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GMG receives Division 1 rating at state dance championships

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DES MOINES – Members of the GMG dance team competed on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the 2026 Iowa State Dance Team Championships at EMC Expo Center in Des Moines, bringing home a Division 1 rating in Hip Hop Class I for an eighth-place finish out of 10 teams. “We couldn’t be more of all the hard ...

Wolverines open with lopsided win at Valley Lutheran

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CEDAR FALLS — The GMG boys’ basketball team opened the season with a 58-14 victory over Valley Lutheran in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, Iowa Star Conference contest. The Wolverines held the host Crusaders to six points or fewer in all four quarters, highlighted by a 12-0 advantage in the opening ...

No. 4 Rebels rough up Mustang girls, 72-10

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REINBECK — Preseason-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck roughed up the East Marshall girls’ basketball team to the tune of a 72-10 setback in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, NICL West Division opener. The visiting Mustangs (2-1, 0-1) fell behind 18-2 after the opening quarter and trailed 45-7 at the ...

East Marshall snaps 14-game losing streak to Rebels

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REINBECK — Three players scored in double figures as the East Marshall boys’ basketball team beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck for the first time in eight seasons, winning 78-49 in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, season opener for both teams. The Mustangs claimed the NICL West win to top the Rebels for the ...

Mustangs compete at Woodward-Granger tourney

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WOODWARD — The East Marshall/GMG wrestling team scored seventh out of eight teams at Woodward-Granger’s Dennis Field Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 6, finishing with 52.5 points. The Mustangs were led by a pair of third-place finishes from Jordan Meling (144 pounds) and Deagan Madison ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Boys Basketball

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GARWIN – Two starters are back and two sophomores with varsity experience are expected to help bolster the GMG boys’ basketball team as it takes on the 2025-26 campaign. The Wolverines return their top scorer from a year ago in senior guard Rider Kupka, who averaged 15.4 points per game ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Girls Basketball

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GARWIN – The GMG girls’ basketball team returns six players with considerable starting experience for first-year head coaches Melisa Dieleman and Tammy Woodbury as the Wolverines look to climb the charts in the Iowa Star Conference’s South Division. GMG finished fifth in its division a ...