All Star Diamondball at Jaycee Fields and summer sports
Cliff Morlan previews a busy sports week with the annual All Star game at Jaycee Fields on 23rd Street. Slow and fast pitch action dominates weeknights while basketball, hockey, motocross and rodeo events fill the weekend calendar, featuring local teams like Skaars Dist and Beaver Pond and players Dow Sargent Matzdorf Kobe and Israelson.
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Jaycee
23Rd Street
Skaars Dist
Beaver Pond
Big North
John Dow
Gary Sargent
Sargent
Los Angeles Kings
Nielsen-Riese
McCellan
City Arena
Peters-Williamson
BSU
Thief River Falls
East Grand Folks
EGF
Bill Israelson
Edina Country Club
Hazeltine
Birchmont
Drake
Black
Jeff Nelson
Marcel Thibeault
Cass Lake
Rod South
Cam Larson
Nelson
Junior Jones
Jim Kobe
Bill Matzdorf
Ken Matthews
Jeff
Marcel
Ole Jamta
Blackduck
Ole
Nick Miller
Nick
Legion rebounds to gain split in Grand Forks double header
Bemidji Legion salvages a split in a rain shortened doubleheader at BSU diamond defeating Grand Forks Royals 3-2 in late game. First game saw Grand Forks surge with six runs in the third inning while Bemidji battled back and tied late before losing 6-3. Second game featured strong pitching from Miller and a late Legion rally to prevail 3-2.
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Steve Hielle
Bemidji Legion
Bob Lucas
John Noga
Grand Forks
Brian Kraft
Bemidji
Don Miller
Lucas
Legion
Jim Carrington
Grand Forks Royals
BSU
Beaver Diamond
Lance Chambers
Mark Christianson
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Thormodsgard Wins First Home Game For Twins
Twins right-hander Paul Thormodsgard pitched all nine innings to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 in Bloomington. He improved to 1-0 at home after four road wins and 11-start winless home streak, fanning five as Minnesota preserved its AL West lead over Chicago. Ex-Twin Steve Brye fueled Milwaukee with a triple and a homer, while Rod Carew extended his hit streak to 10 games and raised average to .407 with three singles.
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Whitey
Anderson
American Legion
Grand Forks
John Noga
Don Miller
Bemidji
Lance Chambers
Bemidji Legion
Park Rapids
Bob Lowth
Paul Bunyan
Twins
Paul Thormodsgard
Milwaukee
Rod Carew
Ceoil Zahn
Brewers
Chicago
Billy Martin
Yankees
Toronto
Boston
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Bloomington
Minnesota
Steve Brye
Brye
Seattle
Lyman Bostock
Roy Smalley
Glenn Adams
Smalley
Carew
Gary Beare
Mik Caldwell
Dan Ford
Larry Hisle
RBI
Thormodsgard
Cecil Cooper
Sal Bando
Sixto Lezcano
Ford
Sam Hinds
Johnson
Brewer
McEnroe advances to Wimbledon semi after Dent win
McEnroe, 18, becomes youngest Wimbledon semifinalist by defeating Phil Dent 6-4 8-9 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarterfinals. He will face Jimmy Connors in the men’s singles semifinal as Connors topped Nastase’s rival Borg’s backward run. The rising American contends with prize money implications as an amateur.
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Robert Jones
Wimbledon
England
John McEnroe
Douglaston
N.Y
McEnroe
Jimmy Connors
Phil Dent
Sandy Mayer
Mendham
N.J
Connors
Dent
Nastase
Bjorn Borg
Borg
Britain
Virginia Wade
Chris Evert
Sue Barker
Betty Stove
Ands
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Sports Review
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Redlake
Lynn Lucken
Gordy Lancaster
John Halvorson
Northwoods
Upper Midwest
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Highway 2
Blane Senn
Brad Strobakken
Royals
Bob Organ
Greg Herndon
Herndon
Bob Hellem
Scott Montgomery
Mickey Road
Organ
Golve
Jeff Wilson
Mike Conner
Mike Herndon
Kraft
Strobakken
Hellem
Montgomery
Ricky Nelson
Montegomery
Miller
Tim Straub
Jeff LaDouceur
Tom Lortie
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