Pinky Primrose nears 700th coaching win at Iowa City
Harold Pinky Primrose, Cedar Rapids area coach with 699 wins and a 515 victory tally with Washington Warriors, targets career landmark at Iowa City West High School. He started in Lisbon in 1956 and earned ABCA Hall of Fame induction in January.
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Harold “Pinky
Primrose
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City West High School
Washington
Warriors
Lisbon
Norway
Robert Primrose
University of Iowa
Pinky
Iowa
Jim Schulte
Schulte
IBM
Jimmy
American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
ABCA
Jim Phipps
Niles West
Ill
Harold “Pinky” Primrose
Nolting resigns as Jefferson girls track coach
Larry Nolting quits as girls track and cross country coach at Jefferson High School after 16 years. He may be named associate principal at Taft Junior High School and says his activities coordinator role was phased out. He led Jefferson to state titles in cross country and track, with multiple relays and champions under his tenure.
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Jefferson High School
Nolting
Cedar Rapids Community School Board
Taft Junior High School
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All Star NL Pitching Prospects Named by Howser
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes pitchers for the NL squad including Higuera Hough Righetti Hernandez Fernandez Rawley Valenzuela Krukow Scott Rhoden Reardon and others. Clemens is slated as the starter with Higuera and Hough set to follow before the All-Star Game.
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Cleveland
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Detroit
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Milwaukee
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New York
Charlie Hough
Texas
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Hough
Witt
Rase
Righetti
Hernandez
Gooden
Sid Fernandez
Mike Scott
Dave Smith
Houston
John Franco
Cincinnati
Mike Krukow
San Francisco
Shane Rawley
Philadelphia
Jeff Reardon
Montreal
Rick Rhoden
Pittsburgh
Fernando Valenzuela
Los Angeles
Fernandez
Rawley
Valenzuela
Krukow
Scott
Rhoden
Clemens
Fort Worth
Prairie edges Benton Community 5-0 behind Nelson two hitter
Todd Nelson pitched a two hitter for Prairie in a 5-0 home win over Benton Community at Van Horne. Tim Evans drove in two with a second inning double and Chris Boettcher added an RBI double as Prairie improves to 4-6, 6-15 while Benton Community falls to 5-5, 10-8. Scott Long collected both Bobcat hits.
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Todd Nelson
Prairie
Benton Community
Iowa
van Horne
Tim Evans
Chris Boettcher
Scott Long
Wardenburg Tosses Two-Hitter as Linn-Mar Beats Regina
Diane Wardenburg threw a two hitter to lift Linn-Mar to a 12-2 five inning ECSC softball win at Iowa City Regina. Karen Begley blasted a two-run single in Linn-Mar’s four-run first inning. Linn-Mar improved to 6-2 in the ECSC and 17-10 overall while Regina fell to 3-17, 4-17.
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Linn-Mar
Iowa
Iowa City
Regina
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Lions
Iowa women on basketball tour opens international round robin
The United States Select women's basketball team featuring University of Iowa players Shanda Berry Lisa Long and Michelle Edwards starts a four game round robin in Hamilton Ontario The squad also plays in Toronto Saturday St Catherine's Sunday and Hamilton again Tuesday The field includes Canada Germany and South Korea The 12 member U S Select squad was the No 2 unit chosen at spring tryouts
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University of Iowa
Shanda Berry
Lisa Long
Michelle Edwards
Hamilton
Ontario
Berry
Oelwein
Toronto
St. Catherine’s
Canada
Germany
South Korea
U.S
Canseco twins diverge as one returns to minors
Jose Canseco, 22, stars for Oakland with 21 homers and 73 RBIs, while his twin Ozzie leaves the Yankees system to start over with Oakland in the Madison Wisconsin Midwest League. Ozzie preferred hitting to pitching, and now aims to prove himself on the same path as Jose, learning to use his legs and weight as a hitter.
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New York Yankees
Ozzie
A’s
Madison, Wis
Yankees
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