Lancers and Demons duel in 2A third-place tilt
LaSalle and Washington Iowa meet in the 2A consolation game at Veterans Auditorium after losses in the quarterfinals. LaSalle (20-4) seeks its first state trophy while Washington (19-5) has one title from 1986. Matt Fish and Matt Young anchor the teams as they pursue a third-place finish.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
LaSalle
Washington
Iowa
Veterans Auditorium
Council Bluffs St. Albert
Perry
Salle
Lancers
Demons
Hurley Bassett
Ladd Wessels
Matt Fish
Dave Tremmel
Tremmel
Steve Brown
Carlisle
Matt Berst
Matt Young
Fish
Brian Strauss
Wessels
Bassett
St. Albert
Hawkeyes near triple crown as finals loom in wrestling meet
Iowa leads 744 points as Gable praises team yet stresses remaining third place points. Penrith advances to 126 finals with a forfeit and 18-2 win over Steve Knight while Alger reaches finals to face Dan Mayo. Sindlinger loses by one point to Dave Orndorff in heavyweight semis. Orndorff is Paul Orndorff’s brother.
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Iowa
Gable
Melchiore
Penrith
Knight
Alger
Penn State
Dan Mayo
Lisbon Prep
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Charlie Buckshaw
OSU
Chris Barnes
Barnes
Mark Sindlinger
Dave Orndorff
Oregon State
Orndorff
Paul
Mr. Wonderful
Palmer and Maurice-Orange City win state titles in Des Moines
Palmer captures its third straight Class A boys title with a 73-66 win over Wellsburg Steamboat Rock as Brian Pearson hits eight 3 pointers and Troy Skinner adds 25 points. Maurice-Orange City dominates South Hamilton 71-55 to claim the 1A crown, capping a 21-4 season and their first state finals appearance.
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Des Moines
Palmer
Maurice-Orange City
Wellsburg
Steamboat Rock
Brian Pearson
Troy Skinner
Maurice Orange
South Hamilton
V. Pearson
Skinner
Iowa
Lance Hansmann
Warriors
Eee
Craig Douma
Kevin Vander Zwaag
Todd Arends
Kennedy advances to 3A final amid 23 win pace
Kennedy, led by Simpson and balanced scoring, advances to the Class 3A final after a 50 percent shooting night against Indianola. Zediker notes a strong student following as Kennedy seeks its first title since 1984 while Fort Dodge awaits a rematch and a tough challenge.
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Kennedy
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Ames
Zediker
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
Tom Goodman
Goodman
Simpson
Randy Johnson
Jason Laube
Ben Pierson
Indianola
Chris Street
Laubie
Dave Unkrich
Cougars
Todd Newhouse
Street
Indians
Bert Hanson
Becker's 27 lift St Ambrose past Rocky Mountain 85 65
Kopin Becker a 5 foot 11 sophomore forward from Cedar Rapids Jefferson scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to power St. Ambrose to an 85 65 first round NAIA tournament win over Rocky Mountain The Queen Bees improved to 31 4 and will face Oklahoma 25 6 in the next round Patty Campbell fouled out early in the second half and Donna Dietzel steadied the defense Lisa Lombardo added 13 points for St Ambrose while Rocky Mountain's Marlene Doty scored 12 and grabbed 11 rebounds
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Kansas City
Kopin Becker
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
St. Ambrose
Rocky Mountain
Queen Bees
Oklahoma
Bees
Patty Campbell
Donna Dietzel
Campbell
Marlene Doty
Doty
Lisa Lombardo
Linn-Mar
Lisa Bluder
Oklahoma City
World’s Toughest Rodeo opens in dramatic fashion at Five Seasons Center
Kevin Kane and Jeff Hart lead a high voltage night as Hart ties the arena bareback record at 76 points while Tacy Johnson nears the arena barrel racing mark with 12.89 seconds. Sheree Brown and Mary Nelson clock fast times as calf ropers and steer wrestlers post near records amid strong Cedar Rapids turnout.
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Kevin Kane
Colorado
Jeff Hart
Five Seasons Center
Mid-States
Rdeo
Sky High Copenhagen
Home Brew
Sky High
Frank
Hart
Oklahoma
Tacy Johnson
Kentucky
Sheree Brown
Mary Nelson
Nebraska
Todd Graff
Missouri
Dusty Kraus
Todd Fogg
Guy Grimes
North Dakota
Dean Voight
Saddle Bronc
Cedar Rapids
Steve Schrader
Randy Schuster
Tom Martin
Rick Stavely
Bob Kenneally
Reds open exhibition season in Florida kickoff
Cedar Rapids Reds begin their 16 game exhibition schedule in Plant City Florida facing Baseball City. The affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds will play Class A farm teams from the St. Louis Cardinals Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros plus Greensboro. Manager Marc Bombard leads the team arriving April 6 at 5 54 p.m. The 1988 Midwest League season starts April 8 at Waterloo.
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Plant City
Fla
Cedar Rapids Reds
Baseball City
Reds
Kansas City Royals
Cedar Rapids
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Detror Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Houston Astros
Greensboro
Cincinnati
Marc Bombard
Waterloo
Thunder Rally Secures 127-118 Playoff Win Over Rockford
Quad City Thunder beat Rockford 127-118 in a CB A playoff contest. Muline Kaymalt scored seven straight to break a 114-114 tie and nail added 11 points in final three minutes for a game-high 34 as Quad City takes a 2-1 series lead heading into Sunday game four in Moline at 3 05.
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Muline
Kaymalt
Quad City Thunder
Rockford
Nail
Quad City
Moline
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Maurice
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Todd Berkenpas
Maple Valley
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Maurice O.C
Gapie
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West Virginia
Mike Carr
Krieger
Dave Morgan
Bloomsburg
Junior Taylor
North Carolina
Scott Turner
VanArsdale
Jerry Amin
Eastern Michigan
Eric Osborne
Cal-Poly
ISU
Jeff Gibbons
Gibbons
Smith
Extown
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Jim Zalesky
Cyclones
McCall
Eric Voemer
Voelker
Junior Meek
Northern
Chris Lembeck
Heffernan
Rob Koll
Joel Greenlee
Sindlinger
Wisconsin
Todd Seiler
Joe Melchiore
Michigan
John Fisher
Fisher
Zeniker
Becker
CR Reds
Shorts
Hawkeyes
Clark
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