CEDAR FALLS – For the second week in a row, Grundy Center football players feel like they’ve silenced any who would second-guess the Spartans. No. 1 Grundy Center smashed Waterloo Columbus, 42-7, in a Class 1A semifinal at the UNI-Dome on Friday morning, rolling on to the school’s fifth ...

CEDAR FALLS — Jeremy Nally doesn’t think Bedford could stop Gladbrook-Reinbeck all that often on Wednesday afternoon. Instead, the Bedford head coach said the Bulldogs took advantage of self-inflicted errors by the Rebels, opening the door for Bedford’s fourth-quarter comeback capped by ...

GRUNDY CENTER — If there was any remaining doubt about Grundy Center football’s capabilities after moving up a class, Friday’s victory can provide some clarity. A fired-up Spartans squad throttled Dike-New Hartford, 40-0, to blast their way back to the UNI-Dome and the 1A state ...

CLARKSVILLE — Gladbrook-Reinbeck football was ready for Round 2 with Clarksville. The Rebels avenged their only loss of the regular season, stepping up to meet the physicality of the Indians and closing out a 32-20 triumph in a 1A state quarterfinal in Clarksville on Thursday night. G-R ...

GRUNDY CENTER — Colin Gordon lives for the moments. The Grundy Center senior quarterback was the playmaker at crucial times for the Spartan football team in a second-half push that brushed back a bruising Pella Christian team for a 35-12 victory at Spartan Stadium on Friday. The Spartans ...

CENTRAL CITY — Isaac Clark threw four touchdown passes — two to Drew Eilers and two to Hudson Clark — to lead the ninth-ranked Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team to a 36-12 victory over Central City in Friday’s 8-Man state playoffs. Austin Vaverka opened the scoring with a 48-yard ...