Marines sponsor Oberthien Wennermark race team at Hawkeye Downs
In Cedar Rapids the Budweiser Sportsman co owned by Johnny Oberthien and Scott Wennermark aligns with the United States Marine Corps via marines.com. Dozens of Marines will attend Hawkeye Downs on May 9 as part of a yearlong promotional partnership prep for a national chase in 2004. The arrangement includes track promotions and a Marine presence at events and shows.
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Jeff Dahn
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs Speedway
Johnny Oberthien
Scott Wennermark
United States Marine Corps
Marines.com
Oberthien
Hawkeye Downs
Special K Motorsports
Westdale Mall
Marty Diercks
Scott Delsing
Shawn
Wennermark
Thunder
Mike Desotal
Brad Dvorak
Kurt Bohnsack
Bob Ahrendsen
Marines Corps
Lead off walk sparks late rally in tense game
Claus credited Jared for the lead off walk that sparked a late rally. Aybar set up the key at bat as Julianel struck out Mathis, Jonathan Estes faced Gates who lined a 3-2 fastball to right for a game deciding run with Raniel Melgarejo scoring on the play.
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Jared
Claus
Aybar
Julianel
Jake Mathis
Jonathan Estes
Gates
Raniel Melgarejo
Evans and Abuzzo Spark Kernels Rally Past Peoria
In the first inning Terry Evans doubled with two outs, Travis Hanson and John Santor driving in runs as the Kernels take a 2 0 lead. Peoria answers, but Kernels push ahead with late rallies including Abruzzo and Aybar delivering run scoring hits to make it 5 3.
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Terry Evans
Travis Hanson
RBI
John Santor
Peoria
Kernels
Weed
Quan Cosby
Alberto Callaspo
Jared Abruzzo
Cosby
Reid Gorecki
Callaspo
Abruzzo
Ransel Melgarejo
Condon Erick Aybar
David Gates
Melgarejo
Aybar
Alex Dvorsky
Kyle Boyer
Peoria Cedar Rapids
McCoy
Weed of
Boyer
Evans
Hanson
Santor
Parker
Gorecki of Mathis
Voshell
Gates
Lemanczyk
Dvorsky
Brown
Hancock
E—Boyer
Cedar Rapids
Mathis
S—Voshell
Sb—Mccoy
Gorecki
Cs—Gates
Kernels Face Chiefs at Memorial Stadium Noon Start
Cedar Rapids Kernels host the Peoria Chiefs at Memorial Stadium at noon in a three game series. First weekday noon home start of the season. Krispy Kreme sundaes price two dollars during the game. Tickets from four to seven dollars. seating excludes third base lawn.
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Denny Eckrich
Eckrich
Tiffin
West Liberty Raceway
Farley Speedway
Dubuque Speedway
Cedar Falls
Jeff Aikey
Farley
Dubuque
Aikey
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Peoria Chiefs
Memorial Stadium
Kernels
Chiefs
Cedar Rapids
Battle Creek
Kennels
Dayton Dragons
Kernels.com
Betten dorf man inspired by Oprah runs Boston Marathon
Betten dorf resident Scott Damon finished 92nd in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2 44 23 after a New Year bet inspired by Oprah Winfrey. He and two friends trained hard including six days a week and long Sunday runs as they pursued the challenge begun at a New Year party. His wife Shelly recalled their commitment growing from casual talk to actual registration.
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AF Scott Damon
Bettendorf
Damon
Oprah Winfrey
Iowa
Scott Damon
Oprah
Duluth
Minn
Dennis Hall
Mark Winkler
Shelly
Prairie names Blake Williams new head wrestling coach
Blake Williams, 28, was named head wrestling coach at Prairie replacing John Lukasko who resigned in March. Former Solon coach led 12 wrestlers to state tourney and brought Solon to its only state dual tournament appearance in 2001. Williams aims to rebuild Prairie’s wrestling with community support and strong program traditions.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Blake Williams
Williams
Solon
John Lukasko
Des Moines
Cody Am Hadenfeldt
Spartans
Roger
Decorah
Prairie
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Max Corporon
Chad Willett
Randy Filling
Doug Simon
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Kcrg.com
Boston
Winfrey
Prairie Athletics
Kevin Behrends
Behrends
Wartburg College
Knights
Blake
Airport National Golf Course
Cedar Rank
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