September 2019

Crestwood hands D-NH girls first loss

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    DIKE — Crestwood matched a season high with seven 3-pointers, most coming at critical teams Saturday, on its way to handing the Dike-New Hartford girls their first loss of the 2013-14 season, 62-49, Saturday in Dike.
    The Cadets (7-1, ranked No. 9 in Class 3A) never trailed after the first quarter while snapping the Wolverines’ seven game winning streak.
    “It just seemed like we were a step slow,” Wolverine coach Bruce Dall said after the game.

Cougar girls suffer 38-33 loss to Falcons

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PARKERSBURG – The AGWSR girls’ basketball team lost a close non-conference matchup to Aplington-Parkersburg last Thursday night, in a low-scoring 38-33 contest.
This week AGWSR (3-5 overall, 2-2 NICL-West) was scheduled to play BCLUW at home on Tuesday, Jan. 7, before going on the road to face South Hardin at Eldora on Friday, Jan. 10.

For more of this story see the Jan. 9 Grundy Register
 

G-R girls even record with pair of wins

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REINBECK — The holiday break appears to have served the Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ basketball team well. Friday and Saturday the Rebels opened the post-holiday portion of their schedule with back-to-back non-divisional victories, 55-47 over Denver and 55-42 over Don Bosco.
    The wins even G-R’s record at 4-4 as they headed into Tuesday’s NICL West clash against rival Grundy Center. The Rebels return home Friday to play East Marshall.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 55,
Denver 47

History was made in 2013

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History was made. That would be the easiest way to describe the year in sports for Grundy County high schools. Each school made history in its own special way, from historic accomplishments at the state level to those at the local level.
2013 featured a team standing alone as the best ever in its sport and another possibly on its way to such a feat. It featured a local team dethroning an NICL West basketball power, and another establishing itself once again as the team others hope to dethrone.

Rebel boys rally past Denver, Don Bosco

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REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team picked up right where it left off before Christmas with a pair of non-divisional victories Friday and Saturday, both in come-from-behind fashion.
    The Rebels trailed Denver 31-28 at halftime Friday before rallying to a 63-60 victory, and it trailed Don Bosco 29-26 at halftime Saturday before outscoring the Dons 47-22 in the second half on its way to a 73-51 win.

Martinez, Weber earn top finishes

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NASHUA – Omar Martinez earned the third place spot in the 138 lb. class and Tony Weber placed fourth at 220 to lead GRNTGC at the Nashua-Plainfield Invitational on Saturday. Other place winners for the Rebelhawks included a fifth place showing by Ethan Erhardt and sixth place finishes by Cael Kopriva, Huston Danker, Slade Wagner, and Jacob Walters. GRNTGC placed ninth as a team, and the Clarksville Indians took the team title.

Johnson, Irvin lead Wolverines to runner-up spot in home tournament

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DIKE – Trent Johnson and Tommy Irvin wrestled 5-0 on the day to lead the Wolverines to a second place team finish in their own dual tournament on Saturday. As a team, Dike-New Hartford went 4-1 with their only loss coming at the hands of Washington, 50-28.
Nick Durnin, Connor Ragsdale, DJ Ackerson, Kyle Dennis, and Irvin all recorded falls in the Wolverines’ 66-12 victory over B-G-M.
In their 58-24 win over Saint Ansgar, Kody Kugel, Anna Poyner, Durnin, and Irvin pinned their opponents, and Trent Johnson won by major decision, 15-2.

Rebels top AGWSR, suffer first loss to West Marshall

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ACKLEY – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ basketball team went 1-1 in couple of closely played NICL-West games this past week, picking up a win on the road against AGWSR 48-42 on Tuesday, and suffering their first loss of the season to West Marshall, 63-60 at home on Friday.
The Rebels (4-1 overall, 4-1 NICL-West) will host Denver on Friday, Jan. 3, and Don Bosco of Gilbertville on Saturday, Jan. 4.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 48, AGWSR 42

Cougar girls top Rebels

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ACKLEY – The AGWSR girls’ basketball team prevailed in a close NICL-West contest last Tuesday night with a 50-47 over Gladbrook-Reinbeck.
AGWSR (3-4 overall, 2-2 NICL-West) is scheduled to play at Parkersburg on Thursday, Jan. 2, and will host BCLUW on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
AGWSR 50, Gladbrook-Reinbeck 47
After trailing the first three quarters, AGWSR turned the table to outscore Gladbrook-Reinbeck 18-9 in the fourth period and earn a comeback win over the Rebels.

    For more of this story, see the Dec. 26 Grundy Register.

Cougars fall to Rebels 48-42

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ACKLEY – The AGWSR boys’ basketball team dropped a close NICL-West game against Gladbrook-Reinbeck Tuesday, 48-42. The Cougars’ game scheduled for Friday at South Tama was postponed until Thursday, Jan. 16.
AGWSR (4-2 overall, 2-2 NICL-West) is scheduled to play Aplington-Parkersburg at Parkersburg on Thursday, Jan. 2.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 48, AGWSR 42

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