Puzzling Pitchers Rule Twins Rotations In Minnesota
Minnesota manager Gene Mauch has pieced together a jumbled rotation led by Dave Goltz with Geoff Zahn Paul Thormodsgard and Jeff Holly delivering 12 wins. Young relievers Bill Butler and Pete Redfern add depth as Minnesota leads the AL West, and the staff’s grit fuels this surprising fielding of veteran and returning players.
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Chicago Cubs
Thormodsgard
Cincinnati
Holly
Maudh
Thordmodsgard
Mauch
Bill Butler
Butler
Twins
Pete Redfern
Minnesota Twins
Geoff Zahn
Jeff Holly
Paul Thormodsgard
New Falcons Impress Coach In Preseason Workouts
Cedar Rapids Falcons coach John Austin highlights four new players Wayne Keilkopf Jerry Knott Mark Dubberke and Steve Jones as strong performers in recent drills. A follow up workout is set for June 18 at 10 30 am behind Memorial stadium. The team schedules an exhibition at Delavan Wisconsin on August 18 and a regular season opener at Newton two days later.
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Cedar Rapids Falcons
John Austin
Wayne Keilkopf
Iowa
Jerry Knott
Hastings
Neb
Mark Dubberke
Ellsworth
Steve Jones
C.R. Jefferson
Coe
Austin
Falcons
Memorial Stadium
Delavan
Wis
Newton
Archery League Winners Dominate Youth Divisions
Mike Shields took first in the 11-13 division while Duayne Brandon won the 7-8 group and Lisa Pike topped the 9-10 division in the Tuesday to Thursday league.
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Mike Shields
Duayne Brandon
Lisa Pike
Regis Girls Rally to Beat Benton in Softball Tilt
Regis improved to 4 4 in conference play with a 6 3 win over Benton Thursday. Cathy Fagan Donna Loop and Nell Sullivan each collected two hits for the victors.
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Benton
Cathy Fagan
Donna Loop
Nell Sullivan
C R Kids League Noelridge 10 11
John Schueller pitched a no hitter and Jeff Parker drove in 10 runs with a grand slam and four hits for the winners. Dave Glisch added two hits in the standout league game.
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Montgomery Ward
Dows Dairy
John Schueller
Jeff Parker
RBI
Dave Glisch
Sports Club
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Doug Welsh
Tom Breitbach
Mona's
Craig Johnson
Tom Lynch
Maynard
Randy Olson
Valley of Elgin
West Central
Mick Mack
Valley
Gary Nelson
Greg Tatro
Slams and Homers Spark Packed Softball Night Across Leagues
Marak belts a grand slam as Hawkeye Marine edges Happy Chef 25 22 with Penny Pruit and Joan Dyal also homering. CRST and Hillbilly Bread, Lincoln Lounge and CSA all chase wins with multiple homers by Linda Smith, Lisa Schutte, Tammy Macall, Deana Petrie and CSA’s Vanessa Duke among others. Other results feature Stems Excavating, Land O Lakes, Mr Bills and Whitters Turf led by several players hitting long balls.
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Kris Marak
Penny Pruit
Joan Dyal
Hawkeye Marine
Happy Chef
Renee Brown
Lori Kovar
CRST
Hillbilly Bread
Linda Smith
Lisa Schutte
Trisha Hop
Diahann Clark
Libby Hartman
Hillbilly Lincoln Lounge
CSA
Tammy Macall
Deana Petrie
Lincoln Lounge
Vanessa Duke
CSA Csa
Cryovac
Tracy Haugen
Angie Showry
Tammy Arnell
Pavla Thomas
Chris Harding
Melody Chapin
Cassie Schiven
Debbie Vavra
Prairie girls extend win streak with 10-4 victory over Linn-Mar
Prairie improved to 12-1 after Pat Herman collected three hits in a 10-4 win over Linn-Mar. Linn-Mar JV also beat Prairie 3-1. Key players included Kindig Redmond Lynch and Flood contributing runs.
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Pat Herman
Prairie
Linn-Mar
MFL Escapes Monona In Sixth Inning Rally
Dennis Wagner belted a two run homer in the seventh to tie the game for MFL and a bases loaded walk produced the winning run as MFL came from behind to beat North High West Union 8 to 7. Tom Marshall doubled twice and homered for North High.
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Monona
Dennis Wagner
MFL
North High
West Union
Tom Marshall
New leaders emerge in Tee- Off Against Cancer golf
Diane Faulkner shot 78 at Central City's Meadowview course and Pete Hagen 64 at Indian Creek later led the field as more than 200 played across 11 Linn county courses. Flight leaders include Maaske Kerr 69 and Hagen 64 ahead of Friday final.
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Central City
Meadowview
Pete Hagen
Indian Creek Country Club
John Kerr
Steve Maaske
Hillcrest Country Club
Mt. Vernon
Gary Louvar
Bill Stusak
St. Andrews
Lola Phillips
Squaw Creek
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Collins Softball Stars Calvert Ernst Lead 3 2 Win Over Foster's
Seven year old Randy Schneekloth hails Steve Calvert and Cal Ernst as heroes as Collins defeats Foster's 3 2 at Ellis Park. Calvert hits first homer of season an inside the park shot in the fourth. Ernst adds a triple in the sixth.
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Randy Schneekloth
Steve Calvert
Cal Ernst
Collins
Ellis Park
Foster's
Calvert
Ernst
John Muench
Foster
Pat Ingram
Maidrite Tops Modern Piping In Iowa Classic Play
Maidrite and Modern Piping split doubleheaders at Kirkwood-Welty park as Maidrite beats Modern Piping 2-1 in the night’s opener. Modern Piping, led by ace Al Rausch, suffers first ICFL setback while Maidrite improves and remains active in Major Open play.
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Iowa
Modern
King's Fine Foods of
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Eastside Maidrite
Terry Robbins
Denny Drakozal
John Lewis
Maidrite
al Rausch
Rausch
Lewis
Dave Mara
Jefferson tops Iowa City High in 8-6 softball
Jeff earns 8-6 win over Iowa City High to improve conference standing to 1-1. Tracy Kohl goes 3-4 and Wendy Scott 2-2 for Jeff. Jefferson JV also wins 8-3 to stay undefeated at 8-0-1. In nightcap, Ring’s defeats Kirby Rings 1-0 on Pete Welbes solo homer. Pat Malatek paces Modern Piping in 8-0 win over Linn-Mar.
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Tracy Kohl
Wendy Scott
Jeff
Tracy Taylor
City High
Jefferson JV
Thenhaus
Ring
Jim Koob
Pete Welbes
Welbes
Kirby
Roy Steichen
Kennedy Girls Softball Wins to Stay Unbeaten in Conference
The Kennedy Cougars defeat Muscatine 7 to 3 to stay 2-0 in conference and 8-2 overall. Sue Dulek collected two hits while Mona Mossbarger and catcher Kramer each had three hits. Final score Muscatine 3 Kennedy 7.
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Muscatine
Sue Dulek
Mona Mossbarger
Kramer
Cougars
LaSalle Lancers extend run with 9 2 win over Regina
LaSalle improved to 4-1 in the conference with a 9-2 victory over Iowa City Regina. Pitcher Tom Arp fanned 7, walked 1, and drove in two, while Mark Kramer and Jeff Koranda each had two hits and Pat Slater drove in two. LaSalle next plays Amana on Monday.
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LaSalle
Iowa City
Regina
Tom Arp
The
Lancers
Amana
Mark Kramer
Jeff Koranda
Pat Slater
Mangano Homers Twice As Ramco Crushers Hupp Electric
Mangano blasted two home runs driving Ramco to a 15 5 victory over Hupp Electric in College Community minor league fastpitch. Other results saw Lancer Lanes top Mays City 8 6 Bart Ballard homered Lincoln Lounge beat Sports Liquidators 4 3 with Doug Woods homer Kevin Schoner triple MNB defeated Bode Optical 11 1 John Wald erbach homered Brian Jef fords tripled Jay Hynek homered Roe May's City claimed first place late season finish with Lincoln Lounge second and Aamco third.
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Ramco
Hupp Electric
Lancer Lanes
Mays City
Bart Ballard
Lincoln Lounge
Sports Liquidators
Doug Woods
Kevin Schoner
Bode Optical
John Walderbach
Brian Jeffords
Jay Hynek
Roe
May's City
Lincoln Nae
Aamco
Clinton blanked Washington 6 0 in conference game
Clinton defeated Washington 6 to 0 as Gert Wilson had the lone hit for the Warriors. Kathy Stokes earned the win for Clinton, dropping Wash to 1 1 in conference play and 3 4 overall.
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Clinton
Gert Wilson
CR Washington
Warriors
Kathy Stokes
Wash
Linn-Mar Sophs to 4-0 Start Behind One-Hitter
Linn-Mar sophomores beat Marion 4-0 as Ron McKola pitched a one hitter and Don McCole slugged a three run homer. Linn-Mar improves to 4-0 on the season.
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Ron McKola
Don McCole
Linn-Mar
Marion
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