2021 Grundy Register Sports Year in Review

D-NH sophomore Nick Reinicke finished eighth at 160 pounds in the Class 2A state tournament in Des Moines. (Tyler Anderson/MAP photo)

Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys basketball, led by sophomore and NICL West Outstanding Player William Kiburis, made the deepest run of the area boys basketball teams in 2021 as the Rebels bowed out to South Winneshiek in the substate final. (Jake Ryder photo)

The Dike-New Hartford girls basketball team rushes to collect its Class 2A state championship trophy after an undefeated season in 2021. (Kristi Nixon photo)

Caption/Description: The Grundy Center girls basketball team qualified for the Class 2A state tournament in 2021. (File photo)

Former Ackley-Geneva and AGWSR boys basketball head coach Russ Banzhaf was finally formally inducted as part of the 2020 class of the IHSAA Coaches Hall of Fame at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. (Screenshot from IHSSN broadcast)

AGWSR's Rory Siems placed sixth at the IWCOA Girls State Tournament in Coralville. (Craig Shultz/MAP photo)

Dike-New Hartford sophomore Anna Frahm, pictured third from right, was the top bowler for Cedar Falls in the school's third-place finish in the Class 3A state bowling tournament earlier in 2021. (Contributed photo)

BCLUW hurdler Lizzie Garber placed 2nd in the 100 hurdles at the state meet in 2021. (Tyler Anderson/MAP photo)

Eden Barrett, Shelby Ohrt, Jadyn Bennett and Alexis Jensen won a state title in the girls 2A 4x200 relay at Drake Stadium in 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)

Grundy Center boys track and field sprinted to a fifth-place finish in Class 1A at the state meet in 2021. The Spartans had three silver-medal finishes, including Logan Knaack in the 100, the sprint medley relay and the 4x200 relay (pictured with Dayne Zinkula and Matt Jansen, left to right). (Jake Ryder photo)

AGWSR boys golf won the Class 1A team title, the first boys team title in any sport in school history. (Photo from Twitter)

Grundy Center boys golf finished as the 2A runners-up by a single stroke in 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)

Grundy Center girls golf finished third at the Class 1A state meet in Ames in 2021. Holding the trophy is Lauren Krausman, the Spartans’ only senior on the team. Abbie Lindeman, third from left, was seventh overall as an individual. (Jake Ryder photo)

AGWSR alum Aubrie Fisher won a DIII national title in the steeplechase as part of Wartburg women's track and field. (Submitted photo)

D-NH's Camille Landphair led the Wolverines to an appearance in the regional finals and a 14-6 overall record in their first-ever season on the pitch. (Jake Ryder photo)

AGWSR's MaKenna Kuper set the new school record for career home runs and ended her high school career as a five-time all-state selection. The Cougars bowed out in the regional semifinal in 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)

Grundy Center clinched its first state baseball tournament berth since 1993 with a dramatic win over Coon Rapids-Bayard. (Photo by Tyler Meyers Photography)

D-NH head coach Will Reingardt hugs Taylor Kvale after the senior's final cross country race in Fort Dodge at the 2021 state meet. Kvale was a three-time state medalist. (Jake Ryder photo)

The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys cross country team made another appearance at the state meet in Fort Dodge in 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)

Dike-New Hartford volleyball won the state title for the second-consecutive season in another dominant performance in Cedar Rapids. (Jake Ryder photo)

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team finished as state quarterfinalists in Class 1A in 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)

Another exceptional Grundy Center football season ended in heartbreak in the state championship game against West Hancock. The seniors go out as three-time state runners-up. (Jake Ryder photo)

South Hardin-BCLUW senior Logan Aicher leaves his shoes at the center of the mat to symbolize the end of his high school wrestling career after injuries sustained in a car accident in the summer of 2021. (Jake Ryder photo)