Iowa Valley League grows players and teams in region
The Iowa Valley League and the Norway Watkins Night League seek to add teams as competitiveness and skill rise. College players from Iowa City Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas join, with rosters around 21 and a 40 game schedule across Cedar Rapids Norway Watkins. Junior and senior players use wood bats to improve pitches and overall game.
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Miller
Denison High School
Rogers
Cedar Rapids
Norway
Walford
Watkins
IWL
Mike Gibney
Iowa
Gib
Eastern Iowa Adult Baseball Leagues Preview
The piece outlines contacts for the Eastern Iowa Senior Baseball League and Iowa Valley League with league leaders and phone numbers. It notes the Pittsburgh Pirates draft pick in 2003 and cites former IVL players with major league experience, plus older players like 41 year old Jim Drakozal and Cedar Rapids native Ed Walter.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Iowa
IVL
Shawn Sedlacek
Wes Obermueller
Matt Wagner
Nate Freese
Jim Drakozal
Ed Walter
Cedar Rapids
Walter
Eastern Iowa
Indiana's Steve Alford Returns Home From Olympic Gold
The 1984 Olympians, including Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing, beat international teams in exhibition games before the Games. Alford and teammate Johnny Dawkins toured home to Indiana where banners greeted them and 10 000 fans packed the New Castle high school gym.
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Michael Jordan
Patrick Ewing
Sam Perkins
Wayman Tisdale
Chris Mullin
Charles Barkley
Alford
John Stockton
Johnny Dawkins
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
China
Canada
Uruguay
France
Spain
West Germany
Los Angeles
Indiana
Illinois
Steve
Indianapolis
New Castle
Kernels drop game amid costly mental mistakes at home
Cedar Rapids falls 6-2 to South Bend as three-second-half errors open a four-run fourth inning. Brandon Wood misplayed a popup leading to two runs. Howie Kendrick extends a 17-game hitting streak as Cedar Rapids vows improvements before playoffs.
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Jeff Johnson
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Kernels
South Bend Silver Hawks
Memorial Stadium
Kernels
Bobby Magallanes
Bobby Wilson
Emilio Bonafacio
South Bend
Jeff Cook
Brandon Wood
Matt Pali
Silver Hawks
Mike Goss
RBI
Bonafacio
Wood
Pali
Blake Ballcom
Garrett Mock
Ballcom
Mock
Alex Frazier
Kennels
Howie Kendrick
Ryan Leahy
Kendrick
Augie
Murillo
Cook
Goss
Leahy
Frazier
Garcia
Wilson
Montero
Ballicom
Varela
Madrigal
Lopez
Kaplan
Cosby
Gonzalez
Madigal
Hunter
Pullin
Hedden
Budhahn
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Dar Rapids Jefferson
Kirkwood
Cody Doonan
University of Iowa, Coe
Cornell
Luther
Mount Mercy
Doonan
Liz Condo
the Gazette
Jeff Drake
Rockies
Hawks
Washington High School
Tom Joecken
The
Matt Miller
Eisbl
Eisbl.org
Iowa Valley League
al Walter
Paul Scherrman
Lenny Tekippe
Kj.pitcher
Gazetteco
Ished
Jordan
North Carolina
United States
ST. Andrews
Midwest League Baseball
C.R
South Bend Acr
Magallanes
Quan Cosby
Miguel Montero
Mack
Chris Hunter
Wayne Hedden
Provo
Golf Magazine
U.S
Amana Colonies Golf Club
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