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Glenwood’s Caden Johnson drives to the basket for two of his game-high 22 points in the Rams’ district win over Atlantic.

Rams hold on in wild 60-55 district win over Atlantic

Grit. That’s the word Glenwood coach Curt Schulte used to describe his team’s effort in a wild, 60-55 victory over Atlantic in the Class 3A district opener tonight. How else would one describe the determination and resolve of a Rams team that withstood a furious comeback that erased a 20 point lead...

Glenwood's C.J. Carter picked up a 15-3 major decision victory over Jacques Zomemaand of Sioux Center on Wednesday at state.

Trio of Rams into semifinals at state wrestling meet

After two days of competition, Glenwood’s Vinny Mayberry, Matthew Beem and C.J. Carter have advanced to the semifinals at the Iowa State Wrestling Meet in Des Moines. The Rams trio are all 2-0 and targeting top four finishes at state. The No. 2 seeded, 120-pound Mayberry pinned Vinton-Shellburg’s...

Glenwood’s Trent Patton (left) was one of eight Rams to punch tickets to state at Saturday’s Class 2A district wrestling meet in Glenwood.

Glenwood punches eight tickets to state wrestling

Call it a home mat advantage. Glenwood didn’t win the district title - that went to Atlantic - but the Rams had five individual champions and punched eight tickets to state at the Class 2A state qualifying meet in Glenwood Saturday. The Rams eight qualifiers – Vinny Mayberry, Briten Maxwell, Matt...

Creston slips by Glenwood in regional duals

Creston ended Glenwood’s dual wrestling season while notched a trip to Iowa State Dual Wrestling Tournament at last Tuesday’s regional duals in Creston. The Panthers clinched their second state dual tournament berth in the last three years in a dramatic dual that came down to the last two matches...

Glenwood's Patrick Chase, who is a part of the Council Bluffs Lewis Central Co-op swim team, qualified for this week's state swim meet.

Glenwood's Chase headed to state swim meet

Glenwood’s Patrick Chase has qualified in four events for this week’s Iowa State Meet Swimming as part of Council Bluffs Lewis Central Co-op team, Chase qualified in the 50-yard free style, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle. The Titans finished fourth with 220...

Emily Lundvall

Glenwood’s Lundvall, Rivas punch tickets to state meet

Emily Lundvall and Maya Rivas made history Friday. The Glenwood duo became the first two Glenwood wrestlers to punch tickets to the first ever Girls State Wrestling Tournament this week in Coralville. At Friday’s Region 1 Wrestling Tournament in Sioux City, Lundvall pinned here way through the...

Glenwood’s Vinny Mayberry (right) was one of two Rams to win championships at Saturday’s Hawkeye 10 Conference Wrestling Meet. Mayberry became Glenwood’s seventh three-time conference champion with his win at 120 pounds.

Mayberry, Beem win titles at H-10 meet

Glenwood’s Vinny Mayberry and Matt Beam took home individual titles and the Rams placed third as a team at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Clarinda. Creston was the team champion for the third time in four years with 243 points. The Panthers finished with three individual...

Paxten VanHouten led Fremont-Mills with 18 points in Friday’s 70-66 win over Sidney

Knights edges Sidney 70-66 in Corner

Four Fremont-Mills players scored in double-figures as the Knights downed Sidney 70-66 in Corner Conference boys basketball Friday in Tabor. The win gives the Knights (10-7 overall, 4-2 in the Corner Conference) the season sweep of the Cowboys. Both games were decided by a combined six points. “We...

Sibling Rivalry

To say wrestling runs in the Stortenbecker family is perhaps an understatement. Since 2008, all the four sons of the Leroy and Kelly Stortenbecker – Royce, Lane, Luke and Ryan – have donned the green and white headgear and singlet for East Mills. Last Friday, Ryan, the youngest of the bunch, and...

Jenna Hopp scored 36 points Saturday to become Glenwood’s career all-time leading scorer with 1,485 points.

Hopp jumps into Rams’ record books

Nearly a year to the day since Madison Camden topped Glenwood’s all-time scoring chart, Jenna Hopp is the Rams’ new career scoring champion. Camden, now a guard at Peru State College, became the Rams’ scoring champ with a three-pointer in the Rams’ 70-49 win over Creston on Jan. 25, 2022. This past...