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Hodag Hoops begins tourney run tonight
RHS hosts Wausau East, to host regional final with win
For the second year in a row, the Rhinelander High School boys’ basketball team enters the WIAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in its half sectional as it looks to get back to the second weekend of the playoffs for the first time since 2022.
Building blocks for the future
All underclassman RHS gymnast team to cap off historic year at state
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team might struggle to be in team or individual podium contention today and tomorrow during the WIAA state meet in Wisconsin Rapids, but that’s not the point for this young group of Hodags.
All-GNC: Aubryn Clark named girls’ hoops POTY
All-conference teams revealed for all but boys’ basketball
Rhinelander High School junior Aubryn Clark was not the Great Northern Conference’s leading scorer, nor did she play on the conference championship team, but a strong argument could be made she was the one player in the conference that drew the most attention from opposing defenses. That fact helped her earn the league’s top honor.
THE LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
Hodags shut down Pulaski, rally past Marinette to claim first regional title since 2020
Lexi Beran scored off an offensive rebound with 2:26 remaining, and the Hodags erased an 11-point second half deficit to defeat Marinette 47-43 Saturday night, winning the team’s first WIAA regional title since 2020 in the process.
Sectional celebration
Hodag gymnasts finish 2nd at sectionals, qualify for team state meet for first time since 2005
The Hodags picked the perfect time to have their best performance in more than a decade. Rhinelander scored 127.125 points to finish second at a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet in Antigo. That was good enough to earn Rhinelander a spot in the team portion of the WIAA state meet for just the seventh time in program history — and the first time since 2005.
THRILLING THREE-PEAT
Rhinelander outlasts Mosinee in double overtime, claims share of GNC title
Devon Feck scored a career-high 33 points, Abe Gretzinger added 19 points and 14 rebounds and Tommy Eades scored four of his six points in double overtime as the Hodags rallied past Mosinee 75-73 on the road Friday night.
Lindner drops both matches at state wrestling tourney
The season ended for Rhinelander High School junior Cassidy Lindner Friday morning following her second loss at the WIAA state girls’ wrestling tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Lady Hodags gear up for playoff run
RHS opens postseason tonight at home against Pulaski
The Rhinelander High School girls’ basketball team has been in the postseason situation they face before and, this year, feel better prepared for it.
Hodag gymnasts eye potential state berths as sectional meet
The Rhinelander High School gymnastics team has sent several gymnasts to the WIAA individual state meet over the years, and will have a chance to do so again tonight during a Division 2 sectional meet in Antigo.
Wrestling: Lindner ready for her state moment
It’s incredible to think how far Rhinelander High School junior Cassidy Lindner has come in the sport of wrestling in less than a year in a half. Fifteen months ago, Lindner was trying the sport for the first time and now she is in Madison, competing on the state’s biggest high school stage.