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RedTail Softball welcomes Adelyn Sienknecht

WATERLOO – RedTail Softball head coach Courtney Calkins announces the signing of Adelyn Sienknecht to the 2024-2025 recruiting class. Sienknecht is the daughter of Randy and Melissa Sienknecht and attends North Tama High School. Adelyn plans on studying agricultural business during her time ...

Union/Gladbrook-Reinbeck wrestlers compete at regionals

CEDAR RAPIDS – After earning back-to-back state wrestling titles the last two years, Union/G-R wrestler Jillian ‘Monster’ Worthen will have the opportunity this week to add a third state medal to her collection. Worthen, a junior at Union High School, secured her trip to the 2024 Girls ...

Union/G-R grapplers split home dual with Cougars

LA PORTE CITY – The full Union/Union-Gladbrook-Reinbeck wrestling team split their last home dual of the season last Thursday evening with the top-ranked boys’ squad confidently conquering Sumner-Fredericksburg 57-21 while the girls fell 48-18 to the Cougars. The meet was originally meant ...

Rebels defeat D-NH for third-straight win

REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team racked up its third-straight win by defeating Dike-New Hartford 55-48 on Friday, Jan. 5 in an NICL clash. The Rebels (7-3) trailed by eight, 31-23, at the half before outscoring the Wolverines 32-17 in the second half. Dike-New ...

Mustangs split at NICL triangular

WATERLOO — The East Marshall/GMG/Meskwaki wrestling team traveled to Waterloo Columbus last Thursday night and split an NICL triangular meet. The Mustangs (2-14, 2-8) opened with a 45-27 win over Waterloo Columbus, but they couldn’t get past Dike-New Hartford in a 54-24 loss. Xavier ...

​​Trojans reign supreme over Mustang matmen

LE GRAND — The West Marshall wrestling team tallied seven wins by pinfall and put away East Marshall/GMG/Meskwaki with a decisive 60-17 victory over the Mustangs in last Thursday’s cross-county dual. All 10 West Marshall wins were six-point scorers for the Trojans, who totaled seven wins ...

Edel leads Mustangs at Benton

BENTON — Johnathan Edel was the 190-pound runner-up to lead East Marshall/GMG/Meskwaki boys wrestling at last Saturday’s Bobcat Jerry Eckenrod Invitational. Edel won his first three matches by decision but was on the losing end of an 8-3 decision with Don Bosco’s Landon Fernandez in the ...

Area athletes selected for 2023 T-R All-Area Football Team

Several talented Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG football players were recently named to the 2023 Times-Republican All-Area Football Team alongside Rebels head coach John Olson who was named Co-Coach of the Year. G-R’s Isaac Clark and GMG’s Slate Witte, both seniors, were named as quarterback ...

G-R gallops past North Tama

REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck galloped past North Tama in a 61-21 girls basketball blowout at G-R High School on Thursday night ahead of the Christmas holiday. G-R improved to 8-3 overall while North Tama slipped to 4-6. Kennedy Brant scored a career-best 28 points to lead the Rebels and ...

Rebels rough up Redhawks

REINBECK — Extra effort went a long way for Drew Eilers and the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball team Thursday evening prior to winter break. Eilers scored a career-high 25 points and the Rebels sprinted past North Tama, 83-39, at G-R High School. G-R moved to 6-3 and North Tama dropped ...