Frese lands Arizona spot for Pac-10 tour
Brenda Frese, former Cedar Rapids Washington star, earns a place on the Pac-10 All-Stars touring West Germany for six to seven games starting August 8. The 5-10 small forward averaged 15 points and led Arizona rebounds last season as a junior, with coaching duties planned across five camps this summer.
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Gazette area preps secure spots on Japan bound team
Five Gazette area prep athletes join the Iowa AAU Select Baseball squad set for August 14 to 22 in Japan facing high school teams from Yamanashi. Named players include Dave Konigsmark Jeremy Lewis and others, though Ryan Driscoll faces homicide by vehicle charges in Linn County Juvenile Court threatening his place.
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NCAA considers off campus recruiting ban for rule test failures
The NCAA plans a convention vote on barring coaches from off campus recruiting if they fail a test on recruiting rules. Major conferences push a broad agenda to cut scholarship limits and reduce time demands by about a third, including lowering football grants. Proposals also seek tighter academics and a fifth year of eligibility, with a 50 percent graduation target from the Metro Atlantic Conference.
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Stout Signs Baseball Scholarship With Mount Mercy West
Rich Stout a Mount Mercy West Branch senior signs a baseball scholarship with Mount Mercy College. The 6 foot 4 inch pitcher is 6-1 with a 0.70 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 47 innings while batting .328 with 25 RBI. Also note Cedar Rapids Ellis Park horseshoe tourney today with Pro Tour action at 2 pm and entrants Glen Henton Lee Wiges Ronnie Burgess Ray Kamper Lester Bell.
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Hansen shines in Western junior golf qualifier at Pinehurst
Cedar Rapids player Mark Hansen posted a 75 in the first Western qualifying round at Pinehurst Golf and Country Club to advance in the 16 to 19 year old tour. He aims for top 64 to reach match play among 265 competitors after a 142 total at Mid Pines and a 73 final round at North South Junior.
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McDonald's Nets Win in AAU 11U Tournament
Cedar Rapids based McDonald's defeated New Hampshire 37 to 27 in pool play. Kyle Hutchinson scored 15 points and Cory Hannen added 9 for the winners at the Orlando event.
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Browning-Mows Down Expos in 2-0 Cincinnati Win
Tom Browning retired the first 16 batters and teamed with Randy Myers on a three hitter to beat Montreal 2-0. The Expos drop their sixth in seven as Spike Owen, Mike Fitzgerald, and Junior Noboa contributed.
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Reds Edge Braves In Midwest League Tilt
Cedar Rapids Reds beat Burlington Braves 6-4 as pitcher Carl Grovam improved to 3-1. Reds lineup collected five doubles led by Reg gie Sanders and Jeff Ranson scoring twice on Sanders and Taubensee RBIs. Gardner homered for Burlington. the win came on a fifth inning double play and a seventh inning two run cushion.
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Lisbon clinches Mid-East softball title with late surge
Lisbon scooped the league crown by scoring three runs in each of the last two innings to beat Clarence Lowden 6-3, finishing 12-2 in the league and 11-3 overall. Clarence-Lowden sits 10-3 with one game left. Monica Smith delivered a two run single in Lisbon’s seventh to seal victory. Sara Carlson earned the win.
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Donner leads Jefferson to 21 5 rout over Davenport West
Matt Donner went 4 for 4 with six RBIs and earned the win as Cedar Rapids Jefferson beat Davenport West 21-5 in five innings. Sean Tighe added a double and four RBIs, Matt Anderson homered, and West dropped to 18-4 while Jefferson moved to 20-4.
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Muggy 8K road race heats up Cedar Rapids today
The fifth annual Fifth Season 8K in downtown Cedar Rapids draws 1,075 entrants with $13,000 in prize money. 8 a.m. start, humid near 80, no race day registration, top 10 finishers prize money plus course record bonus. awards at 11 a.m. and a 9:45 a.m. half mile fun run for about 1,000 children.
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Hayes lands coaching role in Rockford after Silver Bullets stint
Hayes, a former 7 foot NBA and CBA veteran with Idaho State ties, takes Rockford head coaching job. He retains assistant Tom Hart and expects a tough challenge coaching against Cedar Rapids and reflects on career, welcome from Youmans, and past team changes.
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