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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1978

Page

15

LaSalle Edges West In Heat Fight 18-13

LaSalle, led by junior quarterback Dwayne Schulte, held off Iowa City West 18-13 in a Friday night clash between Class 4-A West and 3-A LaSalle. Schulte passed for 84 yards in the first half and ran for 51 yards as LaSalle controlled the clock. West scored first on Jeff Forbes’s 33-yard run, then LaSalle answered with a 29-yard TD pass from Schulte to John Duggen. The Spartans led 12-7 at halftime, then Greg Mahoney recovered a fumble in the end zone for LaSalle’s margin. West closed the gap in the fourth on a Ken Hebb rushing TD after a bad snap on a punt.

Iowa City Cedar Rapids LaSalle Dwayne Schulte Iowa City West Trojans West Schulte Jeff Sears Ben Boston Ken Hebb Jon Meskimen Meskimen Tom Kopatich Kopatich

Muscatine Ends Long Losing Streak With 15-12 Win

OTTUMWA The state's longest high school football losing streak ended as Muscatine defeated Ot tुमwa 15-12. The Muskies had lost 44 straight games since 1978, scoring with under a minute left to seal the victory. Gary White, formerly Cedar Rapids Jefferson's sophomore coach, teams with Muscatine as they left the Mississippi Valley Conference for the Mississippi Eight.

Ottumwa Muscatine Muskies Cedar Rapids Jefferson Gary White

Washington Franks Cedar Falls 26 0 in season opener

Washington football defeated Cedar Falls 26 to 0 in the opener at Kingston Stadium. Washington used depth in a two platoon approach as Cedar Falls struggled offensively with a veer attack and few midfield threats. Teammate contributions included Ceschin Maltas passing for three TDs and 106 yards, with Doolin returning the game’s first score and Wilkerson leading rushers.

Cedar Rapids Washington Cedar Falls Wally Sheets Pat James Dan Ceschin Mike Maltas Tim Zimmerman Tigers Tiger

Teenace upsets Martina in U S Open semifinal

Pam Shriver 16, of Lutherville Md, upset top seed Martina Navratilova 7 6 7 3 in a gripping U S Open semifinal. The poised teenager, who would become the youngest Open champion, advances to Sunday's final to face Chris Evert or Wendy Turnbull as rain suspends the other semifinal and the men's semis loom.

New York Pam Shriver McDonough High School Lutherville Martina Navratilova Shriver Maureen Connolly Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull Australia Evert Bjorn Borg Vitas Gerulaitis Jimmy Connors John McEnroe Navratilova Martina

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TV sports today highlights a packed slate across networks

The schedule lists tennis from the U S Open on CBS at 11 a m and 3 p m, football games including Youngstown State vs UNI on KCRG UCLA vs Washington on ABC UNI highlights on KWWL New Orleans versus Green Bay on CBS Cincinnati against Cleveland on NBC Minnesota versus Baltimore on NBC, and baseball Majors games on NBC and KCRG with Montreal Chicago at 1 15 p m.

CBS Youngstown State UNI KCRG NBC UCLA Washington ABC KWWL New Orleans Green Bay Cincinnati Cleveland Chicago

Mount Pleasant throttles Prairie in season opener

Mount Pleasant defeated Prairie 20 to 0 as the Panthers rolled for 282 rushing yards and 21 first downs. Fullback Howard Myers ran 144 yards on 22 carries and scored from nine yards, while Steve Tollefson added a one yard TD. Prairie managed 75 rushing yards and 45 passing.

Mount Pleasant John Oertel Hawks Prairie Panthers Howard Myers Mike Gardner Hawk Steve Tollefson Paydirt Rusty Benge Trent Ross Ron Lamparek Ross Lamparek The Airways

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