The BCLUW Comets hosted a home tournament on Saturday, with five other schools also attending.

Grundy Center girls place third; Spartan boys finish eighth in Thursday meet

GLADBROOK — Class 2A No. 1 Grundy Center delivered a commanding performance on the road Tuesday night, sweeping Gladbrook-Reinbeck in three sets, 25-11, 25-19 and 25-7.

The Spartans controlled the match from the opening serve and finished with advantages across the stat sheet. Grundy Center totaled 39 kills, 38 assists, 43 digs, eight service aces and 11 blocks while attacking at a .318 efficiency.

GRUNDY CENTER, IOWA — For three quarters, Grundy Center could not find the end zone. In the fourth, the Spartans refused to let the game get away.

Grundy Center erased a 14-point deficit with two fourth-quarter touchdowns, tied the game with 28 seconds remaining and defeated Columbus Catholic, 20-17, in overtime Friday night.

Dike-New Hartford went on the road to Jesup to face the J-Hawks in the season opener for both squads.

It was Treyvon Herron's big night on Friday when Gladbrook-Reinbeck traveled to Janesville to take on the Wildcats in week one action.

The AGWSR Cougars struggled on the road against Nashua-Plainfield, losing 39-11 to the Huskies.

The BCLUW volleyball team, ranked No. 11 in the IGHSAU preseason poll
in Class 1A, opened the season with a pair of wins in a triangular at South
Hardin on August 27.

After dropping the first set of their match against South Hardin 25-17, the
Comets rallied in the second to win 22-14 to force a third a decisive set.

The Grundy Center Spartans volleyball team made it to state in Coralville last fall, and the team believes they can make it back, but Head Coach Lo