Long Ohio Valley high school grid notes and Cedar Rapids tale
A collage of sports notes. Iowa struggles in Big Ten passing while Chuck Long shines in efficiency. Illinois dominates conference play as Cedar Rapids memories include Bob Forsch’s early career and a Cedar Rapids Washington game. Local high school bands entertain at Kingston Stadium as Punchy Fisteras jokes about baseball highlights on TV newscasts.
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Iowa
Chuck Long
Big Ten
Purdue
Mark Herrmann
Long
Dale Samuels
Illinois
Cedar Rapids
Bob Forsch
Cardinals
Atlanta
Bob
Sarasota
Lewiston
Modesto
Braves
Kingston Stadium
Wash
Jeff
Punchy Fisteras
Kennedy Falls In Overtime To Hempstead In Rain Soaked Clash
In a mud slick Valley Conference game, Dubuque Hempstead beats Kennedy 7-0 in overtime. Hempstead dominating on the ground, while Kennedy struggles with weather and footing, dropping to 2-4 overall and 2-3 in league play.
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Dubuque Hempstead
Mustangs
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Kingston Stadium
Kennedy
Greg Reed
Rick Fry
Brad Sleep
Reed
Brett Bordewick
Dennis Debolt
Sleep
Steve Schewatzki
Hempstead
Bob Timmerman
Sacette
John McIvor
Pointers Blank Starmont Stop Tri-Turn Triumph
Star mont remained unbeaten with a 13-0 win over Tri Turn as quarterback Danny Gallagher threw a third quarter touchdown and tailback Jan Allen added a rushing score. Chip Marshall reports from Strawberry Point.
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Strawberry Point
Danny Gallagher
Jan Allen
Starmont
Tri
Linn-Mar Lions Hammer Benton's Bobcats in Rainy Homecoming
Linn-Mar’s unbeaten Lions jumped to a quick 14 points and cruised to a 26-8 ECIC football victory over Benton Community. Key early turnovers, two first quarter interceptions by Kevin Buisman and Scott Underwood, plus strong kicking in the rain, propelled Linn-Mar to a 6-0 overall and 3-0 conference mark as Benton drops to 1-5, 0-3.
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van Horne
Bobcat Lake
Linn-Mar
Lions
Benton
Cedar Rapids LaSalle
Bobcats
UPI
Cape van Horne
Kevin Buisman
Scott Underwood
Bobcat
Buisman
Steve Rohlena
Gary Dvorak
Queens
Sutton steadies Brewers in tense playoff clash
Brewers right-hander Don Sutton pitched seven sharp innings as Milwaukee trailed California 3-2 before a disputed seventh inning homer sparked by Angel Bob Boone. Paul Molitor's seventh inning two-run shot gave Milwaukee a 5-3 lead, with Pete Ladd sealing the win in relief to force a Game Three in the best-of-five series.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Milwaukee Brewers
Don Sutton
Sutton
California
Angel
Bob Boone
Ben Oglivie
Larry Barnett
Oglivie
Don Baylor
Pete Ladd
Brewers
Baltimore Orioles
Boone
Houston Astros
Paul Molitor
Molitor
Brewer
Ladd
Rollie Fingers
Fingers
Cy Young
Baylor
Doug DeCinces
Angels
Two Big Ten games highlight Saturday college football
Indiana hosts Iowa at Bloomington with homecoming amid injuries to Hawkeyes. Iowa State visits Kent State in a mismatched nonconference clash as Missouri and Kansas State, plus other regionals, fill the day with delayed telecasts and radio coverage through regional networks.
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Indiana Stadium
Bloomington
ABC
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
KHAK
Knei-Am
Waukon
Kxic-Am
KCJJ
Koel-Fm
Oelwein
Kmaq-Fm
Maquoketa
KLEH
Ana
Iowa
Fry
Hawk
Missouri
Kansas State
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Nebraska
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Indiana
CBS
Clemson
Virginia
WTBS
Idaho
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By Gus Schrader
UuUzen
Forsch
Y Omigosh
Minnesota
Illini
Pitt
Michigan
Bill Happel
Minnesota Gophers
Washington
Bill
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Billy
Mustang
Doug Dunham
Jeff Blake
Tim Batteson
John Smith
Kevin Mote
Joe Paulsen
Paul Scott
Cougars
Craig Cone
Mark Larue
Page
Chip Marshall
Gazette
The
Bob Busch
Underwood
Mike Garber
Ron Rutgers
Greg Purnell
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Michigan State
Kent State
Iowa State
Iowa State Stadium
Ames
KCRG
WOI
Donnie Duncan
ISU
Northern Illinois
Cyclones
Tommy Davis
Upper Iowa
Luther
Carlson Stadium
Decorah
Kdec-Am
USA
Dubuque
Doe
Knox
Cornell
Grinnell
Drake
Western Illinois
Wartburg
Buena Vista
Simpson
William Penn
Central
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