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Quarterback Sawyer Forney completed five passes on the Knights’ final offensive drive, including the game-winning touchdown to Sam Sanchez.

Knights’ hold on in 20-18 district victory

TABOR - Fremont-Mills saved its best for last – its last two possessions of the game, in fact. Hosting former head coach Jeremy Christiansen and his 2-0 Boyer Valley football team, the Knights went six straight possessions without a point before putting together a nine play, 65-yard touchdown drive...

Glenwood’s Grace Berglund ran a 20:20 to top the field and win the girls race at the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Invitational Saturday.

Glenwood’s Berglund tops girls field at Abraham Lincoln invite

Glenwood’s Grace Berglund captured the individual title at the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Cross Country Invitational at Iowa Western Community College Saturday. Berglund’s time of 20:20.88 was five seconds better than runner up Contessa Guerrero-Jones of Southeast Polk. Southeast Polk did pick...

Glenwood’s Ben Carlo, shown here last season, threw for three touchdowns in the first half of the Rams’ 32-7 win over Atlantic Friday.

Quick start carries Rams to road win

Ben Carlo wasted little time in his first start at quarterback. The Glenwood Junior connected with Kaden Crouse on a 78-yard touchdown strike on the game’s second play from scrimmage and tossed two more scores before halftime in the Rams 32-7 win Friday. The Rams built a 26-0 lead at the half in...

Glenwood's Kaylee Wray smacks down a kill in the Rams' win over Tri-Center Thursday.

Rams 2-3 at Harlan tourney

Glenwood capped a 2-3 day at the Harlan Volleyball Invitational with a fifth-place finish Saturday. The Rams (5-3) picked up wins over Underwood 21-17, 20-22, 16-14 and Council Bluffs St. Albert 21-15, 21-15 in the fifth-place match. The losses came to St. Albert in pool play, 21-14, 14-21, 16-14,...

Ryan Turner was the lone senior to suit up for Glenwood in it’s 5-1 loss to Bishop Heelan in last Monday’s district semifinals.

Glenwood’s season ends in district semifinals

Bishop Heelan pushed across three runs in the bottom of sixth inning to provide insurance in a tight 5-1 victory over Glenwood in the Class 3A, Substate 1 semifinals last Monday at Lewis and Clark Park in Sioux City. Class 3A, No. 5 Crusaders (28-10) took advantage of a trio of Glenwood fielding...

Glenwood’s Audrey Albers slides in safely at home in the Rams’ 14-7 win over Denison in the opening round of postseason softball.

Glenwood’s season comes to an end in regional semifinals

Tess Jones allowed just two hits and struck out 11 for Dallas Center Grimes in an 8-0 win over Glenwood in the Class 4A, Region 2 softball semifinals in Grimes Saturday night. The No. 2 ranked Mustangs (32-7) pushed two runs across in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth innings to pull away from...

Glenwood’s Myles Stanton came on in relief of starter Ryan Turner and did not allow a hit in 1 2/3 scoreless innings in the Rams’ win over Denison.

Rams go on road for district win at Denison

Glenwood survived a four hour rain delay and Denison’s comeback attempts in a 5-2 victory in in the Class 3A, Substate 1 opening round Thursday in Denison. The Rams built a slim 3-2 lead through 6 1/3 innings behind a strong pitching performance by Ryan Turner – three hits, two earned runs and four...

Lana Alley had three hits and drove in five runs for Fremont-Mills in the 12-11 loss to Stanton.

Vikings hold off Knights in regional quarterfinals

Bree Mitchell came up big for Stanton in its thrilling 12-11 win over Fremont-Mills in the Class 1A, Region 6 quarterfinals last Wednesday in Tabor. Mitchell belted a three-run home run in the second inning and picked up the complete-game win in the circle. The senior scattered eight hits and seven...

Glenwood’s Allison Koontz hit a home run at the plate and tossed a shutout in the circle in the Rams’ 5-0 win over Atlantic in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball last week.

Rams blank Fillies on road

Allison Koontz smacked a home run and allowed just one hit and struck out eight in the circle for Glenwood in a 5-0 victory over Shenandoah in Hawkeye 10 Conference softball Thursday. Koontz was 2-for-5 on the night with a double and an RBI. “Alli had a good day both pitching and at the plate...

Glenwood shorstop Brennan Anderson fires a putout in a game earlier this season. Anderson had three hits and drove in a run in the Rams’ 8-7 loss to Shenandoah Thursday.

Big sixth inning lifts Shenandoah in win over Glenwood

A three-run sixth inning proved the difference for Shenandoah in an 8-7 win over Glenwood in Hawkeye 10 Conference baseball Thursday in Shenandoah. The Rams (11-18 overall, 8-12 in the conference) led 5-2 after two innings before the Mustangs plated three runs in the fourth and three more in the...