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Top-ranked Rebels runner-up at Redhawk tourney

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TRAER – The 1A No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels volleyball team took runner-up in the Redhawks Nest last Saturday, Sept. 7, at the North Tama Volleyball Tournament, finishing just behind the champions, 3A No. 13 Union Knights. On their way to the championship round, the Rebels swept Waterloo ...

Wolverines, Rebels among runners at Pine Lake

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ELDORA — Grundy Center cross country junior Emerson Vokes cruised to an individual title at a South Hardin Invite held at Pine Lake Golf Course last Thursday, Sept. 5. Vokes, last year’s state runner-up in Class 1A, completed the course in 16 minutes, 32 seconds — almost two minutes ...

Lady Rebels compete at South Hardin Invite

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ELDORA — West Marshall freshman Dalaney Eldridge finished third overall to lead area competitors at a South Hardin Invite at Pine Lake Golf Course on Thursday, Sept. 5. Eldridge clocked in at 22:10. Jesup’s Mackenzie Wilson won in 20:27 and Hudson’s Mollie Hansen was the runner-up at ...

Wolverines open with a win

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GARWIN — GMG volleyball hopes it has set the tone for the season to come with a resilient, season-opening victory over BGM at GMG High School on Thursday, Aug. 29.. The Wolverines fought out of deficits in the first and third sets to secure a 3-0 sweep of the Bears (2-1), 25-23, 25-21, ...

GMG falls in Colfax-Mingo title match

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COLFAX — The GMG and East Marshall volleyball teams competed in the Colfax-Mingo Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 31, with GMG falling to Coon-Rapids Bayard in the title match. GMG (5-1) went 4-1 on the day with straight-set wins over Nodaway Valley (21-8, 21-16), East Marshall (21-17, 21-11), ...

Rebels return star power in search of next step

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REINBECK — Toughness drives everything that Gladbrook-Reinbeck football does. The Rebels have shown steady improvement since moving to 8-man in 2018 and reached new heights last fall as state semifinalists, making their first appearance in the UNI-Dome as an 8-man squad. G-R returns three ...

Numbers and experience are scarce for Wolverines

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GARWIN — GMG football will experience trial by fire this fall. The majority of the approximately 15 players Wolverines head coach Devon Diederichs expects to play for the 8-man squad this season are underclassmen, as GMG seeks to fill in for six seniors that graduated from last year’s 4-5 ...

GMG’s Teske tabs back-to-back honors

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GARWIN – GMG junior shortstop Colin Teske was named to the all-Iowa Star Conference’s South Division first team for the second year in a row, highlighting the list of five area baseball players honored to the league’s top squad. Teske garnered the third all-conference honor of his ...

Sienknecht named to all-division Iowa Star Conference South squad

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TRAER – The North Tama softball program continued its upward trajectory this season under second-year head coach Madonna Merchant by landing seven players on the Iowa Star Conference South all-division teams including former GMG pitcher Adelyn Sienknecht. For the second year in a row, ...