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Friday Night Lights Returns: GMG tapping last season’s finale momentum

GARWIN – GMG football hopes to bring some momentum from last fall to this year’s 8-man gridiron campaign. The Wolverines defeated Springville 40-38 in last year’s season finale to end at 1-8. GMG brings back a solid chunk of that team back in anticipation of the season opener at ...

Steel Shooters of Traer earns National title

MARENGO, Ohio – Alex Meggers, Gavin Hines, Gwen Wical and Anthony Dudys of the Steel Shooters of Traer brought home a bronze at the 2023 SASP National Championship as a non-collegiate team this year. The placement was for Optic Rimfire Pistol category. The National Championship took place ...

G-R’s Kiburis selected for Senior All-Star Series

Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior William Kiburis received one last chance to represent his Rebels. Kiburis became just the third player in Gladbrook-Reinbeck history to be selected for the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star Series. He played on the Small Schools East ...

Sienknecht returns to all-division Iowa Star Conference South squad

North Tama head softball coach Madonna Madorin was announced as the Iowa Star Conference South Co-Coach of the Year in the league’s all-division teams released recently. Madorin shares the honor with Colo-NESCO’s Candace Sutton. The Redhawks finished the season 7-12, their best finish ...

GMG’s postseason run halted by No. 9 Lisbon

SOLON — The clock struck midnight on the GMG baseball team’s Cinderella run as the Wolverines fell 7-0 to ninth-ranked Lisbon in the Tuesday, July 11 Class 1A Substate 4 final. The Lions (25-4) advanced to the state tournament for the third year in a row, riding the right arm of senior ...

GMG’s improbable run rolls on

BROOKLYN — The little engine that could seems to be gaining steam. Who’s to say where the top of the hill is for the GMG baseball team? The Wolverines earned their third postseason victory on Saturday night, chugging their way into the substate finals with an 8-4 triumph over BGM in the ...

GMG upends Rebels, 7-2

REINBECK — The GMG baseball team pulled an improbable amount of optimism out of a 12-2 loss to Gladbrook-Reinbeck nearly two months earlier. The Wolverines backed up their beliefs by beating the Rebels when it mattered the most. Zach Duncan and Braden Duden combined to pitch a ...

Rebels, Spartans settle for a share

GRUNDY CENTER – Gladbrook-Reinbeck baseball bounced back to split a doubleheader with Grundy Center this past Monday with a 6-2 victory in the nightcap at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex. The Spartans won the opener, 2-1, but both teams finished with two losses in the division, ...

Wolverines rally their way to walkoff win

GREEN MOUNTAIN — The GMG baseball team rallied from a 4-2 deficit to defeat Dunkerton 5-4 in last Wednesday’s (June 21) Iowa Star Conference collision. The Wolverines (6-12) scored three times in the bottom of the seventh inning to chase down the Raiders (6-8). Brayden Duden and Grady ...