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G-R blows by Orioles in playoffs

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GLADBROOK – The sixth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team breezed into the second round of the state playoffs, splattering Springville 47-7 in the opening round of 8-Man play Friday night, Oct. 23, at "The Pit." The Rebels (9-0) averaged 9.2 yards per play on offense, had three ...

Bobcats swim to Alliance title

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FORT DODGE – For the first time in five years, the Iowa Alliance Conference girls swimming title belongs to the Bobcats. The Marshalltown girls' swimming and diving squad claimed its first Alliance meet title, overcoming a 23-point deficit to start the day and win with 305 points on ...

Wolverines bow to Baxter

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BAXTER – The GMG volleyball team got the second game but couldn't get any more, falling 3-1 to Baxter in the Monday, Oct. 19 Class 1A Region 8 first-round pairing. The Wolverines (10-26) saw their season end by scores of 25-16, 18-25, 25-14, 25-8. Arianna Pierce picked up a team-leading 11 ...

Area runners end season at district meet

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MITCHELVILLE — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG cross country teams both competed in the highly competitive Class 1A state qualifier hosted Thursday, Oct. 22, by Colfax-Mingo at Thomas Mitchell Park near Mitchellville. In the girls race, GMG's Grace Mathern, a sophomore, scored 21st in ...

G-R volleyball battles, falls to No. 3 Redhawks

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TRAER – The unranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team nearly toppled No. 3 North Tama in the second set of Monday’s Class 1A Region 6 semifinal, but ultimately fell short in a riveting 3-0 sweep by the Redhawks in Traer. After dropping the first set, 25-15, fairly swiftly to their ...

Long live the GMG Homecoming parade!

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GARWIN – The GMG Community School District hosted a royally grand Homecoming Parade in downtown Garwin on Friday, Oct. 16, taking to the streets that afternoon with multiple creative floats ahead of the Wolverine football team’s downing later that evening of the Colo-NESCO Royals. The ...

G-R’s Pifkin earns 8th at NICL Conference meet

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GRUNDY CENTER – Gladbrook-Reinbeck sophomore harrier Caleb Pifkin placed in the top-10 at the NICL Conference Cross Country Meet hosted by Grundy Center at Town & Country Golf Club on Thursday, Oct. 15, earning a first team all-conference pick for his efforts. Pifkin paced the Rebels by ...

Bobcat girls drub ’Dogs in Ottumwa; Elmore claims 200 free gold

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OTTUMWA – The Marshalltown girls' swimming squad stormed past Ottumwa in the Tuesday, Oct. 13 final dual meet of the season, blasting the host Bulldogs 105-45 in an Iowa Alliance Conference meet at Beach Ottumwa. The Bobcats (7-2) claimed their seventh-straight dual meet after an 0-2 start ...

GMG harriers compete at Iowa Star Conference meet

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WAVERLY – Members of the GMG cross country team competed at the Iowa Star Conference Cross Country Meet hosted by Dunkerton on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Wartburg Max Cross Country Course in Waverly. Grace Mathern was the lone Wolverine runner in the varsity girls race, finishing 12th out of ...