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Glenwood girls second, boys 10th at Hawkeye-10 meet

Grace Berglund led the Glenwood girls to a second place finish at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Cross Country Meet Thursday at the Shenandoah High School. Harlan won the girls team title, edging the Rams 53 to 65 in the team scores. This marks the eighth straight season Glenwood has finished first or...

Scott Reed, shown here earlier this season, rushed for 179 yards and three touchdown in Glenwood’s 41-15 win over Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson Friday.

Rams bounce back with 41-15 win

Glenwood bounced back from a lopsided loss a week ago with a 41-15 win over Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson in Class 4A, District 6 football Friday at Wickersham Athletic Complex in Council Bluffs. The Rams (6-2) trailed 7-0 after a quarter following a Jayden Fujii to Braxton Parks touchdown toss...

Loycee Palmer had 10 kills and 14 digs in the Wolverines’ sweep of Stanton.

Wolverines sweep to win over Viqueens in Corner

Class 1A, No. 6 ranked East Mills recorded its 15th straight victory with a 25-11, 25-17, 25-16 sweep of Stanton in Corner Conference volleyball last Tuesday in Malvern. The Wolverines (28-3 overall, 6-1 in the conference) smacked down 37 kills while hitting .238 as a team in their second victory...

Glenwood’s Grace Berglund ran a 19:23 to place second at the Atlantic Invitational Cross Country Meet.

Glenwood has strong showing at Atlantic

The Glenwood girls placed fourth and the boys were 15th at the Atlantic Invitational Cross Country Meet at the Nishna Hills Golf Course in Atlantic Thursday. The Lincoln Pius X girls and boys team swept the team titles at the meet that featured 19 teams. The trio of Joe Majerus, David Krier and...

Running room was hard to come by in Glenwood’s 45-3 loss to ADM Friday. Mark Reed, shown here with the ball, finished his night with 74 yards on 14 carries.

Tigers tame Rams in district battle

In a battle of top Class 4A football teams, it was less big game than nightmare for Glenwood. Adel-DeSota-Minburn, ranked No. 12 in the latest Class 4A RPI standings, came into Glenwood Friday and handed the No. 10 ranked Rams their worst loss in over a decade in a lopsided 45-3 victory before a...

Glenwood running back Scott Reed plows through Council Bluffs Lewis Central defenders in the Rams’ victory Friday. Reed ran for 246 yards and three touchdowns in the victory.

Rams rally from down 25 in thrilling win over Lewis Central

In boxing terms, Glenwood was on the ropes. The Rams wobbled in the opening rounds, getting off to a dreadful start while going down 31-6 to Council Bluffs Lewis Central with 6:35 to go in the first half. But the fight was only starting. Glenwood rattled off 20 straight points to close the opening...

East Mills’ Cooper Hagen bulls his way into the end zone in the Wolverines’ homecoming win over Sidney. Hagen ran for 137 yards and three touchdowns in the victory.

Wolverines get physical in homecoming win over Sidney

HASTINGS - East Mills scored 21 third quarter points and turned a 21-8 halftime lead into a 42-16 blowout victory over Sidney in Eight-player, District 10 football Friday in a game played at the Southwest Iowa Technical Career Hub in Hastings. The Wolverines (4-1) rushed for a season-high 240 yards...

Glenwood quarterback Ben Carlo fights for a first down in the Rams’ 14-10 loss to Sergeant Bluff-Luton Friday.

Glenwood suffers first loss of season

Sergeant Bluff-Luton came back from a first-half deficit to knock off Glenwood, 14-10, in a hard-fought, defense-dominated, non-district football matchup at the Glenwood Activities Complex Friday night.The setback was the first loss of the season for the Rams, who saw their record slip to 3-1. The...

Glenwood’s Scott Reed slices through the Creston defense in the Rams’ 59-13 win Friday. Reed ran for a school record 327 yards on 18 carries in the victory.

Rams’ Reed smashes record, Panthers in 59-13 victory

A little bit of Scott Reed went a long way in Glenwood’s home opening football game Friday. The senior running back that missed most of last season with a knee injury needed just 18 carries to rush for a school-record 327 yards and touchdowns in the Rams’ dominant 59-13 win over Creston. “I’m...

Glenwood quarterback Ben Carlo is tackled after a short gain in the Rams’ 17-12 win at Harlan Friday. Carlo ran for two touchdowns, including the game-winning score with two minutes to go.

Road warrior Rams off to 2-0 start

Opening its season on the road for the first two weeks of the football season, Glenwood comes into its home opener this week with a 2-0 record following Friday’s 17-12 win at Harlan. The win at Harlan is only the fourth win over the Cyclones in school history with previous wins coming in 1994, 2016...