Gladbrook-Reinbeck ends Trojans’ run in second round

By Becky Walz,

A few uncharacteristic mistakes, penalties and lost two-point conversions hurt the eight-man Turkey Valley football team on its quest to defeat No. 3 Gladbrook-Reinbeck Friday night in the second round of the playoffs as they came up short, 30-28, at home.
Turkey Valley ends the season 7-2.
Gladbrook-Reinbeck (9-1) is in the quarterfinals Thursday, Nov. 3, at Newell-Fonda (9-1), with the winner moving on to the semifinals at the UNI-Dome.
“This was a tough loss. The players played hard and gave great effort. It was a game of two evenly matched teams but unfortunately we came up short by two points. The only turnover of the entire game came on a fourth down interception late in the game,” said Coach Mark Scott. “The seniors ended a great career on the grid iron with two district titles going undefeated in district play the last two years. Both of the losses in the playoffs the last two seasons were by two points. The hard work that they put in the off season showed on the field all season long. We will miss this group of seniors.”

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