Grundy Center
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Search complete. 34 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Grundy Center".
Oct 15, 2026
Tom GriswoldHOST
Looking forward to talking.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Once again, he's from, uh, Grundy Center, Iowa, named after Miss Grundy from the Archie comics.
Josh ArnoldPANELIST
Was she hot?
Tom GriswoldHOST
No. No. No.
27 MINS LATER
Tom GriswoldHOST
Oh, yeah, we're, we're calling him The Edge.
Christy LeeHOST
Or do we just call him Edge?
Tom GriswoldHOST
And he's from Grundy Center, Iowa.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Excuse me, not California.
Layla StattonGUEST
We're door knocking.
Layla StattonGUEST
Well, I'm door knocking nearly every day, but we have two large canvas events planned one in Grundy center, one in Iowa falls.
Layla StattonGUEST
They're both on, well, this, This next Saturday is in Iowa Falls at 10 a.m.
Layla StattonGUEST
The next Saturday is in Grundy Center at 10 a.m. Come knock doors.
Layla StattonGUEST
It's not that scary.
Layla StattonGUEST
You get used to it, and you might like it, hopefully.
Ted HamerGUEST
Now, I will...
Ted HamerGUEST
And this will probably hit your dad up there, Davis, but that last one, September 30th to October 1st, I had an inch and a half of rain here, but Grundy Center had four and a quarter, and I think Dike had three and a half.
Davis MichaelsenHOST
Yeah.
Ted HamerGUEST
Dike didn't even have school October 1st because of flooding in downtown Dike.
Chick McGeeHOST
Yeah.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Um, uh, he is from a place called Grundy Center, Iowa.
Chick McGeeHOST
Huh.
Tom GriswoldHOST
I'll address Christie with this question.
Tom GriswoldHOST
But, uh, to get back to my topic.
Chick McGeeHOST
Yeah.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Um, Grundy Center, Iowa, of course named after Miss Grundy.
Christy LeeHOST
[laughs]
Tamara ScottHOST
Eddie, we had people there.
Tamara ScottHOST
I know some drove however far Grundy Center is.
Tamara ScottHOST
Hour and a half, hour and a half, almost two.
Tamara ScottHOST
And I don't even know everybody else in the room where they drove from.
Brandon SteigerGUEST
So, you know, we've seen it before, you know, and we get it at home, so...
Brandon SteigerGUEST
Hopefully we'll take care of business there, and then we get to move on to maybe somebody like Grundy Center.
Jeff LangmanHOST
Well, Coach, we wish you the best.
Jeff LangmanHOST
A lot coming up with Alta on Thursday night.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
Well, I'll start with the 10,000-foot view versus get into all of it.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
Born and raised here in Iowa in Grundy Center.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
Graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1998.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
Do have a two-year degree in Associates in Emergency Management with an advanced standing diploma in mortuary science.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
Doesn't fit the bill really for anything that I'm doing, but my education path is non-conventional along with my career path.
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Adam HoffmanGUEST
And they walked into the Waterloo service station, the DOT center down there and got a walk-in number and they sat there for two hours.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
And it happened to be, I think, a Wednesday or a Monday.
Adam HoffmanGUEST
And they looked at their phone and they're like, oh, I can go to Grundy Center.
Coach ManemanHOST
What's your favorite state tournament or playoff memory? And what have those experiences taught you about competing when the pressure is at its highest?
Tate RiesGUEST
I would say my best day experience was playing football against Grundy Center to make it to the Dome.
Tate RiesGUEST
We didn't win, but we didn't play our best game either.
Tate RiesGUEST
But it was just, it was awesome to be there.
Jeff LangmanHOST
Um, you know, what were some of the talks like when you and even the girls and even some of your assistant coaches found out kind of the path to, you know, the next step?
McKaylie CroghanGUEST
Um, I think they're excited to see some, uh, tough teams, but also, uh, kinda sad that we may run into Grundy Center down the road.
McKaylie CroghanGUEST
Um, but we'll see how it goes and, uh, just have to play our best volleyball towards the end of the season.
Jeff LangmanHOST
Do you feel like it'll help that, for the girls, knowing that you've seen Missouri Valley, seen Tri-Center, you know, in those first two rounds, you've played with them already?
KathleenNARRATOR
They've just been phenomenal.
KathleenNARRATOR
Beckman went 9-2 last season, falling to Grundy Center in the 1A state playoff quarterfinals.
KathleenNARRATOR
Only four starters returned this season, so Meisner has pretty much been starting from scratch.
KathleenNARRATOR
Offensively, the Blazers are throwing the football around more than in 2025.