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Hodag soccer dealt double whammy at Lakeland

RHS falls 2-0, Lamers leaves game with injury

The Hodags came up short in a must-win game Tuesday at IncredibleBank Field, surrendering a goal in each half as they fell to the T-Birds 2-0.

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Hodag tennis sweeps Pacelli, retakes GNC lead

The Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team moved one step closer to history on Monday, taking care of business in its final Great Northern Conference dual meet of the season.

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Track: Hodag girls dominate Tomahawk Invite

Boys 4th in penultimate GNC prep meet

Rhinelander won six events and added another 16 top-five finishes as it ran away with title in the 11-team Hatchet Invite in Tomahawk. The Hodags boys scored a lone win and had nine top-five finishes as they took home fourth at Hatchet Field.

Monsters drop season opener at Abbotsford

The Rhinelander River Monsters took to the diamond for the first time this season Saturday, May 9 and — in a number of ways — it looked like it in the Dairyland League Large Division opener.

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Big numbers cost Hodag golfers at Black River

Rhinelander’s chances for a Great Northern Conference golf title this spring effectively came to an end Monday as the Hodags found trouble, and lots of it, at Black River Golf Course in Medford.

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Hodag girls claim Otto Bacher title

RHS boys third in conference tune-up

The Rhinelander High School girls’ track team made a statement Friday that it has every intention of defending its Great Northern Conference championship next week.

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No. 2 Hodags drub Pines, take three-game lead in GNC

The Rhinelander High School baseball team enters this week on the precipice of its first conference championship in 14 years. The Hodags reached that point Friday with a commanding 8-1 victory over second-place Northland Pines in Eagle River.

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Hodag softball splits games at Shawano

The Rhinelander High School softball team split its games Saturday in Shawano, falling to the hosting Hawks 7-1 before winning a wild 12-10 affair over Waupaca as part of the Shawano quad.

Hodag tennis sweeps Wisconsin Rapids

A match against a team on the opposite end of the Wisconsin Valley Conference standings brought an opposite result for the Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team on Friday.

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Hodag girls’ soccer beats Northland Pines

Rematch with GNC-leading Lakeland looms next Tuesday

The Rhinelander High School girls’ soccer team jumped out to an early lead and maintained the advantage over Northland Pines, defeating the Eagles 3-0 Tuesday at Northland Pines High School.

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