SPORTS
RHS Sports recap: Monday, Aug. 19
Girls’ tennis: Rhinelander 0-3, Bay Port Invite
Team Preview: RHS girls’ swimming
The Hodags have a run of five straight sectional titles and five straight top-five finishes at the WIAA Division 2 state meet. They will look to extend those streaks to six years come November, but observers around the state will be curious to see what Rhinelander will do for an …
Team Preview: RHS girls’ tennis
Whether it was a matter of the Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team fading back to the pack, the rest of the Great Northern Conference getting better or a combination of the two, 2023 was an uncharacteristic season for the Hodags.
Hodags Germain, Chariton on preseason football watch lists
Two members of the Rhinelander High School football team were named last week to watch lists for statewide football senior class awards by website WisSports.net.
Football: Hodags’ scrimmage cut short by weather
A pair of pop-up storm cells suspended and, eventually, canceled a five-team scrimmage at Crandon. The Hodag varsity unit was able to get roughly 30 offensive snaps and 40 defensive plays in before heavy rain and thunderstorms ended things for good a little more than two hours after the scrimmage …
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Fall Practice Notebook
The Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team has been in this position before, entering a season as defending WIAA state champions.
Wisconsin State Open begins Monday in Minocqua
The Wisconsin State Open showcases some of the best golfers in the state each year. It’s coming to the Northwoods’ backyard this year. Minocqua Country Club is hosting the 104th Suter Ward Group Wisconsin State Open from Monday through Wednesday.
Snowhawks win eighth game of the summer
Rain has thwarted a number of the snowshoe baseball games this season. On Monday, the Snowhawks returned to Snowshoe Park with a dominant win.
PHOTOS: Hodag Heist softball tournament
The Rhinelander youth softball program hosted the Hodag Heist softball tournament in the Hodag Dome and at the Haug Family Softball Complex Aug. 10 and 11. Teams competed in 10U, 12U and 14U brackets.
Sports Digest
Retzlaff takes 35th in Cup Series debut
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Team Preview: RHS football
Rhinelander went 5-5 and qualified for the WIAA postseason for the fourth time in five years — and just the sixth time in school history. But the Hodags faded down the stretch with only one win in their last six games. As kickoff for 2024 nears, Kraemer said the team …
Bates to return to sidelines for RHS boys’ soccer
Following a one-year hiatus, Nathan Bates will be patrolling the sideline for the Hodag boys again this fall. Bates’s return to the program was confirmed to the River News last week by both Bates and RHS activities director Brian Paulson.
Monsters swept out of WBA regionals
Reliever Quinn Lamers allowed 10 runs in the seventh inning as the Monsters fell to Spring Valley 12-6 in the opening game of their WBA playoff pool in River Falls. Ryan Jamison was touched up in the nightcap while Tilden’s Easton Bobb tossed a seven-inning no hitter as the Tigers …
Pink night brings in record haul
The Northwood Golf Club Ladies League had a record-breaking event Tuesday, Aug. 6 as it held its annual Pink Night for breast cancer awareness in conjunction with ladies league play at the course.
Joliff nabs B-Mod win at Eagle River
Mass City, Michigan’s Kory Joliff took the lead at the drop of the green and kept the lead the entire race to capture his first B-Mod feature win of the year at Eagle River Speedway last Tuesday night.
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