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PHOTOS: Make-shift opportunity
With the final two games of the regular season rained out, the Rhinelander High School baseball team had to get a little creative Tuesday to honor its seniors and get in one final tune-up prior to the WIAA tournament.
Youth Sports Roundup
JWMS girls 2nd, boys 4th at conference track meet
PHOTO: Special Olympians compete
The Rhinelander Area 2-05 Special Olympics competed in the Region 2 district track and field meet on May 4, 2024.
WIAA board approves spring co-ops, realignment proposals at May meeting
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved spring cooperative teams and eight conference realignment fast track recommendations at its meeting last Friday.
RHS Sports recap: Wednesday, May 22
Boys’ tennis: Rhinelander T-5th/15, WIAA Subsectionals
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RHS Sports recap: Tuesday, May 21
Girls’ soccer: Lakeland 1 (3), Rhinelander 1 (2) | Golf: Rhinelander 8th/8, WIAA Regionals | Baseball: Marathon at Rhinelander, ccd.
RHS Sports recap: Monday, May 20
Track: RHS boys 6th/9, girls 6th/9, WIAA regionals | Tennis: Rhinelander 3rd/7, WIAA subsectionals | Baseball: Rhinelander at Ashland, ccd.
Buchmann breaks school discus record
Sophomore Libbey Buchmann has already made a name for herself in the discus ring, finishing on the podium with a sixth-place finish last year at the WIAA Division 2 state meet. On Thursday, the newly-crowned GNC champion in the event added another accolade to her growing list of accomplishments.
GNC title hopes end for Hodag soccer prior to PK win vs. Pines
The Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team’s chances for a Great Northern Conference championship were officially dashed moments before they took the field Thursday night in the penultimate game of the regular season. The reasons the Hodags will finish as runners-up to Lakeland in the conference for a third year …
Hodag golfers tie for third in GNC
Rhinelander and Northland Pines went back and forth for the third spot in the Great Northern Conference golf standings all season long. When the dust settled Thursday, neither team had a leg up over the other.
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Hodag baseball undone by mistakes, missed opportunities again
It’s been a Murphy’s Law kind of year for the Hodags. Things went wrong again Friday as Rhinelander missed on early chances to blow the game open and then allowed Tomahawk to claw back and win 3-2 at Kahle Field.
Hodag softball season ends in playoff loss to Merrill
The Rhinelander High School softball team avoided the big inning on Friday, but three good innings for Merrill were enough to eliminate the Hodags from the WIAA tournament in an 11-0 decision on the road.
PHOTOS: Record board updated
After another banner school year for the Rhinelander High School swim program, the record board inside the Heck Family Community Pool received another facelift Wednesday, May 15 as the pool, varsity and conference records the team broke during the 2023-24 season were posted.
PHOTO: Dellenbach competes at state
Rhinelander middle school bowling team member Natalie Dellenbach took part in the USBC Pepsi Youth State Championships Saturday, May 11 at Rolling Thunder Lanes in Neenah.
Comer earns All-WIAC honors again
Rhinelander native Bradley Comer, a senior infielder for UW-Stevens Point, was named to the All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball first team last week.
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