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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1979
Page
14
Coe College Kohawks beat rival Cornell 39-38 for their first win of the season. Kim Gibney led Coe with 16 points, while Cornell’s Tammie Eisens and Sue Gant each scored 8. Scoring for Coe also listed Cherise Perry Becky Eshelman Kathy Cross Neida Utrik.
Joellen Gonder scored 27 points to lead Washington sophomore girls past Kennedy 52 to 38. Kennedy’s Julie Jackson had 13 as Washington extended its win streak to six and improved to 8 1 and 6 1 in league play.
Coe College basketball coach Don Tune leads the Kohawks to Knox this weekend in a West Division showdown. Coe sits 4-5, Knox 3-4, Monmouth 1-3, with Monmouth ranked third in a coaches poll. Next home game is Jan 18 against Graceland.
Iowa City High hosted a triangular gymnastics meet at Marion on Thursday with Marion finishing second scoring 118.52 behind leader Iowa City High at 121.40 and Iowa City West at 86.75. Bev Grannan of Marion placed third in tumbling and balance beam while Cheri Connel led on vault and uneven bars with high scores.
Boston Red Sox scouts Wayne Britton and Paul Tavares. Cleveland Indians sign Randy Elliott and Bob Hansen and assign to Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League. Tulsa Drillers president Glenn Dobbs resigns. Los Angeles Kings recall Charlie Simmer. St Louis Blues recall Neil Labbatte and Tony Currie. Bruce Affleck, Bob Hess, and Brian Ilvie sent to Salt Lake City. Vancouver Canucks release Roland Eriksson. San Diego Sockers sign Jose Neto. Brian Joy Axel Neumann and Franz Krauthausen trade to California Surf for cash and draft picks. Vanderbilt resigns Larry Schmittou as baseball coach.
In Detroit Tommy Hearns stopped Clyde Gray in 148 pounds. Rico Hoye outpointed Fred Reed in Chicago. Stanford Ricks halted LeVant Williams in New York. Lucky Clay outpointed Tommy Sacco in Alliance Ohio. Sugar Ray Leonard beat Johnny Gant in Palmer Park Maryland. Herman Montes outpointed Fili Ramirez in Pico Rivera California.
Prep Wrestling summary shows Durant defeating West Liberty 50 to 14 with six pins for Durant led by Rich Riessen at 112 pounds in 1 04, Rex Riessen at 132 in 3 14, and Loren Keppy at 155 in 5 09, plus heavyweight Joan Roehik pin. West Liberty pins Jeff Peterson 134 and Jeff Bousley 158 and Craig Myers 177.
The Jane Boyd Community Center hosts an eight-team single elimination men’s basketball tournament set for February 3 and 4. For information call Lightning Mitchell at Jane Boyd 366-0431.
The Cedar Falls Cornets meet the Chicago Hustle in a Women’s Pro Basketball League game at the UNI Dome. Tipoff is 2 p.m. Saturday in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Cedar Rapids Washington Navy a 45 41 victory to stay in the Mississippi Valley Conference title race. Mary Hartman led Kennedy with 25 points while Barb Mims scored 22 for Washington as the hosts used a late stall to hold off the Cougars.
LaSalle defeats Regina 87 58 to raise season mark to 12 3. Theresa Clark leads Lancers with 35 points and Joan Watthem adds 21. Regina’s top scorer is Joyce Weeg with 30 points and Janet Lynch adds 20.
In Boston court Chuck Fairbanks acknowledged serving as Colorado football coach while still under NFL contract with the Patriots. He said since December 13 he aided Colorado recruiting and interviewed assistant coaches, and disclosed a Colorado offer paying about 40 to 45 thousand dollars annually plus about 100 thousand dollars in expenses and fringe benefits.
The Cedar Rapids Jefferson boys swim team raised their dual meet record to 6 4 with a 117 53 victory over Dubuque Hempstead at the J Hawk pool. Jefferson took nine individual wins and captured the free relay, while Hempstead led the medley relay. The junior varsity also won 103 36. Notable events include Brian Steffen and Stu Nechanicky posting top times in the 200 free and 100 free respectively.
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