REINBECK - While fans might have gathered to watch the NICL Senior All-Star game on Friday night at Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School, what they saw was actually an incredible showing by the West Divsion's two top players.Mandy Willems from AGWSR and Isabelle Gradwell from West Marshall showed why ...
REINBECK - While no one is going to argue there was a lot of defense played on the boys side of the NICL Senior All-Star game on Friday evening, there was some late-game intrigue in the matchup.The West Division squad had built a comfortable lead midway through the second half, but the East ...
REINBECK - The North Iowa Cedar League senior game has been set for a March 16 showing, pitting the best of seniors from the West and East divisions against each other for one final game.The game is open to all seniors in the conference, and there will be a 3-point shooting contest during ...
BURNSVILLE, Minn - Former Gladbrook-Reinbeck star and current Upper Iowa University freshman Joe Smoldt was recently named the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Freshman of the Year after a strong first campaign this season.Smoldt, the seventh-leading scorer in Iowa high school history, ...
DES MOINES - The nightcap of day two of the Iowa Girls' High School State Basketball Tournament featured a 2A matchup between No. 7 Iowa City Regina and No. 8 Grundy Center, with the Spartans making their first trip to the state tournament since winning the whole thing 13 years ago.That close ...
REINBECK - Game two of the Class 1A District 7 semifinal doubleheader on Tuesday was another chapter in the long rivalry between North Tama and Gladbrook-Reinbeck, with the winner this time keeping their state tournament dreams alive.Last time the Rebels and Redhawks met this season, G-R ...
LE GRAND - Having been so close so many times before, the Grundy Center girls' basketball team paid no mind to a few extra minutes and a little added pressure.The eighth-ranked Spartans survived a defensive battle with No. 13 Pekin and dealt the Lady Panthers a 44-36 defeat in Monday's Class 2A ...
ANKENY - The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' basketball team suffered defeat in Monday's regular-season finale, falling 53-43 to Class 1A No. 8 Ankeny Christian Academy (17-3).The Rebels (15-6) were led by Walker Thede's 13 points. Caden Kickbush added a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds, ...
DIKE - Freshman 113-pounder Trey Lashbrook was the only AGWSR wrestler to advance through Saturday's Class 1A Sectional 3 meet, taking second place without having to wrestle back.Lashbrook (37-3) defeated Dike-New Hartford's Dylan Ohrt by an 8-2 decision in the semifinals before falling to ...
NEW HAMPTON - The South Hardin-BCLUW wrestling team advanced four wrestlers through to next Saturday's district meet, led by Class 2A Section 1 champion Taylor Kolthoff at 113 pounds.Kolthoff (28-6) won his bracket with a pin in the semifinals followed by a 5-0 decision of Charles City's ...