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GMG’s Bessman takes gold at Comets’ Early Bird meet

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CONRAD — The BCLUW boys track and field team scored 76 points to finish third as a team at the Comets’ Early Bird meet at BCLUW High School on Thursday, April 3. Jesup won the team title with 124 points, followed by Des Moines North with 94 points. GMG placed eighth with 21 points, North ...

Brant named NICL West MVP

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REINBECK – Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball made its run to the top of the NICL West Division for the first time since 1997, and the Rebels might not be done yet. G-R junior Kennedy Brant was named the NICL West’s Outstanding Player after helping the Rebels reach their first conference ...

Rebels push Lynx to the brink

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DES MOINES – With 31 years between state tournament appearances, Amber Gerringer would understand if there were questions about whether Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball belonged at Wells Fargo Arena. The G-R head coach thinks everyone has their answer now after last Wednesday’s ...

G-R’s Kennedy Brant selected to IPSWA all-state squad

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DES MOINES — Kennedy Brant of Gladbrook-Reinbeck helped lead her team to the girls’ state basketball tournament this winter, and was rewarded for it appropriately. The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association recently named Brant to the Class 1A first team in a vote of statewide media and ...

Rebels rock Warhawks for three-peat

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MARSHALLTOWN – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team watched the video of North Mahaska rallying back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Montezuma in the Class 1A District 9 finals. When the Rebels met the Warhawks in last Saturday’s (March 1) Substate 5 showdown with a ...

Rebels reach state for first time since 1994

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NEVADA — Lily Dripps never had a doubt. The Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior could see, from the very first practices this season, how much the Rebel girls basketball team wanted this to be their year. Their will found a way on Wednesday night — G-R opened up a big second-half lead that ...

Matherns, Rebels make it rain

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REINBECK — One of the best 3-point shooting teams in Class 1A showed off this past Monday night. Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball set a season high with 13 3-pointers in a 73-40 rout of BCLUW in a Class 1A District 10 quarterfinal played at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School on Monday, ...

Comets climb beyond GMG’s reach

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CONRAD — BCLUW girls basketball sharpened up after a challenge from a determined GMG team on Thursday, Feb. 13, and the Comets eventually bounded away for a 57-31 victory in a Class 1A Region 8 opener at BCLUW High School. BCLUW improved to 15-7 overall and was set to welcome another ...