Pee Wee golf winners crowned at Grinnell tournament
Jimmy Craig won the 7 to 8 year old division with 66 and Tom Fisher took the 10 year old title with 45 in a Grinnell state Pee Wee Golf meet. Other champions included Bobby Kol Smith Cedar Rapids 47 in 9 year olds, David Slezak Creston 79 in 12 year olds, Doug Dunakey Waterloo 87 in 11 year olds, with multiple 11 and 12 year old scores listed.
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Jimmy Craig
Tom Fisher
Grinnell
Craig
Mike Smith
Oskaloosa
Jim Webb
Muscatine
Fisher
Greg Manjovne
Bobby Kol Smith
Cedar Rapids
David Slezak
Creston
Doug Dunakey
Waterloo
Doug Penniston
Wilton
David Donovan
Jeff Anson
Mike Manjoine
Bobby Kallsmith
Greg Manjinine
Doug Donokey
Dove Donovan
Two Muscatine Pee Wee golf champions at state meet
Muscatine produced two champions at the 12th annual State boys Pee Wee Championships at Grinnell Country Club. Tom Fisher won the 1 year-old class with 45, and Jimmy Craig captured the 6 to 8 year old division with 66.
Local High School Baseball and Open Softball Schedule
A compact sports slate lists MHS varsity at Burlington and Hempstead at MUSsophs both at 6 pm, Highland versus L M, New London versus Wapello, West Branch at Clear Creek, Durant at West Liberty, Mid Prairie at Solon, Wilson at Mt. Vernon. YMCA slow pitch shows Nichols Merchants versus Lemuch Massey at 4 with Stanley tive, and Sandy's facing Action Realtors at 7:30. Open softball matches Burke's Metal versus Pit Stop at 7 with Carver Pump versus HyVee at 8:30.
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MHS Varsity
Burlington
Dub. Hempstead
Mussophs
Highland
L M
New London
Wapello
West Branch
Clear Creek
Durant
West Liberty
Mid-Prairie
Solon
Wilson
Mt. Vernon
YMCA
Nichols Merchants
Lemuch Massey
Stanley Tive
Sandy's
Action Realtors
Burke’s Metal
Pit
Carver Pump
Sophs sweep doubleheader as Kolar and Monroe shine
Muscatine High School sophomores swept Town City High in a Mississippi Valley conference twin bill at Tom Bruner Field. Matt Kolar tossed a four hitter for a 9-2 win in game one while Gary Monroe held off a late surge for a 4-3 victory in the nightcap. Muskies broke open game one with six runs in the second inning and added three more in the fifth. Monroe added key hits and six strikeouts in game two, with decisive plays including a fifth inning single from Monroe and Kolar. The yearlings improve to 5-3, and they host Dubeque Hempstead in a doubleheader Monday at 6 p.m.
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Muscatine High School
Matt Kolar
Gary Monroe
Mississippi Valley
Town City High
Tom Bruner
Kolar
Doug Calkins
Sophs
Monroe
Muskies
City High
RBI
Shawn Stonebarger
Dalé Irwin
Mark Tate
MHL
Rich Sleeman
Doug O'Brien
John Sturms
Rusty Melton
Little Hawklers
Jeff Lyon
Lyon
Frank Draper
MHS
Dubeque Hempstead
Bruner Field
Stiles
Beth Goedken
Carolyn Brackerl
Kim Schneider
Sania McCann
Gibson-Rosenberg
Carol Powers
Gibson Discount
Sally Kemper
Rosenberg
Gibson
Powers
Kempers
Kemper
Angie Goss
Mickey Conway
Kelly Conway
Scort
R-H Rosenberg
Winneral Powers
Lora Brookhart
Sally Kempere
Wilton rallies after coach ejected for Hawkeye win
Wilton girls softball erased a seven run first, then scored five in the second and six in the third to beat Mt. Vernon 16 to 10 in the Eastern Iowa Hawkeye Conference. Coach Galen Howsare was ejected in the top of the second for arguing at third base. Janel Peterson, Terry Peterson and Sharon Peterson each had three hits for Wilton. Deb Niles and Mary Staschke added two. Mt. Vernon led 7-1 before the surge. Woods homered for Mt. Vernon in the first. Wilton improves to 2-6 overall, 1-5 in league. Mt. Vernon is 1-6 in league.
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MT. Vernon
Wilton
Iowa Hawkeye
Galen Howsare
Beaverettes
Janel Peterson
Terry Peterson
Sharon Peterson
Deb Niles
Mary Staschke
Carol Woods
Leaders fall in Open softball opener as Burke's Metal dominates
Burke's Metal snapped a 1-1 tie in the fifth with three runs and rolled to a 12-4 win over previously unbeaten Safley's. Rick Reifert and Randy Fix had two hits for Burke's, Gary Naber had three for Safley's, and Gary Berger earned the win. HyVee beat Danielson Construction 7-? to stay in a three-way tie for second as Tim Furlong and Mike Sissel led HyVee with key hits.
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Lafley's
Burke’s Metal
HyVee
Burke
Metal
Carver Pump Battles
Burke's-Safley's
Burke's
Safley
Rick Reifert
Randy Fix
Gary Naber
Ron Loga
Winrar
Tim Furlong
Mike Sissel
Jim Larson
Gary Houseman
Bill Garizer
Local Senior Major Division Schedule Highlights
The weekly schedule lists Senior Division games starting at 7 15 p m on diamond 1 and 6 00 p m on diamond 2 with matchups including Musco fighting Fuhlman Roofing Clark Standard Lumber Mart and Plow Pedal byes. Major Division games begin 7 45 p m on diamond 1 and 4 15 p m on diamonds 2 and 3 with clashes such as Sandy s Optimist Club Beach Lumber Wally s DX and Safley s Police Capt plus AFL CIO Moose Thatcher Plastic and Johnson Oily Rosenberg Independent Insurance.
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Musco Fighting
Fuhlman
Clark Standard
Lumber Mart
Plumbers
Pipelitters
Carver-Bandog
Ellis
HON Industries
Central State Bank
Musca
Clark
Central State
Plumbers Hon
Carver
Elks
Sandy's
Optimist Club
Beach Lumber
Wally's
Safley’s
Police
Afl-Cio
Moose
Thatcher Plastic
Johnson Oily Rosenberg
Independent Insurance
Banach Lumber
Safley's
Wally’s
Optimist
Independent
Thatcher
AFL
Rosenberg
Johnson
Beach-Safley's Bosch Lumber takes half title in 13-4 win
Beach-Safley's Bosch Lumber scored six in the opening frame and beat Safley's 13-4 to share the first half crown. Matt Rivera and Jeff Miller led with three hits each, Tony Plummer homered, and Randy Reeves added two. Sandy's-Wally's also surged, with Sandy's routing Wally's 12-4 behind Mike Fletcher and Mike Strajack with three hits apiece. Optimist Club edged Police Department 7-6 as Tim Herschberger led Optimist with three hits and Rich Flake won in relief.
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Beach-Safley
Bosch Lumber
Safley
Matt Rivera
Jeff Miller
Tony Plummer
Randy Reeves
Beach
Mike Keig
Plummer
R-H-E Safley
Troy Jensen
Leo Diveney
Clay Timmans
Brad Nou
Sandy
Wally
Mike Fletcher
Mike Strajack
Dave Donovan
Brad Severson
Kelly Fossberg
Wally’s
W.siee
Darl Sissel
Tim Herschberger
Optimist
Jim McGuire
Rich Flake
Mark Franklin
Mark Hutchings
Mark Terral
Cubs claim first half with 4-2 win over Dodgers
In National Minors action the Cubs beat the Dodgers 4-2 securing the first half title with an unbeaten mark. Mike Burrs had two Dodger hits while Cubs players each had at most one. Pirates toppled Astros 3-2 as John Woodhouse added two hits for Pittsburgh and M Schmelzer did the same for Houston. Mets shut out Giants 3-0 behind a three run first inning. Gary Harris and Dave Fuller each gathered two Giants hits while Mets had six safeties.
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Giants
Pirates
Cubs
Mets
Dodgers
Astros
White Sox
Yankees
Angels
Twins
Priales
Senators
Gers
Pirateas
Orioles
Mike Burrs
Cub
Pirates-Astros
John Woodhouse
M. Schmelzer
Jeff Brackert
Frank Cavazos
Stary Koenig
Gary Harris
Dave Fuller
Douglage l
Jeff Mullen
Dave Fathers
Chris Harvey
Local youths win multiple events at Rock Island meet
Muscatine Track Club youths shine with three firsts in Rock Island meet. Brad Smith wins 100 and 220 yard dashes and long jump in high school division. Troy Manley takes 50 and 100 yard dashes. Neil Prussman wins 440 yard dash and long jump in 9 and under. Some marks would have set records but meet was not official AAU. Next meet at Rocky Stadium on Monday, June 30 at 6:30.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Brad Smith
Muscatine High School
Troy Manley
Neil Prussman
Manley
Iowa Association of the Amatuer Athletic Union
AAU
Prussman
Iowa
Rocky Stadium
Noel Prussman
Susan Prunsman
Susan Prussian
Women's victory by Prime Mover in softball at Weed Park
Prime Mover rapped out 15 hits to beat Nielson's 106 in the women's softball league at Weed Park Thursday. Joan Hayes led with four safeties, Carol Tietje, Nancy Hawley and Chris Church added two each. Robin Conners and Williams had two for Nielson's, while Winner-Kolthy Minder, Shirley Midkiff, Lester-Jon Seright and Rabin Conners contributed for Prime Mover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nielson
Weed Park
Joan Hayes
Carol Tietje
Nancy Hawley
Chris Church
Robin Conners
Williams
Kolthy Minder
Shirley Midkiff
Lester
Jon Seright
Rabin Conners
Port City tops Central State 17 in extra innings
Port City defeated Central State 17 to 13 in eight innings as Henry had four hits and Brown three for Port City while McKean, Johnson, and Goss contributed for Central State. Final line shows Port City 40 342 04 Central State 710 100 40.
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Port City
Central
Port City Taxi
Central State Bank
Henry
Brown
McKean
Johnson
Goss
Central State
Louri von Est
Rhonda Henry
Crystal McKeone
Kim Goss
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Sports
Eaday
Rbi Riley
O Frogle
Lotz
Go Dunham
McDaniel
Hansen
Hoogerwerf
IF Cummings
S Lord
Piro
Lepic
C Kolar
P Horton
Ph Manrac
Melton
Draper
Sleemon
Rf Softey
Keelec
O'Brien
Stonebarger
J. Sturms
Irein
T Sturms
Unsicker
Cummings
Fira
Frouble
Hilgenbeora
Tale
Ilyon
Kalor
Th Monroe
P Meltan
Ss Sleeman
Sturms
Keeler
Ef Jewin
Uf T. Sturms
R Hic High
Wn Beach Lumber
Senny's
Sofley's
Sieree
National
Doug Eggenburg
Beonis Eggenburg
Terry Burrs
Mike Boss
al Astros
Marion Jones
Marian Jones
Bong Pate
Tom Duncan
Dane Pace
Dana Pace
Tong
Mike Mitchell
Cora Lindi
Cora Lindie
Pete Armstrong
Mark Havemann
Noel Prussmon
Brahe
Sjagt Am
Buady
Monsanto-Economee
Monsanto
Economee Plumbing
Marianne Oveson
Jane Vandygriff
Sue Ball
Cindi Caliger
Thresa Lane
Judy Troxel
Economec
Lynne Goedken
Michallé Oveson
Kris Boehme
Plymouth
Ind
Kathy Ahern
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