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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1969
Page
18
Cedar Rapids wrestlers begin two day district action at Jefferson with 20 Class AAA qualifiers Monday and Tuesday. Semis and finals set for later in the week as top teams Jeff and Prairie prepare for the two day meet.
The report lists wrestlers in the Jenkins and Prairie lineups with records: Don Romick 22 0 0 at 165 from Prairie, Al Zach 21 0 1 at 120, Dave Balvant 17 0 1 at 138 from Jeff, Steve St. Clair 18 1 0 at 120 from Kennedy, Jon Robben 18 1 1 at 127 from Wash, Dick Fowler 17 1 0 at 103 from Jeff, Henry Banke 14 1 3 at heavyweight from Jeff, Clark Beltz 9 1 2 at 145 from Jeff, Dennis Oliphant 22 1 0 at 95 from Marion, and Rick Schropp 21 1 1 at 103 from Prairie. The piece centers on the Hawk tourney entrants and their records.
Iowa State coach Glen Anderson calls Missouri the hottest team in the Big Eight and Iowa State hosts the Tigers in Ames. He cites Don Tomlinson’s 23 points against Kansas and notes Bill Cain’s 37 in ISU’s 74-73 OT win over Nebraska. Jenkins’ back injury threatens ISU’s lineup.
The St Louis Cardinals will host the Super Bowl champion New York Jets on August 9 in the 1969 preseason opener. The game marks the first preseason tilt for St Louis ahead of the upcoming season and paves the way for a high profile early matchup.
Purdue holds a one game lead with an 87 69 win over Wisconsin while Ohio State narrowly beat Minnesota 58 41. The race narrows to Purdue and Ohio State as Illinois and Iowa falter and both clubs face key road tests in coming weeks.
A broad listing shows East teams like Duevesne beating Villanova 70 59 and Rhode Island 85 over Musulney 8, plus Rochester 76 over Arvana 768. Indiana State, Pittsburgh State, Ball State, and several other colleges posted wins or close games across conferences with scores ranging from the 60s to the 90s.
Six games and one night of action feature Kennedy hosting Jefferson and Regis facing Columbus while Washington and Regina have clinched titles. Marion seeks to slow Manchester in the Wamac race as Jeff and Regis chase scorers and standings.
St Jude's claimed the Parish league basketball crown by beating St Pius 60 53 to close an unbeaten league season. Jake Fahrnle scored 23, Rick Bouzek 14, and Jeff Purdy led the closers with 27. Immaculate Conceptions finished second with a 37 22 victory over St Joseph's as Jim McAleer had 13. All Saints beat St Matthews 49 38 with Jim Merfeld scoring 21 and Bill Chadima 16 for the losers. St Ludmila beat St Pats 49 41 as Strenchuck posted 19 and Teehan 18.
Pete Maravich of LSU poured in 54 points to lead the Tigers past Auburn 93 87 Saturday night earning the Pete Maravich Night. He surpassed LSU career scoring record 1 972 points and joined Oscar Robertson as the only major college players to reach 2000 points by his junior year.
Cascade bowler Bob Hosch fired a 667 series to capture the singles title in the 15th annual Dyersville city championships at Ert lanes. Dyersville winners also included doubles team Loras Benn Allan Ertl and top all events Don Demmer, with Benn posting 1824 and John Laxson of Earlville chalking a 267 high game.
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