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Blue Devils too much for GMG baseball

ST. MARYS – A nine-run first inning for Martensdale-St. Marys was the undoing for the GMG baseball team as the Wolverines fell 13-5 to the Blue Devils on Thursday, June 27. GMG (6-16) struck for two runs in the game’s first half inning before the Blue Devils (20-7) answered in kind. ...

2024 Corn Carnival 5K walk/run races through town

GLADBROOK – On a cool overcast morning, Gladbrook Corn Carnival spectators and athletes alike joined in on the town festival’s annual 5K walk/run race. Organized by Crystal Petersen, the event included a 5K run and a two mile walking race. The objective of the walking race is to complete ...

Mustangs roam free at GMG

GREEN MOUNTAIN — As the summer heats up, East Marshall baseball hopes to follow the same trend. The Mustangs smacked 14 hits and defeated GMG, 19-2, in five innings at the GMG Baseball Field on Tuesday, June 11. “We just want to try and build momentum,” East Marshall head coach Justin ...

Comets clap back at GMG, 20-3

BEAMAN — BCLUW baseball stepped to the plate with confidence against GMG on Monday, June 3. The Comets blasted the gaps in GMG’s defense and capitalized on several Wolverine errors to roll past GMG, 20-3, in four innings at Byron Rhodes Field. BCLUW (2-7) snapped a six-game winless ...

Redhawk softball thriving with Sienknecht on the mound

TRAER – Under head coach Madonna Merchant, Redhawk softball continues to evolve and thrive this season with not only new uniforms but several new players including GMG transplant, starting pitcher Adelyn Sienknecht who led North Tama to their first win of the season back on May 22: a ...

Bolts jolt Wolverines at home, 11-6

GREEN MOUNTAIN — Kaleb Gill is the only senior on this year’s GMG baseball team, and he’s embracing the challenge. GMG came up short on Friday, May 24 against Baxter, 11-6, but Gill said it’s a work in progress coming off last year’s substate final run. “It’s a struggle ...

Pirates stop Rebels shy of state

REINBECK – A late goal dashed the hopes of a return to state for Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck in a 1-0 loss to Hudson in a Class 1A Substate 3 final at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School on Wednesday, May 22. The Pirates head to state for the first time since 2019. GC/G-R, last year’s ...

Brant medals again and again

DES MOINES – Gladbrook-Reinbeck sophomore Kennedy Brant came away from last week’s Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines 2-for-2 on state medal opportunities after tying for fourth in the Class 1A girls high jump on Friday. She cleared 5-foot-2 on her first jump, ...

Woodbury races to 10th at state track meet

DES MOINES – Mere days before graduation, Green Mountain-Garwin senior Jabari Woodbury competed for the final time as a high school athlete on Drake Stadium’s famed Blue Oval during the Iowa Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships, coming away with a 10th place finish for his ...

Dieleman commits to Mustangs basketball

GARWIN - Last Friday afternoon in the high school gymnasium in Garwin, Green Mountain-Garwin senior Reese Dieleman signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and basketball careers next year with the Mount Mercy Mustangs in Cedar Rapids. Dieleman experienced a whirlwind of a ...