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Wolverines drop conference tilt with Colo-NESCO

A slow offensive start was too much for GMG boys’ basketball to overcome on Tuesday, Jan. 24, as a 64-39 loss to the Colo-NESCO Royals dropped the Wolverines to 6-10 on the season and 5-5 in Iowa Star South action. GMG trailed 22-5 after the first quarter and struggled on offense all ...

GMG girls’ basketball team reaches 10 wins

GMG girls’ basketball hit the 10-win mark with a good portion of the season left to go on Tuesday, Jan. 24, defeating Colo-NESCO 54-30 on the road and moving to 10-6 on the season and 7-3 in the Iowa Star South. Colo-NESCO drops to 2-13 and 2-9. The Wolverines had a strong first quarter ...

Wolverines run riot to top Comets

GMG girls’ basketball has struggled to score at times this season. Defense has kept the Wolverines close in most games, but what has decided wins or losses is how well the Wolverines play on offense. For most of last Friday night’s (Jan. 20) Iowa Star South battle with BCLUW, the ...

Rebels succumb to rival Spartans

For a low-scoring contest, the Friday, Jan. 13 boys’ basketball showdown between Class 1A No. 3 (now No. 4) Gladbrook-Reinbeck and rivals Grundy Center was a game filled with big momentum swings. Scoring runs were frequent and neither team scored consistently for more than a few minutes at ...

No. 3 G-R boys remain unbeaten

In a game with plenty of ebbs and flows last Friday night, there was one constant for Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball — energy. Fighting through solid defense from East Marshall and missed 3-pointers on offense the Rebels kept pushing, kept their energy and hustle up and pulled away ...

Cooley catches fire, G-R runs over Mustangs

For most of the first quarter last Friday night (Jan. 6), Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball senior Megan Cooley wasn’t making waves. Scoreless and sitting on the bench for half of the first frame, she was watching as East Marshall held on to a slim lead despite being shorthanded and ...

GMG controls glass, handles Dunkerton

Following a heartbreaking one-point loss to Waterloo Christian on Tuesday, Jan. 3 GMG girls’ basketball was faced Thursday with an opportunity to get back on track. Dunkerton’s size would be an issue for the Wolverines, until it wasn’t — GMG controlled the glass for much of the ...

2022 T-R All-Area Volleyball Teams announced

The Times-Republican newspaper recently announced its 2022 All-Area Volleyball Team selections which include Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach Paula Kelley as Co-Coach of the Year alongside North Tama’s head coach Channing Halstead. Both coaches received the same honor in 2021. G-R’s Ava ...

Wyatt carries Rebels’ flag

A cold, wintery December afternoon in the Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School cafeteria is where Ava Wyatt sits down ready to reflect. Not just on the season that was, but on a volleyball career that spanned four years and experienced two runs to the Class 1A state title match — and included a ...

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Wolverine girls walloped by Baxter A two-point first quarter set the tone for a rough night at the office for GMG girls’ basketball as the Wolverines lost 54-24 Tuesday, Dec. 20, in an Iowa Star South conference matchup. Baxter is 7-1 and 6-0 in ISS play, while GMG dropped to 6-2 and 4-2 ...