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Rams sweep at Woodbine’s Rodney Smith invite

WOODBINE - The Glenwood girls and boys track and field teams swept the team titles at Woodbine’s Rodney Smith Invitational Tuesday. The Glenwood girls collected 10 gold medals and easily outpaced the field with 191.5 points. The Ram boys’ squad picked up seven gold medals and 164 points to runner-...

The 2021-2022 All-Mills County Basketball Teams

The Opinion-Tribune’s 2021-2022 All-Mills County Boys Basketball Teams First Team G Caden Johnson, Jr., Glenwood Led the team in scoring (18.7), assists (4.2) and three-pointers (41). F Mason Crouse, Jr., East Mills Led team with 20.2 points per game and 45 three-pointers. F Braden West, Jr.,...

Matt Malcom holds the Lopers’ team championship trophy.

Going out on Top

Matt Malcom could have called it a career after last season. The University of Nebraska-Kearney senior who’d, just wrapped up his fourth All-American season placing fifth at the Division II National Wrestling Championships – he also won a 157-pound national title in 2019 – he’d accomplished almost...

Hot shooting Crusaders end Rams’ season in state semifinals

It’s often said records, stats and tendencies can be thrown out at the Iowa State Tournament. It’s a whole new ballgame in Des Moines. Just ask Bishop Heelan. The Crusaders, who entered shooting less than 30 percent from behind the arc this season, connected on 11-of-16 three pointers – 68 percent...

Rams advance to semifinals with 64-59 win

Glenwood didn’t get off to the start they wanted but they closed the opening half exactly the way they wanted. Trailing 19-13 after a bumpy first quarter in the quarterfinals at the Iowa State Girls Basketball tournament, the Rams closed the half on a 20-3 run to take a 35-27 lead into intermission...

Rams punch third straight ticket to state with 76-43 win

With his team leading 48-21 at halftime in the Class 4A regional finals, Glenwood head coach Brian Rasmussen told his team he felt like that was the best half of basketball they’d played all season. His team disagreed. “They told me, ‘That was probably the best half of basketball we played EVER,...

Caden Johnson was held to nine points, nine below his average, in Glenwood's district loss to Carroll Monday night.

Carroll downs Glenwood in district opener

Glenwood dug itself an early hold and spent the rest of its night never quite digging out in a 69-57 loss to Carroll in the Class 3A, Substate 8 first round Monday night in Carroll. The Rams (10-11) trailed 18-8 after the first quarter and twice cut the lead Tigers’ lead to six in the second half...

Braden West rises over a defender in East Mills’ 61-31 win over Diagonal in district play.

Wolverines’ season comes to end in regional finals

It’s what every coach wants. Down one point with 40 seconds left on the clock, East Mills coach Kevin Schafer’s offense set up for one final shot. But it was not to be. Council Bluffs St. Albert got the defensive stop it needed and then hit four straight free throws to secure a 48-44 win over the...

Glenwood’s Jenna Hopp scored 15 of her game-high 32 points in the Rams’ regional win over Council Bluffs Lewis Central Saturday.

Rams rally in fourth for regional victory

Win and advance. Glenwood did just that Saturday night as the Rams erased a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to pull out a 60-57 Class 4A regional semifinal victory over visiting Lewis Central. The victory improved Glenwood’s record to 18-4 on the season and advanced the Rams into a Tuesday...

Beam, Carter second, Rams 8th at state wrestling meet

DES MOINES - For the first time in over 15 years, the Glenwood wrestling team had two grapplers reach the finals at the Iowa State Wrestling meet concluding Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Arena. The Rams’ Matthew Beem and C.J. Carter swept through their respective 126 and 195 pound brackets to...