Defenses sparkle as Prairie tops La Salle in key league win
Prairie Hawks edge La Salle 3-1 in East Central Iowa Conference game with standout defense. Reggie Hastings earned the win and later a save, while Don Jansa and Corky Summers sparked a pivotal fifth inning with steals and run-scoring hits. Charipar of La Salle starred defensively, robbing Prairie of multiple hits.
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Prairie
Iowa
la Salle
Metro
Lancer
Mick Mattice
Hawks
Lancers
Dennis Bruns
Bruns
Don Jansa
Jansa
Phil Schulte
Reggie Hastings
Hastings
LaSalle
al Sanders
Schulte
Mattice
Reggie
Corky
Summers
Brian Charipar
Doug Wessling
Charipar
Brian
Lane extends Rose City lead in open bowling action
Dennis Lane stretched his Rose City open advantage to 47 pins over Mark Roth after four rounds. Lane regained the lead by winning his last six matches with scores including 279 and 248, maintaining a 233 tournament average as Roth challenged briefly.
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Portland
Ore
Dennis Lane
Mark Roth
Lane
Roth
Weightlifting champs crowned at world junior event
Bulgaria led the team standings with 194 points at the fifth World and European Junior Weightlifting Championships as Babaktarov won both the snatch and overall titles. The Soviet Union followed with 161 and Hungary had 102. In Newport Rhode Island Ted Turner, aboard the sloop Tena cious, won the Blue Water Bowl after finishing third on line but first on corrected time in the Annapolis to Newport race.
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Blaigoi Blageov
Babaktarov
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Hungary
Turner
Tenacious
Annapolis-to-Newport
Sumner Long
Ondine
Robert W. McCullough
Inverness
Castle Hill Light
Softball tourney resumes with district quarterfinals tonight
Eight unbeaten teams advance to quarterfinals at Kirkwood-Welty Park. Lester's meets Mr. Bubbles on diamond 1 and Carlson's of Decorah faces Collins on diamond 2 at 6 30 p.m. Roy's Place meets Tipton at 8 and Dunhill faces Ted's Happitime at 9 15. Losers bracket games start Saturday noon. Open State flaw details, two state berths.
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Kirkwood-Welty Park
Lester’s
Mr. Bubbles
Carlson’s of
John Millis
C.R
Fort Dodge
Brewers Reinstate Don Money After Hamstring Setback
Milwaukee reactivated infielder Don Money who missed most of the season with a hamstring injury. Money batted .293 last season with 14 homers and 54 RBIs, but reinjured the hamstring after coming off the disabled list on May 2.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Milwaukee Brewers
Don Money
Money
RBI
Swim Meet of Champions Opens With 600 Top Swimmers
The first day of the three day Swim Meet of Champions features about 600 national swimmers in Mission Viejo California ahead of the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. Sugar Ray Seales battles Mike Colbert to a 12 round draw in Seattle as Colbert earns two judges total, while Seales and Colbert dispute the verdict. Denise Campbell Melanie Nolan Chris Peterson Carlos Williams Nikki Kelley Porter Zikmund claim three wins each at Wilson Junior High in a wide age group track meet with numerous events for 6 to open junior high and high school athletes.
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Mission Viejo
Calif
Seattle
UPI
Sugar Ray Seales
Mike Colbert
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Colbert
Seales
Frank Ramon
Paul Hindman
Johnny Nenezich
State Athletic Commission
Denise Campbell
Melanie Nolan
Chris Peterson
Carlos Williams
Nikki Kelley
Porter Zikmund
Wilson Junior High School
Linn-Mar baseball tops Benton Community 5 2 for 5 6 season
Linn-Mar improves to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference with a 5-2 victory over Benton Community. Ron Mikkola tosses a two hitter with 10 strikeouts. Mike Skelly goes 3-3 with two RBIs. Jefferson’s Jan Sedlacek stroked a triple and double, driving in three as the J-Hawks blank Kennedy 6-0 behind Amy Monk’s one hitter. Cedar Rapids golfers Jean Kollsmith and Amy Bubon qualify for state with District 10 win. Kollsmith medalist at 41 and the pair combine for 84 to take team title, advancing to Lake City meet July 31.
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Linn-Mar
Benton Community
Ron Mikkola
Lions
Mike Skelly
Jefferson
Jan Sedlacek
J-Hawks
Kennedy
Amy Monk
Winton
Jean Kollsmith
Amy Bubon
Cedar Rapids
Kollsmith
Bubon
Lake City
LaSalle Edges Prairie In Extra Innings Softball Thriller
LaSalle defeated Cedar Rapids Prairie 6 to 5 in eight innings. Sandy Buechel lined a single to score Cindy Hawes for the winning run in the eighth.
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Cedar Rapids LaSalle
C.R. Prairie
Sandy Buechel
Cindy Hawes
Ferguson earns second straight NAIA All-America diving honor
Kent Ferguson, a junior to be at Cedar Rapids Washington, is named to the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All America diving team for a second year. He was undefeated last season and set a state point record of 494.10 while competing in national age group events.
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Kent Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Ferguson
John
Ed Cole
Local netsters win in doubles at Quad States Open
Cedar Rapids teams reach finals in Rock Island tournament with five doubles pairs advancing. In girls 18 under Reinicke Burns and Gustafson reach semis while Horsch and Kern win and advance. in 14 under singles Kern and Horsch also progress. Boys action sees Roeder Coppock and Ross Bogner advance to 14 under semifinals as Ratekin-Tune advance in 14 under.
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Rock Island, Ill
Cedar Rapids
Vicki Reinicke
Leslie Burns
C.R
Shelly Freeman
Iowa City
Monica Gardina
Davenport
Beth Helms
Terri Ellertson
Anita Horsch
Guffy van Vooren
David Brady
Bill Fair
Jason Tune
Tom Ratekin
Burlington
Frank Foster
Brad Danaher
Kemi Gustafson
Gardina
Horsch
Carol Hanrahan
Kern
Coppock
Ratekin
Tune
Rom Rosario
Wash defeats Jefferson 11 to 3 in JV baseball showdown
Wash Warriors beat Jefferson 11 3 on Thursday as Tim Pazour and Russ Wise each collected two hits to lead the offense.
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Washington
Jefferson
Tim Pazour
Russ Wise
Warriors
Cedar Rapids Team Heads to National AAU Tournament
A Cedar Rapids boys 14 and under BB team, Wendy’s, after claiming the Iowa state title in March, will compete in the national AAU tournament in Charleston West Virginia next week. Co sponsored by the Tuesday Noon Optimists the squad includes standout Todd Twachtmann from Marion and Pat Hesselmann named to the all tournament team.
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Cedar Rapids
National Amateur Athletic Union
Charleston
W.V
Cedar Rapids Wendy's
Iowa
C.R
Wade Nelson
Des Moines
Nelson
Wendy’s
Washington
D.C
Wendy's
Todd Twachtmann
Marion
Twachtmann
Pat Hesselmann
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Dave Malecek
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Caracas
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Eastbourne
England
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South Africa
Ilana Kloss
Martina Navratilova
Wendy Turnbull
Australia
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Kerry Reid
Virginia Wade
Bettina Bunge
Budapest
Stanmir Baiaktarov
Newport, R.I
Ted
Leon Spinks
Billy Hurt
Spinks
Gerrie Coetzee
Eric Baker
Jason Webb
Zikmund
Kelley
Doug Kreid
Mark Maxwell
Williams
Peterson
Mimi Costello
Ryan Buchheim
Nolan
Nathan Williams
Holly Henshaw
Dan Wagner
Don Costello
Todd Nolan
Tracy Clemons
Mick Hitteldorf
Jennifer Jans
Tom Busch
Campbell
Wagner
Busch
Clemons
Ken Lansing
Gary Lamporek
J.J. Hoynie
Gary Utecht
Mike Pulkrab
Tracy Mullinex
Lori Sheets
Mullinex
Kelley Brady
Havynie
D.D. Wesbrook
Gary Sievers
Brian Sheets
Wesbrook
Mike Skilling
Bill Heitz
Rich Holland
Tim Skopec
Hurdies
Mike Johnson
Joe Showers
Johnson
Barry Dani
Dahl
Martin Smith
Sandy Clemons
Mike Hittesdort
Linn-Mar Baseball
Jeff
LaSalle Softball
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Meadowview Country Club
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