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Sports Short: Rebels rally past Regents in second half

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WATERLOO — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls basketball team broke away from a halftime tie to beat Waterloo Christian 45-29 in their season opener on Nov. 21. The game was tied at 19-all at the half before G-R outscored the Regents 10-2 in the third quarter and 16-8 in the fourth. Elly Sieh ...

Union-GR grapplers compete at STC Girls Wrestling Invite

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TAMA – Last Thursday was an exciting night for many girls grapplers as they took to the mats for the first time this season at the 2nd annual STC Girls Invitational in Tama including wrestlers from the newly-combined Union-GR squad. The two schools entered into a sharing agreement ahead of ...

Rebels succumb to Bedford comeback

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CEDAR FALLS – Jeremy Nally doesn’t think Bedford could stop Gladbrook-Reinbeck all that often last Wednesday afternoon. Instead, the Bedford head coach said the Bulldogs took advantage of self-inflicted errors by the Rebels, opening the door for Bedford’s fourth-quarter comeback capped ...

Rebels get revenge to reach Dome

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CLARKSVILLE – Gladbrook-Reinbeck football was ready for Round 2 with Clarksville. The Rebels avenged their only loss of the regular season, stepping up to meet the physicality of the Indians and closing out a 32-20 triumph in a 1A state quarterfinal in Clarksville las Thursday night, Nov. ...

G-R Coaches of the Week: Sean Babinat and Brett Bengen

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With the season extending into the playoffs our coaches are important now more than ever. This week's coaches are offensive line coach Sean Babinat and defensive coordinator Brett Bengen. Sean Babinat Sean Babinat, otherwise known as “Babs”, is the offensive line coach and ...

Wolverines win season finale, notch winningest season since 2016

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MAYNARD – The GMG football team completed its winningest season since 2016 with the October 19 victory 44-24 over West Central. The visiting Wolverines (4-5) scored at least one touchdown in each of four quarters to beat West Central (2-7). The Blue Devils outgained GMG in total offense, ...

Rebels break free of host Central City to advance

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CENTRAL CITY — Isaac Clark threw four touchdown passes – two to Drew Eilers and two to Hudson Clark – to lead the ninth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team to a 36-12 victory over Central City in Friday’s 8-Man state playoffs. Austin Vaverka opened the scoring with a 48-yard ...

Rebels rip Braves in 1st round

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GLADBROOK — Austin Vaverka will find a way to beat opposing defenses. When it wasn’t coming as easy in the run game last Friday against Montezuma, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior got into open spaces as a receiver. He was a key part of an aerial assault by the Rebels resulting in a ...