Rebels Fall to AGWSR

The 7th grade Rebels hosted the Cougars of AGWSR on January 14, 2014 in the confines of the Gladbrook Gymnasium.

Starting the game the Rebels had only 7 players dressed due to unforeseen circumstances, but played close only to be down 11-5 at the end of the first quarter. During the second quarter action, the Rebels picked up the pace and got within 1 point before the Cougars hit a couple of buckets. At halftime the G-R “seven” trailed by a 19-10 score.

Coming out of the locker room the Rebels were ready to close the deficit only to find that the Cougars were to go on a 13-0 run. Ending the third period, the Rebels were down deep with a 32-10 tally. Trying to keep the score from getting away, the Rebels started to find the basket as we scored 8 points in the final period only to fall with a 44-18 final score.

Rebel scoring were the following:

*Colton Clark – 2 points

*Alex Schweppe – 2 points

*Tyson Creswell – 12 points

*Jackson Kliburis – 2 points

Rebels Take Loss Against Tigers

The “Rebel Seven” hosted the Tigers of South Hardin on January 16, 2014 in Gladbrook. Again we had only seven players dressed.

Beginning in first quarter action the Rebels were up against a large team, not only in size but numbers. Turnovers proved to be the enemy as the Tigers capitalized by taking a 9-2 lead on the home team. Second stanza action saw much of the same as the Rebels struggled to get things going and trailing 20-9 at halftime.

Starting the third quarter, the Rebels were down to six players due to a player fouling out late in the second quarter. The Rebels managed to score only 2 points and trailing 33-11 at the end of the third frame. Beginning the fourth quarter it was important that we stay positive and keep working towards the fundamentals of the game. In the end the size and numbers of the South Hardin team were too much for the Rebels as the horn sounded with a 43-17 defeat.

Scoring for G-R were the following:

*Colton Clark – 2 points

*Tyson Creswell – 6 points

*Jackson Kliburis – 9 points