State high school champions wary of grand playoff idea
Iowa officials debate whether to crown a single national style grand champion or keep four classes for baseball and football. Rick Walkow argues four state titles preserve pride while small schools benefit from level play and local schedules. He notes a shift to district play for football to ensure regular schedules and geographic balance.
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Marshalltown
Lansing Kee
Decorah
Norway
Kee High
Bancroft St. John
Rick Walkow
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Iowa
Indiana
Bernie Saggan
Walkow
Palmer
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Iowa City High
National High School Federation
Iowa Prep
Cedar Rapids LaSalle
Kingdom Come
West Waterloo
GBA Eight-Team Push Faces Cedar Rapids Deadline
Global Basketball Association faces a final Thursday noon deadline for an arena agreement with the Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids. Commissioner Ted Stepien says the league needs eight teams and Wolfe and arena officials discuss a one-year deal with attendance incentives to lower the 2750 dollar per game rental. Wolfe argues the city could support strong attendance and remains optimistic about the proposal.
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Stepien
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Huntsville
Ala
Wolfe
Chris Werner
Werner
Arena
Ann Larson
Cubans prove tough opponents at Olympics in several sports
The United States faces Cuba in multiple events as Olympic play continues. Baseball falls 6-1 in the semifinals, boxing sees Roberto Balado defeat Larry Donald, and the U S women’s basketball team eyes a Cuba rematch for gold while volleyball and other sports push toward semifinals and medals.
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Barcelona
Spain
Soviet Union
U.S
Team USA
Japan
Cuba
Taiwan
Rick Helling
Larry Donald
Roberto Balado
Tim Austin
Raul Gonzalez
Montell Griffin
America
Netherlands
China
Havana
Theresa Grentz
Puerto Rico
Lithuania
NBA
Bell Drives Sox Nine Run Third In Big Win Over Twins
George Bell homered twice and drove in five as Chicago exploded for nine runs in the third inning to beat Minnesota 19-11. Esteban Beltre notched his first major league homer and Carlton Fisk hit his 374th. The win stretched Chicago’s streak to three straight and six of seven while dropping the Twins into a first place AL West tie.
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Chicago
George Bell
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota
Twins
Esteban Beltre
Carlton Fisk
White Sox routs Twins as 19 runs match season highs
Chicago muscled 19 hits and 19 runs in a 19 to 9 rout of Minnesota. Tim Raines and Frank Thomas extended hitting streaks, while Robin Ventura Steve Sax and Lance Johnson fueled a nine run third inning that overwhelmed Bill Krueger and the Twins.
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Oakland
Texas
White Sox
Beltre
Fisk
Bell
Robin Ventura
Steve Sax
Tim Raines
Frank Thomas
Ventura
Bill Krueger
Lance Johnson
Shawn Abner
Sax
Raines
Thomas
RBI
Twins
Kent Hrbek
Mike Pagliarulo
Shane Mack
Chicago
Alex Fernandez
Wilson Alvarez
Johnson
Clear Creek-Amana Advances To Quarters In Softball
Clear Creek-Amana squeaked past Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4-2 to reach the state quarterfinals. Pitcher Mindi Prince struggled, walking eight but meriting defense from Mel Sheetz and Wendy Walls as CC-A capitalized on timely baserunning and a squeeze play to build leads and fend off late rallies.
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Gzette
Fort Dodge
Clear Creek
Amana
Clippers
Sergeant Bluff-Luton
Clear Creek-Amana
LDF Semco
Manning
Cara Coughenour
Kingsley-Pierson
Mindi Prince
Wendy Walls
Prince
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Henry
Sox Blast Twins
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Leoney
Gretchen Baugh
Baugh
Corky Klein
Flansburg
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Sheetz
Heather Berg
Angie Sheetz
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Mookie
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Bill Buckner
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Mookie Wilson
Charlie Sheen
New England
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