West claims 2A girls tennis crown over Kennedy 5-1
Clinton Iowa City West defeated Cedar Rapids Kennedy 5-1 to win the Class 2A girls state team tennis championship. West singles wins by Hannah Jensen Jane Peters Lindsay McConnell Kelly McConnell and Sarah Yu sealed the title, with Leesa Cadwallader the Kennedy winner. West earlier beat Boone 8-1 in the semifinal while Kennedy edged Fort Dodge 5-4.
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Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Hannah Jensen
Jane Peters
Lindsay McConnell
Kelly McConnell
Sarah Yu
Leesa Cadwallader
Boone
Fort Dodge
Marion Jones wins 100 meters at Reebok Grand Prix in New York
Marion Jones clocked 11.06 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, beating Lauryn Williams Veronica Campbell and Terri Edwards as she targets a 200 meter run in Europe before the U S nationals in Indianapolis. Meseret Defar set a women's 5000 meters world record at 14 24 53 breaking Elvan Abeylegesse 2004 mark.
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Marion Jones
Lauryn Williams
Veronica Campbell
Terri Edwards
Jones
Europe
U.S
Indianapolis
Meseret Defar
Ethiopia
Turkey
Elvan Abeylegesse
Johnson surges with four straight birdies at Memorial
Zach Johnson birdied holes 12 through 15 on the back nine and stood four under for the round and 10 under for the tournament, one stroke behind leader Carl Pettersson as weather halted play in Dublin. Third round resumes at 7 a.m. local time with final round coverage at 1 p.m. on CBS.
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Ohio
Zach Johnson
Johnson
Cedar Rapids Aegis
Woody Austin
Carl Pettersson
CBS
Story
Hawkeye Downs Tech Barn Shapes a Race's Outcome
At Hawkeye Downs Hawkeye Downs tech building overseen by Don Burkey and Dave Bentley, with Dan Higdon, polices late models sportsmen modifieds and stock cars. The tech team ensures rules enforcement and race integrity influencing the final results.
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Larry Kemp Tech
Tech Barn
Tech
Don Burkey
Vinton
Dave Bentley
Fairbank
Burkey
Dan Higdon
Bentley
Russ Barenz
Kyle Hinrichs
Saints win third straight state title as coach retires
Cedar Rapids Xavier defeats Norwalk 3 1 in the Class 1A final at Downie Soccer Park to claim a third consecutive boys state crown. Coach Steve Adams announces his resignation after seven seasons citing family considerations and says he must devote time to his young son. Xavier outscored tourney opponents 17 2 and led 1 0 on a first half goal by Eric Schreck.
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Cedar Rapids
Xavier
Norwalk
Downie
Des Moines
Saints
Steve Adams
Iowa City West
West Des Moines Dowling
Story
Gazette Des Moines
James W. Downie
Adams
Eric Schreck
Warriors
Movie minute captures Final Season filming at Kennedy
Cast and crew shot scenes for The Final Season at Kennedy High, portraying Norway Tigers facing Marshalltown Kennedy and Davenport Assumption. Director David Mickey Evans describes multiple school lookalikes and rapid takes amid concession chaos and onfield action with actors including Sean Astin in a Kent Stock role.
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Norway Tigers
Marshalltown
Davenport
David Mickey Evans
Mitch
Kent
Sean Astin
Norway
Kent Stock
Kennedy High School
Cedar Rapids High School
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A.J. Konchar
Edar Rapids
Kennedy High
Jim Slosiarek
Mike Hias
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