In this Feb. 17, 2023 file photo, Charlie Heck yells as he holds the state championship trophy at the end of the WIAA Division 2 state boys’ swim meet in Waukesha. He is joined in the photograph by teammates, from left to right, Jack Antonuk, Eli Lundt, Zacha King and Marcus O’Malley. (Jeremy Mayo/River News)
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2023: YEAR OF THE HODAGS
State championships for Rhinelander swim teams named top sports story of 2023
The success of the Hodag boys’ and girls’ swim teams was a runaway choice to lead our list of the top 10 local sports story of 2023. Though each team’s path to state glory was different, there was plenty of commonality between the two.
