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Pigskin preview Week 2: Hayward (0-1) at Rhinelander (1-0)
Hodags look to build on success at home against Hurricanes
Last week showed how the Rhinelander High School football team cam respond in the face of adversity. Now, as the Hodags come home tonight to face the Hayward Hurricanes in the final non-conference of the season, coach Aaron Kraemer said he is challenging his team to respond well in the wake of success.
Johnson scores twice as Hodag soccer wins opener
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team did something Tuesday it didn’t do the entire 2025 season and, as a result, did something else it achieved only once last year.
Hodag spikers go 1-3 in Stevens Point Invite
The Rhinelander High School volleyball team went 1-3 on Tuesday and took eighth place in the nine-team Stevens Point Invite.
PHOTOS: WILD Hodag Mini-Triathlon
The 14th annual Hodag Mini-Triathlon was held Saturday, Aug. 22 at Holiday Acres Resort.
Stronger than iron
Hodags rally past Oredockers in second half to win season opener
Rowan Wiczek caught two touchdowns passes from Abe Gretzinger, and the Hodags rallied for 20 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the Oredockers 20-7 in the season opener at Weikal Field.
Team preview: RHS girls’ swimming
Seniors ready to rewrite history one more time
Led by a group of seven seniors — including five returning state qualifiers — the Hodags continue to have high aspirations. This group has been a part of the last three of Rhinelander’s eight straight Great Northern Conference and sectional titles, and has never finished lower than third in the team standings at the WIAA Division 2 state meet.
Team preview: RHS boys’ soccer
Hodags look to continue to build in Vojta’s second year
While the Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team took its lumps last year, going 1-13-4 in head coach John Vojta’s first season, the Hodags played markedly better during the second half of the campaign.
Hodag girls’ tennis goes undefeated in home quad
The Rhinelander High School girls’ tennis team enjoyed some home cooking on Friday, breezing past a trio of opponents in the Hodag Quadrangular at the RHS tennis courts.
Hodag golfers take 5th in first conference match
The Rhinelander High School girls’ golf team experienced a little bit of success Thursday, Aug. 20 as it played in its first ever conference tournament match.
Medford media’s choice in GNC, Hodags picked 7th
Heading into a football season full of question marks in the Great Northern Conference, those who cover the league are putting their trust in a nearly perennial constant.