SPORTS
Team review: RHS/NPHS Alpine Ski & Snowboard
During this month’s season-ending banquet, coach Rod Olson was quick to note that this year’s members of the Rhinelander/Northland Pines Alpine ski team may have been “the best group of humans that I’ve ever coached,” he also admitted the best part of the season may be that it’s over.
Hodag track takes third in season opener
The Rhinelander High School track team got its first taste of competition on Thursday, bringing a handful of athletes to the Wisconsin Rapids Indoor Invite.
Girls just wanna have fun as RHS softball practice begins
Monday marked the first official day on the job for new RHS co-head softball coaches Ali Bender and Sadie Adamski, who were promoted in the offseason after D.J. DeMeyer stepped away. The two were eager to get started.
Team review: RHS girls’ basketball
While the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team sputtered to the finish line, dropping its final four games of the 2023-24 season, the year could be categorized as a success for coach Ryan Clark’s squad.
Bowling: Hodags’ Dellenbach helps D9 girls win all-star title
District 9 swept the boys and girls’ championships in an event that brought together the best bowlers in each district in a team-style competition Saturday at Riviera Lanes in Green Bay. The Rhinelander area club bowling program got to enjoy part of that success as Rhinelander junior Johanna Dellenbach was …
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PHOTOS: Hawgs & Dawgs Camp
The third-annual Hawgs and Dawgs football camp attracted scores of high school and youth football players from around the area and the state to the Hodag Dome Saturday, March 9.
Youth Sports Roundup
Hodag Hoops JV awards | Middle school bowlers pick up win
Peewee Bs take 3rd, As 6th at state
The Hodags walked away with the third-place trophy as the host team in the Peewee 3B state tournament while the Peewee As ended up falling short in the consolation championship game, taking sixth in an eight-team tournament in Somerset.
Team Preview: RHS Track & Field
While the Hodag girls' track team has had some individual successes, the team results have not quite matched that of their male counterparts. However, with a number of standout athletes returning, a strong incoming freshman class and more depth overall, Kraemer said this may be the year the Hodag girls …
Gretzinger named Hodag Hoops MVP
Will Gretzinger was voted the team’s most valuable player while Will Quinn received the Mr. Defense award during the team’s season-ending banquet Wednesday in the RHS commons.
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PHOTOS: One on One League award winners
The Ladies One on One pool league recent honored its winners for the 2023-24 season.
Badger Midgets to return to Eagle River Speedway in 2024
The last time the Badger Midgets rolled into Eagle River Speedway the track was called K-G Raceway. This was back in 1984. Beaver Dam’s Brad Weber was the winner.
Merrill’s return to GNC lauded as good fit
The Great Northern Conference will have a new chartered member in 2025 and, from multiple perspectives, the addition appears to be a welcome and natural fit.
WIAA board OKs Merrill’s move to GNC
On Tuesday the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control approved several of the Conference Realignment Task Force recommendations for conference realignment — including one that impacts the Great Northern Conference — advanced three Constitutional amendments to the Annual Meeting, and increased tournament officials’ and State Tournament workers’ pay.
Warm and wacky Nordic ski season hits finish line
The Wisconsin Nordic Ski League distance state championship at the American Birkebeiner Trailhead. The Hodag girls were missing three skiers as they took 10th out of 12 complete teams in the field. Due to absences, the Hodag boys didn’t have enough skiers to field a qualifying roster.
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