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Hodag track sweeps home hybrid

The Rhinelander High School boys’ and girls’ track teams showcased their depth in front of the home crowd for the first time of the season on Tuesday, with strong results.

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Hodag softball topples Pines 21-0

The Rhinelander High School softball team snapped its three-game losing streak in emphatic fashion Monday night in the Hodag Dome.

Hodag golfers finish 22nd in season opener

The Rhinelander High School boys’ golf team played its first rounds of the spring Monday and Tuesday, taking 22nd overall out of 31 teams in the Randolph Invite contested and Trappers Turn and Wild Rock golf courses in Wisconsin Dells.

Hodag tennis drops non-conference tilt at Marshfield

The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team fell Tuesday in its second match of the season, losing 5-1 to Marshfield in a non-conference match on the road.

Big inning propels RHS baseball in opener

The Hodags scored all four of their runs in the fifth inning — aided by a trio of Antigo errors — and held the Robins to only two hits as they scored a 4-2 victory in Wisconsin Rapids.

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Hodag soccer pushes past Merrill in GNC opener

Vivian Lamers scored three times, Ella Miljevich added two goals and two assists and the Hodags downed the Merrill Bluejays 6-0 at Mike Webster Stadium.

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Team preview: RHS boys’ golf

With three starters back, Hodags look to remain competitive in GNC

The Rhinelander High School golf team will tee it up for real beginning this coming Monday, and while the Hodags have yet to get outside due to some pesky winter weather, coach Adam Schmidt said he has confidence his team can perform well this season, despite inconsistency last spring.

Amid ice, Hodag soccer opens with win

Mother Nature was not very cooperative with the Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team late last week, but the Hodags still managed to play one of their three scheduled games to open the season.

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Team preview: RHS boys’ tennis

Hodags have sights on historic GNC streak

The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team enters the 2026 season with a chance to make history. The last time the Hodags didn’t lift the GNC championship trophy was all the way back in 2013. Though COVID interrupted the Hodags’ run in 2020, Rhinelander has won 11 straight Great Northern Conference titles.

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Hodag fastpitch outslugs Lakeland in GNC opener

The Rhinelander High School softball team carried its momentum, and timely hitting, from last weekend’s championship at the Danny Mac Softball Classic into Tuesday’s Great Northern Conference opener.

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