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Wagner earns bronze at BGM Holiday Brawl for Union/G-R grapplers

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BROOKLYN – The Union/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls wrestling team traveled to Brooklyn on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, for the BGM Holiday Brawl, earning a seventh place finish out of 11 teams. Union/G-R scored 56 total points. Medals were won by G-R’s Ella Wagner (155) and Mya Ellsworth (170) who ...

G-R girls continue to lead NICL after felling Falcons, Warriors

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REINBECK – The Class 1A No. 4 Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team (Jan. 7 rankings) took down the Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons, 70-52, here Monday evening for their fourth conference win in a row, moving to 8-1 on the season and 7-0 to lead the NICL. While the Falcons (4-5, 3-4) got ...

Wolverines wallop Plainsmen 72-28 for non-conference win

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BELLE PLAINE – The GMG boys basketball team exited winter break with a wallop of a win, defeating the winless Belle Plaine Plainsmen 72-28 in a non-conference road contest Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Belle Plaine. Statistics were not available for either team in time for publication. With the ...

No. 5 Lady Rebels shellack Redhawks for non-conference victory

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REINBECK – The Class 1A No. 5 Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team shellacked their home hardwood (and then some) with the North Tama Redhawks on Monday, Dec. 15, for a 61-10 non-conference victory. The Rebels (4-1, 3-0) – who started hot, racking up 22 points in the first quarter ...

Wolverines wallop Meskwaki for third-straight win

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MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — The GMG boys’ basketball team ran into the holiday break with its third-straight win, beating Meskwaki 63-30 on Friday, Dec. 19. The Wolverines (4-3, 3-2) used a 20-point second quarter to break free for a 38-17 halftime lead over the host Warriors (0-6, ...

GMG girls basketball gets another conference win

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GARWIN — Skyler Murty scored a team-leading 12 points to propel the GMG girls’ basketball team to a 54-28 victory over Collins-Maxwell (0-6, 0-4) in the Tuesday, Dec. 16, Iowa Star Conference South Division contest. Murty also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds for the Wolverines ...

G-R girls grapplers compete at Bubba Randles Winter Classic

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CEDAR RAPIDS – The Union/G-R girls wrestling team traveled to Cedar Rapids Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, for Prairie’s Bubba Randles Winter Classic which featured 26 teams. Rebels wrestling with Union this season who competed at Prairie included juniors Jasmine Basset (110) and Ella Wagner ...

G-R to host open volleyball camp featuring UNI players

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REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck PTO is partnering with eight current members of the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) Panthers volleyball team in an effort to raise funds for a new, inclusive elementary school playground. “We were trying to think of (fundraising) ideas. We’re pretty ...

Tichy honored as GMG’s ‘Fan of the Year’

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GARWIN – As part of the Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, GMG basketball games here against the Martensdale-St Marys Blue Devils, GMG High School honored JR Tichy of Gladbrook as 2025 Fan of the Year. “JR does so many amazing things for our school and always shows up with excitement for all our ...

GMG girls outdone by No. 13 Blue Devils

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GREEN MOUNTAIN — The GMG girls’ basketball team couldn’t keep up with Class 1A No. 13 Martensdale-St. Marys in a 51-28 loss to the Blue Devils in Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, non-conference contest. The Blue Devils (4-1) led 23-10 at the half and continued to pull away for the win. Rylie ...