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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1977
Page
15
Pancho Carter, driver for Fletcher Racing Team, suffered severe injuries after his Indy car hit a guardrail at about 160 mph and burst into flames at Phoenix International Raceway. He has a broken leg both arms wrists hands and fractured pelvis. he was not burned.
Prairie earned a 74-62 home win over Benton Community as seniors Norm Ziskovsky and Brian Fruendt combined for 10 points in a 29-13 second quarter run that broke a 16-16 first period tie. Jeff Gibney led Prairie with 24 points while Benton’s Brian Bartz posted 15 and Jim Freie 12 as the Hawks move to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in East Central Iowa play.
The All-Big Ten academic football team includes four Michigan players John Anderson Dominic Tedesco Curt Stephenson and Derek Howard. Minnesota places Bob Weber Stan Sytsma Dennis Fitzpatrick Bryson Heiliman. Wisconsin adds Greg Barber Tom Kaltenberg Tom Stauss Dan Schieble. Ohio State fullback Jeff Logan tops votes with 66 of 67. others include Mike McCary Charlie Weber Frank Malec Jim Scariani and David Freud. Defenders feature Dave Abrams Craig Fedore Paul Mary Marty Szostak Bruce Thornton.
Evanston Illinois AP Rick Venturi the 32 year old former Northwestern player and coach is named head football coach at Northwestern University becoming the youngest Big Ten head coach. He pledges to combine academic excellence with big time football and defends school restrictions as essential to Northwestern's identity.
West defeated the Washington Warriors 63 to 55 in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys basketball game. Mark Kelley led West with 17 points while Mark McKinstry scored 18 for Washington.
Marion built a 50 6 victory over Regis on the Royals mat with five pins and four decisons. Robbie Bolyard's 41 second pin at 126 pounds sparked the win, with Regis earning all points via heavyweight forfeit. Marion also won the freshman meet 35 29 and the junior varsity 35 15.
Four team Kohawk Classic basketball tournament matchups announced for Thursday and Friday at Coe College. St Ambrose meets Central at 7 PM with Coe facing Iowa Wesleyan at 9 PM. Friday features the consolation at 7 followed by the championship at 9.
Luther defeated Cornell 62 to 50 in Cornell pool as Luther won seven events. Scott Storvich, Hippert and Eisenman led multiple wins for Luther while Hopkins and Williams paced Cornell in key events.
Dave Meyer scored 21 points to pace Kennedy as the sophomore team defeated Dubuque Senior 75-44 in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Friday night.
Regina defeats Cedar Rapids LaSalle 90 to 56 at Iowa City Friday night led by Mark Gannon with 34 points and Randy Norton’s 15 assists. Regina dominates on the boards 36 to 20 and shoots 45.8 percent to LaSalle’s 34 percent.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy beat Dubuque Senior 70 to 59 in the Mississippi Valley Conference opener. Gail Kramer led with 24 points, Mary Hartman 23, Cindy Lamb 20 as Kennedy improves to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in league.
Amy McGame scored 26 points to lead Dubuque Senior to a 57 43 victory over Kennedy. Kennedy players Kelly Owens and Pat Cunningham added 13 points each in Friday night action.
LaSalle's sophomore basketball team trailed by 19 at halftime and lost 70 to 62 to Iowa City Regina Friday. Regina's John Pelichek led all scorers with 22 points while Jeff Sears scored 14 for LaSalle.
William Penn beat Illinois State 86 to 79 as Poock scored 32 points to power the win. The Quakers improved to 3-1 while Illinois State falls to 0-1 in Friday action.
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