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Wolverines womp Warriors, notch second win to remain undefeated

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GARWIN – GMG triumphed on the gridiron for the second time this season, decisively defeating Calamus-Wheatland, 40-22, here last Friday, Aug. 28, in Week 1 non-district 8-Man action after notching a Week Zero win over Belle Plaine. The Wolverines led Calamus-Wheatland 12-10 following the ...

Herron helps Rebels roll in opener

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JANESVILLE – Treyvon Herron rushed for 145 yards and four touchdowns, returned two punts for scores and threw for another as the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team drubbed Janesville 56-6 in Friday night's 8-Man opener. Herron had 11 carries and 145 of G-R's 240 rushing yards in the win. ...

Rebel runners open season at Marshalltown

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MARSHALLTOWN – Senior Caleb Bowser led the way for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys cross country team at the season-opening Bobcat Early Bird which took place Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Marshalltown Community College course. Bowser placed 47th, crossing the finish line in 21 minutes, 40.5 ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball defeats GMG for first win

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GARWIN – The Class 1A preseason No. 12 Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team got its first win of the season, beating host GMG in a Thursday, Aug. 27 triangular in Garwin. The Rebels (1-4) fell to BGM in straight sets, 25-16, 25-22, before bouncing back to beat the Wolverines 25-17, 25-10, in ...

Wolverines withstand Plainsmen 32-28

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BELLE PLAINE — For the first time since 2021, GMG football opened the season victoriously, bagging Belle Plaine 32-28 last Friday night in a Week Zero non-district 8-Player road game. Roughly four minutes into the first quarter — and on only the second play of their first possession ...

A ringer for dad

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GLADBROOK – He’s a ringer for his dad. It has been more than three decades since Gladbrook native Joe Smith won the Junior Boys World Horseshoe Championship at age 14. This past July, his son, rising GMG seventh-grader Zachary Smith, 12, followed in his footsteps by winning the 2026 ...

Boege, Murty repeat on all-Iowa Star softball

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AREA – The future of the Iowa Star Conference's South Division of softball is going to look a lot like it did this summer, if the all-conference teams prove pertinent. Eight of the 12 girls selected to the all-ISC South squad were underclassmen, meaning the future of the division is what ...

Area baseball teams net all-Iowa Star honors

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AREA – The BCLUW and GMG baseball teams finished at the bottom of the Iowa Star Conference's North Division this season, but their talent was recognized just the same. Three Comets were named to the Iowa Star North's 12-player first team, including the second-straight such honor for senior ...