Pinckney captures Cedar Rapids city golf title
Anne Pinckney edged Sonya Stelberger by a stroke to win the Cedar Rapids Women’s Golf Assn City Tournament at Ellis Municipal. Pinckney 239 total for 54 holes. Stelberger 240. Maria White 249. Evelyn Knott won the nine hole title with 146, beating Janet Thomas by one.
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Sonya Stelberger
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Municipal
Pinckney
Stelberger
University of Iowa
Maria White
Evelyn Knott
Janet Thomas
Thelma Wolfe
Sonya Stolberger
Dee Pitner
Donna Roth
Marge Jacobs
Martha Sandy
Eleanor Spacek
Coe appoints Primrose as head baseball coach
Harold J. Pinky Primrose named head baseball coach at Coe while continuing as PE instructor and work experience coordinator at Cedar Rapids Washington High School. He will coordinate duties with his high school role as of spring 1982. Primrose has long baseball background including time in Norway.
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Primrose
Coe
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
James Crabbe
Crabbe
University of Iowa
Norway
District ASA pairings set for Women’s District 2 tournament
Commissioner John Millis announced the Women's District 2 ASA fast pitch tournament pairings at Kirkwood Welty Park. Games start 6 30 p m in the losers bracket and run through 9 30 p m Sunday. Tonight’s winner’s bracket semifinals start at 8.
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Kirkwood-Welty Park
John Millis
Giannoulas Keeps Frugal Pace Amid Rising Fame
Cedar Falls AP Dan Fick of Muscatine signs a national letter of intent with the University of Northern Iowa. Giannoulas, despite growing fame, lives frugally and plans retirement, expressing astonishment at his sudden prominence and a Time Magazine interview request.
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Time Magazine
Cedar Falls
Dan Fick
Muscatine
University of Northern Iowa
Umpire statue rises in Cedar Rapids park from Happy Chef
The former 50-foot Happy Chef statue, once at 1-380 and 33rd Avenue SW, is repurposed as a center field umpire in Ryan's park. Father Beemer led the project with local volunteers to move the statue, install a base, and transform its smile into a scowl as a reminder to obstinate managers and players.
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Ryan
Billy
Happy Chef
33Rd Avenue
Cedar Rapids
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Beemer
St. Patrick’s Church
Gazette
Pat McElliott
Tuscon, Ariz
Pat
Mammoth Monument
Jerry Wolfe
Manchester
Northeast Iowa Ag Service
Fuzzy Darey
Jerry Lyness
Whitworth Aims As LPGA Eyes First Million Dollar Win
Kathy Whitworth enters the Lady Keystone Open at Hershey Country Club West Course with just over 13000 needed to become the LPGA’s first $1 million winner. She faces stiff competition from JoAnne Carner Nancy Lopez Melton Pat Bradley and Jane Blalock among others while Donna Caponi and Amy Alcott sit out this 54 hole event.
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UPI
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Hershey Country Club West
Whitworth
Mickey Wright
Hershey
JoAnne Carner
Nancy Lopez-Melton
Pat Bradley
Carner
Lopez-Melton
Bradley
Jane Blalock
Donna Caponi
Amy Alcott
Collins Radio dominates Mister Perfect in Major Open softball
Dick Ropp delivered a two run single after Bill Nelson and Tom Busch opened the third with infield hits as Collins Radio beat Mister Perfect 5 1 at Ellis Park. Mark Goldsmith struck out 12 over four hits while Jeff Larson committed four errors for Mister Perfect in a rough offensive night.
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Bill Nelson
Tom Busch
Jeff Larson
Mark Goldsmith
Kent Madison
Kurt Packingham
Max Elliott
Larson
John Monroe
Steve Calvert
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Modern
Aurora
Ill
Collins Radio
Madison
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Msan
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Mr. Perfect
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Elliott
Sac — Elliott
Monroe
Gldsmith
Goldsmith
Hawkeyes sign state champion Kauffman to Iowa
Emmetsburg’s Bob Kauffman state wrestling champion at 145 pounds signs a national letter of intent with the University of Iowa. He carries a 109-9-2 career mark and 32-0 last season, four Lakes Conference titles, and finishes of third in 1980 and fifth in 1979. He will join former Emmetsburg teammate Jeff Kerber, a four-time state champion, at Iowa.
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Iowa City
Bob Kauffman
Emmetsburg
University of Iowa
Kauffman
Iowa
Jeff Kerber
Shirley Muldowney Eyes Second Straight NHRA Springnationals Win
In Columbus NHRA Springnationals traces rain delays as Shirley Muldowney, 41, seeks her second consecutive crown in Top Fuel. She qualified fifth in a 16 car field and will tune up Saturday for Sundays finals at National Trail Raceway in Oklahoma vibes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Shirley Muldowney
National Trail Raceway
Muldowney
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