ARCA Midwest Tour Returns to Hawkeye Downs for Shootout
The ARCA Midwest Tour returns to Hawkeye Downs Speedway for the Coors Light Summer Shootout a 100 lap super late model main event with the Merv Chandler Memorial 42 supporting IMCA Sport Compacts paying 2000 to win Practice starts at 1 pm qualify at 4 pm and racing at 6 pm A post race concert by Logan Mize tickets 20 for 13 plus free for 12 and under Motorcycle riders get 3 off Casey's coupon saves 2 with Miller or Coors product coupon Well attended qualifying session rain shortened Landon Cassill earns third starting spot for NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona see full story on page 5B
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Niang invited to LeBron James Skills Academy in Las Vegas
Iowa State junior forward Georges Niang will join the LeBron James Skills Academy in Las Vegas from July 9 to 12. The camp gathers top 80 high school players and 30 collegians for four days of 5-on-5 games and workouts to showcase skills to NBA scouts. Niang earned All-Big 12 Third Team honors in 2013-14 and was ISU’s leading returning scorer with 16.7 PPG.
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Gazette previews top Iowa football players Nos twenty and twenty one
The Gazette teases a countdown by Marc Morehouse of Iowa football's best players placing Nos 20 and 21. It directs readers to thegazette com sports for full results from Friday's Fifth Season Races page 4B and to the Gazette site for up to date prep softball standings in Mississippi Valley Wamac and River Valley conferences. It also notes a special Zach Johnson Foundation Classic section coming Monday.
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Mildren twirls seventh inning gem as Kernels top Snappers
Cedar Rapids withstood Beloit through seven scoreless innings from Ethan Mildren and got a quick start when Zack Granite tripled and scored on Bryan Haar's two out homer. Relief duo Dallas Gallant and Todd Van Steensel closed it out for a 3-0 win in front of 5,564 at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Snappers dropped their 10th straight.
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Tabut wins Health Solutions 8K in Cedar Rapids comeback
Edward Kiptum Tabut of Coon Rapids Minnesota won the Health Solutions 8K in Cedar Rapids with a 24 16 time on a near perfect day. He noted the race was easier than his 2012 Fifth Season debut when he finished fourth.
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Limo Sets 8K Course Record at Fifth Season Race
Kenyan runner Cynthia Limo, 24, clocked 25:46 to set a new women's event record at the Fifth Season Health Solutions 8K in Cedar Rapids. Residing in Lansing, Michigan, she bested the previous 25:50 mark from 2012 by Diane Nukuri-Johnson, embraced a sunny 70 degree day and a festive atmosphere as she claimed victory.
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