Regis Girls Defend Home Court in 49 44 Win Over Kennedy
Regis used staunch defense at home to upset Kennedy 49 to 44. Laurie Whitters led Regis with 25 points while Meg Negro added 17 and hit key free throws late. Kennedy’s Kelli Steggall scored 29 as Regis overcame a tie-heavy, back-and-forth Metro contest.
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Jefferson
Five Seasons Center
Iowa Cornets Wbp
Regis and
Mullen
Meg Negro
Pat Maas
Harold Wilkinson
Dubuque Wahlert
Regis
Wilkinson
Royals
Laurie Whitters
Whitters
Kelli Steggall
Kennedy
Kelly Owens
Negro
Steggall
Cougars
Kelli Steggel
Saery McCormick
Connie Kokontes
Sara Donnelly
Holt
Lori Dye
Kennedy swimmers slip past Jefferson in dominant win
Kennedy high school boys swim team improved to 6-0 with a 122-50 victory over Jefferson in the J-Hawk pool. Rick Gilbertson set school records in the 200 free and 100 back, while Mike Koach and Toby Peterson led in diving and diving records, and Bruce Kopf won the 200 IM and 100 breast.
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Gazette
Tom Merryman
Kennedy
Mike Koach
Jefferson Pool
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Mark Onstott
Cougars
Jefferson
Onstott
Rick Gilbertson
Jeff Pool
Wash
Doug Bucheister
Toby Peterson
Bruce Kopf
Gilbertson
Ritch Madlem
Jay Goodlove
Scott Irish
Jeff
Jim Taylor
Kennedy JV
Brian McSpadden
Brian Thomas
Alan Hudson
Randy Moore
Ritch Madiom
Carl Moore
Thomas
Tim Iiten
Todd Stafford
Jeff Dionni
Todd Worth
Madiom
Ilfen
R. Moore
Jay Goodrove
C. Moore
Don Dicus
Pro — Gilbertson
Mc Donnon Hardiman
Kopf
Jock Meiers
Todd Schroeder
Goodrove
Modium
Beckman tops LaSalle in wrestling meet
Beckman pins four LaSalle wrestlers and benefits from three forfeits to beat LaSalle 35-29. Loren Corrigan 98 pounds, Steve Hadish 105, Shawn Byrne 119, Bill Byrne 132 won for LaSalle. LaSalle forfeited 145 185 and heavyweight. Joe Van Cleve 145 did not wrestle.
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Dyersville
Cedar Rapids
LaSalle
Dyersville- Beckman
Lancers
Loren Corrigan
Steve Hadish
Shawn Byrne
Bill Byrne
Joe van Cleve
Charlie Digman
Pat Luken
Phil Vondrey
Jay van Cleve
Dean Pfath
Steve Lammers
Mark Steffen
Gary Schnier
Steve Bean
Washington Leads Iowa Girls Gymnastics Power Rankings
Cedar Rapids Washington remains atop the Iowa High School Gymnastics power ratings after the season's first update. The list runs through 25 teams including Clinton Bettendorf Davenport Assumption Des Moines Roosevelt Ankeny Des Moines Hoover Des Moines East Waterloo West and others.
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DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Clinton
Bettendorf
Davenport
Assumption
Roosevelt
Ankeny
Hoover
Waterloo West
West
Des Moines Valley
Sioux City
Ottumwa
Davenport West
Iowa City West
Fairfield
Iowa City High
Jefferson
Keokuk
Newton
Iowa Falls
Harlan
Davenport Central
Tipton
Pleasant Valley
Muscatine
Tibben leads Jeff girls in season opener win
Teena Tibben won five of six events and the all around with 32.85 points to lift Cedar Rapids Jefferson past Kennedy 138.15 to 119.55 in a girls high school gymnastics dual meet. Kennedy and Jefferson opened their seasons.
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Teena Tibben
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Linn-Mar Girls Gymnasts Roll In Season Opener
The Linn-Mar girls gymnastics team opened its season by defeating Cedar Rapids Regis 125.85 to 115.50. Regis' Sandy Gatens won all around with 25.60 points. Wehage, Edwards, Myers, Styers, Wilkin, Frazee and Sholes led event scoring for both teams.
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Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids Regis
Regis
Sandy Gatens
Karen Wehage
Lisa Frazee
Patti Edwards
Rene Myers
Michelle Shute
Kim Wilkin
Frazee
Edwards Styers
LaSalle girls top Linn-Mar 69 52 in New Year test
LaSalle's LeAnn Tudor Ann Hanson and Joan Wattnem led a balanced attack as the Lancers beat Linn-Mar 69 52. Hanson scored a career high 22 points while Tudor poured in 27 and Wattnem added 18 in the first game of the new year. Linn-Mar struggled with foul trouble and fell to 1 10 overall.
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Cedar Rapids LaSalle
LeAnn Tudor
Joan Watthem
Ann Hanson
Lancer
Linn-Mar
LaSalle
Hanson
Larry Schroeder
Schroeder
Tudor
Wattnem
The
Lancers
Lion
Lisa Risk
Sharon Crawford
Dickey Eyes Shrine Game and Olympic Showdown
Texas A M running back Curtis Dickey seeks a pro football career while aiming for the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Standing 6 1 and 220 pounds, he hopes to impress in the East West Shrine game at Stanford Stadium amid NFL interest from the 49ers and Giants. He notes artificial turf injuries and favors grass for the tryouts, with Olympic trials in Eugene to follow.
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Stanford
Calif
UPI
Curtis Dickey
Texas A&m
Moscow
Dickey
Stanford Stadium
San Francisco 49Ers
New York Giants
Eugene
Ore
America
Liberty Bowl TV ratings labeled dismal in 1979 matchup
ABC officials and the Liberty Bowl criticized the 1979 Liberty Bowl audience for Penn State vs Tulane, noting 5.2 million households watched while the Sun Bowl drew 7.8 million. Penn State won 9-6 on a late field goal. payoffs for the teams were not yet announced.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Penn State
Tulane
Abc-Tv
Herb Menhardt
Missouri
LSU
Don Bernstein
ABC
Bernstein
A.F
Bud” Dudley
Dudley
Louisiana State
Regina Girls Edge Prairie In Close ECS Shootout
Regina edged Cedar Rapids Prairie 49 48 in East Central Iowa action as Jill Johnson injured earlier left the scoring to teammates. Johnson managed only seven points while Mary Rogers 26 and Terri Wirtz 12 led Regina. Prairie fell to 1 5 in league and 2 10 overall.
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Iowa City
Regina
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Iowa
Jill Johnson
Johnson
ECI
Janet
Jack Kennedy
Benton
Newhall
Kennedy
Mary Rogers
Terri Wirtz
Rogers
Wirtz
ECS
Prairie
Hawks
1.C. Regina
Janet Lynch
Karen Drokozal
Colleen Shay
CR. Prairie
Laurie Welty
Shauna Holthaus
Carolyn Osborne
Amy Bubon
Mallory Named NIU Head Football Coach
Mallory 44 replaces Pat Culpepper as Northern Illinois University head football coach after coaching at Colorado from 1974 to 1978 and Miami of Ohio from 1969 to 1973.
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Good
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Chip Marshall
Beckman
Tibben
Terri Daw
Diana Hahn
Teresa Crawford
Lisa Konchar
Hahn
Sue Wetherbee
Crawford
Lisa Koschmitter
Dan
C.R. Regis
Soph Hanson
LaSalle Girls
Connie Neal
Craig Jelinek
Sue Petersen
Lynn Lamb
Laura DeBrower
Linda Redmond
Lions
Lori Wessel
Lori
Wessel
Earl Cooper
Rice
Paul Jones
California
Jewerl Thomas
San Jose State
All America
Marc Wilson
Brigham Young
Turk Schonert
Vagas Ferguson
Notre Dame
Perry Harrington
Jackson State
Frank Mordica
Vanderbilt
Mike Guman
Bill Hurley
Syracuse
David Woodley
Liberty Bowl
Texas
CBS
E. Cohn & Sons
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Nip Prairie
Niu
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C.r. Boxing Club
Soaring Eagles
Indian Nation
Green Bay, Wis
Squire
1St Ave. NW
Sanctioned By
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