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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1979
Page
16
National Association of High School Athletics reports a 13.2 percent rise in participants from 1976 to 1978. Girls lead with a 26 percent increase, boys up 6.3 percent, tennis up 87 percent, while golf and swimming declined. Football rose 1.6 percent amid critics.
National high school sports participation rose to over 6.4 million last year with girls exceeding two million. Since 1970 girls participation jumped 600 percent, while wrestling and basketball showed varied gains. The Iowa picture remained stable for girls athletics. Cedar Rapids and other Iowa schools contributed to the national survey on dropout participation in athletics.
Local and regional games and events listed across boys and girls schedules. Includes basketball matchups such as Wash at Jeff and Williamsburg at Kennedy, plus Cedar Rapids at Appleton and Anamosa at Prairie. Also notes Harley Steele Memorial tourney and various national broadcasts on CBS ABC and KCRG.
Scores listed include Pro Golf Chicago 8 San Francisco 2 and other results. Saturday games feature Lerch LoCoss Knepper Krukow Perry Candelaria Neaney Niekro Roll Forsch Schatzeder Andujar. Sunday lineup shows matches San Diego Pittsburgh San Francisco Chicago Los Angeles St Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati New York Atlanta Montreal Houston.
Baseball night action features Chicago at New York with Kravec facing Beatt ie, plus Texas at Baltimore and Milwaukee at Kansas City. Other results include Cincinnati over Philadelphia and New York edging Atlanta.
Transactions report that the St. Louis club rehired Barclay as head coach and named Red Berenson as assistant coach. The move cements leadership and pairs Barclay's strategy with Berenson's experience.
Waldorf College baseball drew heavily from Cedar Rapids area, finishing 23-5 with conference and sub-regional titles and a state tournament finish. Erin Janss led with a .480 average and M V P honors, while Jon Kolb and Sean Shanahan earned first team all conference. Three area seniors signed letters for next year as the program looks to rebuild after eight graduations.
Noelridge Church League scores include First Lutheran 13 over First Presbyterian 1 and St Marks 9 over Our Saviours 0. All Saints 10 over Immanuel Baptist and St Pius 10 to 3. Noel Christian 7 over Cedar Valley Bible 3. Trinity Lutheran 9 over Cedar Hills Evangelical 2. St Pat's 5 over Trinity Methodist 0. Asbury 22 over Edgewood Baptist 7.
Speedway president Joe Cloutier announced the 1980 Indianapolis 500 will be invitation only. Invitations extend to entrants who ran all three USAC jewels the 1979 Indianapolis 500 Pocono 500 and Ontario 500, with possible additions 10 days before entry closes.
MLB style night games feature New York routing Chicago 4 0 and Boston defeating Minnesota 5 2 while Texas bests Baltimore 4 2 Oakland edges Detroit 3 2 and Cleveland beats California 7 4 Seattle defeats Toronto 7 2. Rainey and Goltz listed with records. Rozema faces Minette in Detroit Oakland game slate.
Brooks Robinson had a long career with the Baltimore Orioles and achieved four triple plays in his time.
The Johnson County Unit of the American Cancer Society sponsors a 10 Km Run for Your Life on June 24 at 6 30 p m at the University of Iowa Recreation Building. Entry is 3 with a June 15 deadline. Proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.
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