SPORTS
Hodag swimmers take 7th in Ashwaubenon
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team got its first taste of some fast competition in a championship-style meet Saturday, Jan. 10, taking seventh out of 16 teams in the Jaguar Invite at Ashwaubenon High School.
Hodag Nordic competes twice, gears up for home race
The Hodag Nordic Ski Team competed in a pair of races this past weekend, traveling to Wausau for the Snekkevik Classic on Saturday, Jan. 10 followed by the Iola Skate Race on Sunday, Jan. 11 in Iola.
Clean sweep for Hodag powerlifting club in Wausaukee
It was another clean sweep for the Rhinelander High School powerlifting club in its second Wisconsin High School Powerlifting Association (WHSPA) meet of the season Saturday, Jan. 10. The Hodags claimed first in both the varsity and JV divisions on the boys’ and girls’ sides in a Region Six meet …
Eagle girls’ hockey co-op falls to Black River Falls, ties Coulee Region
The Northland Pines girls’ hockey co-op saw the ups and downs of a season with two different games last weekend.
Youth Sports Roundup
RBA 4th/5th grade girls take 2nd at home | Bantams host home tournament | Hodag bowlers place well at Wisconsin Youth Masters tournament
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Shoutouts & Callouts
This week Green Bay Packers president Ed Policy faced the first major decision of his tenure. By working to retain head coach Matt LaFleur, Policy appears to have played it safe and conservative and, in the process, likely cost the Packers a legitimate shot at winning a Super Bowl over …
RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, Jan. 13
Boys’ basketball: Rhinelander 67, Lakeland 52 | Girls’ basketball: Rhinelander 53, Lakeland 29
Aubryn Clark nets 1,000th point as Lady Hodags rout Merrill
Aubryn Clark became the sixth player in Hodag girls’ history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her high school career in Rhinelander’s 64-26 victory over the Merrill Bluejays Friday at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Jan. 12
Boys’ hockey: Mosinee 8, Rhinelander 1 | Girls’ wrestling: Rhinelander 4th/6, GNC/WVC Challenge at Lakeland
Hodag hoops blows out Merrill 72-28
Devon Feck had 17 points, Evan Shoeder had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Hodags blitzed the Merrill Bluejays in the second half en route to a 72-28 road victory.
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Medford denies Hodag hockey first win in OT
A Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team that has struggled to have things go its way this season was less than two minutes away from breaking into the win column Thursday, Jan. 8, before things took a heartbreaking turn on the road.
Hodag swimmers cruise past short-handed Lakeland
With little opposition from its host, the Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team needed to find competition elsewhere Thursday, Jan. 8 when it traveled to Lakeland for a Great Northern Conference exhibition meet.
Hodag wrestlers drop GNC dual against Tomahawk
The Rhinelander High School boys’ wrestling team won only one contested bout on Thursday, Jan. 8 as it fell to reigning Great Northern Conference champion Tomahawk 63-12 in a dual meet at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Snow conditions, fog wreak havoc on Alpine opener
The Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine Ski team left the Northern Conference season opener Thursday, Jan. 8 without an official result, and with injuries that could put the team’s hopes of making it to state in girls’ skiing in jeopardy.
RHS Sports recap: Saturday, Jan. 10
Boys’ swimming: Rhinelander 7th/15, Ashwaubenon Invite | Wrestling: RHS girls T13th/26, boys 23rd/27, Merrill Invite
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