Iowa Open Tennis Tournament Returns to Cedar Rapids
The Baird Iowa Open Tennis Tournament begins in Cedar Rapids with junior rounds, followed by 11 adult divisions. About 400 players from Iowa and western Illinois compete as Randy Krejci notes top talent, with finals at Veterans Memorial Tennis Center and multiple courts citywide.
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J.R. Ogden Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Tennis Association
Randy Krejci
Krejci
Mark Fiala
Darrel Bogner
Iowa
Western Illinois
Iowa City
Quad Cities
Veterans Memorial Tennis Center
Fiala
Cedar Rapids baseball field shortage prompts talks of more diamonds
Ken Wilford and others urge parks leadership to add fields as 13 to 15 age Babe Ruth program shrinks from 12 teams to four. Rogers notes few 90-foot diamonds exist. city and county lots like Ellis Park Tait Cummins Noelridge offer some, but demand remains high.
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Hiawatha Kids League
Rogers
Babe Ruth
City Diamonds
Daniels Park
Jones Park
Jim Houtz
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Park
Tait Cummins
C” Street
Noelridge Park
High side can be groovy at Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids report on a Saturday night showdown at Hawkeye Downs where Peter Hernandez led a high side charge to win the McLeod USA Mid American Stock Car feature amid historic heat races involving NAMRA Indy cars and FIRA Formula Indy cars. Bill Prietzel and Scott Miller also earned notable results in stock trucks and Indy car events.
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the Downs
Hawkeye Labor Council
Afl-Cio
McLeod- USA
United States
NAMRA
Bill Prietzel
Franklin
Wis
Scott Miller
Kendallville
Ind
Hernandez
Hawkeye Downs
Youth sports results from Iowa ODP and local clubs
The Iowa Olympic Development Program East Boys 1988 posted a 4-1 record in the International Kickoff Soccer Tournament at the National Sports Center, with teams from 106 across the U S England and Canada. Cedar Rapids Regina and Cedar Rapids area athletes earned track golf swimming wrestling and junior national honors across multiple events and locations.
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Iowa Olympic Development Program
ODP
National Sports Center
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England
Canada
Iowa Odp
Alaska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Twin Pines
Sex Lamm
Ryan McElmeel
Andrew DeSousa
Kyle Frendle
Shai Beard
Natalie Schnickloth
Youth baseball parks across Iowa cities
Coaches travel as Cedar Rapids youth coaches note the spread of eight field complexes in Muscatine Kent Stein Park and Urbandale Northview Park. Grinnell Ahrens Park four fields privately owned Altoona Sam Wise Youth Complex Mercer Park Iowa City. Kent Stein and Ahrens Parks funded by donated land.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Muscatine
Kent Stein
Grinnell
Ahrens
Altoona
Sam Wise
Iowa City
Mercer
Bix Race Attracts Elite And Community Runners
Sherborne Maine veteran Bill Rodgers calls the Bix a wonderful race with a strong community feel. Froehlich Naumann and Mosqueda describe the challenging seven mile hills and hot humid weather as tests of endurance.
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Bill Rodgers
Sherborne
Maine
New York
Boston
Froehlich
Naumann
Armstrong takes overall lead in Tour de France
Lance Armstrong surged to the overall lead in the Tour de France with a mountain-stage win in France. His advantage over Jan Ullrich grew to 5 minutes 13 seconds with seven stages left, as Armstrong aimed for a third straight title and the race neared Paris on July 29.
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France
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Armstrong
Jan Ullrich
Germany
Paris
Tarbes
Luz-Ardiden
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