REINBECK -Senior Josh Cooley and junior Erik Knaack were both named to the Class 1A, honorable mention list Thursday when the 2016 all-state boys' soccer teams were released.Cooley and Knaack were the only area athletes named to any all-state team.Cooley helped save the way for his team as the ...
DES MOINES - Erik Knaack will probably eat free for the rest of the summer.The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck junior took a cross from Walker Thede and headed in the lone goal of the third-place match with Iowa City Regina, leading the Rebels (18-3) to a 1-0 victory Saturday at the Iowa Boys' ...
REINBECK - The BCLUW and Gladbrook-Reinbeck baseball teams split a doubleheader Monday in NICL West play. G-R took game one 5-4 in 10 innings, while BCLUW claimed an 8-5 win in the nightcap.Tyler Chester took the win on the mound for the Rebels (1-2, 1-1) in the opener. Brad Barkema was handed ...
GLADBROOK - The BCLUW softball team blanked Gladbrook-Reinbeck 3-0 on Monday in NICL West action.The Comets (8-4, 3-1 NICL West) did their scoring early on, scoring a run in the first and another two in the second. Olivia Callaway picked up the victory from the pitcher's circle, giving up just ...
DES MOINES - Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach Kirk Dinsdale put up the second bookend to a storied career Saturday, coaching the Rebels (18-3) to a Class 1A third-place finish at the state tournament, winning 1-0 against Iowa City Regina.As the Rebels gathered around behind their ...
FORT DODGE - A day that started with struggles ended with a loftier score than they had hoped as the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck finished the first day of the Class 2A state golf meet with a 323 at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course.Jake Bangasser shot the lowest score of any Spartan on ...
REINBECK - Kirk Dinsdale stood stiff as the ice water from a few green Gatorade water bottles careened down his head, front and back. Cheers and laughs rang out from the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys' soccer team's bench.The Rebels (16-2) were headed back to state.GC/G-R defeated ...
REINBECK - Someone from the Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck bench let out an "Oh yes!" immediately after Colton Dinsdale let a free kick fly toward the Clear Lake goal Wednesday night.It sounded like one of those spectators at the tee during a professional golf tournament who yells "It's in ...
FORT DODGE - Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck shot better, but so did everyone else at the Class 2A boys state golf meet Saturday at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course.Jesper Holke-Farnam shot a 74 - after shooting an 80 the day before - to lead the Spartans through the final day of the state ...
NEVADA - If there was ever a physical description of the word bittersweet, it could have probably been found in Jill Itzen's tears on Monday afternoon, after qualifying for the Class 3A state golf tournament at Indian Creek Country Club.The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck senior was elated ...