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GMG receives Division 1 rating at state dance championships

DES MOINES – Members of the GMG dance team competed on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the 2026 Iowa State Dance Team Championships at EMC Expo Center in Des Moines, bringing home a Division 1 rating in Hip Hop Class I for an eighth-place finish out of 10 teams. “We couldn’t be more of all the hard ...

Baller Brant scores 1,000th career point in No. 4 Rebels season opener

REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior forward Kennedy Brant not only notched a double-double in the Rebels’ season-opening 72-10 win over East Marshall on Tuesday, Dec. 2, she also scored her 1,000th career point. Brant led her team against the visiting Mustangs with 23 points and 15 ...

Wolverines open with lopsided win at Valley Lutheran

CEDAR FALLS — The GMG boys’ basketball team opened the season with a 58-14 victory over Valley Lutheran in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, Iowa Star Conference contest. The Wolverines held the host Crusaders to six points or fewer in all four quarters, highlighted by a 12-0 advantage in the opening ...

No. 4 Rebels rough up Mustang girls, 72-10

REINBECK — Preseason-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck roughed up the East Marshall girls’ basketball team to the tune of a 72-10 setback in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, NICL West Division opener. The visiting Mustangs (2-1, 0-1) fell behind 18-2 after the opening quarter and trailed 45-7 at the ...

East Marshall snaps 14-game losing streak to Rebels

REINBECK — Three players scored in double figures as the East Marshall boys’ basketball team beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck for the first time in eight seasons, winning 78-49 in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, season opener for both teams. The Mustangs claimed the NICL West win to top the Rebels for the ...

Mustangs compete at Woodward-Granger tourney

WOODWARD — The East Marshall/GMG wrestling team scored seventh out of eight teams at Woodward-Granger’s Dennis Field Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 6, finishing with 52.5 points. The Mustangs were led by a pair of third-place finishes from Jordan Meling (144 pounds) and Deagan Madison ...

Rookie Rebel archery team gains experience from Trojan superstar Ava Boldt

REINBECK – In their inaugural season at the targets, members of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebel archery team are set to tackle their first set of competitions this weekend on the road, competing in South Tama’s Richard & Vicki Koehler Tournament (bullseye) on Saturday, followed by a ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Boys Basketball

GARWIN – Two starters are back and two sophomores with varsity experience are expected to help bolster the GMG boys’ basketball team as it takes on the 2025-26 campaign. The Wolverines return their top scorer from a year ago in senior guard Rider Kupka, who averaged 15.4 points per game ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Girls Basketball

GARWIN – The GMG girls’ basketball team returns six players with considerable starting experience for first-year head coaches Melisa Dieleman and Tammy Woodbury as the Wolverines look to climb the charts in the Iowa Star Conference’s South Division. GMG finished fifth in its division a ...