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Lady Hodags earn first win over Lakeland since 2020
Aubryn Clark scored a game-high 22 points and Rhinelander stymied Lakeland’s offense in the second half — holding the T-Birds to only eight points after the break in a 53-29 win.
Hodag wrestlers compete in Merrill, Lakeland
It was a busy couple of days for the Rhinelander High School girls’ wrestling team. After finishing in the middle of the pack Saturday, Jan. 10 in the Bluejay Challenge in Merrill, the squad was back on the mat Monday, taking part in a make-up Great Northern/Wisconsin Valley challenge night at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua.
Mosinee downs Hodag hockey, 8-1
The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team was not able to keep up with Mosinee’s offensive firepower Monday night. Tyler Baars scored four times and Mosinee peppered the Hodag net with nearly 60 shots as the Indians skated away with an 8-1 win at the Rhinelander Ice Arena.
Hodag swimmers take 7th in Ashwaubenon
The Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team got its first taste of some fast competition in a championship-style meet Saturday, Jan. 10, taking seventh out of 16 teams in the Jaguar Invite at Ashwaubenon High School.
Shoutouts & Callouts
By retaining LaFleur, Packers cap their potential
This week Green Bay Packers president Ed Policy faced the first major decision of his tenure. By working to retain head coach Matt LaFleur, Policy appears to have played it safe and conservative and, in the process, likely cost the Packers a legitimate shot at winning a Super Bowl over the next several years.
Aubryn Clark nets 1,000th point as Lady Hodags rout Merrill
Aubryn Clark became the sixth player in Hodag girls’ history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her high school career in Rhinelander’s 64-26 victory over the Merrill Bluejays Friday at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Hodag hoops blows out Merrill 72-28
Devon Feck had 17 points, Evan Shoeder had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Hodags blitzed the Merrill Bluejays in the second half en route to a 72-28 road victory.
Medford denies Hodag hockey first win in OT
A Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team that has struggled to have things go its way this season was less than two minutes away from breaking into the win column Thursday, Jan. 8, before things took a heartbreaking turn on the road.
Hodag swimmers cruise past short-handed Lakeland
With little opposition from its host, the Rhinelander High School boys’ swim team needed to find competition elsewhere Thursday, Jan. 8 when it traveled to Lakeland for a Great Northern Conference exhibition meet.
Hodag wrestlers drop GNC dual against Tomahawk
The Rhinelander High School boys’ wrestling team won only one contested bout on Thursday, Jan. 8 as it fell to reigning Great Northern Conference champion Tomahawk 63-12 in a dual meet at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.