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Bobcat boys bowlers bury Railsplitters

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DES MOINES — The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team took two wins away from the Tuesday, Jan. 13, triangular at Bowlerama Lanes, beating Newton and host Des Moines Lincoln with a 3,277 total score. The Bobcats outlasted Lincoln’s 3,113 and finished well ahead of Newton’s 2,704 for the ...

Rebel boys pull down narrow victory over J-Hawks

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JESUP – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball team marked the program’s third win this season with a narrow 40-39 victory over the Jesup J-Hawks while on the road Tuesday, Jan. 13. The winless J-Hawks turned the ball over 19 times during the game to the Rebels’ 15, while amassing three ...

Wolverine boys wallop Valley Lutheran

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GARWIN — GMG senior Rider Kupka matched his season-high with 27 points to lead the Wolverine boys’ basketball team to an 88-15 triumph over Valley Lutheran in the Friday, Jan. 16, Iowa Star Conference South Division clash. Kupka was 12-of-12 from the field, going 3-for-3 from 3-point ...

Local MCC student-athletes achieve Academic All-Region honors

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MARSHALLTOWN – The Marshalltown Community College athletic department has been informed by the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) that 84 MCC student-athletes qualified for Fall Academic All-Region honors, including three local to northern Tama County. Among the teams ...

Sieh scores 1,000th career point as No. 4 Rebels roll Knights

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LA PORTE CITY – Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior point guard Elly Sieh surpassed 1,000 career points during the Friday, Jan. 9, NICL road game with the Union Knights. Sieh helped lead her team to victory that evening, contributing 14 points toward fourth-ranked G-R’s 52-14 steamroll of Union. ...

GMG falls to North Tama in gritty conference contest

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TRAER – Senior Kayler Morris’s two dozen points and junior Brayton Cibula’s nine rebounds helped lead the North Tama Redhawks boys’ basketball team to a 54-36 win over the GMG Wolverines on Thursday, Jan. 8, in what ended up being a physical, gritty night on the hardwood in Traer ...

MHS bowls over East on Senior Night

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MARSHALLTOWN – Each of Marshalltown’s five seniors took a turn in the catbird seat, and the final score reflected the importance of this group. The Bobcat boys’ bowling team rolled its second-highest score of the season on Thursday, Jan. 8, at Wayward Social, screaming past Des Moines ...

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 ...