West boys win Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational title
Iowa City West Trojans won the boys 5000 meters in 16 21.43 led by Dean Colony who took first. Nick Welter and Jeremy Dickinson followed for a top five sweep as West scored 35 points to edge Washington and Senior. North Scott claimed the girls title with Connie Moore defending her crown in 12 01.48.
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Becky Stovergazette
Iowa City West
Trojans
Dean Colony
Colony
North Scott Guy
Nick Welter
Welter
Washington
Jeremy Dickinson
Dubuque
Kent Madden
Erich Hoffmeier
Senior
West
Sara Swails
Troy Byers
Sean Boyle
Brian Mildenstein
Todd Lane
North Scott
Lancers
Davenport Assumption
Linn-Mar
Dennis Johnson
Connie Moore
Moore
Tracey Schneckloth
Crista Coe
Metro
Jefferson
Cyndi Olson
Letterman Apologizes for Rooney Death Joke
David Letterman apologized for a joke about Art Rooney Sr. death saying it was poor judgment and expressing heartfelt apologies. Rooney, 87, died August 25 from stroke complications and was the last surviving founder of the NFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Letterman
Rooney
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steelers
Art Rooney
NBC
Letterman
Attorney requests charge reduction against ISU's Edwin Jones
Story County attorney asks to reduce Edwin Jones's charge from third degree sexual abuse to simple assault. The Iowa State running back pleads innocent and faces a September 7 trial date. A possible penalty drops from ten years and ten thousand dollars to thirty days in jail or a hundred dollar fine. Jones was ISU's No. 2 rusher last season and may back up Joe Henderson this year.
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Nevada
Story County
Iowa
Edwin Jones
Jones
Mary Richards
Iowa State
Joe Henderson
Becker McEnroe eliminated as Open upsets hit
Australian Darren Cahill ousted Boris Becker 6-3 6-3 6-2 in second round while Mark Woodforde defeated John McEnroe 7-5 4-6 6-7 6-3 6-1 in nearly four hours. Graf and Navratilova advanced, Shriver upset by Leila Meskhi. Becker's foot blister and fatigue cited.
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New York
Boris Becker
John McEnroe
Becker
Darren Cahill
National Tennis Center
McEnroe
Mark Woodforde
Woodeforde
Cahill
Stefan Edberg
Guy
Netherlands
Navratilova
Elly Hakami
Shriver
Leila Meskhi
Iowa Games could move to Des Moines Cedar Falls or Council Bluffs
Des Moines Cedar Falls and Council Bluffs officials have asked for initial information to bid for the Iowa Games starting 1990. Ames has hosted the first two festivals and will stay through next year. Des Moines aims to partner with suburbs Drake University and the school district to attract the event, which has boosted Ames' economy by about 750000 per year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ames
Joyce Durlam
Cedar Falls
Council Bluffs
Drake University
Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau
Ellen Brown
Championships set at Hawkeye Downs and West Liberty
Races decide season titles at Hawkeye Downs tonight with a 35 lap Late Model feature and the completion of a rain suspended event plus other divisions. West Liberty hosts a 35 lap Late Model feature Saturday with hot laps at 6 30 p m and ongoing title battles led by Fischlein in the Central Region standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye Downs
West Liberty Speedway
Hawkeye
Davenport
Rollie Frink
Curt Martin
Independence
Dave Birkhofer
Muscatine
Tony Stewart
Washington
Dale Fischlein
Cedar Rapids
Mike Schulte
Norway
Swisher
Mike Frieden
Johnny Span
Anamosa
Jeff Engelbart
Tom Sexton
Lone Tree
Tom Seelman
Cosgrove
West Liberty
Fischlein
Precision Performance Racing
Terry Gallaher
New London
Gene Claxton
Kansas City
Area teams busy in postseason tourneys
About 16 Gazette area amateur teams compete across six complexes this Labor Day weekend. Cedar Rapids clubs Fleck's-Miller High Life and Teleconnect travel to St. Louis for the USA Mid-America Fast Pitch Regional with Teleconnect finishing fourth and Fleck's-Miller second in the Major state tournament. The regional champion goes to the ASA national in Bloomington Illinois September 10 to 20. Hupp Electric Motors and Westside Lounge join Marshalltown for the Major 16 inch slow pitch national, while T J's seeks more glory in modified pitch.
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Aceive ePolIswi
United States
Fleck’s-Miller High Life
Teleconnect
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Fleck’s-Miller
Bloomington
Ill
Hupp Electric Motors
Westside Lounge
Marshalltown
T.j.’S
Steve Andrew
Andrew
Michael White
al Rebling
Jody Hennigar
Warren Gichard
Waterloo
ISC
Gichard
Fleck
s-Miller
Bill Schulte
United van Lines
Russell Cooper
Mike Trachta
Trachta
Westside
Hupp
State
Bob Corrigan
Corrigan
T.j.’S Pizza
Doug Dabroski
Bryan Kraus
Marv Kraus
Scott Fritz
Roger Koenig
National slow pitch and fast pitch opens with multiple teams
Amateur softball events across multiple nationals kick off in Independence and Kingman Arizona. Teleconnect, Fleck's-Miller and Teen teams lead bids after recent ISC standings. T.J.'s Pizza adjusts to nine-man play in the 14-inch nationals with 16 teams.
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West Rules
ISU
West Germany
Steffi Graf
Graf
Manon Bellegraf
Becker, McEnroe
Brad Gilbert
Jaime Yzaga
Peru
Miroslav Mecir
Henri Leconte
Andres Gomez
Guillermo Perez-Roldan
Ken Flach
Gabriela Sabatini
Claudia Kohde-Kirsch
Zina Garrison
Mary Joe Fernandez
Larisa Savchenko
Downs
J.R. Ogden
Interstate Battery
Armstrong’s
Rex’s Business Machines
Barrell-O-Fun
St. Luke’s
Oak Lawn
South Dakota
Armstrong
Scott Konecny
Menard Buildings
Menard
Rochester
Ae Sales Representati
Randy Rohach
Gladbrook
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