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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1975
Page
6
Kennedy defeated Washington 18-15 3 in the finals to win the district tourney. They finished 7-1, with Jefferson the only other loss, while Wash 6-2 and Jeff 4-4. Marion posted 26 points and Mt. Vernon 1-5. Kennedy advances to the state tourney in Dubuque.
Pro wrestling at Memorial Coliseum featured Little Bear defeating Ed Wiskoski in the main event Sunday night. In the semifinal six man tag Ron Bear Dutch Mantel and Big John beat Ted Oates Ronnie Etchison and Akio Sato. Biss and Sato drew in the opener, Oates beat Mantel in the added attraction, and Etchison won by disqualification over Big Jami in the special event.
A chaotic OCR of sports results shows Union and various opponents with scattered scores across multiple colleges and teams. Names like Delaware, Tu, and others appear with inconsistent figures, indicating a collage of results from football and basketball games, with many unreadable or garbled entries.
Fragmentary standings list includes scattered team names and numbers such as Lasalle, St. Eamon, Kon BF, Barre ik, Minot Ruckerybira, AML Ave. Details are unreadable and inconsistent, with incomplete scores and affiliations. no clear leader or formal ranking emerges from the readable text.
Purdue totaled zero points to win the Davis Invitational hosted by Towa on Lake Macbride. Miami of Ohio finished second with 93 points, followed by Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Michigan, Notre Dame and Iowa. Buzz Reynolds and John Erickson of Notre Dame won the low point skipper in class A while Mike Miller and Jennifer Swan of Purdue won in class B. Twenty four of the 32 races were not completed.
Roundup lists Friday games including Frost Dubeauis at Prenton Believe of OR Gyttensery at Limon Ningota. Saturday schedules feature A.M. games with Ames Thursday and Friday slots at Iowa City and Muscanine. many schools like Central, West Com, and Cedar Falls appear with matchups and venues across multiple towns, highlighting a busy prep football slate.
Cedar Rapids rider Jim Langer won the 200cc class in Wild Country motocross on Sunday. Teammates Joe French claimed the 100cc class and Bill Foy won top honors in the 125cc race.
St Josephs clinched at least a share of the parish football league title with a 44 to 6 victory on Sunday. Tim Kregel scored three touchdowns, while Chila Shil Ranek Greg Riscoll Bob Turness and Joe Foley added one each. St Matthews remained in contention with a 22 to 7 win over St Ludmila. Bernie Gradoville connected to Chris Strathiman for the tie winning TD. All Saints edged St Patrick 13 to 12 and Tom Sheka scored for All Saints. Duane Schulte scored both TDs for St Patrick. Jeff Sears and Ray Larson scored for St Judes in a 12-0 win over Immaculate Conception.
Dan Blakesley of Cedar Rapids won the 250cc Open event at the Center Point motocross in D&N Carway on Sunday. Brent Wilcoxson of Marlon topped two classes, with other winners including Erin Gormney, Catomyse, Bennett, and Mitchell Hockparth among a list of regional riders.
Vinton’s Steve Berry Florence Rippel and Charlotte Byam teamed to win the 1900 bowling tournament at Lancer Janos by 80 pins over Jack Brubaker Hazel Kyach and Karen Kleity. Berry top scored with 679 in series while Rippel led women with 242 high game. Journey drew 144 bowlers from 48 teams.
The Iowa City CHY polo team beat Naperville IA 7 to 5 in a Sunday game at Rominole Valley Park benefiting the Cedar Rapids Art Center. Captain Steve Richardson scored two goals. Bill Robbins of Cedar Rapids added one for the winners.
Cedar Rapids Washington schedules homecoming on Thursday October 30 with a football game versus Iowa City West at Kingston Street. A homecoming dance is set for November 1 after a schedule shift due to a rule banning intracity game homecomings.
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