Lions fire entire grid staff amid coaching shakeup
Detroit Lions owner William Clay announced the firings of head coach Tommy Hudspeth and his eight man staff after a 6 8 season. The move follows rumors of ex San Francisco coach Monte Clark joining the team. The Lions finished third in the NFC Central behind Minnesota and Chicago.
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San Francisco
Monte Clark
Detroit Lions
Tommy Hudspeth
Lions
William Clay
Detroit
Minnesota
Chicago
Coaches push pro rule for missed long field goals
The AFCA backed adopting a professional rule to restart at the 20 after a missed field goal from outside the 20, with NCAA final say ahead. The vote favored the rule 155 to 148 with 10 undecided, while other proposals drew mixed support.
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Atlanta
Dave Nelson
University of Delaware
American Football Coaches Association
Afca Rules Committee
NCAA
AFCA
Nelson
Bettendorf Leads Iowa Boys Swim Power Rankings
Bettendorf tops the Iowa High School Athletic Association power ratings with a 1120 score, edging Washington 1110 and Mason City 1107. Des Moines Hoover 1102 and Cedar Rapids Kennedy 1010 round out the top five, as individual performers from Bettendorf, CR Wash, and Kennedy highlight a deep statewide meet.
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Bettendorf
Cedar Rapids Washington
Mason City
Des Moines Hoover
Ames
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Davenport West
Waterloo West
Des Moines Roosevelt
Sioux City North
Muscatine
West
Des Moines Valley
Cedar Rapids Jet
Burlington
Iowa City West
Boone — Bettendorf
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Iowa High School Athletic Assn
Bulldogs
Wash
Chris Williams
The
Warriors
Charlie Roberts
Tom Roemer
Tom Fosdick
C.R. Kennedy
Vern McKinley
Iowa City
Dirk Wilkening
SIU Edges Drake In Valley Battle 72 69
Southern Illinois escapes Drake 72-69 in Missouri Valley action. Abrams leads SIU with 18 points while Johns scores 20 for Drake, as SIU secures final minute free throws to seal the win and improve to 6-6 overall, 1-2 in the Valley. Drake drops to 3-8, 0-2.
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Carbondale, Ill
UPI
Southern Illinois
Drake
Missouri Valley
Chris Giles
SIU
Abrams
Salukis
Ss. Ilinois
S. Illinois
Basketball Scores and Top Scorers From Local Leagues
Summary of basketball results across multiple matchups with teams including Davis Kirby Northwestern Correct Fairview Little Kings Beef A R and more. Top scorers list features Kirby Bosch Jones Weber Wessel Dawson Stevenson Pegump Burger Julick Sargent and others with scores ranging from 16 to 40.
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Davis Kirby
Northwestern
Fairview Ant
Little Kings
Nesper
Nelson Evans
Salvation Army
Machacek
Angle Inn
Roseberry
D.M. Register
Kirby
Gregg Bosch
Randy Jones
Roland Bassett
Fairview
Terry Weber
Kings
Jeff Wessel
Barry Todd
Ron Mc
Prep cage Clear Creek Solon game scoring
Clear Creek and Solon produced a college prep girls basketball tally with Camelle Mahoney scoring 20 for Clear Creek and Lori Meade 17 while Solon’s Diane Ricketts led with 18 points and Kelly Fiala 19. Final scores 64 to 53.
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Clear Creek
Camelle Mahoney
Jennifer Wagner
Mel Ruth
Rosanne Stratton
Lori Meade
Solon
Kelly Fiala
Polly Lynch
Diane Ricketts
Roxanne Jedlicka
Chris Peters
Telemark Skiing Shines Amid Fresh Snow
Cable Wisconsin reports two inches of fresh snow on an 8 to 16 inch base. Skiing conditions are excellent with steady powder and reliable groomed trails for skiers this day.
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Cable
Wis
Telemark
SCI 80 Edges Leidigh 79 In Tight Match
SCI 80 defeated Leidigh 79 as Modern Piping led 55 49 at halftime. Top scorers included SCI’s Rich Patterson 28 and Leidigh’s Mike Hall 27 with several players from each team contributing across the scoreboard.
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SCI
Rich Patterson
Leidigh
Mike Hall
Modern
Denny Linderbaum
Nissen
Randy Myers
Hatt
Dennis Ibbotson
FMC
Roger Dittmer
A’hearn
Doug Nietert
Cope—Konzen
Hawaiian sumo champ extends streak at New Year tournament
Hawaiian rikishi Jesse Kahau lua won his third straight bout without a loss by defeating maegashira No. 4 Banryuyama on day three of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo. Actor Ray Bolger is 74 years old today.
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Bjorn Borg
Harold Solomon
Kristian Shaw
New York
Mima Jansovec
Hollywood
Fla
Rex Hughes, Jr
Kew State University
Lisa- Marie Moreror
Switzerland
Les Mosses
Detroit Red Wings
Danny Grant
Los Angeles Kings
Tokyo
Jesse Kahaulua
Maegashira No
Banryuyama
Ray Bolger
Bubbles Win Tight Kirkwood Women Basketball Clash
Mr. Bubbles stays in first place in the Kirkwood Women Basketball League with a 63 34 win over Cedar Rapids Sports. Judy Graham leads Bubbles with 27 points while Dawn Becker scores 14 for CR Sports in their first loss. Cherry Burrell posts 51 35 victory over Frank's with LuAnn Kimm scoring 35 for Cherry Burrell.
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Mr. Bubbles
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids Sports
Judy Graham
Bubbles
Dawn Becker
C.R. Sports
Cherry
Chappies
Lester's
CR Sports
Cherry-Burrell
Frank
Parker Bros
Roy's
Mark Union
Mercy
Vicki Addos
Sue Seye
Kayestner
Roy
Gale Booth
LuAnn Kimm
Stephanie Fuller
Ellie Werndt
Lee Smith
Kirkwood Winter Recreation Programs At Local High Schools
Kirkwood Community College lists an extensive winter recreation program at Kennedy Washington and Jefferson high schools. Offerings include swimming volleyball racquetball scuba diving basketball self-defense for women and belly dancing with family swims on Wednesday evenings. Midnight recreation at Kennedy runs Monday and Wednesday 12:30 to 2:30 a.m. registrations are open and contact numbers are provided.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kennedy
Washington
Jefferson
Jeff and
Kirkwood
Kim Lytle
Kirkwood Community Education Division
Linn-Mar girls gym power as Rene Myers tops all around
Linn-Mar wins a girls triangular meet with Rene Myers taking the all around title at 24.45. Linn-Mar total 122.75 beats Cedar Rapids Prairie 110.15 and Waterloo West 99.25 as other event winners include Wilson and Sholes in various apparatus.
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Linn-Mar
Rene Myers
The
Lions
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Waterloo West
Linn- Mar
Wilson
Kelly Hall
Sue Lagerstrom
Barb Scott
Lori Buisman
Barb Northrup
CRP
Janet Sholes
Myers
Cool
Lobmeyer
Archery Waltonian Invitational Results Highlight Local Archers
Archery results list top shooters from Keokuk Cedar Rapids and many others in the Waltonian Invitational. Flight winners include Lefler 438 and Mason 378 with diverse divisions such as barebow bowhunter sight and youth categories led by Heck 266 and Mason 218 respectively. Additional scores cover pro and class divisions with Crane Davenport Coralville and Anamosa competitors placing in multiple classes.
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Mike Lefler
Keokuk
Dave Mason
Cedar Rapids
Glen Schuller
Dave Payne
Dave Heck
Heck
Lefler
Mike Grant
Dubuque
Diane Mason
Toddville
Mike Anthony
Anamosa
Craig Waiton
Lisa Mason
Don Anthony
Chuck Bigelow
Cedar Falls
Rick Pegorick
Jerry Wells
Davenport
Tim Leazer
Leo Basten
Jim Hudson
Chuck Zvacek
Frank Smith
Pat Bridge
Central City
Tresa Brandon
Lena Lester
Thelma Barnes
Coralville
Frankie Findley
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club annual stockholders meeting
The Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Inc. schedules its annual stockholders meeting for Wednesday, January 18, at 7 30 p.m. in Room 2 at the ark. The notice calls stockholders to attend and participate in official business.
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Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Inc
the Ark
Tony Davis Named Bengals Player of the Year
The Cincinnati Club's Bengals Touchdown Club selects Tony Davis as Player of the Year after earlier naming him Bengals Most Valuable Player. Davis, AFC running back, will be honored Thursday at The Cincinnati Club's 23rd annual Sports Stag event.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Club
Bengals Touchdown Club
Tony Davis
Bengals
Davis
Able Hawks Ready As Iowa Fights Through Injuries
Iowa basketball faces second semester with William Mayfield lost for the season and Vince Brookins out indefinitely after broken hands. The rest of the team is eligible as first semester grades released show no classroom casualties. Brookins could return in six weeks, potentially for the final four Big Ten games.
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Iowa City
William Mayfield
Vince Brookins
Iowa
Mayfield
Brookins
Hands
Westfield Tops Racquet Club in Team Tennis Match
Westfield Tennis Club beat Cedar Rapids Racquet Club 19-2. Micki Schillig beat Holly Walkup 10-1 in girls singles. Jeff Brown defeated Mike Schillig 10-8 in boys singles. Westfield duo Talbott and Dreusicke won 10-2 over Brown and Wollent in boys doubles. Schillig and Gustafson won 10-3 against Walkup and Rissi in girls doubles.
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Micki Schillig
Holly Walkup
Westfield Tennis Club
Cedar Rapids Racquet Club
Jeff Brown
CRRC
Mike Schillig
Dave Talbott
Mark Dreusicke
Westfield
Brown
Doug Wollent
Schillig
Kemi Gustafson
Rocki Rissi
Local Hot March High School Games and Paine Note
Sports slate lists girls basketball matchups Regis Jeff Kennedy Linn-Mar Prairie Wash Lin-Mar Regis and others plus a 7 pm Iowa City Kennedy gym event. Swimmers Jeff Hempstead and Dubuque Kennedy meet. Paine published Common Sense in 1776.
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Jeff
Kennedy
Linn-Mar
Prairie
Wash
Iowa City
Hempstead
Dubuque
LaSalle
Regina
Independence
Marion
Thomas Paine
Bettendorf
Benton
West Delaware
Wahlert
Kirkwood
Coe JV
Monmouth
Coe
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