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Stopped by the Saints

CHARLES CITY – After winning seven games in a row, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team (20-3) was hoping not to end up behind the eight ball in their Class 1A Region 8 final with Saint Ansgar (19-4) on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Charles City. Unfortunately, a tough second quarter in ...

Bobcats bag postseason honors

MARSHALLTOWN – The awards keep rolling in for the Marshalltown boys’ bowling team, even after the season has ended. The senior-laden Bobcat bowling squad was well-represented on the Class 3A All-District West team, as GMG’S Jayden Beichley and Aiden Cowan were both honored with ...

Warriors’ efficiency weighs down Wolverines in regional quarterfinal

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT – The GMG girls basketball team took a tough defensive effort on the road to the Class 1A Region 5 quarterfinal against the Meskwaki Settlement Warriors on Tuesday, Feb. 17, but it ultimately wasn’t enough to overcome Meskwaki’s stellar shot efficiency. The Warriors ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Rebels trounce Bears, 72-33, to advance to regional final

REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team doubled or nearly doubled the English Valleys Bears’ output every quarter during the Class 1A Region 8 semifinal here last Friday, trouncing the shorthanded Bears, 72-33, to advance to the final and position themselves just one beat ...

Two Bobcats, no team for state bowling

MARSHALLTOWN – The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team suffered a power outage — both literally and figuratively. But the Bobcats aren’t out of juice just yet. Marshalltown had its streak of 11-straight trips to team state stopped on its home lanes Monday, Feb. 16, in the Class 3A ...

Wolverines’ postseason ends in Traer

TRAER — The GMG boys basketball team saw their season come to a tough close on Monday, Feb. 16, during a Class 1A District 3 quarterfinal in Traer as the North Tama Redhawks notched a narrow 60-57 win. The clash marked the third meeting this season between the Iowa Star South rivals. ...

Lady Wolverines top Cougars to advance to regional quarterfinal

GARWIN – Strong offensive action from sophomores Skyler Murty and Arianna Pierce combined with freshman Taelyn Sash’s game-high 11 steals helped the GMG girls basketball team deftly defeat, 53-42, the winless AGWSR Cougars during the Class 1A Region 5 opening round here on Thursday, Feb. ...

Sieh, Brant lead G-R to regional quarterfinal battering of BGM

REINBECK – Seniors Elly Sieh and Kennedy Brant led the No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team to a 69-21 battering of the BGM Bears here Tuesday night, sinking 28 and 25 points, respectively, for the Class 1A Region 8 quarterfinal win. G-R’s week off from the hardwood seemingly ...

Rebels upset Raiders to advance to district semifinals

DUNKERTON – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels boys basketball team opened district play on the road at Dunkerton Monday, Feb. 16, upsetting the Raiders, 68-52, to advance to the district semifinals. G-R (8-13) trailed the Raiders (13-9) by a mere point after the first quarter before flipping ...

Kupka rides to 1,000th career point, leads charge over Comets

CONRAD – Senior Rider Kupka led GMG to a 54-39 conference road win over the BCLUW Comets on Friday, Feb. 6, by scoring exactly half of his team’s points to join the coveted 1,000 career points club. The last Wolverine to make it to 1,000 was then-senior Jabari Woodbury during the 2023-24 ...