REINBECK - Entering the fourth quarter on Saturday night, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team trailed BGM 38-29 and it needed a spark early on to traverse the comeback trail in the final eight minutes.To make matters worse, senior Maddie Frischmeyer - who had was the leading scorer ...
REINBECK - Walker Thede finished with a career-high 20 points to lead the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' basketball team to a season-opening 55-43 victory over Grundy Center in Friday's NICL West Division showdown.Thede made a pair of 3-pointers and had five rebounds for the Rebels (1-0, 1-0). Mason ...
REINBECK - Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior Taylor Gienger matched her career-high with 23 points and the Rebel girls' basketball team trampled Ankeny Christian Academy 68-31 in both teams' season-opener here Tuesday night.Maddie Frischmeyer and Saari Kuehl added 11 points apiece for ...
DES MOINES - A number of local preps were honored with selection to the Iowa Newspaper Association's annual all-state football teams.Gladbrook-Reinbeck, which qualified for its eighth-straight playoffs before falling in the state quarterfinals, had a total of seven players selected to the Class ...
ST. ANSGAR - As a brisk wind blew dry the tears lingering on John Olson's face, a team other than his own was celebrating a state quarterfinal victory.For the first time in four years, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team was stopped short of the UNI-Dome as the No. 7 Rebels were handled by No. ...
FAIRBANK - A blast of arctic weather hit the state just in time to give Friday's opening round of the Iowa State Football Playoffs an almost professional playoff atmosphere, as the sub-freezing temperatures felt more like January than late October.That cold weather couldn't cool down the ...
PELLA - Three local athletes walked out of the Class 2A state-qualifying cross country meet on Thursday with a ticket punched to the big dance, as the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls team earned two state qualifiers and the West Marshall team earned one.Lily Ehlers and Reegan Zinkula ...
REINBECK - NICL West Division foes Gladbrook-Reinbeck and AGWSR met up for one final meeting on Tuesday night as the Rebels hosted the Cougars for the first round of the Class 1A Region 3 tournament.Just like the last time the two teams faced off, G-R found itself in the winner's circle, ...
COLFAX - Gladbrook-Reinbeck coach John Olson doesn't believe in screaming and yelling at his players when things don't go well. But Olson and his coaching staff made sure the Rebel players knew they were disappointed in them after a sluggish first half against Colfax-Mingo on Friday.The message ...
REINBECK - NICL West Division foes Gladbrook-Reinbeck and AGWSR met up for one final meeting on Tuesday night as the Rebels hosted the Cougars for the first round of the Class 1A Region 3 tournament.Just like the last time the two teams faced off, G-R found itself in the winner's circle, ...