Drake draftee thanks coach via live phone call
Wayne Kreklow the Drake guard drafted by the Boston Celtics praised coach Bob Ortegel during a Des Moines radio interview on WHO. Kreklow thanked Ortegel for his guidance and expressed optimism about his pro career and the chance to play alongside Larry Bird.
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DES Moines
UPI
Wayne Kreklow
Drake
Boston Celtics
NBA
Bob Ortegel
Kreklow
Larry Bird
Ortegel
WHO
Alvarez as Iowa football staff candidate from Mason City
Mason City High coach Barry Alvarez Mohawks to a Class 4A title last year may move to the University of Iowa as a defensive line coach. Alvarez says he is among Iowa candidates with a final decision due by Friday. He has coached Mason City for three seasons posting 6 3, 7 2 and 11 1 records.
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Mason City
UPI
Barry Alvarez
Mohawks
University of Iowa
Alvarez
Iowa
Fort Dodge
NBA draft wrap includes Johnson and Demic among picks
Round by round selections feature Earvin Johnson of Michigan State going ninth overall to Los Angeles from Utah. The list includes Sly Williams, Roy Hamilton, Cliff Robinson, Bill Cartwright and many others with teams like Chicago, New York, Detroit, Seattle and Philadelphia making multiple selections across rounds.
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Milwaukee Bucks
Bill Cartwright
San Francisco
New York Knicks
O'Brien
Magic Johnson
Michigan State
Los Angeles Lakers
Greg Kelser
Detroit Pistons
David Greenwood
UCLA
Chicago Bulls
Los Angeles
Utah
Earvin Johnson
Chicago
New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Michigan St
Sidney Moncrief
Arkansas
Seattle
James Bailey
Rutgers
New Jersey
Vinnie Johnson
Baylor
Indiana
Calvin Nott
Northeast Louisiana St
Golden State
Larry Demic
Arizona
San Diego
Roy Hamilton
Cliff Robinson
Southern California
Portland
Jim Paxson
Dayton
Atlanta
Dudley Bradley
North Carolina
Brad Holland
Denver
Phil Hubbard
Michigan
Philadelphia
Jim Spanarkel
Duke
Houston
Lee Johnson
East Texas
Kansas City
Reggie King
Alabama
San Antonio
Wiley Peck
Mississipp
Phoenix
Larry Knight
Loyola
Sly Williams
Rhode Island
Washington
Kyle Macy
Kentucky
Tice Brown
Georgia Tech
Johnny High
Nevada-Reno
Oliver Mack
East Carolina
Bruce Flowers
Notre Dame
Reggie Carter
St. John's
Danny Salisbury
Pan American
Tony Price
Penn
Gary Garland
DePaul
Edgar Jones
Tony Zeno
Lawrence Butler
Idaho
Kim Goetz
James Broadley
Memphis State
Clint Richardson
Bernard Toone
Marquette
Larry Wilson
Nicholls
Victor King
Louisiana Tech
Seattie
Andrew Fields
Cheyney
Mark Young
C-1
Fairfield
Paul Mokeski
Kansas
Joan Moore
Texas
Joe DeSantis
Greg Deane
Nick Gallis
Seton Hall
Eugene Robinson
Northeast Louisiana
Rick Swing
Citadel
Larry Rogers
Southeast Missouri St
George Maynor
James Donaldson
Washington St
Don Newman
Daho
Ron Ripley
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Sammy Drummer
Lionel Garrett
Southern
Daryl Robinson
Appalachian St
Ray White
Mississippi St
Lionel Green
LSU
Ricky Reed
Temple
Jerry Lichting
Purdue
Mike Niles
Cal State-Fullerton
al Daniel
Furman
John McCullough
Oklahoma
Malcolm Cesaro
Florida
Ritchie Allen
Cal State-Dominguez Hills
Lamont Reid
Oral Roberts
Perry Wolfe
Stanford
Jimmy Allen
New Haven
Matt Simpkins
Georgia Southern
Flintie Ray Williams
University of Las Vegas
Larry Washington
Drury
Missouri
Johnny Green
Riverside
Cal
Joe Abramaitis
Connecticut
George Lett
Centenary
Jim Tillman
Curtis Watkins
Steve Schall
Mark Eaton
Cyprest Jr. College
Pass
Marshal Ashford
Virginia Tech
Ernie Cobb
Boston College
Marvin Delph
Truman Claytor
John Manning
North Texas St
Phil Abney
New Mexico
Steve Smith
Tony Smith
Nevada-Las Vegas
Derrick Mayes
Illinois
Greg Guy
Stetson
Jim Mitchem
Bob Bender
Ray Ellis
Pepperdine
Dwight Williams
Gardner Webb
Odell Ball
Dan Hartshorn
Oregon
Collie Davis
Southern B.A
Terry Knight
Pittsburgh
Bob Roma
Princeton
Dale Shackelford
Syracuse
Seottie
Garcia Hopkins
Morgan St
Ohio
Ken Jones
St. Mary's
Calif
Mike Eversly
Marc Coleman
Jim Strickland
South Carolina
Dirk Ewing
Ben Watson
Virginia Commonwealth
Stan Ray
Fullerton St
Jean Grey
LeMoyne
Jeff Tropf
Central Michigan
Tim Waterman
St. Bonaventure
Bobby Willis
Pennsylvania
Rich Valavicius
Auburn
Joan Johnson
Creighton
Nick Daniels
Xavier
Tyrone Branyan
Ollie Matson
Joeffre Whisenton
Fisk
Keith McDonald
Glenn Sudhop
Rodney Lee
Memphis
Mark Haymore
Massachusetts
Billy Tucker
Tennessee St
Tony Warren
Henry Hollingsworth
Hofstra
Mario Butler
Briar Cliff
Larry Spicer
Alabama-Birmingham
Brian Magid
George Washington
Renaldo Lawrence
Willie Pounds
Chaminade
Hawaii
Joan Goedeke
Moryland
Delbert Watson
East Tennessee St
Matt Teahon
Rick Ramo
Tony Vann
Alabama-Huntsville
Charlie Jones
Albany St
Jojo Walters
Manhattan
Milt Huggins
Southern Illinois
Kevin Sinnett
Navy
Kim Joyce
Ohio Univ
Val Bracey
James Jackson
Minnesota
Brett Wyatt
Jersey City St
Ricky Free
Columbia
Roger Lapham
Maine
Gene Ransom
California
Mike Dodd
Stan Eckwood
Harding
Ark
Cedric Oliver
Hamilton
Emmett Lewis
Colorado
Cody Leavitt
Gary Wilson
Eddie McLeod
Josep Champine
Robert Morris
Roy Hooker
Murray State
Paul Dawkins
Northern Illinois
Alton Byrd
Willy Polk
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Terry Petty
Point Park
Gordon Thomas
Marvin Thomas
Eric Fleisher
Tulane
Kevin Heenan
Chris Fairback
North Dakota
Greg Hunter
Loyola-Marymount
Kelvin Small
Chad Nelson
Drake
Cortez Collins
Indiana St.Evansville
Keith McCord
Kids League action at Kingston features high strikeouts and big wins
Chris Donner struck out 18 as Cry-Vac beat Highway Equipment 3-2 in Kingston Kids League play. Scott Pearson fanned eight in C.R. Jaycees 15-0 over Iowa Manufacturing in three innings. Shawn Allcutt hit a three run homer as Martin Marietta defeated Western Fraternal 7-2, and McDonald’s edged Machinists 6-5 behind Schultz’s three hits at Noelridge Park.
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Kingston
Chris Donner
Cry-Vac
Highway Equipment
Scott Pearson
C.R. Jaycees
Iowa Manufacturing
Shawn Allcutt
Martin Marietta
Noelridge Park
McDonald's
Machinests
Schultz
Jefferson rallies past Iowa City High in 8th for 8 7 win
In a Mississippi Valley Conference contest Jefferson, 16-3 overall, beat Iowa City High 8-7 after tying in the seventh. Scott Ewert and Scott Hoover delivered decisive run scoring singles in the eighth, Hoover also contributing earlier with a homer and a key single.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
Scott Ewert
Scott Hoover
RBI
J-Hawks
Dubuque Hempstead
Washington
Little Hawks
Ewert
Hoover
Joe Kenney
Iowa City Falls
Fine Print Basketball and Baseball Schedules
Wednesday schedule lists many high school games across football? no. Readable items show SB and BB matchups: Wahlert at Jeff, Regina at Linn-Mar, LaSalle at Regis, Prairie at Benton, Linn-Mar at Regina, Marion at Urbana, Clinton at CR. Also two softball matchups Merrill Lynch vs Eastside Maidrite and Modern Piping vs Foster's with 7:45 and 9:15 times at Harley Steele Field. Playoff First Half includes Modern Piping vs Collins at 8 p.m. and Great Plains Gas versus winner of first game at 9:30.
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Hempstead
Kennedy
Wahlert
Jeff
Benton
Prairie
Regina
Linn-Mar
LaSalle
Regis
Norway
Beckman
W. Delaware
Marion
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Merrill Lynch
Eastside
Maidrite
Foster's
Harley Steele
I.C. High
Urbana
C.R
Collins
Great Plains Gas
Tennis results highlight a busy international matches slate
Numerous players from the United States, Sweden, Australia, Britain, and other nations compete in singles events with mixed results. Notable outcomes include McEnroe, Borg, and Noah winning, while Ashe, Gorman, and Gorman face defeats amid a long listing of matches and scores.
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John McEnroe
U.S
Terry Moor
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Tom Gorman
Chris Rachel
Australia
Arthur Ashe
Tom Okker
Holland
Roger Guedes
Brazil
Yannick Noah
France
Ranamathan Krishnan
India
Brian Gottfried
Andrew Jarrett
Britain
David Schneider
South Africa
Bob Carmidgel
Marty Reissen
Ulf Eriksson
Andreas Maurer
West Germany
Amand Amritraj
Buster Mottram
Richard Lewis
Hank Pfister
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Jose Luis Clerc
Argentina
Bob Giltinana
Bruce Manson
Woitek Fibok
Poland
Tom Gurlikson
Pavel Siozil
Brad Drewett
Joan Marks
Mark Cox
Karl Meiier
John Alexander
Dick Stockton
Roscoe Tanner
van Winitsky
Pat Dupre
Vitus Gerulaitis
Vijay Amritraj
Mark Edmondson
Brian Teacher
Colin Dibney
Jan Norback
Peter Eiter
Colin Dowdeswell
Rhodesia
John Fitzgerald
Mississippi Valley High School Basketball Scores
Monday games list results featuring C R Kennedy and C R Washington for Iowa City High and Dubuque Wahlert with Hempstead and Jefferson competing. Final tallies show Hempstead beating Dub Senior 10 6 and Jefferson 8 7 against Iowa City High 7 6.
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C.r.kennedy
O.wahlert
C. West
Dub. Wahlert
L.R Jefferson
J.C. High
CR. Kennedy
C.R. Washington
Dub
Sub-King Pony League Swisher Bank Action
Youth league scores show Swisher Bank 19 over Country Kitchen 0 with Carpet King 10 and Corn Sweeteners 0. Swisher Bank leads 14 to 0 in later game. Ramdin Photo 11 and Bush Hog Kraus 7 in another matchup.
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Bairdin
Ely
Vicko-Vicko-Selk
Swisher
Country Kitchen
Swisher Feed
Sub-King
Ramdin Photo
Credit Life
Whitters Turt
Wigs Water
Hupp Electric
Rockwell Goss
Foster's Falters as Collins Radiomen Edge Open
Turner's seven scoreless innings set up a 2-1 eight inning loss to Collins Radiomen at Harley Steele Field. Foster's out-hit Collins 7-5 but Larson stranded five runners and Collins sealed the win on a Busch scoring double after Crowley slipped. Al Rausch and Bruce Hotchkiss led the earlier shutout of Stadium Lounge with Hotchkiss driving in the go-ahead runs and taking over the RBI lead.
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Tim Turner
Harley Steele Field
Collins
Foster’s
Turner
King Richard’s
Modern Piping
Eastside Maidrite
Collins Radio
Foster's
Modern
Stadium Lounge
Keith Boots
Dale Lassen
Barrie Ernst
Ernst
Brother Cal
Barrie
Crowley
Dave Crane
Ken Kramer
Roy Steichen
Crane
Steve Worcester
Tom Busch
Foster
Larson
Bill Jones
Steichen
al Rausch
Bruce Hotchkiss
RBI
Pipers
Rausch
Stadium
Darrell Davis
Davis
Hotchkiss
Cedar Rapids teen makes 190 yard hole in one at Elmcrest
Ned Zachar of Cedar Rapids aced the 190 yard 10th hole at Elmcrest Country Club using a 5 iron. He was playing with Scott Hansel and Dave Gisch, both of Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmcrest Country Club
Zachar
Scott Hansel
Dave Gisch
C.R
Rainbow Qualifies for 1980 Rotary Golf Tournament
William Rainbow of Cedar Rapids earned a spot in the 1980 Rotary International Golf Tournament in Switzerland by posting the low net for Class A at the Rotary District 597 event at Waverly Country Club. Rainbow tied for low gross with 73 and, with a 7 stroke handicap, recorded a 67 as 204 golfers competed.
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William
Bud" Rainbow
Cedar Rapids
Switzerland
Rotary
Waverly Country Club
Prairie pummels Regis 30-0 behind big Cedar Rapids win
Cedar Rapids Prairie softball cruised past C R Regis 30-0 as Tina Pulver collected three hits and five RBIs while Caroline Osborne threw a one hitter. Prairie totaled 22 hits and capitalized on 12 Regis errors for their ninth victory versus eight losses. Hernande z and Cisar each had three hits.
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Tina Pulver
Caroline Osborne
Cedar Rapids Prairie
C.R. Regis
Prairie
Hawks
Paula Hernandez
Nancy Cisar
East Buchanan blanked Springville 13 2 in five innings
East Buchanan routed Springville 13 to 2 as Springville pitcher Lori Young allowed a four hit game and homered. East Buchanan logged its 11th loss in 12 games while Springville was swept.
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Winthrop
Springville
East Buchanan
Lori Young
St John and LaSalle split declines in doubleheader
St John tied LaSalle at five in the seventh before losing 8-6 as Bill Sand doubled and Frank Schultz homered. A second game ended in the fifth inning due to darkness with St John ahead 8-5. St John’s record shifts to 14-12. Julie Starbaum hit a homer for Jefferson in a 2-1 win over LaSalle, improving to 18-4 while LaSalle drops to 12-6. Pam Bueschel hit LaSalle’s lone run on a sixth inning triple.
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Central City
Starmont
Wally Green
LaSalle
St. John
Bill Sand
Frank Schultz
Lancers
Julie Starbaum
Jefferson
J-Hawks
Pam Bueschel
Boddicker Joins Rochester in 3A Baseball Circuit
Mike Boddicker, ex U of Iowa pitcher from Norway, called up to Rochester New York in the Class 3A International League. He joined the club Monday in Charleston West Virginia after a 9-3 season for Charlotte North Carolina in the Class 2A Southern League.
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U of Iowa
Norway
Rochester
N.Y
Charleston
W.va
Boddicker
Charlotte
N.C
Bid Affirmed in Rich Race for Spectacular Bid
Louis Wolfson owner of 1978 Triple Crown winner Af firmed said he would meet trainer Bud Delp in a $1 million winner take all race with Spectacular Bid. A side bet between $250 000 and $1 million would be donated by the loser to a racing industry branch named by the winner. Delp welcomed the challenge but wants to wait until after the Travers on August 18.
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UPI
Affirmed
Bud Delp
The
Daily News
Louis Wolfson
Delp
Wolfson
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