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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 2000
Page
17
Natasha Brown, a Des Moines Roosevelt standout and 1992 Olympic silver medalist, named Drake University women's track coach. She returns home after seven years as an assistant at Missouri, succeeding Gary Osborne who died after a MVC meet.
Cedar Rapids Washington announces changes with Ron Capps resigning as boys tennis coach and swapping roles with assistant Spencer Eells who moves to assistant. Jim Ruzek also resigns as girls golf coach. Mary Keane, former Xavier tennis assistant, returns as head girls tennis coach.
Betsy Girsch sparked a six-run third inning as Don Bosco defeated Maple Valley AO 9-1 in a Class 1A girls state softball game at Harlan Rogers Park Fort Dodge. Girsch doubled and scored twice, with Nikki Blunt Kindra Weber and Danielle Blunt adding multi hit and run contributions.
Independence Mustangs rebound from a 1 0 deficit with a three run fifth inning to defeat Belmond Klemme 4 2 at Harlan Rogers Park advancing to the state semifinals against New Hampton. Osterhaus earns the save as Crawford and Cabalca drive key hits for the Mustangs.
Michael Clark, a first year PGA Tour rookie, defeated Kirk Triplett in a rain delayed playoff at the John Deere Classic to claim his first tour win and secure a two year exemption.
In a rain delayed final round Triplett cards a 70 to force a playoff with Clark who shot 67. Triplett wins with birdies on the final hole and nets 280000 from a 2.6 million purse while Clark collects 468000. Howell earns 176800 and earns a special tour exemption.
Class 1A games featured Eldora-New Providence, Truro Interstate 35, Gilbertville Don Bosco, Maple Valley-Anthon Oto, Alleman North Polk, Pleasantville, Alburnett, Pocahontas with decisive scores. Class 2A saw New Hampton over Dallas Center-Grimes and Independence over Belmond-Klemme. Today's Class 3 games list six matchups including Cedar Rapids Jefferson vs Boone and Des Moines Lincoln vs Muscatine with more evening brackets.
Cedar Rapids pitcher Chad Berryman earned his first Kernels win despite a rough start as Wisconsin roared with a first inning home run. The Kernels offense, led by Cordell Lindsey and Mike O Keefe, answered with four runs in the first and tallied 11 total, holding off a late Wisconsin surge.
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