Muskies Fall In Last Inning To Kennedy 6-5
Muscatine High’s baseball team mounted a late rally but Cedar Rapids Kennedy answered with a decisive run in the final inning, edging the Muskies 6-5 on Saturday. The setback drops Muscatine to 3-4 on the season, and the final game of the six game road series is set for Town City tonight.
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Cedar Rapins
Muscatine High
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Muskies
Ron Reifert
Town City Tonight
Horseshoe club wins S-city meet
The Muscatine Horseshoe club captured the five-city travel ing trophy for the second straight year after a Sunday victory in Davenport. Teams from Muscatine Peoria Davenport Galesburg and Sterling competed with Sterling not present. Muscatine finished 22 14 with 1556 points while Galesburg Davenport tied 1417 and Peoria had 12 24 with 1324 points. Arthampton led Muscatine in Class A with 295 points and a 5 1 record. Ed Kaalberg and Larry Bender led in Classes B and C with strong records and points. The Muscatine open tourney is slated for Sunday June 29 at Kent Stein Park.
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Muscatine
Davenport
Peoria
Galesburg
Sterling
Arthampton
Ed Kaalberg
Larry Bender
Jake Davis
Madeleo Blake
Wally Beaton
Blake
Béason
Kent-Stéin Park
Girls begin softball games across six diamonds
The Girls softball league opened with six games over Saturday and Sunday. Sunday results included Brossart and Lucas Contractors 17 to 12 against Lofgrén Realty and other matchups across six diamonds with multiple winning and losing batteries noted.
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Brossart and
Lucas Contractors
Lofgrén Realty
Mario Jang
Pam McBride
Miller
Ambenhower
HON Industries
Matt Leack Insurance
Sandi Maxfield
Cathy Given
Vickie Skubal
Pat Party
Safley
Sporling Goods
Muscatine Electric
Vickie Weggen
Jackie Beechum
Karen Schubick
Jjudy Harroun
Port City Taxi
Central State Bank
Lynne Fry
Carol Busch
Jeanne Havel
Reva Tate
Lucas Plumbing
Econ-O-Mee Plumbing
Janet Powell
Vickie Stark
Julie Welch
C. Howell
Wally
Deep Rock
Muscatine Produce
Denise Simpson
Paulf
K. Cooney
Leslie
Brossari
Lucas
Holly Oppelt
Hindahl Drives Muscatine to 1-0 Win Over Ottumwa
Muscatine Red Sox right hander Steve Hindahl pitched a complete game nine innings, allowing four hits and striking out nine to beat the Ottumwa Merchants 1-0 at Tom Bruner Field. Hindahl also contributed the team's first hit and scored the decisive run on Don Grensing's double after reaching on a fielder’s error, while Ottumwa’s Jerry Moss threw well with seven strikeouts.
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Muscatine Red Sox
Steve Hindahl
Ottumwa
Ron Loga
Sox
Hindahl
Ottumwa Merchants
Tom Bruner Field
Red Sox
Jerry Moss
Steve
Moss
Merchants
Horan
Davis
Don Grensing
Lee Lenker
Todd Redenberg
Swaim
Bell versus Monsanto and related regional matches
In a busy second division lineup Monsanto faces Muscatine Power and Water while Bell tangles with Monsanto No 2 and HON Industries, Central State Bank contends with First National Bank, Farm Insurance meets Chell Heating, Figg Aluminum opposes Thatcher Plastic, and Monsanto No 3 clashes with Muscatine Power and Water.
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Bell
Monsanto No. 1
Monsanto No. 2
HON Industries
Central State Bank
First National Bank
Monsanto No. 3
Muscatine Power and Water
Chell Heating
Figg Aluminum
Thatcher Plastic
Ford Retains Le Mans Crown After Narrow Finish
Ford GT 40 known as The Old Lady won Le Mans for the fourth straight year in a tight finish over Porsche. Drivers Jackie Ickx and Jackie Oliver held off Hans Herrmann and Gerard LaRousse as wreckage from a fatal Porsche crash and a fire affected other cars. Lucien Bianchi was remembered after the practice crash.
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LE Mans
France
Ickx
Germany
Hans Herrmann
Gerard LaRousse
Lucien Bianchi
Tekx
Morris wins third stock main in Mississippi Valley race
Mel Morris of West Liberty dominates the 20 lap main event at Muscatine’s West Liberty Fairgrounds to extend his lead in the Mississippi Valley Speed Club standings. He also wins the trophy dash and first heat, beating Pokey West and John Moss in the final. A rain postponement shifted the schedule and a hard roll by Dave Evans was the only major incident.
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Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Mel Morris
Mississippi Valley Speed Club
Pokey West
John Moss
Mel
Jack Brissey
Burlington
Muscatine
Bob Kleindolph
Mark Colberg
Dave Evans
Wellman
Larry Jenkins
Wilton
Morris
Iowa City
Don Morgan
Ron Hemsted
Lone Tree
Bill Hopp
Bob Helm
Atalissa
Jenkins
Bill Newman
Byron Bucheele
Dan Robertson
West Chester
Lyle McNall
Aledo
Ron Purdock
Washington
Bud Darling
Steve Friese
Montrose
Wahlee Brown
Rock Island
Seme-Main
Bob Kleindoph
Ed Haas
Gary Redlinger
Eature
West
Moss
Morgan
Purdock
Hopp
Hemsted
Newman
Brown
Redlinger
JVs drop 1-0 in Cedar Rapids tilt on one hit
Muscatine High junior varsity baseball fell 1-0 at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. The only Cedar Rapids hit came in the seventh inning after an error and a walk. Kyle Reifert took the loss with six strikeouts and five walks while Kennedy pitcher Rosenberg fanned four. The MHS JV next plays at Iowa City Tuesday and hosts Clinton Thursday at Tom Bruner Field.
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Berry
Buster
Denny Plummer
Joe Bleasing
Pat Sissel
Hienz
Abraham
Harry Koch
Mike Hartsock
Loudon
N.H
Fred Nix
Franksville
Wis
Cal Rayborn
San Diego
Muscatine High
Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Kyle Reifert
Bill Randleman
Reifert
Kennedy
Rosenberg
Iowa City
MHS
Clinton
Tom Bruner
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Rick Buster
B. Moser
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Lynné Fry
Judy Harroun
Lofgren Realty
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Mary Wilson
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Kathy Meyer
W. Stark
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HON Industries No. 1
Jody’s Tap
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Krieger Motors
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Muscatine, Va
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