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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 2000
Page
20
Joy and Gene headline a compact look at today’s news items. The brief covers notable events and quick takes from local and national scenes with concise summaries.
Former Cedar Rapids Regis and Northern Iowa quarterback Kurt Warner stars on the Sports Illustrated cover with Peter King praising his NFL air show. Coe climbs to No. 20 in the AFCA Division III Top 25 after a 26 21 win over Simpson, improving to 5-0. Central remains 5-0 and ranked fifth, Wartburg ninth. Coe visits Luther next Saturday.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders sign 20 year old forward Jeremy Wilson from Boston College. The Shrewsbury Mass native stands 5 10 and weighs 186 pounds after 35 games with the Eagles last season and 38 points at Cushing Academy.
Twelve Iowa golf professionals compete in the Northern PGA Club Professional Championship starting today at Miami Valley Golf Club, led by John Bermel of Cedar Falls and Kevin Denike of Bettendorf among others from Cedar Falls Burlington West Des Moines Atlantic Waterloo Sioux City Dubuque Oskaloosa Ankeny Oskaloosa.
In Waltham Massachusetts a Michael Jordan lookalike, a guard and Ivy League player of the year from Penn, walks onto the Celtics floor hoping for a pro opportunity. He bears no relation to the Bulls legend and acknowledges Boston’s playoff drought.
Baseball Seattle at Chicago at 12 07 p m ESPN New York at San Francisco at 3 07 p m ESPN New York at Oakland at 7 18 p m FOX Pro hockey Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars at 7 p m ESPN Auto racing Winston Cup Pole Night UAW GM Quality 500 at 7 05 p m TBS AL playoffs at 11 37 a m NL playoffs at 6 37 p m KCRG AM 1600 Tony Kornheiser 9 a m to noon Dan Patrick 2 5 p m From Gazette staff and wire reports
Whitney Woolstrchill of Cedar Rapids Jefferson sets a new school record in the 200 yard freestyle with a 1 57 12 time during a swimming meet against Cedar Rapids Washington on Tuesday night. Washington wins the dual 107 to 79.
Iowa settled two red shirt freshmen Sam Aiello and Robert Gallery at right tackle for a 45 33 loss at Indiana as Joe Philbin faced heavy questions about the line Gallery a Mason City native moved from tight end after pregame No 78 duties and played 43 snaps in the spot.
A late inning stretch produced a mixed results baseball slate with the Cardinals edging the Braves 7 5 and the White Sox beating the Athletics 4 5 while the Yankees posted a 3 victory in another matchup.
Ames fans urged to use all tickets, avoid selling to Nebraska supporters as Iowa State hosts No. 2 Nebraska in a showdown with both teams undefeated. Coach Dan McCarney calls it meaningful as Cyclones seek an historic upset at Jack Trice Stadium.
Coe College sits atop the Iowa Conference at 5-0 as coach Erik Raeburn guides a deep squad. Key players sustained injuries in a late September win over Simpson, testing depth ahead of a rugged schedule including Luther and Wartburg.
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