River News Sports

03/31/2025

Today, Monday March 31st, the administration team has decided to not have any practices take place.

Tomorrow, Tuesday April 1st, no JWMS sports will practice. April 1st election will happen at JWMS Gym.

03/08/2025

UPDATE: The River News has received the following statement from WIAA Director of Communications Todd Clark regarding the game being moved to Monday night:

"The specific scenario is unusual. Typically weather does not cause cancellations two consecutive days like it did last week. However, after discussions and making the schools that were potentially impacted by the cancellations aware, it was determined that the game would be moved to Monday in order to avoid having a team play and potentially travel on three successive days.

While unusual, it isn't unprecedented to move games to Monday from Saturday. We have had to move games to Monday the week of the State Tournaments, because inclement weather caused cancellation of sectional finals."

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Hodag fans, the boys' basketball regional final game vs. New Richmond will be played MONDAY night at 7 p.m., according to the RHS activities department.

This is due to a situation that would have seen the Tigers play three consecutive nights had the game been played Saturday night as scheduled. New Richmond's regional quarterfinal game vs. Ashland was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday due to inclement weather.

The River News has obtained a copy of an email from the WIAA informing the RHS Activities department of this scheduling change.

What an exciting basketball game tonight as the Rhinelander Hodags edged out the Rice Lake Warriors with a final score of 43-42! Congrats to the coaches and the team. What a win!

In light of the recent developments the WIAA has announced that the regional final basketball game, originally scheduled for tomorrow, has been rescheduled to Monday at 7 PM at Rhinelander High School. The Hodags will face off against New Richmond in what promises to be another thrilling matchup. Stay tuned for more update.

11/18/2024

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10/26/2024

🏆 🏆 🏆 Breaking news from GNC Girls Conference Swim Meet at Colby. Rhinelander Girls Swim Team wins their 6th consecutive GNC Championship. Hodags won 8 out of 11 events. Congratulations to the entire program! More to come on the meet!

10/26/2024

09/17/2024

06/26/2024

The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point will be putting on a softball clinic Wednesday, July 17th from 2-5. This will be located at the Rhinelander Softball Field Complex, or the Hodag Dome weather permitting. This is an amazing opportunity for softball players of all ages to work on skills regarding pitching/catching, infield, outfield, batting, etc. We highly encourage all youth and high school level players to attend as we anticipate incorporating some of these philosophies, skills, and drills into our Hodag softball program.
See the Hodag Fastpitch Camp Registration Flyer attached, as well as the google form for signing up. The cost will be $20 per player, which includes a cookout at the conclusion of the camp put on by the High School Coaching staff for all participants. Please pass along this information to anyone interested in participating.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFaK9zKhEHhq-LdTu1IJ-CWv_pZmIVmTusZ6e2U_V0Ow7Kbg/viewform

05/17/2024

And were changing the record board! A Huge Congratulations to Libbey Buchmann who broke the school record in the Discus Throw with a toss of 134-9. Way to go, Libbey!

01/11/2024

11/11/2023

The Hodags are making their way back to town. Their estimated time back to the outskirts is 2:25. Police es**rt in the works that will begin on Kemp St. & see the Hodags parade the trophy up Brown St. before the procession heads back to the high school.

11/11/2023

Es**rt time TBD, but anticipating about 2:30 today as the team will depart from Waukesha around 9 with a stop or two along the way.

Tomorrow we will welcome home the WIAA D2 State Swim Champions with a police es**rt in the afternoon.

On Monday Nov. 13th at 10:30am we will have a pep assembly at Rhinelander High School. We will hear from Coach Heck, Captains, and the Rhinelander City Administrator! We will also have two D1 College Scholarship signings!