Kernels fall to River Bandits in doubleheader sweep
Cedar Rapids drops 3-1 and 6-3 to Quad City at Memorial Stadium as two snow days slow the Kernels. 10 hits total, four in game one, plus three errors, spotlighting costly miscues and timely hitting by B J Garbe and Quad City.
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Jeff Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Kernels
Quad City River Bandits
Memorial Stadium
Quad City
B.J. Garbe
Minnesota Twins
Kernel
Ben Grezlowski
Cordell Lindsey
Lindsey
Mitch Senone
Garbe
Tom Gregorio
Eric
Chip Gosewich
John Edwards
Singh Captures Masters Title at Augusta in Bold Finish
Fiji native Vijay Singh won the Masters with a final round 3 under 69 finishing three strokes ahead of Ernie Els. He held off Tiger Woods as David Duval faltered, embracing family after an 18-foot birdie on the last hole.
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Vijay Singh
Augusta National
Singh
Fiji
Qass
Poppa
Tiger Woods
David Duval
Borneo
Sahalee
Augusta
Bizer Ga
Woods fails to conquer Tiger-proof Augusta course in Masters
Tiger Avex, five strokes behind Vijay Singh at Augusta National, shoots 69 to finish 4 under and in fifth. He notes the course has become tougher since 1997 with lengthened holes and tighter rough as he laments not getting a final charge.
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Agusta
Tiger Avex
Amen
Woods
Vijay Singh
Tiger
Augusta National
Martin wins Goody's 500 at Martinsville on old tires
Mark Martin narrowly wins the Goody's 500 at Martinsville Speedway after a late-ruel gamble on old tires. He leads from 64 laps to go, beating teammate Jeff Burton by 1.5 seconds as Rusty Wallace dominated early. Burton and Stoddard praised the decision to stay out.
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Martinsville, Va
Mark Martin
Martinsville Speedway
Martin
Rusty Wallace
Jeff Burton
Victory Lane
Burton
Frank Stoddard
Jack Roush Racing
Michael Waltrip
Jeff Gordon
Wallace wins many laps as Jarrett seals Roush one two
Wallace led 343 laps but finished 10th as a late pit cycle shuffled the field. Dale Jarrett captured the win for Roush while Ward Burton quipped finishing second was borderline a felony. John Andretti, hit by Waltrip in a first turn pileup, finished 14th after an on track confrontation with Waltrip.
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Dale Jarrett
Roush
Burton
Waltrip
Jerry Nadeau
Wallace
Dale Earnhardt
Ward Burton
Martin
Wiemerslage shines as housing coordinator for Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Cedar Rapids housing coordinator Sara Wiemerslage received the volunteers award at the RoughRiders post season banquet. She matches 25 players aged 16 to 20 with housing families, using face to face interviews rather than a computer program. She balances a pathology cytotechnologist career at the University of Iowa Hospitals and a busy family life.
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Avust
Cedar Rapids
Sara Wiemerslage
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders
Coordi
Wiemerslage
University of Iowa
Clay
Ben
Volun
Teer
Waterloo Black Hawks
North Iowa Huskies
United States Hockey League
Luther College
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Gazette
Cecelia Hanley
RoughRiders
Marc Morehouse
Wiemserstage
Luther
Decorah
Ellis Park
Hawkeye Youth Ice Skating Association
Bob
Kingston Stadium
Charles City
Marcm
Wiemersias
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