Nine area colleges set to open baseball season
Nine area colleges launch the 1986 baseball campaigns this week led by Kirkwood, Luther, Coe, and others. Key returnees include Kirkwood’s Mike Peter, Jeff Frese, and Ritch Kahler. Luther’s Haugland Cotton and Rich Smith. Coe’s Kevin Kudrna and Pat McKasson. Openers include home games at Prairie High School and Cedar Rapids Washington diamond with Luther at St Ambrose and Coe hosting Upper Iowa.
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Eagles
John Lewis
State Fair Community College
Sedalia
Kirkwood
Mike Peter
Waterloo West
Peter
Eric Stenberg
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Jeff Frese
Soph
C.R. Regis
Brian Scheidegger
Chadwick
Ill
Jim Hayes
Ritch Kahler
C.R. Kennedy
Kahler
Chris Collum
Grinnell
Norway
Phil Roggeman
Charles City
D.J. McDonald
Maquoketa
Lewis
Indian Hills
Brian Butz
Derek Lewis
C.R. LaSalle
Centerville
Butz
Falcons
Jon Malecek
Bernard Dutchik
C.R. Jefferson
Ken Snyder
Lost Nation
Bob Cooksley
Independence St. John
Todd Durflinger
Cardinal of Eldon
Bredeson
Kelley
Tony Callahan
Dubuque
Joe Berutti
Rantoul
III
Steve Topping
Decorah
Deron Jurgensen
Mechanicsville
Baker
Brian Hutcheson
Marshalltown
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Kohawks
Upper Iowa
Fayette
St. Ambrose
John Schwiebert
Kevin Kudrna
Center Point
Kudrna
Pat McKasson
Burlington
Pete Alepra
Erie
Chuck Hooker
West Palm Beach
Fla
Matt Mixdorf
Waterloo
Mike Hoffman
Cascade
Warren Howard
Grand Mound
Cornell
Augustana
Tennessee tops LSU to reach NCAA Final Four
Tennessee Lady Volunteers upset LSU 67-65 in Carver-Hawkeye Arena to claim the Mideast Regional title and advance to the NCAA Final Four. Sexton paced the comeback with 17 points, while Frost and Horton keyed late denial defense. LSU, led by Randall, Thornton and Jones, finished 27-6 as Tennessee improves to 25-6 and prepares to face Southern California in Lexington.
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Iowa City
Tennessee
Lady Volunteers
Iowa
Lady Vols
Shelley Sexton
Louisiana State
Carver-Hawkeye
Southern California
Lexington
Mideast
Knoxville
Georgia
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Ohio State
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Summitt
Sheila Frost
Karla Horton
Alisha Jones
Jones
Natalie Randall
Randall
Frost
Lesa Thornton
Sexton
Bonita Branch
Teresa Edwards
Edwards
Texas
Boston University
Melissa McCray
Dawn Marsh
Kathy Spinks
Bridgette Gordon
Pam Marr
Cheryl Littlejohn
Sherry Bostic
Bonito Branch
Jeanetta Burns
Patricia Woods
Karen Linder
Horton
McCray
Marr
Marsh
Branch
Burns
Thornton
Sex charges high in athletics in NCAA schools
A three month Philadelphia Daily News probe finds 88 athletes at 46 colleges accused of sexual offenses in 61 cases over three years. Football and basketball players were reported to police for sexual assault about 38 percent more often than average male students, with most accusers knowing the defendant.
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Philadelphia Daily News
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The
Daily News
NCAA
Dave Cawood
Cawood
Auburn University
Barry Burkhart
Mary Ross
Kent State University
Burkhart
Qawi Stops Spinks to Retain WBA Junior Heavyweight Title
In Reno, Dwight Muhammad Qawi pressured Leon Spinks, pinning him on the ropes and stopping him in the sixth round to retain the WBA junior heavyweight championship. Spinks, once heavyweight champion, struggled to meet the 190-pound limit, weighed 189, and faded as Qawi methodically attacked the body and head.
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Reno
Nev
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Leon Spinks
Qawi
Spinks
Mills Lane
Lane
Muhammad Ali
Texas players sold complimentary UT game tickets to boosters
Dallas Morning News reports through a two month probe that University of Texas football players sold their free tickets for up to 600 each, earning some up to 4000 yearly. Former coach Fred Akers is cited as aware of the practice, while Akers denies knowledge and says any issue will be turned to the NCAA.
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University of Texas
Dallas Morning News
Fred Akers
NCAA
Texas
America
Longhorn
Akers
Austin
David S. Berst
Mount Mercy sweeps William Penn in season opener
Mount Mercy women softball opened the season with a doubleheader sweep over William Penn 3-1 and 3-0. Deena Pohlmann pitched a one-hitter in the nightcap while Sally Driscoll drove in the go ahead RBI with a first inning double. LuAnn Campbell earned the win in game one with 10 strikeouts and Carol Heaverlo added two hits and an RBI.
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Oskaloosa
Mount Mercy
William Penn
Deena Pohlmann
Benton
Sally Driscoll
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
RBI
LuAnn Campbell
Carol Heaverlo
Stevens' scoring mark and ISU's big year ahead
ISU fans recall Stevens' school scoring record of 2,190 and Orr's six year mark at ISU as the Cyclones eye a 1988 Olympic futures shot. Kansas loses three seniors but ISU is favored to contend for the Big 8 title after a second place finish. The season featured a third straight win over Iowa, overtime wins against Michigan State and Illinois, a 17 game Hilton streak, 14024 average attendance, back-to-back 20 win seasons, and a landmark NCAA upset of Michigan boosting Orr's biggest win.
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Orr
ISU
Cyclones
Kansas
Iowa
Scott Skiles
Michigan State
Hilton Coliseum
Michigan
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