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Rebels’ unbeaten run dashed by Don Bosco

Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach Jon Olson lives for football games like Friday night’s home battle with Don Bosco. The 8-Man No. 6 Rebels (6-1, 4-1 District 5) may not have been on the right side of the scoreline, falling to the Dons 42-36 (5-2, 5-0) and taking their first loss of the season, ...

G-R tops Redhawks for BCLUW title

The Class 1A No. 11 Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team finished atop the BCLUW Tournament on Saturday, going 5-0 on the day to take the title thanks to a 2-1 triumph over No. 12 North Tama in the championship match. The Rebels (22-11) swept through pool play by beating 1A No. 15 BCLUW (22-20, ...

GC/G-R wins Dike-New Hartford meet

A measured performance from Kaden Lynch led the way for Grundy Center-Gladbrook Reinbeck as GC/G-R took home the team title Tuesday at Dike-New Hartford’s Invite. Lynch finished in third place in a time of 16 minutes, 57 seconds. He was followed up by Soren Cleveland in ninth place with a ...

Wolverines rally to defeat Baxter

In their only action during the past week, the GMG Wolverines volleyball team came back after a first set loss to defeat the Baxter Bolts 3-1 on Oct. 7. The Wolverines took the final three sets with scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-23. Sophomore Adelyn Sienknecht paced GMG’s offense with 10 ...

Rebels run rampant on Meskwaki

The eighth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team needed four plays or fewer to score eight of its nine touchdowns, coasting to a 72-6 triumph over Meskwaki Settlement in Friday’s Homecoming game. The Rebels (6-0, 4-0) forced three turnovers and a safety, needing only 246 yards of total ...

Cross country team marches game ball to Gladbrook

The GC/G-R cross country team embarked on a backroad journey Friday afternoon as they ran the homecoming game ball 15.4 miles from Reinbeck south to the football field in Gladbrook. Here the group comes into Lincoln on E Avenue near the halfway point of the run. From left are Ethan Sadler, ...

Junior high runners lend a hand

During the cross country meet at Jesup on Sept. 28 a group of junior high cross country runners took it upon themselves to pitch in with clean up efforts at the Jesup Golf and Country Club. The kids helped unload some of the trash cans near the clubhouse that were overflowing after spectators ...

Wolverines topple the Royals 3-0

The GMG Wolverines volleyball team captured their sixth win of the season in a 3-0 victory over Colo-NESCO on Sept. 30. The win broke a seven game losing streak dating back to the team’s home tournament on Sept. 11. Through all three sets against Colo, GMG stayed in command. The Royals’ ...

G-R wallops improved GMG to stay unbeaten

After coming into the season with some uncertainty over how the offense would change with the departure of quarterback Keagan Giesking, 8-Man No. 9 Gladbrook-Reinbeck football has no more uncertainty — instead, it has two quarterbacks capable of pushing the Rebels forward. G-R took another ...