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.