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Unbeaten Cadets turn back GC/G-R

IOWA FALLS - Marcos Vila scored a hat trick to help Class 2A No. 6 Iowa Falls-Alden deny 1A No. 4 Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7-3, on Monday night.The host Cadets improved to 15-0 with the high-scoring win. Iowa Falls-Alden has scored at least four goals in all of its games this season, ...

Mustangs, Trojans come up short

STATE CENTER - As the scorekeepers tallied up the incoming cards, there just appeared to be too many big numbers on those of East and West Marshall golfers Monday at Lincoln Valley Golf Course.As the team totals got higher and higher, and by the time the last nine holes were counted, the ...

Rebels stop Falcons on penalty kicks

REINBECK - The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck needed a little extra time, and then some, as the Rebels won 2-1 by penalty kicks against Aplington-Parkersburg on Monday night.Madison McMartin had the lone goal in regulation, assisted by Marina Strohbehn. She then nabbed two penalty kicks while ...

Seniors spur Spartans to invite title

GRUNDY CENTER - Jesper Holke-Farnam made an example out of himself.The Grundy Center senior wants to leave the Spartan boys' golf program with its strong tradition intact, and he used his struggles on the sixth hole on his home course to talk about what it's going to take for that to ...

Knaack-out: No. 3 Rebels top Decorah

REINBECK - Bryce Schick had eight saves for the Class 1A No. 3 Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys. Avery Dugger had six for Decorah. When the final horn sounded, Dugger would be wishing he had two more to tie.Erik Knaack found the back of the net twice, once in each half, to help the Rebels ...

Mustangs lead locals at Lady Simons Relays

DIKE - McKaylie Coleman scored eight team points on a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, leading the East Marshall girls' track and field team to a third-place finish (69 points) Tuesday at the Lady Simons Relays.Coleman ran a 1 minute, 12.16 second-race, finishing behind BCLUW's ...

GC/G-R girls score mercy win vs. CAL

REINBECK - Madison McMartin had a hat trick as the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls' soccer team topped CAL 10-0 in 56 minutes Tuesday night.Emerson Kracht and Audrey Leyen each notched a pair of goals for the Rebels (4-2) while Taylor Gienger, Cora Saak and Brianna Strohbehn also scored. ...

Rebel with a cause

REINBECK - He'd heard it all before."Keep your head up."One hackneyed phrase after another."Who cares what people say?"The clichs had become commonplace."Control what you can control."His parents' words coming out of his own mouth."It's not a good deal, but you've got to fight through it."The ...

Spartan tennis team trumps Knights

LAPORTE CITY - The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck had no problems dispatching the Union tennis team in a 7-2 win Monday night.Tjaden Meester, Chase Boren, Garrett Weldon, Jordan Hook and Sam Ollendieck all won their singles matches. Meester had some extra fun, winning 7-6, 7-5 in his matches. ...

Mustangs, Rebels set pace for 2017

LE GRAND - For the second-straight evening, the late-March weather cooperated and competing teams got a chance to set their marks for the upcoming season at the 2017 East Marshall Boys' Early Bird Relays on Tuesday.Madrid ran away with the team title, touting one of the best throws in the state ...