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Rebels’ comeback comes up short

CEDAR FALLS — Landon Blum’s leaping 10-yard touchdown catch with 3:40 remaining lifted No. 2 seed Woodbine to a 38-30 victory over No. 3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the Wednesday, Nov. 12, 8-Player state semifinal football game at the UNI-Dome. Blum’s catch came on fourth-and-goal and ...

’Cats can’t catch the clock at state

IOWA CITY – The taper that helped the Marshalltown girls’ swimming squad chop off tons of time in qualifying for state had worn off by the time the Bobcats got there. Marshalltown sent five events into the pool at the Iowa High School Girls State Swimming Championships on Friday, Nov. 14, ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball falls to Janesville in state quarterfinals

CORALVILLE – Seventh-seed Gladbrook-Reinbeck fell 3-1 to the No. 2 Janesville Wildcats on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Class 1A quarterfinals at the 2025 Iowa High School State Volleyball Championships. The Wildcats claimed victory 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, 25-18 to advance to the semifinals the ...

GMG’s Elmore among Marshalltown’s state swimming qualifiers

MARSHALLTOWN – Whether it was less than a second or 51 of them, the Marshalltown girls’ swimming squad saw the time melt off during Saturday’s (Nov. 8) regional meet at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA. The end result was more than the Bobcats had even hoped for. Marshalltown emerged with ...

V I C T O R Y over the Vikings!

GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels (11-0) resoundingly defeated Edgewood-Colesburg (10-1) at home on Thursday, Nov. 6, capturing a 54-18 state quarterfinal victory over the Vikings to advance to the 8-Player State Semifinals set for this afternoon, Wednesday Nov. 12, at the UNI-Dome ...

REBELS ROLL INTO QUARTERFINALS

GLADBROOK – In a game eerily similar to their defeat last week of Ar-We-Va, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team routed the Easton Valley River Hawks at home, 56-6, in a second round playoff on Halloween night in Gladbrook, racking up a whopping 470 yards including 382 rushing yards. But ...

Rebels knock down Orioles to advance to state tournament

VAN HORNE – Ninth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck knocked down 3-0 the No. 11 Springville Orioles during the Wednesday, Oct. 29 Class 1A Region 7 final played at Benton Community High School to advance to the Iowa Girls High School State Volleyball Championships for the first time since 2022. The ...

ON TO THE ROUND OF 16!

GLADBROOK – Unbeaten Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-0) handily shred 56-7 the Ar-We-Va Rockets (5-4) on Friday, Oct. 24, at "The Pit" in Gladbrook during the opening round of the 8-man state football playoffs and thereby moving on to the round of 16 set for Halloween night. Getting this far in the ...

Rebels rattle off 3-0 regional wins over Meskwaki, Don Bosco

REINBECK — The No. 9 Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team vaulted past Meskwaki for a 3-0 win in last Wednesday’s (Oct. 22) Class 1A Region 7 quarterfinals. The Rebels (25-13) opened postseason play with a 25-10, 25-12, 25-4 win over the Warriors (5-17). Elly Sieh and Kennedy Brant had 12 ...

GMG runners among local competitors at Jewell state-qualifier

JEWELL — East Marshall junior Sydney Hull and Meskwaki freshman Bree Scabbyrobe earned spots at the state cross country meet with top-10 finishes at the Thursday, Oct. 23 Class 1A District 7 qualifier at Jewell Golf and Country Club. Hull finished seventh overall with a time of 20 minutes, ...