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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 2001
Page
26
Prime Time League finals cap strong night at North Liberty
Swedish pro David Kruse and Iowa City High grad fueled Merrill Lynch Nike to a 97 77 win over Imprinted Sportswear Goodfellow Printing in the PTL finals. Iowa senior Reggie Evans earned PTL MVP honors with 35.4 points and 12.7 rebounds per game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeyes
North Liberty Recreation Center
David Kruse
Iowa City High Grad
Merrill Lynch
Nike
Imprinted
Sportswear
Goodfellow
Iowa
Reggie Evans
Story
Kernels win on road behind Pace strong seven innings
Cedar Rapids Kernels beat the Lansing Lugnuts 5-1 as Adam Pace went seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts. Napoli and Pichardo belted first homers of the year. Abruzzo added his ninth. Coulie drove in a fourth-inning run. Ryan Webb went 3-for-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Adam Pace
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Lansing Lugnuts
Michael Napoli
Maximo Pichardo
Jared Abruzzo
Kernels
Cedar Rapids
Jason Coulie
Ryan Webb
Armstrong Holds Tour Lead After Stage Seventeen
Lance Armstrong of Austin Texas smiles on the podium in central France as he retains the overall yellow jersey after stage seventeen from Brive-la-Gaillarde to Montlucon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance Armstrong
Austin
Texas
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Montlucon
France
Urbandale J-Hawks blank Kennedy on Mettille’s homer
Urbandale defeats Cedar Rapids Kennedy 2-0 as Drew Mettille belts a solo homer in the sixth to back Brandon Rinnan’s four hit shutout. Rinnan earns the win, and Mettille’s defense helps seal the victory in a pitchers duel. Kennedy’s Bob Leadford doubled in the sixth but the Cougars could not score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Tyler Rutherford
Joe Murphy
Rutherford
Marshalltown
Urbandale
Mettille
Brandon
Kennedy
Bret Hoyer
Cougars
Rinnan
Hoyer
Drew
Bob Leadford
Oelwein Seeks First State Baseball Title Bid
Oelwein carries a 32 4 record into a state semifinal at Carroll Stadium facing Sioux City Heelan after a quarterfinal win. Cody Angle notes next steps as Noel Wilbur dominates with flawless defense and three double plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kies
Winterset
Oelwein
Sioux City Heelan
Carroll Stadium
Noel Wilbur
Angle
Boros Regains Stroke At John Deere Classic
Guy Boros, Iowa standout, shoots 3-under 68 in first round of the John Deere Classic. Once a PGA Tour regular, Boros has struggled to regain his tour card after late 1990s declines and a 2001 debut at the B C Open. He earned entry as an alternate after 17 withdrawals left Deere starts open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boros
New York
Quad Cities
Deere
the Deere
Hawkeye
West Branch
Dave Rummells
McGwire powers Cardinals past Cubs with two homers
Mark McGwire hit two home runs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals past the Chicago Cubs 3-1. He pushed his total to 570 career homers and has homered in three straight games despite a .205 average. Rookie Bud Smith earned the win in seven innings. Albert Pujols drove in the go ahead run with a double in the sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mark McGwire
McGwire
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Cubs
Harmon Killebrew
Bud Smith
Steve Kline
Cardinals
Cubs
Albert Pujols
Fernando Vina
Vina
Sammy Sosa
Ricky Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Pujols
la Russa
Sammy
Smith
LaRussa
Kevin Tapani
Wrigley Field
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Baseball Kernels
ESPN
Golf Channel
Fox Sports Net
Kcrg-Am
Hawkeye Downs
Gazette
N.Y. Yankees
Detroit
Minnesota
Oakland
Boston
Toronto
Cleveland
Baltimore
Anaheim
Tampa
C.R. Kennedy
J-Hawks
Denny Barton
Barton
Brandon Rinnan
The
John Riehl
Oelwein Winterset
Cody Angle
Hus
Carroll
Deere Field
By Mike Hlas
Jerry Smith
Mike Hias
Mhias
Ping
Guy Boros
J.L. Lewis
Sepa Terre
Andrew McLardy
Peper
Paul Gow Apron
Stephen Allan Pena Wee
Mac
Slugger
Cardinals Cubs
Big Mac
Tony la Russa
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