Dowling dominates softball final in rain delayed IGHSAU finals
Dowling ends Ottumwa run with an 18-3 title game win as Kari Knopf drives in 11 runs setting a new tourney mark. Missey Allen(51-1) stars on mound while Clear Creek Amana and Sioux City North claim top non title finishes in a rain shortened event at Harlan Rogers Park.
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Bob Hilton
Fort Dodge
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
E. Wayne Cooley
Harlan Rogers Park
Ighsau
Clear Creek-Amana’s
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Sioux City North
Ldf-Semco
West Des Moines Dowling
Ottumwa
North Scott
North Polk
Frank Huston
Bulldogs
Tina Collett
Dowling
Tumwa
Henry Christowski
Maroons
Henry
Kari Knopf
RBI
Knopf
Des Moines East
Des Moines North District
Missey Allen
Des Moines Snyder
Dowlings
Jeff
Dannen
Iowa Central Community College
Iowa Central
Fort Dodge Parks and Recreation
Harlan Rogers Diamond
Jefferson
Clear Creek- Amana
Harlan Rogers
Ighsaa
Coaches push for two class softball tourney
Iowa prep softball coaches favor a two class format but IGHSAU officials foresee no near change due to enrollment spreads and geographic concerns. A three class system is deemed unfeasible. consolidation trends may force decisions later. The piece notes Hall of Fame honors and tournament weather delays shaping the 1991 event.
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Bob Hiltonfter
Ighsau
Troy Dannen
Ann Lammers
Center Point-Urbana
Ottumwa
Frank Huston
Huston
Mike Henderson
Henderson
Clear Creek
NFL QBs Start to Fall Again in Exhibition Season
One week into the NFL exhibition season, John Friesz of the San Diego Chargers tore knee ligaments and is out for the year. The injury props up potential replacements such as Bob Gagliano Jeff Graham or Pat O'Hara while teams eye veteran options like Phil Simms or Stan Humphries.
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Henderson
Associated Press
John Friesz
San Diego Chargers
Phoenix Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Friesz
Phoenix
Ken Harvey
San Diego
Chargers
Jeff Hostetler
Giants
Humphries
Washington
Leslie O’neal
Freisz
San Francisco
Joe Montana
Steve Young
49Ers
Los Angeles Raiders
Steve Bono
Bill Musgrave
Bono
Musgrave
Timm Rosenbach
Rosenbach
Tom Tupa
Chris Chandler
Stan Gelbaugh
Craig Kupp
Randall Cunningham
Eagles
Cunningham
David Archer
Iowa State
Sacramento Surge
Pittsburgh
Archer
Keith Byars
Titus Dixon
Heath Sherman
Jim McMahon
Jeff Kemp
Reynolds appeals extended suspension over IAAF ban
Butch Reynolds declares battle against track authorities as the IAAF extends his ban by four and a half months for a positive drug test. He had earlier defied the IAAF to compete in the U S Olympic trials, calling the rule a police state weapon.
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Columbus, Ohio
Butch Reynolds
Reynolds
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Monaco
IAAF
U.S
New Orleans
Iaaf Council
John Gall
Gall
Saints edge Bears in wild exhibition finale 34 31
Cary Blanchard made a 26 yard field goal as time expired to lift the New Orleans Saints over the Chicago Bears 34 31 in an exhibition opener. Blanchard filled in for Morton Andersen who is sidelined with tendinitis in his kicking knee. Rookie Vaughn Dunbar and Will Furrer helped spark the Saints comeback with late scores but Chicago tied late on Tom Waddle’s 76 yard punt return TD.
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Chicago
Cary Blanchard
New Orleans Saints
Blanchard
Saints
Chicago Bears
Sacramento
WLAF
Morton Andersen
Dallas
Andersen
Bears
Will Furrer
Eric Wright
Tom Waddle
Mike Ditka
Vaughn Dunbar
Fred McAfee
Marcus Dowdell
Kevin Butler
Peter Tom Willis
James Rouse
Dalton Hilliard
Bobby Hebert
Jim Harbaugh
Keith Jennings
Willis
Todd Harrison
Renaldo Turnbull
Deadlines pass in bid for GBA Cedar Rapids team
Rich Wolfe’s bid to bring a Global Basketball Association franchise to Cedar Rapids for the 1992-93 season stalls as the GBA and Five Seasons Center miss Monday deadlines. Officials say talks continue with no firm commitment, with a dispersal draft set for this morning and a $12,000 league dues to admit Cedar Rapids under discussion.
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Mike Koolbeck
Global Basketball Association
Cedar Rapids
GBA
Five Seasons Center
Rich Wolfe
Arena Management
Wolfe
Chris Werner
Arena
Ann Larson
Werner
Jim Tirabassi
Iowa
Tirabassi
Cleveland
Connors Embraces War Mood in Navratilova Exhibition
Jimmy Connors says he has long wanted to be the unofficial women's champion and will face Martina Navratilova in The Battle of the Champions exhibition next month. He treats the $500,000 challenge as a serious war.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Connors
Martina Navratilova
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Ighsau Hall of Fame
Larry Niemeyer
Des Moines
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PRO Baskeball
Connors
Allen’s
First Avenue
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