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Montezuma rallies to beat Grundy Center for 1A boys’ basketball state berth
MARSHALLTOWN - A banner year for basketball in Montezuma keeps getting better.
Five days after the Montezuma girls' team punched its ticket to state, the boys' team clinched a spot in Des Moines as well.
No. 5 Montezuma rallied from a 38-24 halftime deficit to beat Grundy Center 64-55 in a Class 1A substate final Saturday afternoon at Marshalltown High School.
The Braves outscored the Spartans 17-5 in the third quarter and took the lead early in the fourth.
Trey Shearer scored a game-high 25 points for Montezuma (21-1). Joe Johnson led Grundy Center (12-11) with 22.
Montezuma players and students pose with the boys' basketball team's state qualifying banner Saturday at Marshalltown High School. (Nathan Ford/The Gazette)
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