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Herron helps Rebels roll in opener

JANESVILLE – Treyvon Herron rushed for 145 yards and four touchdowns, returned two punts for scores and threw for another as the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team drubbed Janesville 56-6 in Friday night's 8-Man opener. Herron had 11 carries and 145 of G-R's 240 rushing yards in the win. ...

Rebel runners open season at Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN – Senior Caleb Bowser led the way for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys cross country team at the season-opening Bobcat Early Bird which took place Thursday, Aug. 27, at the Marshalltown Community College course. Bowser placed 47th, crossing the finish line in 21 minutes, 40.5 ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball defeats GMG for first win

GARWIN – The Class 1A preseason No. 12 Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team got its first win of the season, beating host GMG in a Thursday, Aug. 27 triangular in Garwin. The Rebels (1-4) fell to BGM in straight sets, 25-16, 25-22, before bouncing back to beat the Wolverines 25-17, 25-10, in ...

Wolverines withstand Plainsmen 32-28

BELLE PLAINE — For the first time since 2021, GMG football opened the season victoriously, bagging Belle Plaine 32-28 last Friday night in a Week Zero non-district 8-Player road game. Roughly four minutes into the first quarter — and on only the second play of their first possession ...

A ringer for dad

GLADBROOK – He’s a ringer for his dad. It has been more than three decades since Gladbrook native Joe Smith won the Junior Boys World Horseshoe Championship at age 14. This past July, his son, rising GMG seventh-grader Zachary Smith, 12, followed in his footsteps by winning the 2026 ...

GMG’s Boege among local softball players named to All-State squads

AREA – For the second year in a row, East Marshall pitcher Peyton Grabenbauer is an all-stater. Grabenbauer was one of six local softball players selected to the Iowa Girls' Coaches Association's All-State softball teams, joined by a pair of Mustang teammates and a cross-county ...

GMG Secondary Activity Boosters invite community to inaugural golf outing

GARWIN – After recently reorganizing as a nonprofit organization, the GMG Secondary Activity Boosters have quickly become an active force in supporting students throughout the district. The club's mission is simple: Supporting Students. Strengthening Our Community. The newly ...

Boege, Murty repeat on all-Iowa Star softball

AREA – The future of the Iowa Star Conference's South Division of softball is going to look a lot like it did this summer, if the all-conference teams prove pertinent. Eight of the 12 girls selected to the all-ISC South squad were underclassmen, meaning the future of the division is what ...

Area baseball teams net all-Iowa Star honors

AREA – The BCLUW and GMG baseball teams finished at the bottom of the Iowa Star Conference's North Division this season, but their talent was recognized just the same. Three Comets were named to the Iowa Star North's 12-player first team, including the second-straight such honor for senior ...

Clark hauls in final HS football honor at 2026 Iowa Shrine Bowl

CEDAR FALLS – Class of 2026 standout Hudson Clark got the chance to play football as a Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebel one last time on Saturday, July 25, with the North team in the 54th annual Iowa Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Classic at the UNI-Dome. The North squad beat the South squad ...