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East Marshall snaps 14-game losing streak to Rebels

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REINBECK — Three players scored in double figures as the East Marshall boys’ basketball team beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck for the first time in eight seasons, winning 78-49 in the Tuesday, Dec. 2, season opener for both teams. The Mustangs claimed the NICL West win to top the Rebels for the ...

Mustangs compete at Woodward-Granger tourney

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WOODWARD — The East Marshall/GMG wrestling team scored seventh out of eight teams at Woodward-Granger’s Dennis Field Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 6, finishing with 52.5 points. The Mustangs were led by a pair of third-place finishes from Jordan Meling (144 pounds) and Deagan Madison ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Boys Basketball

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GARWIN – Two starters are back and two sophomores with varsity experience are expected to help bolster the GMG boys’ basketball team as it takes on the 2025-26 campaign. The Wolverines return their top scorer from a year ago in senior guard Rider Kupka, who averaged 15.4 points per game ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: GMG Girls Basketball

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GARWIN – The GMG girls’ basketball team returns six players with considerable starting experience for first-year head coaches Melisa Dieleman and Tammy Woodbury as the Wolverines look to climb the charts in the Iowa Star Conference’s South Division. GMG finished fifth in its division a ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: Rebels Boys Basketball

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REINBECK – First-year head coach Brett Bengen helped his alma mater get back to the state tournament for the third year in a row. He’s in for a much more challenging encore. The Gladbrook-Reinbeck basketball team graduated four starters and 86.7 percent of its scoring from last year’s ...

WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: Rebels Girls Basketball

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REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball program scratched a 31-year itch when it advanced to the Class 1A state tournament last winter. The Rebels have a hankering to get back there again this season. Gladbrook-Reinbeck capped the 2024-25 campaign with the school’s first ...

GMG’s Hempy earns repeat all-Iowa Star South first-team honors

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GARWIN – GMG senior setter Hadlee Hempy repeated as an all-Iowa Star Conference South Division first-team pick this season. Hempy led the South Division with 129 assists; in total, she amassed 383 assists, accounting for nearly 90% of the Wolverines' setting game. She also had 58 kills, 109 ...

Rebels’ comeback comes up short

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CEDAR FALLS — Landon Blum’s leaping 10-yard touchdown catch with 3:40 remaining lifted No. 2 seed Woodbine to a 38-30 victory over No. 3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck in the Wednesday, Nov. 12, 8-Player state semifinal football game at the UNI-Dome. Blum’s catch came on fourth-and-goal and ...