September 2019

Area athletes compete at elite Drake Relays

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DES MOINES – Five area athletes qualified to compete in the high school division of the Drake Relays held at Drake Stadium Thursday through Saturday of last week.
AGWSR’s Clay Meinders competed in the shot put event, earning a top 10 finish with a seventh place throw of 51 feet 11 ¾ inches.

After two-year absence, Spartans return to top of own invitational

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GRUNDY CENTER — For 11 consecutive years the top spot at the Spartan Invitational boys’ golf tournament had been reserved for the home team. And after two years away, Grundy Center is back on top.
The Spartans had four individuals place in the top eight, including meet medalist Lane Bangassser, on their way to a 14-shot victory in the tournament Saturday at the Town and Country Golf Club.

Pair of firsts lead Spartan boys to seventh at Hampton-Dumont

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HAMPTON — Grundy Center claimed a pair of individual event titles on its way to a seventh-place finish in the Hampton-Dumont Invitational last Monday.
The Spartans finished with 53 points, scoring six top-five finishes in the meet. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura won the meet with 144 ½ points while Clarion-Goldfield (119) and Denver (100) rounded out the top three.

G-R soccer boys remain undefeated

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REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ soccer team remained undefeated on the young season with a 3-1 victory at Denver.
Wyatt Swanson scored a pair of goals for the Rebels (3-0) while Dustin Dinsdale had a single goal and Camden Kickbush recorded an assist. Josh Cooley had eight saves in goal.
The Rebels hosted CAL, Latimer Tuesday and get their best test of the season Thursday at Waverly-Shell Rock.
 

Spartan tennis girls fall to South Tama

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TAMA — The Grundy Center girls’ tennis team could not convert opportunities last Tuesday while dropping a 9-0 decision to South Tama.
The Spartans (0-4) played a lot of games to deuce, according to Coach John Baade, but could not get the wins.
“South Tama had a senior team with a lot of experience,” he said. “Our GC girls played a lot of games to deuce but close doesn't get a game win.  That being said all of the girls are playing better and I think by conference time we will win some of these games.”

 

Wolverine girls win own triangular

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DIKE – The Dike-New Hartford girls’ golf team continued their winning ways on their home course last Tuesday, topping both Aplington-Parkersburg and Union. The Wolverines accumulated a team score of 174, putting them 42 strokes ahead of the second place Falcons. Ashley Dumler and Bri Weber shared medalist honors with matching scores of 40. Nikki Weisenfluh and Maddi Brummond both carded a 47, Katie Camarata shot a 48, and Abby Camarata a 52.  
Aplington-Parkersburg took the win for the boys with three golfers shooting under 40.

 

Lippert leads AGWSR to fourth place finish

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ELDORA — Bethany Lippert won the 3,000-meter run, leading the AGWSR girls to fourth place in the South Hardin Co-Ed Meet last Friday in Eldora.
The Cougars finished with 89 ½ points. South Hardin won the meet with 147 while Iowa Falls-Alden (118) and Madrid (108 ½) also finished ahead of the Cougars.
The AGWSR boys also ran in the meet, taking fifth place with 71 points. CMB, Baxter ran away with the team title with 185 points while Denver was a distant second with 103. South Hardin (99) and Madrid (93) also finished ahead of the Cougars.

Grundy Center clocks second best 4 x 800 time in Class 1A

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HUDSON – The Grundy Center Spartan girls not only won the 4 x 800-meter relay event at the Hudson Relays last Monday night, they clocked the second best time in Class 1A this season. The team of Piper Johanns, Tiana Saak, Katie Lindeman, and Hannah Stumberg shaved 25 seconds off the relay’s previous best mark this season, running the event in 10:13.79. North Linn currently holds the top time in Class 1A at 10:02.71.

Schupbach sees bright spots, has concerns during busy week for Spartans

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GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center girls’ golf team wrapped up a busy week last Friday with a dual victory over NICL West rival South Tama. The week also included second-place finishes in the West Marshall Invitational and the Nashua-Plainfield quadrangular.
Coach Rick Schupbach said his team is having bright spots but still isn’t playing as well as it needs to if it hopes to reach lofty goals.

Spartan boys win third, fourth straight

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GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy Center boys’ tennis team continued its strong early-season play last week with a pair of one-sided victories.
The Spartans (4-1) defeated Union 7-2 Monday before shutting out South Tama 9-0 Tuesday.
Despite the victory over Union, Coach John Baade said his team could have played better.
“The boys played well with a few exceptions. This is a team we should have beaten 9-0,” he said. “We need to focus and play at a higher level during matches.”

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