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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1997

Page

34

Sportsday schedules across college and pro events today

Baseball games include South Bend at Kernels 2 p.m. and Penn State at Iowa 11 a.m. Kirkwood at Ellsworth 2 p.m. Various tournaments feature Coe Cornell Mount Mercy at 9 a.m. Michigan at Iowa 1 p.m. UNI hosts UNI-Dome Invitational. Golf and tennis events list multiple invites and matchups at regional courses and facilities. NASCAR and MLB action airs across networks with multiple broadcasts.

South Bend C.R. Kernels Penn State Iowa Kirkwood Ellsworth Iowa State Texas A&m Northern Iowa Southern Illinois

TV slate of racing and sports coverage across ESPN and more

A dense schedule lists CART Sunbelt Indy Car Carnival Australia, NHRA events, NBA and NHL games, MLB matchups including Astros Braves and Blue Jays Cubs, Masters golf rounds, boxing cards, soccer clashes, and various tape delays across ESPN TNT TBS WGN CBS USA NBC ABC and more featuring teams like Bulls Knicks Heat Pistons and players across multiple leagues.

Australia ESPN NHL Philadelphia Fiyers New York Rangers NBA Miami Heat Detroit Pistons TBS Philadelphia Chicago Bulls SportsChannel Rovers Blackburn Leeds United Florida Martins Chicago Cubs Houston Astros Atlanta Braves Toronto Blue Jays Chicago White Sox WGN Cleveland Cavaliers New York Knicks TNT Oded Sullivan Hasim Rahnan USA AFC Ajax Juventus Las Vegas WBA Los Angeles Lakers Utah Jazz Indiana Pacers Baseball Espn Auto Racing NHRA TBS Gell CBS

1997 NFL Draft Order and Olympic Start Phrase

The document lists the first round draft order for the 1997 NFL Draft with teams such as the New York Jets Oakland Seattle Baltimore Detroit St Louis New York Giants Tampa Bay Arizona New Orleans Atlanta Seattle Houston Cincinnati Miami Tampa Bay Washington Kansas City Indianapolis Minnesota Jacksonville Philadelphia Buffalo Pittsburgh Dallas San Francisco Carolina Denver New England Green Bay. It also notes the start of the modern Olympic Games in Athens with James B. Connolly winning the hop step and jump. A crowded section of local high school and college sports schedules follows, including girls and boys soccer track tennis golf baseball softball and volleyball across Iowa sites like Linn-Mar Iowa City High Kennedy Dubuque Senior Washington and more.

New York Jets Oakland New Orleans Seattle Atlanta Baltimore Detroit St. Louis New York Giants Tampa Bay Arizona Chicago Houston Cincinnati Miami San Diego Washington Kansas City Indianapolis Atlantic New Jersey x-Philadelphia x-Florida Rangers N.Y. Islanders x-Buffalo x-Pittsburgh Central Dallas x-Detroit x-Phoenix Edmonton Vancouver Los Angeles San Jose Calgary Colorado Anaheim Boston Florida Pittsburgh Ottawa Hartford Montreal Toronto Philadelphia Phoenix

Friday prep schedules mix of high school and college events

Multiple Friday events span girls soccer at Prairie and Linn-Mar, boys track at Kingston Stadium, and golf matches including Washington vs Jefferson. College tennis pits Kansas against Iowa State and Northern Iowa, with baseball featuring Indiana at Iowa and Wichita State at Northern Iowa.

Weekend sports schedule across Iowa teams and events

Saturday events include girls track at Kingston Stadium and Linn-Mar meet, boys track at Davenport Central, girls tennis at Linn-Mar and Regis LaSalle, boys tennis at Prairie Invitational, and multiple soccer clashes including Cedar Falls at Kennedy and Washington at Regis. Baseball and college matchups feature Indiana at Iowa, Texas at Iowa State, Northern Iowa tourneys, and Kirkwood swing through Coe Grinnell Central events.

METRO Washington Kennedy Dubuque Kingston Stadium Marion Prairie Dubuque Hempstead Dubuque Wahlert Regis-LaSalle Iowa City Burlington Johansen Benton Jefferson Cedar Linn-Mar Regis Waterloo Squaw Creek LaSalle Walnut Ridge Mankato State Iowa Mt. St. Clare Mount Mercy Upper Iowa Muscatine Kirkwood Minnesota Iowa State Coe Cornell Grinnell Iowa Wesleyan Blackhawk Northern Illinois Wisconsin-LaCrosse Luther Loras Wisconsin Davenport Ottumwa Cedar Falls Waterloo West Bettendorf Indiana Texas Wichite State Missouri State Monmouth Central Iowa Lakes Mankaro State Sefsoal — Buena Visita Wiliam Penn Texas Tech Knox Illinois College Corned Lowe State Northern Iowa

NBA Scores and Box Scores From Coast to Coast

Recap of Tuesdays NBA results with scores Seattle 103 Dallas 84 and Philadelphia 113 Charlotte 115, plus Toronto 84 Miami 96. Box score highlights include Iverson 32 for Philadelphia and Rice hot for Charlotte, with key early game notes across Boston New Jersey Atlanta New York and Los Angeles routes.

Seattle Dallas Miami Toronto Charlotte Philadelphia New York Atlanta Phoenix Portland San Antonio Golden State Washington Boston LA. Clippers New Jersey Houston Vancouver Indiana Minnesota Chicago Orlando Utah Sacramento L.A. Lakers Cleveland Detroit Denver NBA Finley Green Bradley Harper Pack Danilovic O'Bannon Moursepp Smith Dressing Totals McMillan Schrempt McIlvaine Hawkins Payton Perkins Cummings Wingate Snow Kemp Stewart Ehlo N.C Davis Weatherspoon Williams Iverson Stackhouse Caldwell Bradtke Hendrickson Cage King Chambers Rice Dirac Bogues Pierce Geiger Dek Addison Rose Royal Yea Ca Divac Camby Rozier Christie Stoudamire Wright Rogers Respert Jones Lewis Slater Mashburn Brown Mourning Lenard Hardaway Austin Majerie Askins Crotty Strickland

Minor Leagues Friday Night Baseball Results

Fort Wayne defeated Kane County 4 to 0. Wes Michigan beat Wisconsin 1 to 0. Beloit won 8 6 over Quad City. Lansing routed Rockford 15 to 7. Burlington edged Michigan 6 to 3. Saturday games delayed by rain with several late reschedulings and doubleheaders.

Fort Wayne Kane County Michigan Wisconsin Beloit Quad City Lansing Rockford Burlington South Bend Cedar Rapids West Michigan Clinton Peoria Reds Padres Angels Astros Twins Royals W. Michigan Tigers Red Sox Brewers Cardinals Martins Cubs Mariners

Hingis, Seles, Fernandez win titles in Cup action

Martina Hingis defeats Brenda Schultz-McCarthy to win the Family Circle Cup with Monica Seles and doubles teams achieving victories in Sarasota. The United States faces the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals with Agassi and Courier winning singles and Haarhuis Eltingh securing the decisive doubles.

Martina Hingis Switzerland Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Netherlands Monica Seles Sarasota Fla Conchita Martinez Spain Newport Beach Calt United States Sungies Andre Agassi Las Vegas Sieng Schaiken Jim Courier Miami Jan Siemerink

Fort Worth Coca Cola 300 results and standings summary

Mark Martin wins as drivers across cars from Ford Chevrolet Pontiac vie for top money. Final results list Mark Martin Batesville Arkansas winner at Fort Worth Texas with lead changes and incidents marked by crashes and a long green run.

Fort Worth Texas Mark Martin Batesville Ark Ford Jimmy Spencer Berwick Chevrolet Jeff Burton S.boston Todd Bodine Chemung N.Y Tim Bender Corden Terry Labonte Corpus Christi Hermie Sadler Emporia Elliott Sadler Timm Steele Coopersville Mich Shane Hall Fountain Inn S.C Dale Jarrett Hickory N.C Johnny Chapman Stony Point Ron Barfield Florence Michael Waltrip Owensboro Joe Bessey Scarborough Maine Bobby Labonte Pontiac Dennis Setzer Newton Doug Reid III Hueytown Ala Jerry Robertson Denver Colo Jeff Fuller Auburn Mass Stevie Reeves Indianapolis Ind Mark Green Steve Park Northport Mark Day Clarksville Tenn Glenn Allen Jr Cincinnati Ohio Tim Fedewa Holl Randy Porter Greenville Lyndon Amick Batesburg 5.C Jimmy Foster Daytona Beach Fla Jeff McClure Harrisburg J Green Sawyer Park Setzer Burton McLaughlin Spencer Martin Bodine LaJoie Parsons J.green Trickle Jones Ford Thunderbird Saagen Verge Chevrolet Monte Carlo South Boston Thunderbird Ricky Rudd Chesapeake Rusty Wallace St. Louis Ernie Ivan Salinas Calif Ted Musgrave Franklin Wis Ward Burton Grand Rapids Dave Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Kannapolis Monte Carlo Bil Elliott Dawsonville Bobby Hamilton Nashville Morgan Shepherd Conover Jeremy Mayfield Lake Speed Jackson Miss Mike Skinner Susanville Brett Bodine Ken Schrader Fenton Rick Mast Rockbridge Baths Robby Gordon John Andretti Kenny Wallace Dick Trickle Wisconsin Rapids Hut Stricklin Calera Steve Grissom Gadsden Ceres Ram Monte Carlo oYee Dave Wausau Derr Cove Spanaway Wash Chad Little Spokane Greg Sacks Mattituck Jee Eee Lakeland Bobby Hillin Jr Midland Bill Standridge Shelby

College Softball and Tennis Roundup of Midwest Actions

Rain disruptions pause several softball games across the Big 12 and Big Ten with Nebraska Iowa State and Iowa State Texas results listed. Tennis results include singles and doubles at Waco Baylor and Simpson Invitational at Indianola with Coe College posting wins in Clark Center.

Nebraska Iowa St BIG Ten Iowa Michigan Luther Dubuque Grinnell Knox Mount Mercy Ellis Park Coe Northern Iowa St. Louis Bradiey Valparaiso Waco Texas Baylor Iowa State Erika Asmuss ISU Carolyn McGrath Barbara Navarro Kenda Leese Kirsten Fagen Hortensia Hernandez Vanessa Abel Mary Runbaoa Sophie Goldschmidt Angie Miller Julie Hamilton Maggi Agustsson McGrath-Abel Asmuss-Miller Hamilton-Goldschmide Fagen-Racelle Navarro-Lauren Leese-Augustsson Indianola Wartburg William Penn Buena Vista Upper Iowa Simpson Clark Center Cornell Gabe Mirlin Andy Davick Kevin O'Donnell Chris Hall Mitch Louis Brad Johnson Ethan Wolferman Jay Williams Andy Justice Joan Davis Mark Murphy Dav Mannia Mirlin-O’donnell Hall-Johnson Louis Wolferman David-Mannia Mike Matsuura Steve Sloan Davis- Williams Nebraska Wesleyan Mirlin Scott Broady O'Donnell Matt Roth Jim Auxier Louis Wolferman Jason Hochreiter Justice Jon French Murphy Broady-Roth Louis-Wolferman French-Auxier Matsuuri-Sloan Defauit

Johnny Owens Invitational and William Penn Golf Standings

The men’s golf invitational lists team results from William Penn and Mount Mercy with Central and Loras near the top. Individual leaders include Tyler Brooks from Cen and Brent Bacon Ui, while Mount Mercy’s Erger and Wynne lead in scores. At the Johnny Owens Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky, Toledo leads, followed by Miami Ohio and Marshall with Notre Dame and Eastern Kentucky nearby. Maarten Van den Berg MI tops individuals with 214.

William Penn Oskaloosa Central Loras Mount Mercy Upper Iowa Simpson Buena Vista Palmer Wartburg Iowa Wesleyan Clarke Graveland Dubuqne Tyler Brooks Cen Brent Bacon Shannon Hoekstra Matt Erger Brent Jack Ron Wanderling Jon Maloney Dan Mishek Casey Kirsch Johnny Owens Lexington Toledo Miami Ohio Marshall Notre Dame Eastern Kentucky Wisconsin Ball State Eastern Michigan Iowa Louisville Xavier Kentucky Michigan State Morehead State Wright State Youngstown Murray State Maarten van den Berg Sean Bowen Tim Rice Sam O’ Dell Ryan Heiminen Chad McCarty Chris Englund David Hersch Brian Kupp

Cedar Rapids golfer nets hole in one at Elmcrest CC

Peter Wirtz of Cedar Rapids ace on the 138 yard par three No. 5 with a 6 iron Saturday at Elmcrest Country Club. The page also lists Iowa football schedule dates through November including Northern Iowa Tulsa Iowa State Illinois Ohio State Michigan Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Northwestern Minnesota Central Michigan and Arizona in a dense calendar excerpt.

Elmcrest Country Club Peter Wirtz Cedar Rapids Iowa Tulsa Iowa State Illinois Ohio State Michigan Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Northwestern Minnesota Central Michigan OWA State Arizona

Girls Track Warrior Invitational at Kingston Stadium

Ames led the field with 216 points at Kingston Stadium as Cedar Falls and Iowa City High trailed. Individual event leaders included Steph Corey in shot put, Mandy Engel in discus, Krista Johnson high jump, and Sarah Gray in the 3000 meters with a meet record.

Linn-Mar Waterloo East Steph Corey Nina Smith Evonne Butikofer Mandy Engel Devin Achenbach EdCo Kara Hulse Sarah Gray Lindsay Heiligentha Ames Susan Buchheister CBK Cedar Falls Jocelyn Schaefer Kate Deaver Alex Cook Ashley Kunkle Iowa City High Jessica Wray Sarah Kitchell Sarah Tapper Megan Popelka Ed-Co Anessa Sloan Brandice Peltier Kelly Triplett Keely Barnett Dyersville Beckman Tolu Fadeyi Megan Flaws Kris Osmundson Amber Engelen C.R. Jefferson Cedar Fails Julia Ollila Theresa Liu

Jamboree results and pro football signings listed

In a girls soccer jamboree at Lower Kingston CR Washington routed Solon 3 0 with Wilkerson scoring all three. Cedar Rapids Regis Goats defeated Linn Mar 2 0 while Kennedy beat Cedar Falls 3 0. Pro football notes include Boomer Esiason signing with Cincinnati and Cris Dishman plus Jesse Campbell joining Washington. A list of local running events with dates and contact numbers follows.

Cincinnati Bengals Boomer Esiason Washington Redskins Cris Dishman Jesse Campbell

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