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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1979
Page
17
Barron Bremner, long-time builder of Midwest wrestling programs, returns to Coe as Cornell's coach for the Kohawk Classic. The 42-year-old former Coe head coach and Iowa native reflects on his career record, recruits, and his preference for small colleges while guiding Cornell this weekend.
The article notes at least eight former Coe wrestlers now coach in Eastern Iowa under Bremner, naming Tim Johnson Mount Vernon Nick Hobbs Iowa City Regina Jim Bruck Williamsburg Randy Feuerhelm Maynard West Central Jack Spore Monticello and Craig Kadlee English Valleys as head coaches or assistants. Bremner stays involved, often watching Mount Vernon Lisbon matches and teaching “Methods of Coaching” with a focus on discipline motivation and opportunities for wrestlers. He describes his philosophy as a blend of styles and calls himself The Concerned Coach, noting he might work in real estate if not coaching.
Iowa City West remains undefeated in the Mississippi Valley Conference after a 52-45 road victory over Cedar Rapids Kennedy. Coach Harry Dean lauds defense led by Linda Barnes Mary Twaler and Amy Fuller as the Women of Troy move to 7-0 in league play and 13-2 overall, with remaining games against Dubuque Senior Cedar Rapids Jefferson and City High. Kennedy, coached by Harold Wilkinson, struggles as their offense stalls early and finishes with five points in the first quarter and 17 at halftime, despite six Kennedy guards combining for strong efforts late.
Iowa Cornets, Midwest Division leaders, will face New Jersey in Cedar Rapids as part of a double header at the Five Seasons Center. The event includes Coe vs Cameron and features top players Draving and Uhl returning after flu and knee injuries.
The LaSalle Kennedy girls basketball game will be at Kennedy Saturday night, not LaSalle as reported. Kennedy Waukon girls game canceled and the Regis at Kennedy wrestling meet, postponed earlier, is now scheduled for February 2.
Linn-Mar overcome a seven point halftime deficit to defeat Cedar Rapids Prairie 63 to 59. Tina Pulver led Prairie with 32 points while Sue Neuert sparked Linn-Mar in the fourth quarter as Lisa Geske and Linda Redmond contributed for the Lions.
Tina Tibben swept every event Thursday to lift Cedar Rapids Jefferson to a 134.75-124.05 victory over Regis. The J-Hawks earned their seventh straight dual meet win as Tibben topped vaulting floor beam and tumbling with strong all around 30.6 while teammate Jeff won seven events.
Wayne Phillips longtime Coe College football and track coach resigns effective June 1 after seven seasons leading football with 42 wins 30 losses and Midwest Conference titles in 1973 1974. He plans to stay in Cedar Rapids and has three children.
Iowa’s No 1 ranked wrestling team opens a trio of dual meets in as many nights starting with Northwestern at North Scott High School Eldridge Iowa. Iowa carries an 11 0 record and 22 straight dual wins as Oregon State visits Saturday Cal Poly Sunday. A feature bout at 142 pounds pits Scott Trizzino 18 1 against defending national champion Dan Hicks. Iowa State ranked No 2 hosts Oregon State Friday Minnesota Saturday and Cal Poly Monday.
Iowa hosts Minnesota at 7 30 p m in a sellout game with no TV coverage. Freshmen Peth and William Mayfield drew praise for scoring defense and rebounding while Kevin Boyle led Iowa with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Illinois countered with Jim Griffin 14 points and 7 rebounds as both squads dealt with injuries.
Cornell College senior Thomas Zinkula of Mount Vernon has been awarded a $1,500 NCAA postgraduate scholarship for outstanding academic and athletic achievement. He is the sole Iowa college recipient this year in football postgraduate awards.
Des Moines East holds first for eighth straight week as undefeated scoring at 91.1 per game. Maynard West Central 2, Fairfield 3, Pleasant Valley 4, Albert City-Truesdale 5, other area teams include Williamsburg 14 and Montezuma 16.
Washington boosts its girls gymnastics record to 8 0 with a 163 65 117 25 victory over Marion led by co top all arounders Leslie Tibbitts and Kory Kazimour who each posted 34 05. Tibbitts set a school floor record with a 9 25 while also winning multiple events. Next meet is Monday at 7 p m at undefeated Jefferson.
Regis defeated Iowa City Regina 53 to 35 in a sophomore girls basketball game Wednesday night. Meg Negro led the Royals with 20 points and paced the attack.
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