UIC kicks off softball season with opening wins
West Central, Elkader, North and Sumner posted season openings as the Upper Town Conference girls softball kicked off. At Maynard Jean Hultman struck out six in a 15 2 win over Postville with Jankowski Oltrogge and Lackard collecting two hits. Sumner blasted Fayette 21 4 on a second inning grand slam by Kim Niemann. Elkader toppled Valley 11 9 as Pam Griffin allowed one hit. North defeated MFL 11 9. Deb Swanson homered for MFL and Pat Wille doubled twice.
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Cheryl Oltrogge
Marianne Lackard
Fayette
Kim Niemann
Football Bar-B-Q Friday at Oelwein Husky Stadium
The Oelwein Jaycees host an annual football bar-b-que this Friday at Oelwein Husky Stadium. Serving starts 6 p.m. with the 1973-74 Oelwein Husky Football Team in an inter-squad scrimmage at 7. Menu includes bar-b-que sandwiches baked beans chips ice cream coffee or milk. Prices are 1 for students and 1.25 for adults.
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Oelwein Husky Stadium
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Huskettes Suffer Third Straight Loss at Home
New Hampton-Gelwein beat Huskettes 84 to 7 hits favored the visitors 7 to 6 but four sixth inning runs lifted New Hampton. Janet Britten and Jolee Hershey each had two hits including a double for OCHS. Jana Ramsey took the loss with six walks and three strikeouts. Next games at Wings Park against Waukon and Cresco.
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Readlyn's Brenda Moeller at World University Games silver
Readlyn's Brenda Moeller represented the United States in Moscow at the World University Games where the US finished second to the USSR. The interview covers living conditions, Coke cautions, Moscow impressions, travel, and the closing ceremonies.
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Cubs rally to beat Braves as Hank’s 6th homer shines
Hank Aaron homered for the Braves and drove in three, but the Cubs staged a late rally to win 9-6. Chicago crossed home plate three times in the eighth and two in the ninth to overcome Atlanta. Aaron sits near Babe Ruth’s 714 and remains eight shy of the mark with 33 homers this season.
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Padres
Wayne Garrett
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San Diego
Jon Matlack
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Braves
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Atlanta
Aaron
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Atlanta Star
Vikes trade Washington Nitschke retires
The Minnesota Vikings trade Gene Washington to Denver for Rod Sherman and a draft pick as Gene Washington retires from the Packers era. Ray Nitschke tears up as he retires after 15 NFL seasons with Green Bay citing age and the numbers game. John Riggins leaves the Jets after failing to secure a new contract.
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Riggins
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Denver Broncos
Rod Sherman
100 Coaches Dinner Kickoff Football Season in Oelwein
The Oelwein Daily Register hosts its 10th Annual Football Coaches Dinner at Glenhaven Golf and Supper Club starting at 7 30 p m Thursday. Nearly 100 coaches and administrators are attending from UIC Cedar Wapsie Northeast Iowa Tri Rivers and the Upper Iowa College staff. Attendees include Don Drahn Postville Dennis Leath West Central Ray Vangen MFL Ed Mulholland Elkader Dennis Eckoff North and others from area schools. Also present are the new Upper Iowa College coaching staff under George Richards. The program closes with Minnesota Vikings highlights film from 1972 and a 1973 Pigskin Preview.
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Cedar Wapsie
UIC
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Postville
Dennis Leath
West Central
Ray Vangen
MFL
Ed Mulholland
Elkader
Dennis Eckoff
North
Dennis Frederick
Sumner
Milt Mohs
Valley
Jerry Albert
Fayette
Jerry Southmayd
Wapsie Valley
Steve Staker
Fredericksburg
Larry Niemann
Denver
Earl McQuiston
Jesup
Bill Mulder
Turkey Valley
John Freberg
Dunkerton
Gene Perkins
Tripoli
Dick Bergstrom
Big Rock junior winners crowned at Fayette club tourney
Big Rock Country Club Fayette crowned four junior champions in its recent Junior Club Tournament. Scott Drake won the boys age 15 to 17 title. Dean Nihart captured ages 12 to 14. Perry Busse won the 9 to 11 division. Jackie Mitchell took the girls crown. Gate details list top finishers and scores across ages 9 to 18.
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Scott Drake
Jeff Nihart
Curt Timmerman
Rob Pennebaker
George Garry
Tom Smith
Dean Nihart
Kent Busse
John Bowne
Brian Caballero
Dan Ramsey
Pat Lincoln
Perry Busse
Deah Vandersee
Mike Caballero
Lee Goeken
Doug Lincoln
George Gaoeken
Jackie Mitchell
Susan Capell
Kathy Kudena
Pat Bussey
Karen Kudena
Baseball Standings and Wednesday Scores Across Leagues
National League standings show Pittsburgh Chicago Montreal Philadelphia New York Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati and Houston leading varied by games back, with Wednesday results including San Francisco over Philadelphia and Los Angeles over Montreal. American League notes Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Milwaukee Cleveland Oakland California Texas Minnesota and Chicago are listed with several matchups and results from the day.
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Texas Stops Orioles 5 3 in Rain Impacted Game
Texas defeats Baltimore 5-3 to snap the Orioles 14 game win streak as Dave McNally loses a decision against the Rangers. Frank Duffy drives in two for Cleveland in a 4-3 victory over Kansas City. White Sox beat Brewers 6-4 with Bill Sharp stealing home and Bill Melton hitting his 17th. Bob Oliver keys California 5-2 over the Yankees as New York suffers a seventh straight loss. Jim Hunter allows one hit in seven innings as Oakland tops Boston 6-1.
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