September 2019

Spartans eighth at Linda Bloom Invitational

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MARSHALLTOWN — Difficult conditions and even harder opponents proved to be too much for the Grundy Center girls’ golf team to overcome last Thursday, as the Spartans placed eighth in the 14-team Linda Bloom Invitational in Marshalltown.
GC shot 402 on the same golf course where they won their record 12th state championship last June, finishing 57 shots behind meet champion Waukee. Spartan Coach Rick Schubach said the weather tested the mental makeup of his team. The meet began with 32-degree temperatures and strong winds before finishing in more favorable weather.

GC tennis boys score second straight victory

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WEBSTER CITY — The Grundy Center boys won five of the six singles matches on their way to a second straight victory, 7-2 over Webster City last Thursday.
The Spartans dropped the girls’ half of the girl-boy doubleheader, 7-2.
“Both teams met or exceeded my expectations both in performance and behavior,” Coach John Baade said. “(The girls’) outcome could have just as easily been a win at 5-4. We need to hang in there and make it happen.”

G-R girls’ soccer dominates South Tama; falls to No. 5 W-SR

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TAMA – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck girls’ soccer team split their games this past week, dominating South Tama 10-0 on Tuesday, and dropping a close 5-3 contest to highly-ranked Waverly-Shell Rock on Thursday.
This week the Rebels were scheduled to play at Hudson on Tuesday, April 22, and host Class 1A No. 9 Denver on Friday, April 25.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck 10, South Tama 0

Wolverines second in own invitational

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DIKE — Dike-New Hartford rode six top-two finishes to second place in its own Lady Wolverine Invitational last Thursday in Dike.
D-NH finished with 99 points, eight behind first-place South Hardin. West Marshall (81), Nashua-Plainfield (51) and AGWSR (50) rounded out the top five in the 15-team meet. Grundy Center placed 14th in the meet with 32 points.

D-NH girls prevail, boys fall at Denver

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DENVER – Medalist Ashley Dumler’s 42 and Bri Weber’s 43 helped the Dike-New Hartford girls to a 41 stroke win over Denver Thursday. Nikki Weisenfluh carded a 52 and Maddi Brummond a 54 to round out the Wolverine team score. Katie Camarata stroked a 62 and Abby Camarata a 65. For the JV girls Brynn Harberts shot a 60 and Katelyn Souska a 66.

Grundy Center wins third straight Battle of the Books title

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CEDAR FALLS — For the third year in a row, the Grundy Center Elementary Battle of the Books team worked together to bring home first place medals.
Competing members of this year’s team included Elliott Hamann, Ella Hommel, Jasmine Kanagy, Jacque Kuester, Brooke Liston and Skielyr Nehr.
This year there was a record-breaking number of teams, with 36 entering the competition. Grundy Center placed first on the written test with a score of 59 out of 66.

 

For more of this story see the April 24 Grundy Register.

Jungling steps down after 33 years as EMT

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    GRUNDY CENTER — One of Grundy Center’s longest-serving emergency medical technicians is stepping down. Monday night the Grundy Center City Council cited 33-year veteran Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Mark Jungling for his years of service.
    Jungling followed his parents, Del and Dee, into emergency medicine. His father co-owned Grundy Center’s ambulance, which was then housed at Roger Moody’s service station.
    “I thought (what they did) was neat,” he said of his parents’ work with the ambulance. “It was just something I wanted to do.”

 

ReVoiced passes on the secrets of making music

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    GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center High School music students had a rare chance to learn from professionals Monday. Members of the band “ReVoiced” visited with students from the GCHS boys’ ensemble and Madrigal Singers during the school day, prior to their concert that evening.
    Band member Dele Opeifa said the band members have been working with choirs not only to teach them how to make music, but also to make music a lifelong passion.

Community Foundation awards nearly $100,000 in grants

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    GRUNDY CENTER — The Grundy County Community Foundation opened its pocketbook last Tuesday, awarding nearly $100,000 in grant funds to 37 different groups and projects.
    This year’s total awarded was $96,970.67. The organization received 48 grant requests for $239,349.82.
 

For a list of awardees, see the April 17 Grundy Register.

Samo leads Grundy Center girls golf

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GRUNDY CENTER — Just months removed from a cancer diagnosis, Grundy Center High School senior Hilary Samo showed that her battle left no rust on her golf game.
Samo grabbed medalist honors Friday as the Class 1A defending state champion Spartans opened with a 189-241 victory over East Marshall at the Town and Country Golf Club. Samo, one of five returnees from last year’s state title team, carded a 42, finishing one shot ahead of teammate Lindsay Freeman in the medalist race.

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