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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1976
Page
1
Iowa City report on the 93-88 loss to Michigan State as Iowa players acknowledge self-inflicted mistakes. Farlow led MSU with 32 points, while King and Frost paced Iowa. critical late turnovers doomed the Hawks and dashed hopes for an NIT bid.
Grinnell's 76 69 win over Kennedy ended the Cougars season at 7 11. Grinnell relied on Mike McCurry 30 points and Kurt Thompson 21 while Jeff Etienne and Ron Meyer led Kennedy with 24 and 16 respectively. Kennedy mounted a late push but Grinnell switched to man to man to seal the win on the neutral floor.
Peggy Neville secured the best American result with a third place in the 200 meter freestyle at the Konsomolskaya Pravda International Swimming Tournament in Kharkov, as reported by the Soviet News Agency.
Linn-Mar beat Marion 66-63 in overtime as Bob Sindelar scored a career high 22 points on 10 of 16 shooting including a tying basket with 12 seconds left in regulation. Marion led most of the game, with Brian Kiburz scoring 17 before fouling out late, while Linn-Mar forced turnovers in the extra period to advance to the district final.
Fran Rohlman scored 23 points to pace Cedar Rapids Kirby to a 90-88 upset victory over Henderson Realty in the State AAU basketball tournament. Gary Berger added 19 for Kirby. Former Iowa State cagers Eric Heft with 21 and Mike Capobianco with 14 led Henderson. In another game Eastside Maidrite nacked Whiting Music 100-98 as Bill Redmond scored 18 for Maidrite and Gene Bogash 20 for Whitin.
Michigan State star Terry Furlow, top Big Ten scorer with a 30.6 average and 50-point game, clashes with Iowa’s Dan Frost who describes him as a great shooter and intense competitor. Frost held Furlow to 32 points as Iowa slowed the standout in East Lansing. Frost praised team defense while Furlow cited officials and teammates as targets. The piece also lauds Gus Guydon’s tenure at Iowa State amid coaching upheaval and hints at his possible next job.
Iowa State named Lynn Nance, a Kentucky aide with basketball coaching experience, as its head coach. Nance has served as a special FBI agent and an NCAA investigator during a four year hiatus from basketball and was Kentucky’s top recruiter.
Pass the Hash Jim Voss the C R Wash swim coach shaved his mustache after the Warriors won the state championship. At the Wash pep assembly, Voss shed the Pancho Villa look as the team resumes its winning tradition. Mason City had won last year in a loan year, while Wash has dominated with 12 of 13 and 13 of 15 wins. Also congratulating Belle Plaine’s state class A wrestling champions.
Coe and Cornell will send full squads as eight Iowa colleges compete in the NCAA Division III national wrestling meet opening Friday at Coe. Meet Director Barron Bremner announced top contenders from Upper Iowa Luther Wartburg Simpson. Key entrants include Frank Kuennen and Joe Smith for Upper Iowa. Allen Grinde for Luther. Jim Arends and Steve Deike for Wartburg. Jerome Stewart for Simpson. Karl Reindel and Steve Eden for Cornell and Coe wrestlers Nick Hobbs, Doug Englert, and Steve Dankle as top challengers. The two day event starts at 9:30 a.m. with eight mats in use.
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