Grundy Center’s fifth-consecutive claim to an NICL West championship was its most impressive. Brody Zinkula singled home Dayton Myers for the winning run in a 5-4 triumph over Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Monday, June 30, with the Spartans completing a perfect 12-0 run through the competition in the NICL West. After Grundy Center cruised to a 13-1 win in Game 1 of the doubleheader at the George … Continue reading Zinkula walk-off puts bow on Spartans’ perfect West title

The Grundy Center softball team has been working to raise its efforts to the level of the other strong year-round sports on the Spartan campus. The program took a major step forward last week, sweeping AGWSR on June 23 in Ackley to clinch Grundy Center’s first outright NICL West championship in softball since 1989. “Grundy’s not known for having a huge softball program,” said Kyndra … Continue reading Youth, confidence sparks Spartan softball to West title

Grundy Center softball will begin the 2025 postseason at Alburnett on Wednesday, July 9, per regional postseason pairings released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union on Friday. The Pirates are currently 21-8. The last meeting between these teams was in last year’s regional quarterfinal in Alburnett, where Grundy Center upset the then 2nd-ranked Pirates, 8-6. The Spartans and Pirates are part of the … Continue reading Grundy Center softball postseason path revealed

A slow start didn’t deter Grundy Center baseball, pounding out a 15-4 win over Hudson at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex in Grundy Center on Tuesday. The Spartans, ranked No. 8 in Class 2A by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association, improved to 17-2 overall. Hudson fell to 0-18. The Pirates led 4-0 after the top of the first, a shaky start for the … Continue reading Grundy baseball runs Pirates ashore

Grundy Center softball fought off a cross-NICL challenge from Hudson for a 4-3 victory at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex in Grundy Center on Tuesday. The Pirates had runners on second and third with one out, but Spartan pitcher Maddy Hendershot got a clutch strikeout followed by a soft liner that Camdyn Aronson snagged at third base as Grundy Center was triumphant in a back-and-forth … Continue reading Spartan softball holds off Hudson

Grundy Center’s summer sports teams claimed NICL West division titles after doubleheader sweeps of AGWSR in Ackley on Monday. The softball team won by 7-0, 8-0 margins and baseball won by scores of 14-0 and 7-3. The Spartan girls completed their conference schedule with an 8-1 record; the baseball team improved to 10-0 and finish the West schedule at home against Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Monday, June … Continue reading Grundy Center softball, baseball clinch NICL titles

Grundy Center softball started the week with a narrow defeat against Dike-New Hartford, then won four of their next five games to close out the week. D-NH won 2-1 on June 9, followed by Grundy wins over Aplington-Parkersburg (14-4), Union Community (6-0) and AGWSR (8-0). At the Dave Lee Classic in Conrad on June 14, the Spartans lost to Gilbert, 9-1, then thumped South Hamilton, … Continue reading Grundy Center softball ends week strong

Grundy Center baseball was resilient in another relentless week of competition on the baseball field to win two out of their four games last week. The Spartans, who entered the week ranked eighth in Class 2A by the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association, dropped their first game of the year in a tight nine-inning loss to Dike-New Hartford, 3-2, on June 9 in Grundy … Continue reading Spartan baseball splits in last week’s action

Grundy Center’s bringing home all the hardware from Tuesday’s Class 1A state co-ed golf championship at the American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. Judd Jirovsky and Leah Larson shot a 75 to claim the state title, finishing two strokes ahead of teammates Avery Knutsen and Preston Martens as state runners-up. Larson, Knutsen and Martens are all Spartan seniors, while Jirovsky finished up his junior season … Continue reading Tuesday’s sports: Spartans take top spots at co-ed golf

Allison Koch just had to follow the lead of her teammates. The batters ahead of the Grundy Center junior had set the table, and after a marathon showdown with East Marshall, Koch delivered the final blow with a game-winning hit as the Spartans upended the No. 8 (2A) Mustangs by a 5-4 final score at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex on Thursday. The teams were … Continue reading Spartan softball knocks off No. 8 Mustangs in 11-inning thriller