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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1977
Page
18
Jim R. Davis of Dubuque set a state Knights of Columbus Bowling record with a scratch series of 711 at Lancer lanes. He added 269 197 and 245 games and leads after two weeks in singles with 782 and all events with 2025.
Cedar Rapids Red Devils midget basketball team finished fourth at the State Junior Olympic tournament in Des Moines. They beat Marshalltown 26-24 in the consolation final after a 34-11 loss to West Des Moines. Jeff Goebel led with 10 points. Paul Lubbock 17 and Paul Vanous 14 in the consolation loss.
Collins Radio Marion YMCA captured the team title at the Jack Kaveny Invitational Power Volleyball tournament held at the YMCA. The squad beat Blackhawk 15 1 15 4 and Fort Dodge Blues 15 11 15 12 to clinch the Fort Dodge title, its second straight tournament victory after the Western Illinois meet.
Red Holzman announced as head coach resigning at season end. Tommy Nobis retirement prompts Falcons regrouping with Spenetr to front office. Edmonton Eskimos hire Don Matthews as defensive line coach. Orioles sign Musee first base. Cubs add Bruce Sut ter and outfielder on one year deals. Giants sign Randy Moffitt. College basketball scores show top teams contending with close losses and wins across the nation.
Marion YMCA placed seventh in the girls division at the State YMCA Swimming meet. Sandra Gilbertson set a state record in the 11 12 girls 200 IM with 2 32.11 and led in backstroke events others: Tra cy Neck won 9 10 boys diving.
Collins Radio of Cedar Rapids tops the booster team race with 2819 pins at the State Men s Bowling tournament. Zirtzman s Anamosa sits fifth at 2708. The Galley Center Point is third in open team with 2884. Iowa City pair J Searls and J Cazin are fourth in open doubles with 1200. Ana mosa pairs J Dirks and L Denniston are fifth in booster doubles with 1151.
St Matthew's beat St Pa trick 43 to 37 Sunday at LaSalle to capture the Parish league girls basketball title. Meg Negro and Joan Rellsmith each scored 14 for the winners and St Jude's topped Immaculate Conception 32 to 30 in the consolation.
Cedar Rapids bowlers Glenna Schnell and Shirley Wendel share the class A singles lead in the Women's State Bowling tournament with 593 pins each. The Lone Tree Post Office team from Iowa City tops class C team race with 2395 pins.
Marie Swale bowled a 289 game for a 646 series last week in the Tall Corn league at Lilac Lanes. She struck 10 times, left the five pin, and spared out.
Oklahoma State edges Iowa State 89 14 to claim the Big Eight title with Oklahoma third and Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska following. Iowa State wins three weights led by Johnnie Jones 118 Mark Neumann 190 and Mike Land 126 while Keith Stearns 158 and Rod Kilgore 167 win for Oklahoma. Steve Barrett of Oklahoma State named meet outstanding wrestler as NCAA bids loom March 17 19.
Iowa State defends team title at the Nebraska Sports Center meet led by Cyclone Coach Jack McGuire who retires. ISU totaled 357 points to Missouri 320 and Oklahoma 316 while divers shined with 39 points in the three meter event. Nebraska's Bryan Moss swept two breaststroke titles setting a Big Eight record in the 200 yard event.
Chuck Schillig of Cedar Rapids was re-elected president of the Iowa District Tennis Assn at a meeting at the Ramada Inn in Coralville. Secretary John Dalton of Waterloo was also re-elected. new officers include Sheldon Weiner of Rock Island Illinois as vice president and Dr. Peter Mazula of Cedar Falls as treasurer. Illinois portions of the Quad Cities area remain part of the Iowa association.
Gus Schrader sports editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette will deliver the main address at the Ottumwa Athletic Club gathering at 6 30 p m Tuesday. The event will be held at the Sirloin Stockade in Ottumwa.
Final standings show Scott Gilreath 170 and Brad Shaddox 190 leading. Other top scorers include Tyler 170 Kevin Lighty 155 and Jim OConnell 160 with multiple players from Truman Grant Wood Johnson St Jude Erskine Garfield Wright College and Nixon among participants.
Seven nominations were announced for the 21st George Clarkson award honoring Iowa state’s top senior collegiate basketball player. Nominated are Bruce Sky King and Cal Wulfsberg of Iowa, Ken Harris and Terry Benka of Drake, Joe Thimm of Iowa Wesleyan, Dennis Van Wyk of Central, and Dick Grant of Cornell. The winner will be chosen by a committee of Iowa coaches and presented during the state boys high school tournament next week.
Bill Myles, an assistant football coach at the University of Nebraska for five seasons, is leaving to join the Ohio State Buckeyes as an assistant coach in a similar role.
Opening-round pairings for the 32 team NCAA tournament drew criticism as at large selections faced long cross country travel. St John’s Syracuse Louisville Wake Forest and Providence were placed in east or west regions with travel gaps and geographic quirks noted by fans and coach Lou Carnesecca.
New York AP notes the National Invitation tournament reveals a 16 team field led by Alabama with star power from Oral Roberts Anthony Roberts Indiana State Larry Bird and Houston Otis Birdsong. The field also includes Seton Hall Glen Mosley and Houston strength in scoring. Alabama misses NCAA field due to SEC rivals Tennessee and Kentucky selection.
Dennis Van Wyk of Central was named the Iowa Conference MVP as the eight team league announced its all conference squad. The senior earned a third straight all conference honor while averaging 18.8 points per game and shooting 65.9 percent from the field. First team members include Keith Woolfolk Upper Iowa Mark Fry Wartburg Ron Wagner William Penn and Dave Kuehl Dubuque. Jack Walwood Central was named coach of the year.
Hamline of St. Paul edged Central of Iowa 53-50 in Rock Island to win the Midwest regional final. Denny Van Wyk scored 14 for Central, while Bob Richardson poured in 20 for Hamline as the champions made 31 of 38 free throws and improved to 21-6.
Former Upper Iowa standout Jim Bushkofsky scored 39 points leading Monroe Sporting Goods of Charles City to a 101 to 72 victory over Karantman's of Marshalltown in the state AAU basketball tournament title game.
The Cedar Rapids Iowa City Council approves Section 12.33 cross connection control to prevent backflow into the public water system. The ordinance defines terms such as approved water supply auxiliary supply air gap and backflow prevention devices and requires annual testing and penalties for noncompliance. It sets inspection frequency and ties enforcement to the Municipal Code with a February 6 1977 passage.
Notice that Scotch Grove Racer, Inc is organized under Iowa law with perpetual existence and power to engage in any lawful business. Authorized shares with a par value. stockholders’ private property exempt from corporate liability. Registered office in Fairfax Linn County Iowa with agent Max Rogers. director Maxim Rogers of Fairfax Iowa. Dated February 1 1977.
Glo Mar Inc is incorporated under Chapter 496A of the Code of Iowa. The corporate existence began November 22, 1976, and duration is perpetual. The company has unlimited power to engage in any lawful business and may issue 100 shares of one dollar par value in a single class.
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