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Comet comeback engulfs GMG

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Leading 31-19 over BCLUW girls’ basketball with half of the third quarter to play, GMG was on its way to one of its best performances of the season against a strong team, head coach Justin Hornberg said. The final 12 minutes of game action, Hornberg said, would go down as one of its worst ...

Blakesley named to IFCA All-State Honor Roll

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior Drake Blakesely was recently honored as one of the highest achieving football players academically in the State of Iowa. Blakesley was named to the Iowa Football Coaches Association Academic All-State Honor Roll for the 2021 season. The senior Rebel was one of only ...

G-R girls overtake Tigers in double OT

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The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls varsity team made it a clean sweep of the South Hardin Tigers on Monday, though it took them two overtime periods to get there. The Rebels, who took a 35-26 win over South Hardin in December, were on the hunt for their seventh win of the season. The Rebels came ...

No. 6 Rebels in control of NICL West, remain undefeated

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Sizing up the regular season calendar, it became clear for the sixth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels that mid-January would be a litmus test. Though a marquee matchup with 2A No. 3 Aplington-Parkersburg still looms, the Rebels have cleared some space at the top of the NICL West conference ...

Rebel Nation celebrated at Hall of Fame banquet

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The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Booster Club Hall of Fame celebration returned this winter after a year hiatus in early 2021. Close to 100 G-R Rebels gathered at the Oak Leaf Country Club near Reinbeck to honor a group of inductees that included past G-R athletic teams as well as fans, school ...

G-R blitzes Cougars, coasts to victory

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Going into Monday night’s home game against Sumner-Fredericksburg, Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball head coach Scott Kiburis knew the Cougars would try to limit possessions. So the Rebels dialed up a full-court man press, sped up the game and forced the Cougars into a number of ...

Mustangs 0-2 in non-conference duals

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The East Marshall/GMG wrestling team traveled to face Benton Community and South Tama in non-conference action on Jan. 6, falling to both the Bobcats and Trojans in dual action. South Tama defeated East Marshall/GMG 45-21, while host Benton scored a 55-17 victory against the Mustangs. EM/GMG ...

Pirates run aground in Reinbeck

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The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Rebels shot into the new year like a bullet from a gun. Coming off a 20-point victory over previously undefeated North Mahaska and a proper throttling of the North Tama Redhawks (73-39) to end the fall semester, it might have been easy for the Rebels to let their foot off ...

G-R girls tripped up by Hudson to start the new year

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior guard Mahayla Olsen gets tangled up with Hudson’s Ella Engel during G-R’s first game of the 2022 calendar year. Hudson got the better of the matchup, defeating the Rebels 43-27. Leading scorer for the Rebels was junior forward Megan Cooley who finished with 12 ...