CONRAD - In one, four-hour period, the epitome of an entire track season was put on display at the Early Bird track and field meet in Conrad - hosted by BCLUW - on Tuesday.Care free attitudes, laughter, lose warmups and sunshine helped showcase one of the first outdoor track and field meets of ...
REINBECK - In a little March Madness style of its own, the 2016 NICL senior all-star game came down to an exciting finish Friday night, with the West Division winning in the final seconds, 57-55.Hitting her fourth 3-pointer of the game, South Hardin's Kayla Anderson sank the 20-footer with ...
REINBECK - In what looked like a shorter version of the NBA all-star game, the West Division routed the East Division in the boys' NICL senior all-star game Friday night in Reinbeck, a 99-78 decision.Jer Stull of AGWSR was the West's MVP, tallying 18 points on four made 3-pointers. Grundy ...
DES MOINES - Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior guard Joe Smoldt has been named to the Iowa Newspaper Association Class 1A boys basketball all-state first team for the second consecutive year.This honor comes on the heels of Smoldt being named the Class 1A Boys State All-Tournament team captain for the ...
DES MOINES - The Rebels are looking at the positives, being recognized as the fourth-best team out of 150 or so schools in Class 1A.Still, after a title run a year ago, finishing fourth in the Class 1A Iowa Boys State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena Friday with a 61-56 loss to West ...
DES MOINES - It was a tale of two halves for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' basketball team, as it was able to bounce back from a four-point deficit at halftime and claim a 67-48 victory against No. 6-seed Jesup in the Class 1A quarterfinals Monday.Junior Joe Smoldt went off in the second half, ...
A late-season football injury forced Joe Smoldt into the starting point guard spot at Gladbrook-Reinbeck a year early.A year later, he's proven himself once again.Smoldt has been named the North Iowa Cedar League West Division's Outstanding Player for the second year in a row in a vote among ...
CEDAR FALLS - For the second-straight year, the No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' basketball team is headed back to the state tournament. And for the first time ever, the Rebels are vying to defend the state championship.After an edgy, 49-41 victory against No. 10 Lynnville-Sully in the Substate 5 ...
REINBECK - The defending Class 1A state champions took a strong first step in the postseason, as the Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' basketball team put away BCLUW 85-32 in the District 9 quarterfinals here Thursday.The Rebels (20-2) claimed their 11th consecutive win after jumping out to a 28-5 lead ...
REINBECK - After making 10 3-pointers, the Dunkerton boys' basketball team still could only get within 24 points of No. 6 Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Tuesday night.A 68-44 final was the outcome of the two teams' meeting, and it only managed to stay close for about a quarter.Despite quick transition ...