Grundy Center baseball continued an exceptional start to this season with a 9-0 win over East Marshall on Thursday night at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex in Grundy Center. Spartan junior Judd Jirovsky was dominant in his first career start, throwing a two-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts and no walks and turning the Mustangs away with only 85 pitches thrown. The Spartans improved to 8-0 … Continue reading Jirovsky fans 15, Spartan baseball continues hot start

Grundy Center baseball endured a marathon of a first week to the regular season, winning four games in as many days to get out to a quick 4-0 start. The Spartans started it off last Tuesday by toppling a state-rated Sumner-Fredericksburg/Tripoli team, 6-2, at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex in Grundy Center, then hit the road for wins against Oelwein (6-3), Gladbrook-Reinbeck (3-1) and Marshalltown … Continue reading Summer notebook: Spartan baseball starts 4-0

There was nowhere to go but up for Grundy Center girls golf at this year’s state meet. Finishing in last place as a team last year, the Spartans returned to the same course one year later and showed off how much their golf games have improved, jumping to fourth place in the Class 2A tournament at Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone last Thursday and … Continue reading Spartan girls golf soars to fourth at state meet

Grundy Center boys golf earned the runner-up trophy at the Class 2A state tournament at Gates Park Golf Course in Waterloo on Wednesday. The Spartans shot a 326 over the two-day tournament. Waterloo Columbus shot a 312 for the state title; Aplington-Parkersburg was third with a 348 score. Judd Jirovsky led Grundy Center at even par for the tournament, shooting 3-under on the final 18 … Continue reading Grundy Center boys 2nd at state golf

Grundy Center’s 4×400 girls and boys relays each gave the Spartans a team on the podium at the end of the three-day state track and field meet at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The girls were third, Grace Storjohann, Raelyn Steinmeyer, Karlee Lynch and Maddy Hendershot lowering their school record time to 3:58.20. The boys were fractions of a second from gold, but Judd Jirovsky, … Continue reading Saturday track and field: Spartan 4×400 relays reach the podium

The Grundy Center boys sprint medley relay woke up on the winning side of the bed on Saturday morning. “We got here around 8:30 this morning, and we were ready to dominate,” Brody Zinkula said. The Spartans feasted on the 2A field at the state track and field meet in Des Moines, running 1:31.84 for the state championship. Grant Newton, Zinkula, Judd Jirovsky and Brayden … Continue reading Saturday state track and field: Spartan boys win sprint medley title

Allison Koch wasn’t satisfied with her state-qualifying leaps in the high jump a week ago. They got her to the big stage though, and that’s where she returned to form for a second-consecutive bronze medal in the 2A high jump at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Koch and Samantha Lass of Ogden tied for third after both cleared 5-foot-4. West Central Valley’s Willow Ray cleared … Continue reading Friday state track: Koch adds another bronze in long jump

Grundy Center’s boys didn’t quite get all of what they were looking for at the state track and field meet on Friday, but Saturday could be an epic finish for the Spartans. They scored team points with a third-place finish in the 4×200 relay and an eighth-place run in the distance medley relay on Friday, and made a splash in the 4×400 prelims with the … Continue reading Friday state track: Spartan boys scoop two medals, set up big Saturday

Emerson Vokes found an opening and made a moment on Thursday at the state track and field meet in Des Moines. The Grundy Center junior controlled the Class 2A 3,200-meter run for a comfortable win and a jubilant state championship celebration as the distance dynamo added to his impressive resume on the opening day of competition at Drake Stadium. Vokes won the race in 9:27.66, … Continue reading Thursday state track: Vokes adds to Spartan trophy case

Leah Larson remembered a promise made to her as a freshman golfer at Grundy Center. “I’ve been on varsity since my freshman year, and Jordan [Dirks, assistant coach] promised me that we’d be at state all four years,” said Larson, now a senior. Promise made, promise kept. The Spartan girls qualified for the Class 2A state meet with a runner-up finish at Wednesday’s regional final … Continue reading Promise-driven Spartan girls returning to state