Area teen cowboys ride to national rodeo stage
Beatty a Center Point Urbana senior and Corrigan a Alburnett sophomore qualified for the National High School Rodeo Association event in Springfield Illinois. Corrigan earned a saddle broncs berth with a second at Iowa state finals in Fort Madison while Beatty qualified in bareback with fourth place. The Iowa duo credit family roots and early riding from calves to bucking barrels for the leap to nationals.
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Center Point Urbana
Tom Beatty
Center Point-Urbana
Jordan Corrigan
Cody Burkholder
Springfield
Ill
Pistons Sign Second-Round Pick Will Blalock
Detroit signs Will Blalock, final pick in the NBA Draft, to a multiyear contract after a 15.4 point 6.1 assist season at Iowa State. Joe Dumars praises his Vegas summer league showing and potential.
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Detroit Pistons
Will Blalock
Joe Dumars
Pistons
Will
Vegas
Blalock
Iowa State
Brunner signs Belgium pro basketball deal
Iowa standout Greg Brunner, a 6 foot 7 forward and all Big Ten pick, signed to play for a Pepinster team in Belgium. He will depart in early August as the season runs through June, after totaling 1516 career points and a US record 990 rebounds while at Iowa. He recently played for the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Las Vegas summer league.
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Greg Brunner
Iowa Hawkeyes
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Belgium
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Las Vegas
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City High stars earn top MVC baseball honors
Cedar Rapids Iowa City High’s Jon Gilmore is Athlete of the Year among three Little Hawks on the MVC first team. Dennis Knoop is Coach of the Year. Linn-Mar Jefferson Xavier and Iowa City West also place multiple first-team picks with Kennedy earning a single nod.
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Iowa City High
Jon Gilmore
Dennis Knoop
Gilmore
Little Hawks
Knoop
Linn-Mar
Jefferson
Xavier
Iowa City West
Kennedy
Iowa Games medal winners sought for Gazette publication
The Gazette requests area medal winners from the Iowa Games held last weekend. Top three finishers from the past two weekends may submit results to The Gazette in Cedar Rapids. Submit by noon Friday via mail fax or email. a Sunday list will publish.
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Mid-Prairie Miracle Seals Win on a Drop Play
Des Moines report: Mid-Prairie junior Justin Harland stayed on the bases as Braden Kos hit a routine fly to right that seemed to end the game. Nate Thomas misplayed the ball for Dyersville Beckman, allowing Harland to score the winning run from first and give Mid-Prairie a dramatic victory.
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John Riehl
We Gazette
DES Moines
Mid-Prairie
Justin Harland
Braden Kos
Golden Hawks
Dyersville
Beckman
Nate Thomas
Des Moines 2A baseball quarterfinal ends in 8th inning win
U moves on against Saint Ansgar after an improbable 8 inning 30 to 7-6 victory at Principal Park. Joe Boone scored on a two out two run error to secure the game as Harland praised the comeback and Beckman fell in the state quarterfinals after last season's outsized loss.
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The
Gazette Mid-Prairie
Dyersville
Beckman
Principal Park
Des Moines
Saint Ansgar
Joe Boone
Harland
North Polk
Blazers
HAWKS
Marion Indians Reach State Tourney Debut in Des Moines
Marion Indians coach Steve Fish leads a 25 11 team to Des Moines for a Class 3A quarterfinal vs Carroll 24 9 at Principal Park after a last minute trip change. The unit joins Cedar Rapids Marion METRO peers for the state tourney kickoff tonight at 6.
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Gazette Des Moines
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Indians
Carroll
Gazette
Marion
Steve Fish
Des Moines
Miller blasts Saints to state in prep softball
Abbey Miller crushed a three run homer in the bottom of the fourth as Cedar Rapids Xavier defeated West Delaware 3 1 to reach the Class 3A state tournament. Xavier advances to face Humboldt in the first round at 6 15 p m next Tuesday at the Rogers Sports Complex near Fort Dodge.
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Gazette
Manchester
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Cedar Rapids
Xavier
West Delaware
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Saints
Humboldt
Rogers
Fort Dodge
Megan Rolfes
Renae Cooper
Jenna Taiber
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Rae’lyn Frett
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