Pitchers shine in Upper Iowa baseball action week
Sumner and West Central split a doubleheader as Valley and Fayette also divide. Postville beat Elkader 5-1 with Grant Mork tossing a one-hitter. Turkey Valley crushed Wapsie Valley 11-9 in five. Gerry Winter and Lyle Klimesh sparked Turkey Valley while Don Hanson struck out 17 in Valley’s win. MFL toppled North 4-3 behind Mark Weld and Gerald Bauer struck out 13.
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Bench Mays Lead Early NL All Star Balloting Pace
Johnny Bench leads NL fan voting with 69 506 of 110 000 ballots cast as Hank Aaron and Willie Mays also top 60 000 votes. Willie Stargell, Willie McCovey, Glenn Beckett, Bud Harrelson and Joe Torre are among other early leaders with write ins and close races noted. AL leaders Carl Yastrzemski Boog Powell Rod Carew Linus AParicio Brooks Robinson Tony Oliva Frank Robinson Bill Freehan and the All Star starters vote continues through June 30 with pitchers and rest of squads set by managers Weaver and Anderson.
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Baltimore
Rod Carew
Minnesota
Linus Aparicio
Boston
Brooks Robinson
Tony Oliva
Frank Robinson
Bill Freehan
Detroit
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Sparky Anderson
Cincinnati
Little League tryouts announced for Tee and Midwest leagues
Recreation directors Hap Vyverberg and Bob Allen set dates and times for Tee-leaguers on Monday June 14 with 8, 9, and 10 year olds at 9 10 and 11 o'clock and Midwest-leaguers on Tuesday June 15 with 11 and 12 to 13 year olds at 9 and 10 o'clock.
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Redskins sign end Verlon Biggs
Washington coach George Allen announced the signing of Verlon Biggs, an eight defensive addition since January, as he moves to rebuild the Redskins. Biggs, 28, was with the New York Jets and joined on a multi year contract after reaching terms on Tuesday.
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24 Hour Relay Forms in Iowa Based on World Run
Northeast Iowa eyes a 24 hour relay with Wayne Saur proposing a team to race July. The plan mirrors Runner’s World 24 Hour Relay rules with ten runners sharing miles on a 440 yard track, each running one mile per turn, substitutions not allowed, and teams racing to log maximum miles within 24 hours. The event may be the first of its kind in Iowa and will update with area prep contacts.
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Wayne Saur
Runners World Magazine
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Saur
Starmont Romps Past West Delaware In Softball Showdown
Starmont pounded West Delaware 30 13 as Shirley Crawford drove in five runs with three hits including a three run homer and Deb Trumblee added a triple and five RBI. Fredericksburg defeated South Winn 17 0 with Linda Weidler throwing a no hitter and collecting three hits.
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Fredericksburg
South Winn
Shirley Crawford
Deb ‘Trumblee
Lady Falcons
Linda Weidler
Diane Braun
Kay Speicher
Nancy Weidler
Special golf events at Glenhaven Country Club
Glenhaven Country Club invites all members and non members to participate in special golf events this Saturday. A morning and afternoon flag tournament will run. An established handicap is needed or three rounds must be played first, with Glenhaven setting a handicap. At 5:36 Saturday night a steak fry by Glenhaven in the woods invites attendees to bring their own steaks.
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Glenhaven
MacNeil Leaves Canadiens Coach Post
Montreal broadcaster reports that MacNeil is out as coach of the Canadiens after a brief tenure. Sam Pollock named Bowman, 38, the former Blues coach GM, to succeed him following playoff progress that saw Montreal upset the Bruins North Stars and Blackhawks.
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Montreal Canadiens
Svotly Bowman
St. Louis Blues
Sam Pollock
Canadiens
Bowman
St. Louis
Boston Bruins
Minnesota North Stars
Chicago Blackhawks
This week in sports
Local schedule notes list baseball and softball games with matchups across Valley Decorah Oelwein Jesup Fayette Westgate Maynard West Union. No results or dates beyond this week.
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Oelwein
Jesup
Fayette
Yankees draft Blake in 8th round selection
New York Yankees select Joe Blake of Indianola High School and Simpson College in the eighth round of the MLB draft. Blake is described as a standout from Indianola, as the draft proceeded Wednesday morning.
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Joe Blake
Indianola
Town
Simpson College
New York Yankees
Blake
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