Despite a very tumultuous and contentious year off the field for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck school district, the Rebels football team played a perfect season and has a chance to win its second consecutive state championship. Last year, GR beat Akron-Westfield 52-20 to win the first football championship in school history.
The 2014 title game, which GR lost to Logan-Magnolia, was a classic back-and-forth match and one of the best small-school games I’ve seen (not the best, because of the 2010 state champion NORTH TAMA REDHAWKS).
The championship game against Algona Garrigan kicks off early this afternoon, after Don Bosco (probably, presumably) processes yet another 8-player team into a fine paste.