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Sports Short: Wheater wins, Mustangs 7th at Woodward-Granger

WOODWARD — Drew Wheater won the 190-pound championship as East Marshall/GMG/Meskwaki boys wrestling finished seventh at the Dennis Field Invitational at Woodward-Granger High School on Saturday, Dec. 2. Wheater went 3-0 and pinned AC/GC’s Michael Fuller in the second period for the ...

Sports Short: Mustangs split NICL triangular to start the season

LE GRAND — Wyatt Stalzer went 2-0 with a pair of pins to lead the East Marshall/GMG/Meskwaki wrestling team, which debuted Thursday, Nov. 30 with a 1-1 split in a North Iowa Cedar League triangular.ened with a win over Oelwein, hammering the Huskies 58-21. Stalzer’s first-period pin over ...

Sports Short: Woodward-Granger breaks free of GMG

WOODWARD — Addie Lego poured in six 3-pointers and a game-high 32 points as Woodward-Granger beat the GMG girls’ basketball team 71-40 on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Lexi Bogardus added 13 points and Andrea Nardini 10 for the host Hawks (3-0). Jocee Mason tallied 15 points and eight rebounds for ...

Sports Short: Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls improve to 2-0

WATERLOO — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball team improved to 2-0 with a 48-44 win at Waterloo Columbus Catholic on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Elly Sieh scored 16 points to lead the Rebels, and Kennedy Brant had 15 points and 10 rebounds. Olivia Riffey and Lily Dripps added six points ...

Sports Short: Rebels rally past Regents in second half

WATERLOO — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team broke away from a halftime tie to beat Waterloo Christian 45-29 in their season opener on Nov. 21. The game was tied at 19-all at the half before G-R outscored the Regents 10-2 in the third quarter and 16-8 in the fourth. Elly Sieh ...

Union-GR grapplers compete at STC Girls Wrestling Invite

TAMA – Last Thursday was an exciting night for many girls grapplers as they took to the mats for the first time this season at the 2nd annual STC Girls Invitational in Tama including wrestlers from the newly-combined Union-GR squad. The two schools entered into a sharing agreement ahead of ...

Four GMG volleyball players named to Iowa Star Conference All-South teams

GARWIN – Four GMG volleyball players were selected to the Iowa Star Conference All-South Division teams this season including first team picks Adelyn Sienknecht and Olivia Maddux . Sienknecht, a senior outside hitter, averaged 2.4 kills and 1.3 digs per set, while junior Maddux, a setter, ...

G-R volleyball’s Kennedy, Larsen, Sieh picked for All-Conference teams

Three Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball players were recently named to the 2023 NICL West Division All-Conference volleyball teams including Kennedy Brant who was selected for first team. The sophomore middle hitter put down 2.0 kills per set and also had 1.3 blocks per set in West matches. Brant ...

Rebels succumb to Bedford comeback

CEDAR FALLS – Jeremy Nally doesn’t think Bedford could stop Gladbrook-Reinbeck all that often last Wednesday afternoon. Instead, the Bedford head coach said the Bulldogs took advantage of self-inflicted errors by the Rebels, opening the door for Bedford’s fourth-quarter comeback capped ...

Rebels get revenge to reach Dome

CLARKSVILLE – Gladbrook-Reinbeck football was ready for Round 2 with Clarksville. The Rebels avenged their only loss of the regular season, stepping up to meet the physicality of the Indians and closing out a 32-20 triumph in a 1A state quarterfinal in Clarksville las Thursday night, Nov. ...