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Wolverines withstand top-ranked Rebels By ADAM RING

GLADBROOK - Friday night featured a pair of opposing running backs that both ran for 2,000 yards a season ago. One running back couldn't be stopped. The other running back couldn't get it going. Dike-New Hartford's Trent Johnson broke off a 55-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to give ...

JV Rebel Football By Coach Mike Bengen

It was a beautiful Tuesday September 8, 2015 and the Rebels played host to our neighbors to the north, the Dike New Hartford Wolverines. We really wanted to improve our play from last week but also knew we would have a strong test from DNH. We had a good week of practice and we were ready to ...

G-R knocks off Knights

LA PORTE CITY - Eric Stoakes ran for 113 yards, including a 22-yard touchdown in the second quarter, as Gladbrook-Reinbeck avenged its only regular-season loss from a year ago by beating Union Community 13-6 on Friday night.The Rebels, ranked No. 1 in the Des Moines Register's preseason poll, ...

K-4 GR flag football

The new Rebel football season has brought another successful youth flag football program to the communities of Gladbrook and Reinbeck. The G-R flag football program had a lot of participants with over 50 kids practicing throughout the week and playing on Saturdays.We appreciate the efforts of ...

Local athletes on volleyball squad at Central

PELLA, IOWA-Emily Stoakes, sr., right side, 6-0, Gladbrook-Reinbeck HS Awards/honors: Two varsity letters; North Park (Ill.) Viking Clash all-tournament team (2014); Illinois College Inv. all-tournament team (2014)2014 stats: 31 matches played, 224 kills (2.24/set), .237 attack percentage, 13 ...

Catching his breath

With sweat pouring down his face and a big gulp of air anxious to exhale, Austin Peters pounded his drive 296 yards left of the center cut of the first fairway.One successful shot into his professional debut, the Reinbeck native finally breathed.He hastily learned, however, that there is no ...

Aiming for the stars

His degree in hand, an exceptional golf game in tow, and stars in his eyes, Austin Peters started chasing this dream 10 years ago.On Thursday, it becomes reality.Peters, a 2005 Gladbrook-Reinbeck graduate, will be in the third group off the first tee for the opening round of the 2015 PGA ...

Rebels band together for last trophy

DES MOINES - Even after a promising start went awry, Gladbrook-Reinbeck was dead-set in going out on its own terms.And while a victory steadily looked more improbable, the Rebels wanted to play together as long as they could.Stringing together four runs in the top of the fifth, ...

Rebel trio redefines ‘four – sport athlete’

REINBECK - From the UNI-Dome to Wells Fargo Arena and James Cownie Soccer Complex to Principal Park, senior Camden Kickbush and juniors Josh Cooley and Jake Mohlis have been part of it all.The Gladbrook-Reinbeck trio has experienced a school year unlike any other, riding the wave of four state ...

Rebel rally downs Dons for state bid

PARKERSBURG - A business trip to New Orleans prevented Chad Kickbush from watching his son pitch in Tuesday's Class 1A Substate 3 contest.Camden Kickbush made sure his father would have at least one more opportunity to see him compete in a Rebel jersey a few days later.Scattering four hits in a ...