O'Neil Crowned Iowa Miss Senior Basketball Player
Gazette sportswriter notes O Neill from Cedar Rapids Kennedy earns 22 of 25 votes as Iowa's top senior girls player. She set 22 school records and helped Kennedy tally 15 team marks while guiding the Cougars. Kennedy coach Dennis Roloff praises her work ethic and intensity.
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Algona Garrigan
O'Neil
Kennedy
Cougars
Dennis Roloff
Iowa City West stars lead INA All-State 2A 2C picks
Anne O Neil Maureen Head Hannah Stolba from Des Moines area schools headline INA first team All-State lists for 2C and 2A divisions Kellie Metz of Tri County and Megan Ripperton of Lone Tree earn Class 1A honors with the same selections across divisions.
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Anne O'Neil
C.R. Kennedy
Maureen Head
Iowa City West
Hannah Stolba
C.R. Xavier
Kellie Metz
Tri-County
Megan Ripperton
Lone Tree
Fennelly lands five year extension at Iowa State
Iowa State basketball coach Bill Fennelly accepted a five year extension worth 250000 dollars per year through July 2008 after guiding the Cyclones to a 25 5 record and a conference title. He noted he plans to stay at ISU and stressed the job remains the best for him. The Cyclones host St Francis Pa in the NCAA tournament opener at Hilton Coliseum.
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Cyclones
William Penn
Eustachy
Iowa State
ISU
ISU Foundation
Gene Smith
St. Francis
Hilton Coliseum
Ames
Connecticut
Shea Ralph
Svetlana Abrosimmova
Tamika Catchings
Tennessee
Kelly Miller
Georgia
Ruth Riley
Notre Dame
Frese Earns AP All America Second Team Honor
Stacy Frese of Iowa State Becomes a second team AP All America selection. The 5 foot 8 guard averaged 14.0 points and 5.0 assists as the Cyclones went 25-5 and shared the Big 12 title. ISU earned a third seed in the Midwest NCAA.
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Stacy Frese
Iowa State
Associated Press
Frese
Cedar Rapids
Cyclones
ISU
Wrestling faces turmoil under Title IX pressures at NCAA championships
The Kiel Center hosts the NCAA wrestling championships amid claims of rising interest and looming trouble. Coaches like Gable Douglas and Smith warn that while crowds swell, Title IX and weigh-in concerns threaten the sport’s future as programs drop from 393 to 238 since 1971-72.
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University of Iowa
Carver-Hawkeye
Dan Gable
Iowa State
Bobby Douglas
Oklahoma State
John Smith
Gable
Brigham Young
Syracuse
Tournament attendance by city over a decade
The NCAA Gazette graphic lists attendance figures from 1990 to 1999 for tournament games in Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Oklahoma City, Ames, Chapel Hill, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and State College. Values range from about 40 thousand to 90 thousand per year.
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Oklahoma City
Ames
Chapel Hill
N.C
Minneapolis
Cedar Falls
Cleveland
State College
Rags to riches tale of Eustachy’s rise from volunteer to champion coach
Jim Ecker recounts how Larry Eustachy volunteered at Mississippi State in 1987 for free after meeting Bob Boyd in California. Boyd, who later helped him get his foothold in big time basketball, recalls their lifelong bond as Eustachy leads Iowa State to a Big 12 title and a 29 4 record ahead of the NCAA tournament.
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Cyclones
Minneapolis
Mississippi State
Boyds
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