Top prep eagers square off in Iowa all star game
The Class AAA High School All-Star Basketball game tops tonight’s Cedar Falls schedule with North versus South squads. The North features Valley and Big Eight stars while the South combines Des Moines Quad Cities players. The 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. games are sponsored by the Iowa HS Basketball Coaches Association and Coca-Cola.
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Des Moines
Uni Dome
Davenport
Bettendorf
Rock Island
Moline
Iowa High School Basketball Coaches Association
Coca-Cola
Cedar Rapids Washington
Don King
Rich Vanderloo
Sioux City East
Bert Adams
D.M. Hoover
LaVerne Bruns
Iowa
C.R. Prairie
Valley Stars
King
Rick Crews
Dubuque Hempstead
Brett Higgins
Dubuque Senior
Willie Hodges
Jeff Payton
C.R. Kennedy
Scott Anderson
Marc Byrd
Waterloo West
Johnny Anderson
Waterloo Central
Rick Schupbach
Mason City
D.M
Rich Bates
Lincoln
Scott Clark
Valley
Bob Hansen
Dowling
Steve Sikkink
Hoover
Curtis Campbell
Davenport West
Frank Derrick
Davenport Central
Mark Gor
Boxing Greats Spar Over All Time Heavyweights
The piece ranks five legends Joe Louis Muhammad Ali Rocky Marciano Gene Tunney and Jack Johnson as the top heavyweights. It notes Teofilo Stevenson a Cuban standout who won Pan Am and Olympic titles could be the best today with better guidance and era comparisons remain speculative.
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Gazette
Joe Louis
Muhammad Ali
Rocky Marciano
Gene Tunney
Jack Johnson
Fidel Castro
Cuba
John Tate
U.S
South Africa
Jerry Coetzee
Ali
Larry Holmes
Teofilo Stevenson
Chapman
Teofifo
Duane Bobick
Munich
Tate
Montreal
Bachelor
Bubba Hadley
Narcisco Maldonado
Teofilo
Stevenson
Bobick
Mike
George Foreman
Zaire
Foreman
Marciano
Rembrandt
Angelo Dundee
Eddie Futch
Cus d’Amato
Jack Hurley
Moscow
Irwin Leads British Open After Rough Round at Lytham
Hale Irwin remained two shots ahead of Seve Ballesteros after a brutal third round in heavy rain at Royal Lytham St Annes. Irwin shot 75 while Ballesteros also finished at 75, with Nicklaus and Watson three and five strokes behind respectively as only six players broke par. Irwin, at 2-under 211, eyes a potential U.S.-British double after recently winning the U.S. Open.
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Lytham ST. Annes
England
UPI
Hale Irwin
Levvy Ballesteros
Irwin
Ballesteros
Jack Nicklaus
Tom Watson
Nicklaus
Watson
Royal Lytham St. Annes
U.S
Toledo
Ohio
Fuzzy Zoeller
Gil Morgan
Seaver historic shutout helps Reds close on Astros
Cincinnati ace Tom Seaver improved to 8 straight wins with his 50th career shutout in a 3-0 victory over the Astros as Dave Collins and Johnny Bench provided the offense. Seaver tossed his sixth complete game of the year, striking out one without a walk.
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Tom Seaver
Reds
Cincinnati
Houston Astros
Dave Collins
Johnny Bench
Seaver
John Denny
Bench
Cesar Geronimo
Collins
Lou Brock
Weibring and Curl Lead Quad Cities Open at 8 Under
Weibring and Curl shot 65s to share the Ed McMahon Quad Cities Open 36 hole lead at 8 under par 132. They hold a one stroke edge over Murphy Cole Mitchell Sullivan Halldorson with Cole posting a 64 while Regalado faltered to 6 under after seven holes. Lon Nielson 135 and 88 players made the cut of 141 as final rounds set for today and Sunday.
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Coal Valley, Ill
UPI
D.A. Weibring
Rod Curl
Ed McMahon
Weibring
Curl
Bob Murphy
Bobby Cole
Jeff Mitchell
Dennis Sullivan
Dan Halldorson
Cole
Victor Regalado
Cedar Rapids
Lon Nielson
Nicklaus laments wet course at British Open
Jack Nicklaus criticized Royal Lytham St Annes after a 2 over par 73 in round three, saying excessive watering slowed play and altered greens and fairways. He trailed leader Hale Irwin by three as players struggled with the changed conditions.
Kennedy batsman Michael hits dramatic grand slam in district win
Michael crushed a two out grand slam in the seventh inning to lift Cedar Rapids Kennedy over Jefferson 8-7 in Class 2A district action. The Cougars, trailing 7-2, rallied with six runs as Michael, frustrated after four at bats, connected off Jim Fleagle to clinch the upset and set up a district final versus the winner of Williamsburg.
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Norway
Toby Michael
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
C.R. Jefferson
Michael
Cougars
Jim Fleagle
C.R. Prairietown City West
Williamsburg
Fleagle
Bill Herkelman
J-Hawks
Jefferson
Joe Kenney
Dike Augustine
Ty van Horbeck
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