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Ehlers, Zinkula earn third-straight state trip for Spartans

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PELLA - Three local athletes walked out of the Class 2A state-qualifying cross country meet on Thursday with a ticket punched to the big dance, as the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls team earned two state qualifiers and the West Marshall team earned one.Lily Ehlers and Reegan Zinkula ...

Rebels roll into quarters with sweep of AGWSR

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REINBECK - NICL West Division foes Gladbrook-Reinbeck and AGWSR met up for one final meeting on Tuesday night as the Rebels hosted the Cougars for the first round of the Class 1A Region 3 tournament.Just like the last time the two teams faced off, G-R found itself in the winner's circle, ...

Ehlers spearheads Spartans’ sprint to third

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REINBECK - Saturday's running of the North Iowa Cedar League meet at Oak Leaf Country Club resembled more of a Tough Mudder race than a cross country one, with the athletes in attendance battling wind, rain, and, of course, mud.Those less-than-ideal conditions didn't seem to bother the Class 2A ...

Rebels roll into quarters with sweep of AGWSR

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REINBECK - NICL West Division foes Gladbrook-Reinbeck and AGWSR met up for one final meeting on Tuesday night as the Rebels hosted the Cougars for the first round of the Class 1A Region 3 tournament.Just like the last time the two teams faced off, G-R found itself in the winner's circle, ...

Rebels rebound by blanking Belle Plaine

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INDEPENDENCE - Just six days after its first loss of the season - and first loss in several seasons - the Class A No. 8 Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team got back to its winning ways with a Class A District 5 win over Belle Plaine, 43-0, on Friday night at Independence High School.Quarterback ...

Hudson snaps GR’s 29 game win streak 5-0

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GLADBROOK - The elements and the opponent combined to make an insurmountable adversary.Twenty hours after postponing their originally scheduled football game, Gladbrook-Reinbeck got bogged down by Hudson and a venue that truly resembled its nickname.A sideways rain, slippery footballs, a whole ...

Newman makes instant impact for South Hardin

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GRUNDY CENTER - An area runner had a shot at the top spot at the Spartan Invite on Thursday afternoon at the Town & Country Golf Club, but it wasn't a known commodity for local racing fans.South Hardin sophomore ZaKee Newman, running in his first varsity race of the season, was barely ...

Second-ranked Rebels overcome early deficit

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GLADBROOK - Hunter Lott threw five touchdown passes to help Class A No. 2 Gladbrook-Reinbeck overcome an early deficit en route to a 38-13 win against BGM in Friday's District 5 win.The Rebels (5-0, 3-0) extended their win streak to 27 consecutive games despite trailing the visiting Bears by a ...

Wilkening’s Wolverines move up

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GRUNDY CENTER - The 19th annual Spartan Invite on Thursday was likely the hottest in quite a while, as the area cross country teams had to deal with 90-degree-plus temperatures on the day as well as a tough course at the Town & Country Golf Club.Top-area finisher Kyla Wilkening didn't ...

Spartans harriers compete in Jesup

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JESUP - The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck cross country team traveled to compete in the Jesup Invitational on Tuesday at the Jesup Golf Course, and the Spartans girls came away in eighth out of 20 teams in the event with a team score of 217.Lily Ehlers was the top GC/G-R finisher, coming in ...