Prairie taps Thede to lead high school baseball team
Cedar Rapids Prairie hires Matt Thede, a former Wartburg College catcher who played in the Montreal Expos system and with Grady Sizemore, as its new varsity baseball coach succeeding Don Taylor. Thede, 31, has coached ninth grade and teaches in the Prairie district.
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Gazette
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Philadelphia Phillies
Cliff Lee
Matt Thede
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Wartburg College
Prairie Athletics
Rocky Bennett
Thede
Cleveland Indians
Grady Sizemore
Prairie
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Clinton LumberkKings
Don Taylor
Matt
Bennett
Prairie District
Baseball GMs gather in Chicago for winter meetings
In Chicago near O'Hare General Managers from MLB began their annual meeting. They discussed video replay expansion, post season calls, and potential trades as agents attended. Yankees GM Brian Cashman supported tech use while cautious about pace of change. World Series winners, free agents Matsui Damon Pettitte, and Red Sox activity also noted.
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Chicago
O’hare International
Yankees
Brian Cashman
Cashman
Bud Selig
Phillies
Indianapolis
Hideki Matsui
Johnny Damon
Andy Pettitte
New York
Boston Red Sox
Victor Martinez
Jason Varitek
Alex Gonzalez
Varitek
Boston
Tim Wakefield
Luther at Upper Iowa Women’s basketball seeks win
Luther travels to Upper Iowa for a 7 p.m. women’s basketball game. The schedule also lists Ohio at Buffalo on ESPN2, Nuggets at Bulls on NBC Sports, and Penguins at Bruins on Versus. Radio options include KGYM and KXEL alongside talk shows and contact details.
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Bruins
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Cowboys edge Eagles in scoring duel with Romo big day
Romo threw for 307 yards on 21 of 34 with one interception as Dallas lost tight end brisk scoring for Philadelphia McNabb completed 16 of 30 for 227 yards. Witten and Williams led Dallas receivers with multiple gains while McCoy and Celek paced Philadelphia's receiving corps. Barber and Choice produced yardage on the ground in a high output clash.
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Austin
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Fumbies
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2010 Minor League C R Kernels Schedule
Detailed game-by-game dates and opponents for the 2010 season. Entries include Beloit Quad Cities Peoria Kane County Wisconsin Clinton Burlington Fort Wayne Lake County Dayton Bowling Green and Quad Cities with listed start times mostly 6:35 p.m. and select 2:05 p.m. and 12:05 p.m. matinees. The schedule covers June through early September with many away and home dates.
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Beloit
Quad Cities
Peoria
Kane County
Wisconsin
Burlington
Clinton
Lansing
Great Lakes
West Michigan
South Bend
S—Wisconsin
Fort Wayne
Lake County
Dayton
Bowling Green
Westdale Bowling Center Five Seasons and More League Scores
Westdale, May City, Lancer Lanes and Cedar Rapids Bowling Center list season totals and high games. Notable entries include Five Seasons players John James 252-651 and Wendy Patterson 194-503, Krackenjacks Tina Whitman 226-629, Dale Lewis 259, Kevin Cline 258, Jason McGahee 732, Castle Lanes Gregg Glass 237 and 237-669, among others.
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Wendy Patterson
Andrew Thomas
Sean Steichen
Keeley Pernicka
Tanner Balkman
Hunter Sturtz
Kassie Naughton
Pee Wee Bees
Nicholas Graham
Emma Hindt
Bears
Dakota Morris
Jade Sedlacek
Julia Ball
Galen
Krackenjacks
Tina Whitman
Dale Lewis
Dennis Kurseth
Valerie Wortman
Bill McCalla
Kevin Cline
Jason McGahee
Sunday Saints
Joni Huebsch
Chris Rusch
Wendy Fowler
Cherie Walter
Paul Kaune
Lancer Lanes
Easy
Tricia Arnold
Candy Riley
Jim Hesige
Justin Kammerude
Lisa Kane
Scott Kane
Cedar Rapids
Jamie Scott
Dave Miller
Raymond Harkin
Castle Lanes
Gregg Glass
Robert Bills
Tennis and Racing Money Leaders From Global Tours
A compendium of top money leaders across tennis racing and beach volleyball, listing players and earnings through November 8. Notable figures include Roger Federer and Serena Williams in tennis, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth in NASCAR, and Julius Brink Jonas Beckermann as beach volleyball champions alongside other duos from Germany Brazil the Netherlands and the United States.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova
Venus Williams
Jelena Jankovic
Caroline Wozniacki
Elena Dementieva
Victoria Az
Kyle Busch
Kevin Harvick
Kasey Kahne
Carl Edwards
Joey Logano
Mark Martin
Julius Brink
Jonas Beckermann
Germany
Alison Cerutti
Harley Marques
Brazil
Reinder Nummerdor
Richard Schuil
Netherlands
Adrian Gavira Collado
Pablo Herrera
Spain
Phil Dalhausser
Todd Rogers
United States
State playoffs at UNI-Dome set for eight-man and higher semis
Playoff action unfolds at the UNI-Dome with eight-man semifinals Armstrong Ringsted versus Adair Casey at 10 a.m. and Preston against Lenox at 1 p.m. on Thursday. Friday features Class A semis Mason City Negcore against North Tama and Southern Cal versus Madrid. Semifinals for Class 4A, Class 1A, and additional 2A/3A matchups follow across Saturday and Monday with top seeds contesting high stakes in a regional finale.
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Mason City Negcore
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Solon
Basketball Exhibition Scores Across Regions
Exhibition matchups yield mixed results with several teams posting solid wins. Cumberlands defeated Xavier 86 to 57 while Temple Baptist edged Martin Methodist 113 to 70. Union fell 73 to 57 and Fisk beat Oliver Nazarene 69 to 66. Minnesota State Moorhead topped Minn St 98 to 49.
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Fisk
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Moorhead
Baseball and hockey moves from major leagues and more
Baseball notes unveil waivers and options for teams including Orioles, Red Sox, Rays, Tigers, Twins, and Dodgers with trades and roster changes. Lions and college updates mix in, along with NBA AFL?
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Baltimore Orioles
Armando Gabino
Minnesota
Boston Red Sox
Victor Martinez
Alex Gonzalez
Jason Varitek
Tim Wakefield
Detroit Tigers
Tom Brookens
Minnesota Twins
Justin Huber
Rochester
Oakland Athletics
Chris Denorfla
Sacramento
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Carl Crawford
Brian Shouse
Gregg Zaun
Ramon Ramirez
Cincinnati
Toronto Blue Jays
Brian Dopirak
Las Vegas
Mike McCay
Colorado
NAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS ACROSS NSIC MVC MCC
Pro hockey NAC athlete Sara Fassbinder from Dubuque and women’s soccer, Nate Snead of Central in football, earn Athletes of the Week across leagues. Upper Iowa’s Nate Curran makes NSIC First Team with Ben Curran and Jessie Hubbard receiving honorable mention. MVC names Bre Payton Player of the Week and Amy Braun Freshman of the Week for Mount Mercy. Drake det South Dakota, 22 25 2 21 25 14.
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Prep Volleyball State Tournament Schedule At Cedar Rapids
The Iowa state volleyball tournament at the U S Cellular Center features CLASS 4A games Wednesday including West Des Moines Valley versus Dubuque Hempstead and Linn-Mar against J C West at 1 p m, with CR Xavier facing Ankeny at 2 15 p m. CLASS 3A and 2A/1A pairings follow Thursday with Waverly Shell Rock, Pella, Columbus Junction, and others set for 6 p m to 7:15 p m starts.
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Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids Xavier
Iowa City High
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Cellular Center
West Des Moines Valley
Dubuque Hempstead
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