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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1978
Page
17
West Lyon holds first in the Iowa Girls High School Summer Softball rankings while Waukon and Clear Creek join the top ten. Waukon, 19-2, climbs from seventh to fifth after sweeping West Delaware in two tournament finals. Clear Creek, 18-1, dominates the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye Conference Tournament and Benton Invitational.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls relay squads receive All-America honorable mention in swimming. The 200 medley relay of Walkup Juntilla Goode Smith and the 400 freestyle relay of Lisa Smith Kelly Smith Roach Sherman are cited. In other prep sports, Norway beat Amana 3-2 in high school baseball.
Iowa City Iowa Jeff Schatzberg and Tom Holtmann were named to the 1978 all Big Ten tennis team by coaches. Schatzberg captain and senior from Grosse Pointe Woods Michigan played No 2 singles and Holtmann freshman from Binghamton New York led Iowa at No 1 with a 5 4 conference mark.
Iowa will begin accepting orders for individual game football tickets at Kinnick Stadium. Games include Northwestern September 16, Iowa State September 23, Utah October 7, Purdue October 28, Michigan November 4 and Wisconsin November 18. Tickets priced at $8. Also taking orders for the 1979 NCAA wrestling tournament at Ames March 8 9 10 with all sessions at $25.
King Richard brings The Queen and Her Court to Ellis Park Cedar Rapids July 10 for a double bill with Langhurst Motors. Queen Rosie Black leads a famed lineup with 16 pitches and a fleet 9.5 second 100 yard speed. Modern Piping vs Kirby follows as a Major Open test while ticket prices and gate times are listed.
John Monroe blanked East Side Maid-Rite on four hits while Jim Lee hit two triples and scored the first run for DKQ in a 2-0 Major Open win. Collins Radio beat Great Plains Gas 4-1 behind Dick Larson, Cal Ernst drove in three with a first Major Open homer, and lingering leaders DKQ 2-1, 4-6.
Elmcrest dominates Ellis with 127 to 36 and Bowman Woods 32. Jason Abel tops in Elmcrest with a triple win. Elmcrest also claims two person winners Lynn Klinge Jill Klinge Kathy Keel. Noelridge leads with 221 points and Cherry Hill 156 with multiple triple and double winners.
Cedar Rapids Washington star Mike Edwards signs a national letter of intent to play basketball at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. The two time All Metro pick helped his team finish third in the state tournament and will be coached by former Iowa star Dave Gunther.
In the American League West six teams remain within reach of the second place Brewers as Texas leads Kansas City and California. The Rangers lost 8-7 in 10 innings at Oakland while California beat Kansas City 3-1 to close the gap. Chicago fell to Seattle 9-7 on Bob Stinsons grand slam while Minnesota stayed eight games back at 30-41 after idle day. Cleveland beat Detroit 6-3 on Gary Alexander three-run homer and strong Indians pitching.
Anne Pinckney the new Cedar Rapids Marion women's golf queen transfer from Coe to Northern Iowa this fall. She shot 42 nine holes at St Andrews in rain shortened final round and won by six strokes over Mary Kay Stepanek. Doris Renfer beat Janet Thomas in a playoff for the nine hole title.
Bobby Unser Jr. fled serious harm after his open-cockpit car flipped end over end about six times and slid 100 feet down the mountain during a Pikes Peak practice. The 22-year-old, son of Bobby Unser and nephew of Al Unser, waited on a boulder as wreckage was removed by helicopter. He spoke of coming too fast and seeking reasons to prevent a repeat incident.
John Watson nabbed provisional pole at Le Castellet as Brabham pushes to prove their car can win despite a ban. Mario Andretti joined Watson on the front row after posting second fastest time. Niki Lauda, world champion, had earlier triumphed in Sweden but Brabham faced the ruling body ban.
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