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Fox Valley Lutheran racks up 590 yards of offense in 54-14 playoff win over RHS
The Rhinelander High School football team could not slow down Braden Heiges and the high-flying Fox Valley Lutheran offense Friday night in the first round of the WIAA playoffs.
Cross country: Gillingham, Barr advance to state
Hodag boys finish third; girls team, without Myers, takes fifth
Home-course advantage didn’t play out as the Rhinelander High School cross country team would have hoped Friday as it hosted a WIAA Division 2 sectional meet at Northwood Golf Club.
Merrill holds off Hodags in soccer tourney opener
The Rhinelander High School boys’ soccer team had plenty of chances in its WIAA playoff opener, but needed to convert on one or two more of them to extend its season.
Hodag football energized for playoff opener against explosive Foxes
It’s no stretch to say the final 9 1/2 minutes of football last Friday night changed a lot regarding the narrative of the 2026 season for the Rhinelander High School football team.
Hodag harriers second in GNC, eye state berths at sectionals
The Rhinelander High School cross country team ran strong in the Great Northern Conference meet, but not strong enough to come away with a conference title.
RHS swimmers eye GNC eight-peat tonight
The Rhinelander High School girls’ swim team will look to add another bullet point to its impressive résumé over the last decade tonight as it seeks to claim its eighth straight Great Northern Conference title at the conference meet in Minocqua.
Hapka earns girls’ golf MVP honors
Following a season in which junior Ashlyn Hapka wrote her name into the opening pages of the RHS girls’ golf team record book, she walked away with the team’s top honor.
Playoff berths possibly at stake as Hodags, T-Birds battle for Axe
For the Hodags to sleep well tonight and not worry about if they make the playoff field, they’re going to have to do something they haven’t done since 2021 — beat Lakeland for the Axe.
Hodag harriers take second in GNC tune-up
Rhinelander fared well in a test run on the conference course Saturday, Oct. 10, finishing runner-up to Lakeland in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions of the Hatchet Invite in Tomahawk.
Homecoming collapse
Blown 21-point lead vs. Wausau East puts Hodags’ playoff hopes in peril
Up 21-0 late in the first half, the Hodags mustered only nine yards of offense after halftime and surrendered 25 unanswered points in a 25-21 loss to Wausau East at Mike Webster Stadium.