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Glenwood’s Brooklyn Schultz placed 19th at the Bennington, Neb. Lakeside Invitational Thursday.

Rams second at Bennington

The Glenwood girls cross country team competed in its first meet in 12 days and finished second at the Bennington, Neb. Lakeside Invitational Thursday. The host Badgers, ranked No. 2 in Nebraska’s Class B, won the team title with a score of 32. The Rams tallied 42 points for second place. “It was...

Glenwood quarterback Kayden Anderson, shown here earlier this season, threw two touchdown passes in the Rams’ 49-14 loss to Class 3A, No. 1 Harlan Friday.

Top ranked Cyclones muscle past Glenwood in 49-14 win

Harlan jumped out to a 42-7 halftime lead and racked up 532 yards of offense in a 49-14 victory over Glenwood Friday at Merrill Field in Harlan. The Rams (2-2) tallied 278 total yards in the game but had trouble sustaining drives of their own or forcing stops by the high-powered Cyclone offense. “...

Fremont-Mills’ quarterback Taylor Reed ran for two touchdowns and passed for a third in the Knights' 44-0 win over Audubon Friday.

Knights flatten Wheelers

A heavy dose of the run game on offense and a smothering defensive effort helped Fremont-Mills to a one-sided 44-0 victory over Audubon in Eight-player, District 9 football Friday in Tabor. Offensively, the Knights (2-1) dominated the time of possession all game long and rushed for 327 yards in the...

Glenwood’s Maddie Roenfeld sneaks a skill past a pair of Red Oak blockers in the Rams’ loss Thursday. Roenfeld led Glenwood with six kills.

Tigers top Rams in Hawkeye 10 opener

Glenwood never got in synch and Red Oak avenged a loss five days earlier with a 25-9, 25-18, 25-21 win over the Rams in their Hawkeye 10 Conference home opener Thursday. The Rams (7-8 overall, 0-2 in the conference) led by a score of 3-2 in the opening set and then never led again in the sweep by...

Glenwood’s Payton Longmeyer hauled in three passes for 37 yards and a touchdown in the Rams’ 40-6 homecoming victory Friday.

Rams win in homecoming rout

Glenwood scored early and often in the first half as the Rams built a big lead and then coasted to a 40-6 homecoming victory over Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln before a capacity crowd at Ram Memorial Field Friday night. The Rams dominated the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball as they...

East MIlls quarterback Zach Thornburg rolls out in Friday’s loss to Lenox. Thornburg threw for three touchdowns and 170 yards.

Lenox overpowers Wolverines, 50-32

MALVERN – East Mills hung tough with Lenox for most of the game Friday night, but the Tigers eventually used their size and strength to overpower the Wolverines, 50-32, in 8-player District 9 action.Lenox improved to 2-0 on the season while the Wolverines fell to 1-1. “It’s obvious they’re bigger...

Knights run away from Vikings in 42-6 win

TABOR - Fast starts don’t come much faster. Luke Madison returned the opening kickoff for a 72-yard touchdown 11 seconds into the game and Fremont-Mills scored touchdowns on both of ITS first quarter possessions on the way to a dominating 42-6 victory over Stanton in Eight-player football in Tabor...

Glenwood’s Danika Arnold attempts to sneak a kill through a pair of blockers in the Rams’ loss to Shenandoah Tuesday.

Rams 2-3 at home tournament

The Glenwood volleyball had a rough day against some good competition at its Glenwood Volleyball Tournament Saturday. The Rams went 1-2 in pool play with a 21-13, 21-7 win over Council Buffs Thomas Jefferson and losses to Stanton 21-18, 20-22, 15-11 and Harlan 22-21, 20-14 and then lost its...

Rams fall in season-opening shootout

Rain and lightning delayed kickoff in Glenwood’s season-opening “zero week” football game with Sioux City East by nearly an hour Friday. A Black Raiders’ offense that scored the most points on a Glenwood team in a season-opener in over 15 years and a defense that allowed just 17 yards rushing then...

2021-2022 Female Athlete of the Year: Brynlee Arnold, Glenwood

Athlete of the Year: Go, 'Big Red'

“Big Red.” The nickname arrived in middle school. As Brylee Arnold, the 6-foot-3, auburn-haired middle blocker heads off to UNO to play volleyball as Glenwood’s first every Division I volleyball recruit, the moniker goes with her. And she’s just fine with that. “My dad came up with it,” she said of...