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Rebels to host four-team Legion baseball regional July 23-26
The Rhinelander Post 7 Rebels will have home field advantage as they look to return to the Wisconsin American Legion Class AA state baseball tournament for the first time since 2022.
Hodag Babe Ruth downs Lakeland for first win of season
Rhinelander’s Babe Ruth baseball squad, comprised primarily of 13-year-old Prep League-eligible players, scored its first win of the summer in the older Babe Ruth Senior League Tuesday, June 30. The Hodags exploded for 16 unanswered runs between the second and fourth innings for a 16-9 victory over Lakeland at Stafford Field.
The clock is ticking
Area basketball teams prepping for possible transition into the shot-clock era
After several years of being discussed, debated, approved and then rescinded, the WIAA appears to be inching closer to the use of a shot clock in high school basketball.
Late rally costs River Monsters double-win weekend
Tanner Hraby smacked a bases-clearing double off the center field fence, part of a five-RBI day, as Abbotsford rallied past Rhinelander 7-6 in a Dairyland League Large baseball game at Stafford Field.
Team review: RHS boys’ tennis
Young roster carries the torch, continues winning tradition for Hodag tennis
Going into the start of the 2026 season there were legitimate questions regarding if the Rhinelander High School boys’ tennis team could continue its run of Great Northern Conference domination.
Babe Ruth: Rhinelander falls to Tomahawk again
A fast start Tuesday wasn’t enough as Rhinelander lost to Tomahawk to for the third time this summer, falling to the Hatchets 17-12 in Babe Ruth play at Stafford Field.
River Monsters fall to Dairyland-leading Everest in rain-shortened game
The Rhinelander River Monsters were supposed to play 14 innings against the Everest Merchants on the road in Weston Friday, June 19. Thanks to Mother Nature, only five of those innings were completed.
A thrilling debut
Lady Rebels rally to down Shawano in inaugural Legion softball game
Freshman-to-be Rhyan Adams hit a go-ahead triple in the sixth inning and junior-to-be Kendall Vanney turned in a complete-game, eight-strikeout performance as Rhinelander rallied past Shawano 8-7 in the Hodag Dome.
Jr. Rebels fend off Marshfield for first win
The Rhinelander Post 7 Jr. Legion baseball team scored 17 runs between the second and third innings and did just enough to hold off Marshfield Post 54 in a slugfest 20-18 Tuesday, June 16 at Stafford Field.