September 2019

Gerald Glenn Strickler

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Gerald Glenn Strickler, 89, of Grundy Center passed away October 3, 2014, at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the care of Care Initiative Hospice. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 9 at 10a.m. at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center, with Pastor Nathan Barkley officiating. Visitation will be on Wednesday, October 8 from 6 to 8 pm. at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. A memorial fund has been established.

Spartans find winning feeling

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GRUNDY CENTER – Grundy Center picked up their first win of the season, a 45-16 win over BCLUW at Spartan Stadium Friday night, and they couldn’t have picked a better night to do it in a Class A District 4 win that capped off their Homecoming week activities.
The Spartans (1-5 overall, 1-2 District A-4) focused on their ground game, compiling 436 yards of rushing including six touchdown runs on the way to the win.

Spartans reach final at tough W-SR tourney

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WAVERLY – The Grundy Center volleyball team worked their way into the final match at the Waverly-Shell Rock tournament on Saturday, and fell just short of the championship title in a 22-25, 20-25 loss to Mount Vernon.
“It was a tough tournament; there were a lot of good teams there,” Spartan head coach Darwin Sents said. “We had a really good run all day.”

Stoakes runs to Gladbrook-Reinbeck records

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    TRAER — Junior tailback Eric Stoakes ran for 326 yards and seven touchdowns, both school records, as Gladbrook-Reinbeck dominated North Tama Friday in a Class A, District 4 clash.
    Stoakes did his damage on just 21 carries, scoring on runs of 5, 58, 35, 4, 8, 20 and 56 yards, while averaging 15.5 yards per carry.
    “We just did really good up front in the o-line; we just got it done,” Stoakes said. “There was a lot of room (to run).”

Wolverines win fourth straight

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    MONONA —  Dike-New Hartford set up a showdown for the Class 1A, District 4 lead Friday with a 35-6 victory at MFL/MarMac.
    The ninth-ranked Wolverines (5-1 overall, 3-0 in the district) host second-ranked South Winneshiek in a battle of District 4 leaders Friday. The winner of that game will have the inside track to the district title.

Cougars continue streak with win over Denver

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DENVER – The AGWSR Cougars continued their winning ways with a 28-6 Class A District 4 win at Denver last Friday night.
After a scoreless first quarter, quarterback Cody Williams called his own number twice to cap off a pair of Cougar scoring runs in the second period and put AGWSR up 14-0 at the half.           

Wolverine girls run to fifth at Jesup Invitational

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JESUP – The Dike-New Harford girls ran to a fifth place team finish at the Jesup Invitational last Tuesday night, among a large field of runners from 30 different schools. Kadi Wright led the Wolverines with an 18th place showing among 159 varsity girls with a time of 16:18. Haylee Luna followed closely in 23rd, and Olivia Eiklenborg went 38th. Also contributing to the Wolverine team score were Jurane Lizer in 58th and Hannah Dove in 77th.

Lippert leads Cadets at South Hardin

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    ELDORA -- Bethany Lippert ran to fourth place, leading the Iowa Falls-Alden/AGWSR girls’ cross country team to fifth place at the South Hardin Invitational Saturday at the Pine Lake Country Club.
    The Cadet boys placed sixth behind Landon Boomsma’s ninth-place effort.
    Other top finishers for the IFA/AGWSR girls included Jessica Lippert 17th, Patience Kauzlarich 34th and Taylor Dougan 35th. Other top boys’ finishers included Jacon Sundholm in 19th and Ruben Zeitler in 31st.
For complete results, see the Oct. 9 Grundy Register.

Rebel netters compete at Waverly

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WAVERLY – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck volleyball team was put to the test by some ranked teams at the Waverly-Shell Rock tournament on Saturday.
The Rebels started their first pool of the day with a good run in their first set against Waverly-Shell Rock before falling 19-21, 13-21. In their second match G-R succumbed to Class 3A No. 9 Union, 15-21, 13-21.
In their second pool the Rebels lost to Class 2A No. 7 Grundy Center 10-21, 13-21, and to Dyersville Beckman 8-21, 3-12.
For more of this story, see the Oct. 9 Grundy Register.

Wolverines remain perfect in NICL East

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   JESUP — Dike-New Hartford remained perfect in North Iowa Cedar League East Division matches last Tuesday with a three-set victory over Jesup in its only action of the week.
    The Wolverines (21-2 overall, 5-0 in the NICL East) won by set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-15. Jesup drops to 19-10 overall and is 1-4 in the East Division.

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