Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior Caleb Egesdal poured in eight of his team’s 14 3-pointers and the third-ranked Rebels ran roughshod on HLV for an 88-26 victory in the Friday, Feb. 17 Class 1A District 11 boys basketball semifinal matchup.

The Rebels (21-2) faced Keota (21-3) in Tuesday’s district final at Pleasantville High School. The Sun Courier will feature coverage of the game in next week’s edition.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck got a game-high 26 points from William Kiburis and Egesdal finished with 24 as the Rebels’ offense was rocking and rolling from the start. G-R eclipsed 80 points for the 12th time this season to move within two wins of the state tournament.

Luke Riffey sank three 3-pointers and totaled 11 points for G-R, and Drew Eilers added nine points in the wire-to-wire win.

Landon Hall scored 14 points to lead HLV (12-12), which entered the district semifinal on a six-game winning streak.

Tenth-ranked Lynnville-Sully (21-2) squares off with North Mahaska (19-4) in Knoxville in the District 12 final. The district champions will meet Feb. 25 at a neutral site with a trip to Des Moines on the line.

Gladbrook-Reinbeck 88, HLV 26

HLV (12-12) — Peyton Roth 2 0-0 4, Jack Cheney 0 1-4 1, Kyler Gorsh 0 0-2 0, Ethan Licht 1 0-1 3, Landon Hall 6 0-0 14, Tyler Ballard 0 0-0 0, Boston York 0 0-0 0, Devon Weisskopf 0 0-0 0, Lane Conaway 0 0-0 0, Max Henstorf 0 0-0 0, Zander McCulley 2 0-0 4. TOTALS 11 1-7 26.

GLADBROOK-REINBECK (21-2) — Luke Riffey 3 2-3 11, Isaac Clark 1 3-4 5, Caleb Egesdal 8 0-0 24, William Kiburis 11 3-7 26, Drew Eilers 4 1-1 9, Brandon Mathern 0 0-0 0, Austen Mathern 1 0-0 3, Hudson Clark 1 0-0 2, Austin Vaverka 1 0-0 3, Michael Boyd 1 0-1 2, Austin Gehring 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 32 10-21 88.

HLV 8 8 4 6 — 26

G-R 21 32 17 18 — 88

3-Point Goals-HLV 3 (Hall 2, Licht), G-R 14 (Egesdal 8, Riffey 3, Kiburis, A. Mathern, Vaverka). Team Fouls-HLV 16, G-R 8. Fouled Out-Gorsh.