Bored Bowl Talk and Local Sports Glimpses
A collage of sports notes and opinions including Big Eight and SEC bowl plans, Iowa State’s marching toward Miami, and Alabama’s Sugar Bowl yawns. Also features Bobby Joe Douglas’s high school scoring record, Jack Ruby anecdotes, Kentucky Derby Iowa angles, Iowa-Nebraska ticket tips, Creighton softball’s Holly Hesse, and a tribute to the Trimble family with Ocie L. Trimble’s passing.
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Southeastern Conference
Oklahoma
Alabama
Iowa State
Miami
Sooners
Bear Bryant
Bear
Cedar Rapids
Ocie L. Trimble
Ocie
Iowa City
Bruce
Menomonie
Wis
Ralph
Urbana
Ill
Expos Top Cardinals 10-4 as Valentine Key Hit
Montreal’s Ellis Valentine delivers a three run double while Chris Speier adds a three run triple to spark a ten to four Expos win over the St Louis Cardinals. Sanderson notches his fifth win in eight decisions with a complete game.
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Ellis Valentine
St. Louis Cardinals
Valentine
Ted Simmons
Chris Speier
Montreal Expos
Cardinals
Jim Kaat
Speier
Ron LeFlore
RBI
Rodney Scott
Andre Dawson
Expos
Roy Thomas
Dawson
Gary Carter
Scott Sanderson
Sanderson
Terry Crowley
Baltimore
Minnesota
Ken Landreaux
Mike Flanagan
Haven wins final discus duel at state meet in Des Moines
Indy Haven of Independence defeated rival Joe Beadle of Anamosa in the discus, setting a Class 1A record with 179 feet 7 inches as the two day boys state track meet advanced at Drake Stadium. Beadle placed second in the discus at 168-8, with other champions named in 1A and 2A events as prelims continued.
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Des Moines
Matt Haven
Independence
Joe Beadle
Anamosa
Haven
Beadle
Drake Stadium
Chuck Meyer
West Union North
Mike Good
Iowa Valley
Marengo
Meyer
Good
Ron Downs
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Kirk Abernathy
Cedar Rapids Washington
Doug Taybur
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy
Kirk Pederson
West Liberty
Dan Rushford
Raiders
Elkader Central
Tipton
Central
Decorah
Sumner
Treye Jackson
Newton
Waterloo Central
Claude Perkins
Perkins
Ames
North High West Union
Jackson
Sioux City North
Owen Buckley
Sac City
Mike Fischer
John Youberg
Mike Baker
Mike Galbraith
Cedar Falls-Uni High
Clarion
Mike Conlon
Dean Mechem
Steve Shaw
Kent Lester
Shenandoah
Darren Ennis
Terris
Scott Harms
Wellsburg
Harms
Ennis
Mike Hodges
Farragut
McAndrews poised to take Colorado State basketball job
Iowa assistant coach Tony McAndrews is expected to be named head basketball coach at Colorado State University in a four-man race. He interviewed Wednesday and was driven to the airport Friday by athletic director Thurman McGraw.
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Tony McAndrews
Iowa
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Colorado State
McAndrews
Thurman “Fum
McGraw
Denver
Cedar Rapids
Carol
Jim Williams
Rams
Davenport
St. Ambrose
Detroit
Richmond
Penn State
Lute Olson
Regis leads in state golf meet at Finkbine
Regis tops the Class 2A field with Ned Zachar holding the first round lead by nine strokes at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City. The Royals total 313 to lead 2A and 3A after day one, with Grinnell 1322 behind.
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Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Regis
Ned Zachar
Finkbine
Clinton
Paullina
Veenker Course
Ames
Royals
Grinnell
Cross to announce college choice Monday at noon
Chicago star Russell Cross will reveal his college decision Monday at noon after leading Manley to the Illinois Class AA title. Iowa Illinois Purdue DePaul UCLA and Alabama are among front runners with signing day nearing. a binding letter requires a Sunday midnight sign. WVON will broadcast the first minutes of the press conference live.
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Chicago
Russell Cross
Cross
Chicago Manley
Illinois
University of Iowa
Purdue
DePaul
UCLA
Alabama
Reds Rain Out. Ap pleton Foxes Postpone Game
The Midwest League game in Appleton between Cedar Rapids Reds and Appleton Foxes was postponed due to rain. A makeup date for Friday’s game is not set. Cedar Rapids will play Waterloo tonight and Sunday, then host Waterloo Monday.
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Appleton
Wis
Cedar Rapids Reds
Appleton Foxes
Reds
Waterloo
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By Gus Schrader
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Terry Kennedy
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Menonite
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Ar We-Vo
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Bordentrail
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Kevin Oimier
Hudson
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Mike Stahl
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