Recreation Calendar Highlights Local Youth Sports Calendar
A detailed listing of spring and early summer sports events across Cedar Rapids Iowa City and surrounding areas. Includes baseball 9U to 16U tournaments at Hitters Park and Marion, softball, basketball, track and camps with dates, locations, ages and entry fees. Also notes fundraisers and regular league meetings for Cal Ripken Babe Ruth and civic groups.
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Cedar Rapids
C.R. Reds
Marion
Iowa City
Iowa Caba
Harley Steele
Kathleen Beshears
Cedar Falls
Coe
Mount Mercy
Kirkwood
Diamond Dreams
Jason Selk
Marion Parks and
Ree Peewee
Rock
Marion Parks and Rec
Iowa City Recreation
C.R. Rec
NFL
Cal Ripken
Babe Ruth
C.R. Metro
Winton
Eastern Iowa Swarm
C.R
Wilkins Elementary
Billy Aaron Brown
Trinity Trojans win Tri-State eighth grade basketball title
Youth notes report Cedar Rapids Trinity Trojans seventh/eighth grade boys defeat Immanuel Crystal Lake 57 to 17 and Trinity Davenport 48 to 21 before edging St. Paul Rochelle 49 to 44 for the championship. They head to the National Lutheran Tournament of Champions at Valparaiso March 25–28. Zach Tweet named tournament MVP for Rapids Salvation Army Knights fifth grade AAU title. Matt Bohannon Matt Jentzen and T J Priske earn all tournament honors.
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Freeport
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids players shine in state Super Shooters title
Cedar Rapids athletes headline regional basketball and tumbling honors. Grant Sheeley won the Iowa Jaycees Super Shooters state 10 and under crown after nine of 12 shots. Other Cedar Rapids players earned all league honors in seventh and eighth grade divisions.
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Cedar Rapids
Sheeley
Iowa Falls
Grant Sheeley
Iowa Jaycees
Viola Gibson Elementary
Nelson wins state title at Iowa Optional Gymnastics
Ames area report notes Hope Nelson of Cedar Rapids Twisters won the floor exercise at the Iowa Optional Gymnastics Championships and also placed second in vault third in beam and all-around in Level 8. DES MOINES The Cedar
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Ames
Hope Nelson
Cedar Rapids Twisters
Iowa
Moody wins right handed fly weight title at Iowa Open
Gene Moody of Cedar Rapids captured the men’s right handed fly weight title at the Iowa State Open Wristwrestling Championships. He also finished second in the right handed lightweight division with Greg Koester of Waukon placing second in both left and right handed heavy weights. Mike Moody of Cedar Rapids took third in left handed lightweight and the Iowa Wildcats of Waukon finished second in the team event.
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Davenport
Gene Moody
Cedar Rapids
Moody
Greg Koester
Waukon
Mike Moody
Iowa Wildcats
Tough Gloves contest heads to Cedar Rapids arena
USA Boxing sanctions a Tough Gloves event at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids on April 23 at 8 p.m. Open to first time fighters, about 30 entrants are expected. Entry forms offered at Midwest Athletic Club and fees include 35 dollars. tickets priced 10 dollars for children and 12.50 for adults available at Mr Money USA Union Station or by phone.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
USA Boxing
Jane Boyd Boxing Club
American Boxing and Athletic
Cedar Rapids Rugby Club hosts Iowa Falls Sunday at 1 30 p.m.
The Cedar Rapids Rugby Club known as the Headhunters will host Iowa Falls Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at Cheyenne Park in Cedar Rapids for their final home match of the spring. The club has qualified for the national tournament June 5 6 in Pittsburgh and will later face Luther in Monticello on April 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Falls
Cheyenne Park
CRRC
The
Headhunters
Luther
Monticello
Pittsburgh
Iowa College Athletes Shine In Regional Meet Honors
Cedar Rapids athletes Ben Hodge and Reid Wooldridge lead Central and Knox squads with multiple regional recognitions. Delighted players from Cedar Rapids Mechanicville and surrounding towns are highlighted for standout performances in golf, swimming, track and field, and baseball.
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Ben Hodge
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Christian
Andrew Toivonen
Delhi
Maquoketa Valley
Justin Mescher
Edgewood
Ed- Co
Isaac Rodenberg
Elkader
Central
Blake Jones
Manchester
West Delaware
Todd Rausch
van Horne
Benton Community
Nick Holm
West Union
North Fayette
Central College
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Lansing Kee
Dubuque
Kansas City
C.J.’s/Fleck
Waterloo
C.R. Blue Devils
Kingston Stadium
USATF
C.R. Kennedy
Marion Parks & Rec
Indian Creek County Club
C.R. Recreation
CRASA
Tait Cummins
Marion Parks and Reepeewee
C.R. Library
Trinity Trojans
Countrywide Home Loans
Advance Services
Primus Construction
Stickle Enterprises
John Kenney
Kyle Zimmerman
Virgil Beard
Levi Lynott
Alex Anderson
Kyle Francis
Alburnett
Adam Kaefring
Solon
Carl Harkin
Terrance Cunningham
Nick Miller
Matt Greer
Antoine Caldwell
Nate Ledsinger
Adrian Kennedy
Stewart
Nelson
Salvation Army Knights
Des Moines
C.r.’S Moody
CM Prg
Sarah Pearson
Mechanicsville
North Cedar
Simpson
Juvenary Hakizimana
Washington
Milton Lanier
Tonika Smith
Jefferson
Andrew Phillips
Lisbon
David Schroeder
Mount Vernon
RaeAnnon Fairlie
Robins
Kennedy
Mem
Bers
Coe College
Illinois Colleges
Knox
Reid Wooldridge
Wooldridge
Eureka College
North Carolina
Zach Schreiber
Xavier
Duke
Atlantic Coast Conference
North Carolina State
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