×

Local Sports

Wolverine runners compete at Union Invitational

LA PORTE CITY – The GMG cross country team traveled to the rolling hills of the La Porte City Golf Club on Thursday, Sept. 11, for the Union Invitational. In a change from past meets, the start was moved from the traditional sixth fairway hill to the seventh hole’s more flat tee ...

Rebels romp Royals to remain undefeated

COLO – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels traveled to Colo last Friday and spent four periods romping around the Royals, racking up 77 points to notch their second shutout of the season. G-R (3-0, 2-0) remained undefeated following the road game with fellow District 6 foe Colo-NESCO (1-2). The ...

Seventh-ranked Rebels rattle off sweep of Mustangs

REINBECK — The Class 1A No. 7 Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team (now No. 10 as of Sept. 17) tallied its first NICL West Division win with a 3-0 sweep of East Marshall on Tuesday, Sept. 9,, winning 25-14, 25-8, 25-22. The Rebels were led by Kennedy Brant with 12 kills, 11 digs and three ...

GMG netters beat Royals, Mustangs in home triangular

GARWIN – The GMG volleyball team won a pair of matches on Thursday, Sept.11, at home, beating Colo-NESCO and East Marshall. The Wolverines (3-6) opened the night with a 25-15, 25-19, 25-20 victory over Colo-NESCO in an Iowa Star Conference South Division matchup. A balanced GMG attack was ...

No. 7 Rebels compete in loaded North Tama tournament

TRAER – The undefeated 2A No. 5 Grundy Center Spartans (9-0) volleyball team came out on top in the Redhawks Nest on Saturday, Sept. 6, winning the North Tama Volleyball Tournament in a 5-0 sweep which included taking down 1A No. 2 North Tama and 2A No. 3 Union. The tournament was loaded ...

Wolverines score first points of season but can’t catch Clarksville

GARWIN — The GMG football team scored its first two touchdowns of the season but ultimately fell 76-12 at the hands of the bigger, deeper Clarksville in last Friday’s 8-player District 6 clash. Clarksville led 22-0 after the opening quarter before the scoreboard began to turn in the ...

Rebel runners open season at Marshalltown Early Bird

MARSHALLTOWN – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck cross country team rolled out the 2025-26 season at Marshalltown’s Bobcat Early Bird meet Aug. 28 at Marshalltown Community College. The Rebel boys placed 11th as a team while the hosts won the 11-team meet with 43 points. Freshman Caleb Pifkin led ...

Mustang volleyball splits, GMG 0-3 at Colfax-Mingo tourney

COLFAX — The East Marshall volleyball team went 2-2 at the Colfax-Mingo Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 30, scoring a pair of straight-set sweeps against Iowa Star Conference teams. The Mustangs (3-3) fell to Iowa Valley in three sets (21-17, 13-21, 15-12) and Coon Rapids-Bayard in two (21-7, ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck liquidates Janesville 55-0 in season opener

GLADBROOK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team blew open the doors on the 2025-26 season with a shutout win over non-district Janesville on Friday, Aug. 29, liquidating the Wildcats 55-0. Fresh off their own 50-0 shutout over Belle Plaine the Friday prior, Janesville (1-1) failed to move ...

Wolverines building culture from ground up

GARWIN — In order to build its program back up, the GMG football team is starting at ground level. First-year head coach Justin Witte wants to see the Wolverines succeed again, but the wins won’t come without first establishing a winning culture. The former junior high head coach may have ...