Iowa Climbing Preseason Polls Dominated by National Powers
In Sports Illustrated college basketball wrap Iowa sits 13th behind Virginia UCLA Villanova Louisville North Carolina Memphis State Georgetown Alabama Kentucky Oklahoma Indiana Tennessee with Oregon State at 14th. The piece rails against defense heavy styles and critiques Iowa ball control while noting Olson’s focus and the Hogwash reply.
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Holmes Beats Cobb In Unanimous Heavyweight Victory
Larry Holmes dominated Randy Cobb to defend the WBC heavyweight title by unanimous decision. Holmes controlled from the start with jabs and rights, injuring Cobb’s face and achieving his 13th title defense with only the second non KO win. Judges scored 150-135, 150-135, 149-136 for Holmes. AP had 149-136.
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Kennedy Cougars hold off West in first Kennedy Tournament round
Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Davenport West 62 52 to advance to the tourney final against Cedar Rapids Washington. Al Lorenzen left early with fouls, while Tim Batterson and Jeff Hrubas led scoring and Dennis DeWeerdt grabbed 13 rebounds in the win.
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Washington tops Regis in opener in Kennedy tourney
Washington beat defending Class 2A state champion Cedar Rapids Regis 64 58 in the Kennedy tournament opener. J J Puk and Bob Prill sparked the win as Regis missed free throws and had 14 turnovers. Dick Breitbach led Regis with 26 points but noted conditioning and depth issues.
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Nebraska beats Oklahoma to clinch Big Eight title
Nebraska defeats Oklahoma 28 24 to claim a second straight Big Eight championship and a trip to the Orange Bowl. Doug Wilkening scores twice and Scott Strasburger seals win with a late 22 yard interception as the Huskers finish 10 1 and prepare for Hawaii and LSU in bowl season.
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Haw key players Berkenpas and Anderson suspended
Iowa sophomore Todd Berkenpas and junior Craig Anderson are suspended for two games for unspecified team rule violations. The suspensions were confirmed by assistant sports information director Phil Haddy as Iowa travels to Provo to face Brigham Young in the season opener and they will miss the Drake game.
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Becker leads Jefferson past Prairie in girls basketball
All state forward Lisa Becker scored 56 points and Lori Forrest added 17 as Cedar Rapids Jefferson defeated Prairie 89 63 at the J Hawks gym. Jefferson opened a 46 34 halftime lead on 40 of 57 shooting and notched its sixth win in six. Coach Niemeyer commented on defense rebounding and praised Forrest.
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