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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1977

Page

12

Legion Major leads as Cerveny nets 652 at Le gion Lanes

The Legion Major standings show Bob Bechka and Virg Cerveno posting top scores with Cerveno's 652 games at Legion Lanes. May City results include Jocelyn Stastny's 206 595 for the Dreamers and Lois Kennedy 463 in women’s play. Burlington wins state tournament bid with 87 of 123 votes. Wayne Mineck named first vice-president of the Men’s State Assn.

Virg Cerveny Legion Lanes Jocelyn Stastny May City Lanes Burlington Wayne Mineck Lois Kennedy Paul Katie Brokaw Judy Sauter Cathy Cory Bill Howrey Lonnie Alff Paul Just Grace Ford Ted Wilson Pat LeGrand Don Humphrey Sally Elgeston Linda Blockinger

Marion Swimmers Win AAU Title

The Marion YMCA Swim Club scored 191 points to win the Boys AAU Junior Olympics winter championships at the University of Iowa pool. Cedar Rapids Central YMCA was second with 170 and Ames Swim Club third with 156, led by top performers including Larry Thomas and Jim Lancaster in multiple events.

Iowa City Marion Ymca University of Iowa Cedar Rapids FT. Madison Lisbon Cedar Rapids- Prairie Kennedy Scott Morningstar Rick Mellinger Burlington Jim Lord Kris Whelan Granite City, Ill Prairie Lenny Zalesky Tim Berrier Urbandale Dave Brown Craig Garvin Waterloo West Union Keith Steffens John Larrison East Moline

Walford Gym Bags Title Bid After Wins in Weekend Play

Gary Pegump led Walford with 24 and 36 points as they beat Cassabaum 80-70 and U.S. Postal 74-67 to reach the Salvation Army Winter league A tournament. Walford faces Gym Bag at 8 30 Friday for the title. Gym Bag beat Derby 79-75 and Great Plains Gas 71-69.

Gary Pegump Walford Cassabaum U.S. Postal Salvation Army Gym Bag Derby Great Plains Gas John Hefferman Jeff Fleck Great Plains Roseberry Little Kings Jeff Wessell Rick Pike

Bowling State Knights of Columbus at Lancer Lanes

Bowling results from the Knights of Columbus state event at Lancer Lanes show multiple teams and high scratch scores. Top teams include Marshalltown 13119 and Ot tumwa 3097 with high scratch by J. Davis of Dubuque and R. Weber of Waterloo leading separate categories.

Bowling State Knights of Columbus Marshalltown Ottumwa Servicemaster C.R Kraft Foods Farley Bode Ft. Madison F. Cahaian J. Lessor Mason City J. Coppock B. Kraus Carroll R. Weber B. Weber Waterloo D. Cooley L. Nauman Cascade V. Umthum J. Hunst Eagle Grove C. Adams G. Newman Dubuque J.R. Davis R. Downey Keokuk M. Paar P. Wilkening D. Sheedy Davis

South Park Tennis club defeats Westfield in junior meet

South Park of Moline overpowers Westfield of Cedar Rapids 16 to 8 in an indoor junior high meet at Westfield. South Park wins boys doubles 3 to 1 and boys singles 5 to 2. girls singles 5 to 3 with doubles tied 2 to 2. Westfield hosts Dubuque Racquet for a high school meet this weekend.

South Park Moline Westfield Club Cedar Rapids Dubuque

UNC Charlotte Faces Central Michigan In Tight College Hoops Night

NC Charlotte edged Central Michigan 81 86 in a high scoring affair as Massey King and Kinch paced the winners with double digit tallies. Michigan defeated Holy Cross 92 81 led by Green and Vicens while Tennessee outlasted Syracuse 88 93 in a separate clash.

North Carolina Charlotte Massey King Maxwell Kinch Watkins Scott Gruber Whitfield Central Michigan Drake Trops Paquette Grauzer Bracey Guivd Michigan Robinson Staton Hubbard Grote Green Baxter Thompson Hardy Burgen Totals Holy Cross Vicens Doran Potter McAuley Beckenbach Browne Gaskins

Decorah Vikings Ready for State 2A Clash at Atlantic

Decorah head coach Rich Rausch leads the Vikings into the state 2A tournament in Des Moines with a 18-4 record. Senior guard Eric Reitan averages 20.6 points per game and anchors a fast-scoring attack backed by Fred Van Peenen Len Olejniczak Eric Hendrickson and Mark Ward. Atlantic stands in the first round with 19-1 record as Decorah aims to extend its best season under Raasch.

Decorah Des Moines Veterans Auditorium Eric the Red Eric Reitan Rausch Eric Fred van Peenen Steve White Mark Ward Reitan Hampton Northeast Iowa van Peenen Vikings Raasch Atlantic Jerry Quick Luther College Len Olejniczak Olenzak Eric Hendrickson White Mike Snitker Hendrickson Olejniczak Dennis Olejniczak Waukon Dysart-Geneseo Norway Adel Waterloo East

Jeff Shaw Signs I N L to South Dakota Vermillion

Cedar Rapids Jefferson tackle Jeff Shaw signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of South Dakota Vermillion. Athletic director and head coach Bernard Beanie Cooper leads the program. Shaw is the son of J F Shaw of 5001 Rich Marlane NW.

Jeff Shaw Cedar Rapids Jefferson South Dakota Vermillion Bernard “Beanie” Cooper Shaw J.F

Jefferson athlete double wins in city indoor meet

Jeffs Carson Mike Carson was the lone double winner in last week's City indoor track meet capturing the shot put and the 50 yard high hurdles. The Gazette misattributed Carson to Kennedy in an earlier report and has corrected his school affiliation to Jefferson.

Mike Carson Jefferson Carson Kennedy

Eden Amsler post ring wins at Sunday boxing event

Steve Eden of Cedar Rapids defeated Nick Kool of Oskaloosa in the 176 pound open division and Bobby Amsler of Cedar Rapids beat George Yoo of Monroe in the 70 pound 12 year old division. Over 700 fans watched Ellis YMCA Cedar Rapids Jane Boyd teams win 14 of 17 bouts.

Steve Eden Cedar Rapids Nick Kool Oskaloosa Bobby Amsler C.R George Yoo Monroe Teamster Hall Ellis Ymca Jane Boyd John Halberg Ellis John Sullivan Manchester Carl Chapman Steve Conger Jim Furnish Kevin Kirkpatrick Cedar Falls Mark Waller Shawn Burbridge Jim Popelka Steve Visser Troy Schuetzle Dan Horst Chuck James Marty Crumes John Hachey Carl Crawley Dav John McMurry Jim Barr Mickey Miller Bob Kent Marshalltown Joe Crumes Vinton Scott Jordan

Slaughter Retains Championship at Memorial Coliseum

In the main event Bob Slaughter defended his title against Ronnie Etchison to retain the championship. Sun Mike George and Ted DiBiase beat Matsuo Hata and Benny Ramirez in the semi, while Pat O'Connor defeated Hata in a special event. DiBiase then defeated Ramirez in the opening match.

D.I Bob Slaughter Ronnie Etchison Memorial Coliseum Mike George Ted DiBiase Matsuo Hata Benny Ramirez Pat O’connor Hata DiBiase Ramirez

Kennedy Boosters Meet In School Cafeteria

The Kennedy high Booster club will meet in the school cafeteria at 7 30 Monday night. On this date in 1812 the U S government authorized issue of the first war bonds floated to buy military equipment for use against the British.

Kennedy High Booster Club U.S

Clinton Man Leads State Bowling Standings in Waterloo

Jurgen Kjeargaard of Clinton tops the all events at 2022 and shares lead in open doubles with 1279 alongside John Kjeargaard. The Galley of Center Points stands fourth in open team with 2884, Collins Radio Cedar Rapids sits third in booster teams at 2819, and Wardenburgs Standard Blairstown is fourth with 2781. Ray Reicher Dyersville is third in open singles at 677 and Harold Usher Cedar Rapids is third in booster singles at 634.

Harold Usher C.R

Cedar Rapids Racquet Club hosts two open doubles tours

Eddie Beale announces two non member friendly doubles tournaments at the Cedar Rapids Racquet Club. The men 35 plus event runs March 26 27 with a $10 per team entry fee and March 19 deadline. The women 30 plus event runs April 16 17 with April 9 deadline. Entrants may call 377 8288 or mail entries to Eddie Beale, 252 Blairs Ferry road NE Cedar Rapids IA 52402.

Cedar Rapids Eddie Beale Club Pro C.R. Racquet Club Blairs Ferry Road Iowa

Karate placers from Iowa School Go-Ju Dojo event

Wayne Wilson and Mark Griffeon of the Iowa School Go-Ju finished second in their divisions at the karate tournament held Sunday in Dubuque. Wilson placed second in men's green belt kumite and Griffeon second in pee-wee kumite. Lori Ampey was third in women's novice kumite.

Dubuque Wayne Wilson Mark Griffeon Iowa Wilson Griffeon Lori Ampey

Celtics II Clinch Central YMCA Youth Title

Celtics II captured the Central branch YMCA boys basketball championship on Saturday beating the Sweet Swishers, according to Suri day's Gazette.

Celtics II Central Branch Ymca Suriday

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