G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Athlete Megan Stull with her family. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

REINBECK – The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Booster Club hosted its annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Reception on Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Oak Leaf Country Club in Reinbeck.

The guest speaker this year was Colton Dinsdale (son of Lora and Kirk Dinsdale), a member of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School Class of 2016 highly revered among Rebel football fans. After graduation, Dinsdale played linebacker for Iowa Western Community College before accepting a preferred walk-on offer from the Iowa Hawkeyes ahead of the 2018-19 season. He graduated from Iowa in Dec. 2020 with a business degree.

Among those honored this year by the Booster Club, G-R alums Megan Stull (Class of 1996) and Matt Wyatt (Class of 1992) were inducted as the 2024 HOF Athletes. The school district wrote on Facebook of the two former athletes, “[Two] athletes that worked hard to be the best they could be and made others around them better. Not to mention great athletes too.”

Coach Bruce Bailey was inducted as this year’s HOF Coach. Bailey logged over 34 years coaching for the Rebels and was a “tremendous person of character for all the kids he coached,” the district wrote.

The 2001 Class 1A football team was inducted as one of two 2024 HOF Teams. The Class 1A team was the district’s first football team to qualify for the state tournament. The Rebels ended the 2001-2002 season with an overall record of 8-2 after being crowned District Co-Champions. They lost the first round of playoffs to Aplington-Parkersburg 41-7.

Megan Stull, Class of 1996. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

The team’s only loss in the regular season was to North Tama (31-0), while notching regular season wins over East Marshall (35-7), GMG (46-0), Grundy Center (21-8), BCLUW (43-20), Belle Plaine (35-18), South Hamilton (14-0), Colo-NESCO (50-0), and Eldora-New Providence (17-0). The team was coached by head coach Chris Ehrhardt and assistant coaches Jeff Thesing, John Olson, Chad Bixby, and Darren Trunck.

The 1999 Class 1A boys golf team – the district’s first state champion team, also coached by Chris Ehrhardt – was inducted alongside the 2001 football team.

Darren and Sue Trunck – the longtime, former owners of Reinbeck’s only independent grocery store, Trunck’s Country Foods (now the Reinbeck Country Store) – were inducted as 2024 HOF Community Members.

Rounding out the stellar 2024 Hall of Fame inductees list, Kim Tscherter – former G-R Booster Club president – was inducted as the 2024 HOF Booster Member, Jayne Thede – referred to as one of G-R’s “all-time greatest fans” – was inducted as the 2024 HOF Fan, and Jim Utterback was inducted as the 2024 HOF Volunteer for his help making home football games run smoothly.

G-R 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees

G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Athlete Matt Wyatt with his family. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

Volunteer: Jim Utterback

Fan: Jayne Thede

Community Members: Darren and Sue Trunck

Booster Member: Kim Tscherter

Coach: Bruce Bailey

Matt Wyatt, Class of 1992. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

Teams: 1999 Boys Golf – State Champs; 2001 Football – State Qualifier

Athletes: Megan Stull; Matt Wyatt

Community Members Sue and Darren Trunck with their family. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

Members of the G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Team, he 2001 G-R Rebels football team. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

Members of the G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Team, the 1999 G-R Rebel boys golf team. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Coach Bruce Bailey with his family. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Fan Jayne Thede, center. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK

G-R Booster Club 2024 Hall of Fame Booster Member Kim Tscherter with her family. PHOTO COURTESY OF G-R BOOSTER CLUB/FACEBOOK