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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1973
Page
6
Cedar Rapids district wrestling action features 43 wrestlers from seven teams. Washington, Prairie, Bettendorf, Assumption and Central lead a competitive field with multiple champions and runners up. key contenders include Mark Sheely, Vince Jones, and Paul Viktors. The district commences Friday in Payette with 16 schools represented and finals slated for midweek.
Washington leads state swimming title standings with 765 points tied with Jan. 21, as Davenport West and Clinton follow in the tight team race. Ben Taylor posts fastest 100 butterfly and 200 IM times, Dolg Buchheister tops diving totals, while final meet point tallies require correction per Gazette report.
Sectional tournaments move into the semifinal round with top teams advancing to district play beginning Saturday. Monday’s play set up Monday night semifinals featuring Eastern Town leaders and No. 3 West Central, as regional races heat up toward state descent in Des Moines March 6-10.
A booster club for the Ceaar Rapids Astros baseball team will be formed at a meeting at ? pm Monday at Bishops cafeteria downtown. Bob Northrup and Ray Baker invite all baseball fans to attend. Don Buchheit, Astros general manager, will speak briefly and show a color and sound film of the 1975 World Series. Refreshments may be ordered.
Ames AP report notes Iowa State Cyclones, tumbling from the Big Eight race after a 79 68 loss to eighth ranked Missouri. Coach Maury John blames fouls and low free throw attempts, cites two recent road games with strong effort but poor charity tosses.
John noted fouls have been a big problem in conference play. Against Missouri, Iowa State held a 34-91 edge in field goals but committed 25 fouls while Missouri made 24 of 51 free throws. The coach discussed switching from man to zone to cut down on fouls.
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