Youth Tennis Stars Prove Hard Work Pays Off In Cedar Rapids
Randy Krejci profiles two rising players Brady Anderson and Brandon Hornback who exemplify persistence through high school and college tennis. Anderson won a 12 game 6 0 6 0 title and paired with Trevor McCann finishing second in doubles. Hornback, late starter, became Wartburg's No 4 and helped the Knights beat Luther for the first time in 30 years. Both emphasize dedication, enjoyment, and setting team goals ahead of individual glory.
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Brady Anderson
Art Andrews
Iowa City High
Anderson
Trevor McCann
Iowa City West
David DiLeo
Karl Wenzel
Ellie
Coe College
Eric Rodgers
Marion High School
Brandon Hornback
Michael Anderson
Marion
Hornback
Wartburg
The
Knights
Iowa
Luther
Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Commission
Nike
Stanford University
Iowa City Boy Advances From Wrigley Pitch Hit Run
Brady Gromacki, 10, of Iowa City won the Iowa City regional pitch hit and run competition April 26 in the 9 10 age group and again at Bettendorf on May 17 earning a trip to Wrigley Field for the June 8 event. He finished second at the Chicago sectional among Iowa Illinois and Indiana winners and hopes to reach the All Star game.
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Terry Gromacki
Brady Gromacki
Iowa City
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Gromacki
Bettendorf
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Eastern Iowa sports week schedule highlights
This week in Eastern Iowa features high school baseball and softball games across Kennedy Washington Xavier Jefferson Linn Mar Marion Benton Community Prairie West at various times. Auto racing points races at Hawkeye Downs start 6 30 p m. Marion Regina and City High tournaments headline Saturday action.
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Iowa
Kennedy
Washington
Xavier
Jefferson
LC. West
Prairie
Benton
Marion
Linn-Mar
Mount Vernon
J.C. West
Regina
West Liberty
Cascade
Burlington
1.C. West
City High
Hawkeye Downs
West Delaware
Mount Vernon High forms first disc golf club
Mount Vernon High School teacher Richard Scearce started a disc golf club in spring 2013 gathering 15 members who played weekly at local courses. After summer, 30 more joined in fall 2013, expanding the group as the sport gains school interest.
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Sarah Boettcher
Mount Vernon
David Taylor
Simon Crocker
Richard Scearce
Mount Vernon High School
Scearce
What is disc golf and a Mount Vernon club story
The article explains disc golf as a golf like sport using a flying disc and baskets as holes. Luke Moran won a tournament with Bryce Cox and Sayre Pollock finishing second and third while students discuss creating a campus course and host a schoolwide tournament.
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Crocker
Bryce Cox
Lucas Moran
Taylor
Mount Vernon
Scearce
Luke Moran
Sayre Pollock
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