA 7th grade boys win tourney | Middle school wrestling | Youth bowlers compete in tourneys
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Jan. 28
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 63, Wisconsin Rapids 45 | Girls’ basketball: Wis. Rapids Assumption 59, Rhinelander 29 | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 12, Antigo 0, forfeit | Alpine skiing: RHS/NPHS boys 2nd/5, girls 2nd/4 NC Meet No. 4
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MAROONED
The Hodags suffered their fourth loss in the last six games Friday night — and perhaps the most stunning of the bunch — as they faltered late in a 70-62 defeat at Antigo.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Jan. 27
Boys’ hockey: Waupaca 4, Rhinelander 1
Hodag swimmers 2nd at Small School state
Rhinelander was the WIAA Division 2 boys’ swimming state champion two years ago. McFarland won the title last year. Whitefish Bay was right in the mix both years. If Saturday’s prelude to next month’s state meet is any indication, those three teams will be battling it out again for the …
RHS wrestlers reclaim Hammer, knock off GNC-champ Medford in successful home meet
After a few lean years from a team standpoint for the Rhinelander High School wrestling team, Thursday night served as a reminder of where the Hodags were during the mid-2010s, and where they hope to return once more.
Lady Hodags rout Antigo, snap 3-game skid
Vivian Lamers scored 22 points and Ella Miljevich added 12 points and 13 rebounds Rhinelander led wire-to-wire in a 67-35 win over Antigo at Sheldon Fieldhouse.
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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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