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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1977

Page

15

Thompson wins Pensacola Open with comeback performance

Leonard Thompson, weighing 210 pounds, birdied the final hole for a two stroke victory at 268, 16 under par, ending a slow comeback after previously dropping weight. He credited Arnold Palmer with coaching and described the triumph as a bigger thrill than his first win. Curtis Strange was runner-up at 270.

Arnold Palmer Leonard Thompson Thompson Husky Thompson Arnold

Playoffs Loom For Gazette Area Football Teams

East Buchanan and West Central have secured spots in Class 2A and Class A respectively. Four more teams Kennedy Monticello South Tama and Center Point chase automatic berths with key games Friday. District rivals Cedar Rapids Kennedy Monticello Tama South Tama Center Point fight for playoff spots as others advance.

Winthrop East Buchanan Maynard West Central East Buchanan Buccaneers West Central Tri- Rivers Central City West Union North Upper Iowa C.R. Washington Anamosa Linn-Mar North Tama Sigourney Iowa City Regina Cougars Hempstead Warriors Davenport Central Davenport Assumption Newton Waterloo Dubuque Wahlert Mason City Burlington Des Moines Central Rock Island Assumption East Moline D.M. East Waterloo East Waterloo West Cedar Falls Rock Rapids Central Lyon Lions Lawton-Bronson Ida Grove Belmond LeMars Gehlen Gowrie Prairie Sibley Greenfield Manning Guthrie Center Manilla Adel DeSoto Waukee East Buchanan Winthrop Bucs Roland Story Denver Pekin Center Point Iowa City Regina Olds Waco Mid-Prairie

Power lifter Dillard sets Iowa 114 pound record in AAU meet

Power lifter Terry Dillard set an Iowa record in the 114 pound class during squat events at an AAU powerlifting meet last Saturday. The article also previews high school playoff at large berths and state playoff clinching scenarios across multiple sections and teams.

Terry Dillard Iowa AAU

Crumby in Intensive Care After Injury at Liberty Bowl

Memphis State sophomore Bill Crum was paralyzed from the shoulders down and remained in intensive care Sunday after a fractured dislocation of the fifth cervical vertebra during the game with Southern Mississippi. He was injured while making a tackle with under a minute left in the first half at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. No surgery was performed and none anticipated.

Memphis Tenn Memphis State Bill Crumby Southern Mississippi Crumby Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

Woman weightlifter 360 pound dead lift sets Iowa record

Terry Dillard a 23 year old from Spencer Iowa lifts weights as a weekend powerlifter and unofficially holds a women's record in the 114 pound class with a 360 pound dead lift She also squat lifts 225 pounds to set an Iowa men’s record for her class Competing against Monte Lofing of Nebraska she notes rivals expect to beat her but praise her strength

Des Moines, Iowa Terry Dillard Spencer Miss Dillard Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville Iowa

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