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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1978
Page
12
A baseball play listing shows Harrison hit by Harrison and Landis and Feinberg with a late game HB P at 3:02, tied to an A-2,885 line.
Perry Smith tops six stroke margin with 143 over 36 holes to lead City Am golf qualifiers at Squaw Creek. Mike Ake, defending City Am champ, secures automatic spot on Squaw Creek team. Final scores list Mathiason 149, Eicher 149, Arthur 152, Perry 153, Schultz 153, Powell 153, Johnson 154, Nohre 156.
Ski champs were decided at Clear Water Lake in Des Moines with Cedar Rapids skiers claiming top overall titles. Don Nelson won the men's overall, Billy Lewis the junior boys overall, and Tammy Sebastian the junior girls.
Tim Mayotte of Springfield Massachusetts defeated Ray Disco of Forest Hills New York 7-5 6-2 to capture the Boys 18 National Junior Clay Courts Tennis Tournament in Louisville Kentucky Also Blaine Willenberg and Scott Bondurant won the doubles title 6-3 6-3 over Jess Arons and Mike Howard.
Cedar Rapids riders Johnny Spaw and Monty Murray won their divisions at Otter Creek in the five-state AMA moto-cross meet. Spaw took 125cc, Murray captured 250cc, moving toward October national races. Cedar Rapids racer Bob Hall finished second in the open division.
The Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission schedules an All Comers track meet on Tuesday August 1 at Kingston Stadium with registration at 5 30 p m.
Brad Schoentag dominated the 8 and under division at the Cedar Rapids Ellis YMCA State BC Swim Championships finishing first in four events the 25 meter breaststroke 25 meter butterfly 25 meter freestyle and the 100 meter individual medley. Teammates Julie Ronnenberg Kathy Gaskill Kristin Sandercock and Lisa Welch led the Ellis Y in the 11-12 medley and freestyle relays with Ronnenberg earning a third title and Gaskill Sandercock Welch two titles each. J J Henry won the 25 butterfly and 100 IM while B J Sweeney won the 8 and under 25 freestyle with both swimmers also contributing for the Ellis Y.
Langhurst Motors of Marion earns two extra inning wins as Laura Paulus pitches 23 innings allowing one run and five hits. She fires a 16 inning shutout in game one and works seven innings in a 4-3 12 inning victory in game two. Langhurst improves to 43-7 and advances to next week regional in Wichita Kansas.
Mudville defeated Pushovers 6 to 4 to win the fast-pitch tournament at Noel Ridge Park. Starlite Room beat Midwest Sports 7 to 2 to take the slo-pitch crown in the double-elimination event over the weekend.
Matt Novak, former state standout from Cedar Rapids Kennedy, hit two home runs to lead Keystone to a 9-6 Iowa Valley Baseball League win over Fairfax. Greg Fetter homered for the losers. Steve Stumpff also went deep for Norway in a 9-0 win over Williamsburg.
Bob Omo endured a rough outing, giving up six runs in 514 innings as Cedar Rapids lost 6-3 to Burlington. The Giants have dropped 31 of 42 and sit troubled amid base running errors and defensive mistakes while Omo searches for his form.
Sunday sub state results show Mr Bubbles posting three wins and Nelson Electric Welty Way and Philipp's Trucking each taking two victories advancing to the state slo pitch tournament at Kirkwood Welty park. Four teams face off tonight and Tuesday to determine remaining qualifiers.
Kent Ferguson of Cedar Rapids finished second in one meter diving and fourth on the three meter board at the National Age Group Zone C Diving qualifying meet held at the University of Wisconsin. He earned a spot to compete in the 15-16 year old division at the national meet in Decatur Alabama.
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