GARWIN — In order to build its program back up, the GMG football team is starting at ground level. First-year head coach Justin Witte wants to see the Wolverines succeed again, but the wins won’t come without first establishing a winning culture. The former junior high head coach may ...
GRUNDY CENTER — Expectations couldn’t be higher for the Grundy Center football team, which has become a Class 1A powerhouse under the leadership of head coach Travis Zajac, heading into the 2025 season. The Spartans have won three straight state titles after three straight undefeated ...
REINBECK — The Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team has won at least seven games in every season since it started playing 8-Man in 2018, reaching new heights with last year’s trip to the state championship game. Now the Rebels have to maintain that level of play despite graduating eight ...
LE GRAND — The East Marshall football team is coming off its best season in seven years, but that 4-5 campaign hasn’t quelled the Mustangs’ long-starved quest for the playoffs. East Marshall brings back 15 letterwinners from last year’s roster that won three games in a row to start ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — It’s been nearly five years since the Meskwaki football team won a game, but the Warriors can’t worry about what they don’t have. They’re focusing on the matter at hand — one play at a time, one day at a time. The Warriors return six letterwinners from ...
Of the 14 schools that played for a state football championship this fall, six of the high schools were located in just two of Iowa’s 99 counties. One would be no surprise to Iowans — the massive Polk County, accounting for 15 percent of Iowa’s population and home to the Class 5A juggernauts from Southeast Polk and West Des Moines Valley, as well as 4A champion North Polk. The other county was Grundy County, home to the high schools of Dike-New Hartford and area teams Grundy Center and Gladbrook-Reinbeck. Contrary to Polk County, the entire population of Grundy County could ...
