Mount Mercy softball tumbles from perfection in district run
Mount Mercy's Cindy Streitner pitched a perfect game versus Marycrest as the Mustangs opened the Iowa IAIAW District 4 tournament at Kirkwood Welty Park. Streitner struck out six and Mary Kay Stepanek made 15 putouts as Mount Mercy won 3 0 before losing 2 0 to William Penn, ending a 11 game win streak. Iowa and Iowa Wesleyan advanced to the final round. Coe and Marycrest were eliminated.
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Mount Mercy
Kirkwood-Welty Park
Iowa Association of Intercollegiate Athletics For Women
Mustang
Cindy Streilner
Jane Steele
Iowa
Iowa Wesleyan
Coe
Marycrest
Streilner
Davenport
Benton Community
Mary Kay Stepanek
Mary Forrer
Streitner
Dan
Tim
Benton
Darla Smith
Strebner
Mustangs
William Penn
Penn
Karla Ven Hall
Nadine Armbruster
Steele
Central City
St. Ambrose
Leonard Ranson
Jane
Barb Lasack
Kim Lord
Susie Sauter
Jane Hagedorn
Julie Foltz
Center Point
Cherrry-Burrell
Kohawks
Drake Relays mile jinx persists amid rain and records
Crowds of 14 700 saw no sub four minute mile at Drake Relays as Niall O Shaughnessy failed to break the barrier despite 4 01 78 winning time. Steve Scott illness prevented his bid while Kenya and Irish runners shone in other events boosting Iowa State and Washington state results.
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Des Moines
Roger Bannister
Bannister
New Zealand
John Walker
Drake
Niall O’shaughnessy
Arkansas
O’shaughnessy
University of California-Irvine
Scott
P.A
O'Shaughnessy
Randy Wilson
Knoxville
Iowa
Oklahoma
Kenya
Mike Boit
Boit
New Mexico
David Korir
Cedar Rapids Washington
Iowa State
Dave Korir
Korir
Cyclones
Notre Dame
Ex-NBA role player laments modern coaching clampdown
Larry Siegfried recalls George McGinnis trade rumors and the tough reality of coaching today. He notes players’ salaries, limited communication, and the loss of close ties, while reflecting on his own seven seasons as a 13th man and newfound life among earthworms in Ohio. He suggests a nationwide fan boycott as a remedy to spoiled athletes.
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George McGinnis
Philadelphia
Larry Siegfried
NBA
Boston Celtics
Houston Rockets
Siegfried
Ohio
Don Buckheister Urged to Fund Memorial Stadium Scoreboard
The column notes potential donations for a manually operated scoreboard or an electric board as collegiate teams including Coe Cornell and Iowa played in Memorial Stadium. A humorous aside invites a Co-Ed Relays for grownups, but the writer discovers the event targets high schoolers with possible Masters participation to justify a meet.
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Don Buckheister
Memorial Stadium
Coe
Cornell
Iowa
Kingston
Royals Rally Wins 7-6 Over Brewers in Eight
Pete LaCock delivered a sacrfice fly scoring Fred Patek as the Kansas City Royals erased a deficit with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 7 to 6 on Friday night.
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Kansas City
Pete LaCock
Fred Patek
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Brewers
Orioles rally past White Sox on Murray grand slam
Eddie Murray hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to cap a five run surge and lift Baltimore to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox ending the Orioles four game skid.
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Chicago
Eddie Murray
Baltimore
Chicago White Sox
Orioles
Giants Suffer Fifth Straight Loss in Midwest League
Waterloo Indians routed Cedar Rapids Giants 6-2 on Friday night as Jeff Stadler gave up three home runs in the second and third innings. Tom Anderson hit a two-run homer in the second, Don Hubbard followed with a two-run shot in the third, and Angelo LaGrande added a two-run four-bagger earlier. Javier Lopez relieved Stadler in the fourth and balked Waterloo’s final run in the sixth, while Cedar Rapids left 12 runners on base.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Indians
Jeff Stadler
Cedar Rapids Giants
Giants
Tom Anderson
Indians
Don Hubbard
Angelo LaGrande
Javier Lopez
Stadler
Anderson
Lopez
Cedar Rapids
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Gus Schrader
Gazette
Mike Blasingame
Kennedy
Jeff Ampey
Washington
Kirk Hobbs
Sioux City North
John Arnaud
Elkader Central
Marcia Thurn
Frank Cramer University
Irish
Cindy Strellner
America
Royals
Kar City
Center Point Rd
Oakland Rd
Swingers
Otto Kohl
Town House
Naughton
First Ave
Tama St
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