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Hodag Hoops cruises past Waupaca
The Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team cruised to a wire-to-wire victory over Waupaca Tuesday, Dec. 30, but coach Derek Lemmens felt his squad left some things on the table against the short-handed Comets.
Hodag hockey drops three over holiday week
The Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team enters 2026 still looking for its first win of the season. The Hodags were close on a couple of occasions last week, before things unraveled in a significant way.
Offense goes cold in second half for Lady Hodags at Menomonie
Rhinelander’s offense ran out of gas in the second half Tuesday, Dec. 30 in a playoff rematch against Menomonie. The Hodags were held scoreless over the final 7 minutes, 27 seconds of the contest and the Mustangs inched away to a 54-44 win in the final day of the Menomonie Holiday tournament.
Rhinelander’s overtime Peewee state triumph top local game of ‘25
There’s something special about overtime playoff hockey, especially when it comes in an elimination game. The notion that the result of a season hangs in the balance with every rush up and down the ice creates drama that is hard to match.
Dome’s collapse, return top local sports story of ‘25
The deflation of the Hodag Dome, its aftermath and reopening, is our top local sports story of 2025, by a landslide.
Assume nothing
Big second half leads Lady Hodags to convincing upset over Assumption
If the Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team goes on to do big things over the final two thirds of the season, it can look back to the second half Monday night as the turning point.
Everest piles up goals early in win over Hodags
It took all of 53 seconds for the floodgates to open against the Rhinelander High School boys’ hockey team on Monday night, and the torrent continued through the first two periods.
Rhinelander fends off Pines, remains unbeaten in GNC
Feck makes seven 3s again as Hodag Hoops wins 60-55
Devon Feck and Mylo Albrecht both scored 24 points, but it was Feck’s Hodags that made more plays down the stretch as Rhinelander defeated Northland Pines 60-55 at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.
Lindner takes title at Hodag Scramble
RHS girls ninth, boys 21st in home invite
Cassidy Lindner went 5-0 on the day and topped a 19-wrestler bracket at 126 pounds to capture the title in the large invite hosted at the Hodag Dome. Lindner’s title helped the Hodags place ninth out of 22 teams in the girls’ division. Rhinelander finished 21st of 25 teams on the boys’ side.
Lady Hodags wear down Eagles, win 54-25
The Hodags forced 36 turnovers, held the Eagles to 22% from the field and eventually pulled away to a 54-25 victory in GNC play at the Jim Miazga Community Gymnasium.