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Sanders’ late surge helps power GMG to win over Tripoli

GARWIN — The GMG girls’ basketball team fought off Tripoli for a 37-32 victory in the Thursday, Jan. 29 Iowa Star Conference cross-division contest. The Wolverines (8-8) shot just 9-of-25 at the free-throw line but still sent the visiting Panthers (7-10) away empty-handed following a ...

Union/G-R wrestling pair narrowly miss cut at girls state-qualifying tourney

DENVER – The Union/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ wrestling team ended the 2025-26 season in Denver on Friday, Jan. 30, coming up short at the Class 1A Region 4 qualifying meet of advancing any individual wrestlers to the state tournament set for this week. The closest Union came was freshman ...

Sienknecht State-Bound!

WYOMING – In her freshman season on the mats for North Tama, rural Gladbrook student-athlete Alaney Sienknecht is headed to the state tournament. During last Friday’s Class 1A Region 5 state qualifier at Midland, Sienknecht closed out the meet by outlasting West Branch junior Gisele ...

Brant becomes G-R’s all-time scoring leader; reaches 1,000 boards

REINBECK – Rebel senior forward Kennedy Brant added two more achievements to her storied high school basketball career here on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 22, by becoming the school’s all-time girls scoring leader while also pulling down her 1,000th career rebound during Class 1A No. 4 ...

Sieh sets scoring record, selected for ‘Athlete of the Week’

REINBECK – After pulling down her 1,000th career point earlier this month, Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s Elly Sieh recently claimed another accolade by setting her school’s single-game scoring record with a mighty 40 points during the Class 1A No. 4 Rebels’ NICL 74-26 wipeout of ...

Bobcat boys bowlers bury Railsplitters

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 ...

No. 4 G-R girls overtake Jesup for NICL win; Brant continues to dominate

JESUP – The Class 1A No. 4 Rebel girls scored 19 points in the third quarter to overtake the J-Hawks and eventually notch their 10th NICL conference win on Tuesday, Jan. 13. Gladbrook-Reinbeck defeated Jesup (6-6) 51-44 for the road win after tying the J-Hawks, 10-10, to end the first ...

Rebel boys pull down narrow victory over J-Hawks

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

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 ...