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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1977
Page
15
A dense tally of Friday and Saturday scores across Central and Northeast Iowa with numerous teams posting wins. Notable outcomes include Marion over Maquoketa 40 30 and Cedar Sigourney 40 over English Valleys 32, plus Dallas Center 13 over Wesley and Des Moines area performances across multiple leagues.
Iowa AP top twenty results show Sioux City Heelan and Fairfield undefeated in league play. Kennedy and Washington both won while West Des Moines Valley fell to Des Moines East. Newton Mason City Graettinger Urbandale Dubuque Wahlert Dowling and others posted victories as A P rankings shift.
Marion builds 40-14 lead then fights off Maquoketa on their field to stay 5-1 in Wamac play and 6-2 overall. The Indians total 353 offensive yards while Maquoketa gains 290. Key scores include Brad McAreary two yard TD, Marty Schoenthaler to Mike Ballin 61 yards, Tom Turner 93 yard kickoff return, and Tom Pate’s late one yard TD.
Joel Zeller connected with Dan Stanek for a 12 yard fourth quarter TD to lift Springville to a 7 0 victory over North Linn. Springville moved to 5 2 in the Tri Rivers Conference and 6 2 overall while North Linn fell to 4 3 and 5 3. The Tigers ran for 144 yards and added 56 through the air as they remain in the playoff hunt.
Central City topped Clarksville 29-12 in Tri Rivers play Friday night with all scoring in the second quarter. Robinson had two touchdowns including a 67 yard run and a PAT pass to Curt Morrow. Faust rushed for 107 yards and kicked a 25 yard field goal.
The schedule shows football and sports broadcasts across channels on Saturday and Sunday including Nebraska Oklahoma State Notre Dame UNI and NFL games, plus college basketball Iowa State vs Kansas and Coe vs Grinnell. Radio and FM stations listed for game broadcasts and talk shows.
NFL teams announce signings waivers and activations including Mark Johnson to Browns teams also cut Wade Rosarge and others. MLB rosters add John Flinn Tim Stoddard Mike Pagnozzi Jeff Rineer Dave Ford and Rafael Liranzo while Indians sign Tom Brennan Gary Melson and others. Mariners trade Steve Barr and reassign Tommy Smith and declare Diego Segui a free agent.
West Central defeated Valley 36-8 as senior halfback Paul Lockett rushed for 201 yards on 15 carries to set the school's career rushing record with 1,068 yards. Brookyn-BGM beat Keota 41-13 in South Iowa Cedar League action, with John Gallagher and Darrell Bray each scoring twice and Scott Curry throwing two TD passes. Gallagher led BGM with 148 rushing yards and the win improved BGM to 5-3.
Kansas City will raise No. 8618 for Bruce Jenner on November 4 to honor his decathlon record of 8,618 points. Jenner, drafted in the seventh round this year, never played basketball for the Kings. President Joe Axelson defended the pick as selecting the best athlete available.
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