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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1978

Page

19

Arizona coach praises Rusk and Iowa defense

After a 23 3 loss in Tucson Tony Mason lauds Iowa defense and Tom Rusk. He says Iowa's offense was neutralized and notes six or seven Arizona injuries including John Ziegler needing knee surgery. Mason hails Iowa middle linebacker Rusk as all American material and credits Arizona's luck and defense.

Tucson Ariz Iowa Arizona Tony Mason Hawkeyes Michigan John Ziegler Ziegler Mason Tom Rusk Phil Blatcher Kenny Burke

McKinley Athletes Dominate Wilson In Multi Grade Sports

McKinley teams sweep Wilson across eighth and seventh grade events. Freshman football saw Marion defeat Vinton 28 8 with Skilling scoring two long TD runs. In girls track Cayrn Edwards won the 200 meter dash and shot put, Dawn Murphy doubled for Wilson, Angie Miller starred for McKinley in sprints and long jump. In eighth grade tennis McKinley won 5 0 with Horst defeating Hanson and Hammond beating Conway while in ninth grade tennis Rosser won the No 1 singles as the Bears won 9 0.

Cayrn Edwards McKinley Wilson Dawn Murphy Angie Miller Miller Julie Horst Kathi Hanson Sara Hammond Becky Conway Bears Lucy Rosser

Finley loses bid in Supreme Court over A's sale block

Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's, had his challenge to a 1976 order by baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn blocked by the Supreme Court. The court let stand lower court rulings that thwarted his bid to sell star players Joe Rudi Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue.

Parish League football results show St. Pius top St. Matthew’s

St. Pius handed St. Matthew’s its first defeat 13-0 Sunday with Dave Bennett and Dale Schwab scoring. St. Jude’s St. Patrick’s 20-6 with Jim Stevenson, John Cambridge and Joel Hachey scoring. Mark Steffen for St. Patrick’s. All Saints 39-0 over Immaculate Conception with Parr scoring twice and Tauber Sadilak Brown Merfeld also scoring. St. Ludmila 13-6 over St. Joseph’s with Whitters Glubka scoring. Geers for the losers.

St. Pius St. Matthew’s Dave Bennett Dale Schwab St. Jude’s All Saints St. Ludmila St. Patrick’s Jim Stevenson John Cambridge Joel Hachey Mark Steffen Immaculate Conception Dick Parr Ted Tauber Kirk Sadilak Mike Brown Rick Merfeld Joe Whitters Bob Glubka St. Joseph's Mike Geers

May City Lanes Daytime Classic yields two 600s

Grace Bollhaefer rolled a 600 with 199 242 159 at May City Lanes Daytime Classic while Virg Cerveny led Legion Major at Legion Lanes with 256 225 195 for 676. Other shootersposted 600s and 200s across Legion Major and May City leagues including Jack Elliott 258 and Don Harper 238 573.

Grace Bollhaefer May City Lanes Virg Cerveny Legion Lanes Betty Paul Lancer Legion Major Jack Elliott Briles Ross Coors Beer Paul Yeaman Dave Rozene Melissa Hegarty Ron Crane Judy Sauter Don Harper Donita Cone Satellite Gary Happel Ron Coleman Patty Hassan

Texas Rangers fire Hunter as manager replacing with Pat Corrales

Dallas AP reports Texas owner Brad Corbett dismissed Billy Hunter as manager during a road trip in Seattle and replaced him with third base coach Pat Corrales. Hunter, who led the club to a 60-33 mark in 1977, said the firing was unexpected but a relief.

Dallas Billy Hunter Hunter Brad Corbett Pat Corrales Texas Rangers Corbett Rangers Seattle Texas Eddie Robinson Arlington Kansas City Billy Dock Ellis

Schedule storm of high school events across cities

A dense listing shows multiple teams and venues across Iowa with boys and girls basketball volleyball football and swimming. Key matchups include Wash and Jeff at Linn-Mar Kennedy at 1.C. West and Dubuque Hempstead, many invitational and regional events, and late night football and volleyball bells.

Jeff Wash Kennedy 1.C. West Linn-Mar Dubuque Whalert C. West Dubuque Hempstead Prairie LaSalle Linn-Mor West Delaware Regis Kingston Iowe City Ton Waterloo Central Cedar Falls Eff Beckman West Dubuque Marshalltown Fort Dodge Coe Ripon

District softball openers set for Tuesday in Iowa clash

Calamus Clear Creek and Highland of Riverside won Saturday night in girls district softball openers and will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at a site to be announced by the Iowa Girls H S Athletic Union. Clear Creek beat Calamus 5 2 and Highland beat Wheatland 6 3. Branda Ball went 3 for 4 with two steals for Clear Creek, Connie Harney homered? a triple a single and two RBIs, Lori Meade doubled with two RBIs, and Mindi McAreavy added two steals a single two sacrifices and an RBI.

Calamus Clear Creek Highland Riverside Iowa Girls H.S. Athletic Union Wheatland Branda Ball Connie Harney Lori Meade Mindi McAreavy

Iowa women win AIAW state golf title at Finkbine

Elena Callas of Moline and Sonya Stalberger of Cedar Rapids each shot 162 to help the University of Iowa women’s golf team to a first place finish in the AIAW state championships at Finkbine. The Hawkeyes totaled 652 for the two days.

Iowa City Elena Callas Moline Sonya Stalberger Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Finkbine Hawkeyes

Springville edges Pella Christian in district semi prep

Springville advanced after nipping Pella Christian 1-0 in eight innings during district semi final prep softball on Saturday.

van Horne Springville Pella Christian

Junior division scores and overtime in football league

Results show Colts 14 Chiefs 8 Redskins 15 Sets 0 Chargers Jets 0 overtime. Intermediate division features Steelers 46 Bonests 0 Dolphins 1a Vikings 0 Cardinals 22 Rams 2. Senior division ends Lions 46 Cowboys 14 Packers 21 Saints 0.

Colts Chiefs Redskins Chargers Jets Steelers Bonests Dolphins Vikings Cardinals Rams Lions Cowboys Packers Saints

McKinney Breaks World Speed Skiing Record in Chile

Record set in Santiago as American Steve McKinney posts a 200.2 kph run to surpass his own 198.02 kph mark in the kilo meter event. The achievement adds a new benchmark for the sport and solidifies McKinney as a leading speed skier.

Santiago Chile Steve McKinney McKinney

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