William Kiburis has found his fit to elevate his basketball game. After the Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior ended a decorated high school career at the state tournament, he recently announced his commitment to Upper Iowa University’s men’s basketball team. Kiburis is a three-time all-state ...
When the chance to join the staff at the Times-Republican originated this spring with the departure of assistant sports editor Noah Rohlfing, it was an opportunity Jake Ryder couldn’t pass up. Ryder rejoined a trio of former Mid-America Publishing coworkers when he started as the T-R’s ...
REINBECK — Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys soccer’s new spot at No. 1 in the Class 1A rankings is only motivating the Rebels further. “We know everyone’s gonna come for us,” GC/G-R senior captain Tyler Nolder said. “It makes us want to work a little bit harder.” And ...
REINBECK — Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls soccer showed plenty of fire in the first half against 10th-ranked (1A) Dike-New Hartford. But in a flash, it was all undone by the Wolverines. Camille Landphair scored three goals in a four-minute span for D-NH in an offensive flurry, ...
CONRAD — BCLUW boys golf finished as runners-up in a home Iowa Star quadrangular with Don Bosco, Waterloo Christian and GMG at Oakwood Golf Course on Tuesday night. The Comets shot 175 as a team, 19 strokes behind Don Bosco in first. Waterloo Christian scored a 184 and GMG came in with a ...
ELDORA — BCLUW girls golf defeated South Hardin and Gladbrook-Reinbeck in an NICL triangular at Pine Lake Country Club this past Monday. BCLUW had a 205 team score, well ahead of the hosts with a 234 and G-R coming in with a 285. The Comets swept the individual awards, with Brooklynn ...
REINBECK — Tyler Nolder fired in three goals in Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys soccer’s 10-0 rout of Waterloo East this past Monday night. The Class 1A second-ranked Rebels finished off the East Trojans in the 51st minute on Austin Betts’ second goal of the night. Dylan Knaack ...
CONRAD — The West Marshall tandem of Hunter Polley and Ella Meyer shot a round of 7-over-par 42 to finish atop the BCLUW Comet Co-Ed Invite last week Tuesday at Oakwood Golf Course. The Trojan duo claimed a one-stroke win over Jesup’s Ethan and Morgan Krall. West Marshall captured three ...
Cody Weaver shot a 2-under-par 34 to earn medalist honors in leading the East Marshall boys’ golf team to a triangular triumph over Gladbrook-Reinbeck and GMG last Monday at Wandering Creek Golf Course. Weaver birdied two of the last four holes to take medalist honors by a whopping nine ...
REINBECK — It was a hump the Rebels just couldn’t get over in William Kiburis’s sophomore and junior seasons at Gladbrook-Reinbeck. Two straight years in which a fourth-quarter lead in the substate finals went begging, including a heartbreaking loss in overtime against Bellevue in ...