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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 ...

​​Lady Rebels roll into postseason with four-straight NICL wins

REINBECK – The Class 1A No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team is keeping the hardwood well-heated just in time for postseason – rolling off four-straight North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) conference wins. Following a frustrating loss to Grundy Center at home on Jan. 27 and a ...

’Cats claim Alliance crown

WATERLOO — The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team came away from the Iowa Alliance Conference Tournament without a first-team performer, but that didn’t deter the Bobcats from reaching their goal just the same. Marshalltown claimed its first Alliance bowling title in the fourth year of its ...

Sienknecht holds her own at state wrestling

CORALVILLE – North Tama freshman Alaney Sienknecht made her state wrestling debut on Thursday, Feb. 5, in a first-round morning bout with the No. 1 seed at 155 pounds, Western Iowa’s Marlee Pittet. And while she was eventually pinned in the second period, Sienknecht, who hails from rural ...

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 ...