Iowa swim coach Patton returns from China clinic tour
Iowa City coach Glenn Patton led a 34 week Chinese visit with Sam Freas to conduct a coaching clinic in Shang Sha for 150 Chinese coaches. He praised Chinese mental training and irrigation methods while noting deficits in cardiovascular development and nutrition.
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Iowa
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Arkansas
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Cedar Rapids Green Wave girls join national tourney run
Cedar Rapids 15 and under girls basketball team the Green Wave from Cedar Rapids enters the national AAU tournament July 5 11 in Grandview Missouri They advance from state champions to face Middle Atlantic in the opening round with 12 players plus volunteer coaches Bill Condran and Carl Ashley coordinating efforts to fund the trip after raising about 2000 locally.
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Green Wave
Grandview
Middle Atlantic
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Carl Ashley
Condran
Lisa Becker
Benton
Jeffer
Son
Debbie Krahling
Kennedy
Kathy Roman
LaSalle
Karen Champar
Cathy Drilling
Regis
Teresa Blake
Pam Lamb
Sonya Feaker
Joan Schultz
Lisa Steffen
Jefferson
Barb Watthem
Amy Homan
Taft
Homan
Becker
Drilling
Des Moines Lincoln
Mount Mercy
Ashley
Jefferson girls sweep softball doubleheader
Jefferson pitcher Tracy Langhurst no hit La Salle for 5 0 win in game one with nine strikeouts and two singles. Shelly Hendersonon tripled and drove in a run as Amy Monk limited infield hits in game two while Theresa Panek scored on errors after a second inning single. The deciding seventh inning featured Lisa Condron's leadoff single a hit batter a sacrifice and a wild pitch for a 2 1 Jefferson victory.
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Tracy Langhurst
Shelly Henderickson
Amy Monk
Indie
Theresa Panek
Panek
Henderickson
Lisa Condron
Jefferson
J Hawks rally past Regis 7 5 in Metro baseball clash
Jefferson improves to 13 13 as Dan Staton belts a two run homer in sixth and Brad Stoltenberg seals relief. Regis falls to 15 8 after starter Rick Brown is struck in the groin and exits. Brown returns in good condition later.
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Jhawks
Joe Kenney
J-Hawks
Dan Staton
Brad Stoltenberg
Cedar Rapids
Regis
J-Hawk
Jefferson
Royals
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Mark Kaliban
Brown
St. Luke’s Hospital
Thom Ash
Scott Ripperton
Mark Merfeld
Mark Schueller
RBI
Stoltenberg
Ash
Ripperton
Scott Sanborn
Matt Sullivan
Scott Staton
Tom Watson
All-American Jean Wagner to play in Cedar Rapids tourney finale
All-American softball pitcher Jean Wagner of Cedar Rapids Miller s High Life earns NJCAA All-American honors. The former Clear Creek prep and Kirkwood Community College standout will play tonight at Kirkwood-Welty Park and next fall attend the University of Nebraska on an athletic scholarship.
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Cedar Rapids Miller
Kirkwood-Welty Park
Wagner
Clear Creek Prep
Kirkwood Community College
University of Nebraska
Collins Shuts Out Metros 1 0 in Major Open Match
New Zealander Don Collins pitched a one hitter for Fowler Electric, besting the Marion Metros 1 0 at Ellis Park. Collins walked three and struck out seven, while Joe Bednarski and Don Tricker produced the only run on a fifth-inning triple and RBI single.
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Webber
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Br'meyer
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Reid
Hernandez
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Thomas wins state crown in women's golf
Barb Thomas of Sibley captured the state title at Burlington by seven strokes over Bobbe Carney of Waterloo. Thomas finished the final round 81 for a 223 total, defending champion Dorea Mitchell took third after a playoff, as a field led by Anne Pinckney and Mary Jo Cunningham followed. This is Thomas’s second championship, previously winning in 1979 in Ottumwa.
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Waterloo
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Sibley
Thomas
Hulsday
Carney
Dorea Mitchell
Grisnell
Christine Cervetti-Kiel
Anne Pinckney
Cedar Rapids
Mary Jo Cunningham
Cedar Falls
Sonya Stalberger
Corkey Nydle
Dana Christensen
Waverly
Ottumwa
Area Roundup: District tourney leaders race to finish
The district tourney aimed to conclude last Sunday before rain interrupted play. Carlson's of Decorah led the Olin Ladies 7-0 and Freddie's Free Loaders of Cedar Rapids led Freese Standard 1-0 in the fourth. Top four advance to the state Open fast-pitch meet in Des Moines July 10-12. next eight reach Cedar Rapids class A on July 24-26. Cedar Rapids Miller's and Charles City have already qualified.
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Olin Ladies
Freddie’s Free Loaders
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kern and Elder win girls doubles at American Federal Savings Tennis Champs
Renee Kern of Cedar Rapids and Gretchen Elder of Ames captured the girls 16 doubles title at Birdland Park. Kern also finished fourth in the players division after a 6 4 4 6 6 4 win over Joni Eaton and Julie Young.
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Cedar Rapids
Renee Kern
Ames
Gretchen Elder
American Federal Savings
Birdland Park
Kern
Elder
Joni Eaton
Julie Young
Prairie Triumph Upsets LaSalle With Big Late Rally
Trailing 4-3, Prairie exploded for 11 unanswered runs over the final two innings to beat LaSalle 14-4 in an East Central Iowa Conference baseball game at the Lancers' diamond Thursday.
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LaSalle
Lancers
Hawkeye Downs Stock Car Season Resumes This Saturday
The second half of the Hawkeye Downs season starts Saturday at 7 30 PM with stock car sportsman IMCA modified and street stock races. Features run Saturday and July 4 at the All Iowa Fair grandstand with admissions unchanged 5 for adults 2 50 for teens and 1 for children aged 6-plus.
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Hawkeye Downs
South Tama Selects Pfaffle as New Head Coach
South Tama High School names Chuck Pfaffle 41, a 16 year veteran coach, as head football coach. He has 107 wins and 40 losses with six undefeated seasons and seven conference titles at LDF during 12 years. Pfaffle previously coached at Anita Hawarden LeGrand LDF and Bald win Park California. His 1974 LDF team finished second in the state. This season he served as sophomore football coach at South Tama and head girls basketball and golf coach.
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South Tama High School
Chuck Pfaffle
Pfaffle
Anita
Hawarden
LeGrand
South Tama
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