SPORTS
Team review: RHS football
The Rhinelander High School football team had three wins for the second year in a row but, what this year’s squad had that last year’s didn’t, was a trip back to the WIAA playoffs.
PHOTOS: Defense dominates as Pack tops Vikings
The Green Bay Packers grabbed three takeaways and pitched a shutout in the second half of a 23-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Nov. 23 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Nov. 25
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 83, Crandon 25 | Boys’ hockey: Shawano/Bonduel 7, Rhinelander 2 | Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander at D.C. Everest Pentathlon
Lady Hodags trounce Crandon in opener
Aubryn Clark had 25 points, Teagan Clark added 19 and the Hodags raced by Crandon 74-15 in non-conference play at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
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Team preview: RHS boys’ basketball
Ask Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball coach Derek Lemmens about his team’s chances and he’ll tell you the same thing he’s said the last two seasons. His Hodags have the talent to do great things. It’s just a matter of how quickly the team gels on the court and realizes …
Team preview: RHS hockey
With three-plus decades on the bench for the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team, coach M.J. Laggis is not mincing words about how difficult last year’s 3-22-0 campaign was and how desperately his team wants to return to playing a stronger brand of hockey.
Team review: RHS girls’ swimming
In a world of club before school, there’s something unique about how the Rhinelander High School girls’ swim program has done things over the past several years compared to other top-level teams in the state.
PHOTOS: JWMS hoops
The James Williams Middle School eighth-grade B boys’ basketball team defeated Tomahawk 32-21 at the JWMS gymnasium Tuesday, Nov. 18.
Notebook: Hodag Hoops up bright and early to begin GNC title repeat
The alarm clocks went off well before dawn once again this week for the Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team, even if they were a few minutes later than normal.
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RHS Sports recap: Thursday, Nov. 20
Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 74, Crandon 15
Team review: RHS boys’ soccer
From the onset, first-year Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer coach John Vojta conceded that rebuilding a soccer program that was just three years removed from a run to the WIAA state tournament would take some time.
Team review: RHS cross country
The Rhinelander High School cross country team turned in a solid performance during the 2025 season that ended with three runners participating in the WIAA Division 2 state meet.
PHOTO: RIA holds 13th annual Faceoff Banquet
Julie Ryan of Holiday Acres Resort presents Rhinelander Ice Arena manager Brett Aylesworth with a check for $2,484 during the Rhinelander Ice Association’s (RIA) 15th annual Faceoff Banquet at Holiday Acres Saturday, Nov. 15.
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Retzlaff’s new O’Reilly Series team enters technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing
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