Rocket Football Drills Open Aug 19 Under Hansen
The 1977 Rocket football squad begins drills Friday August 19 as permitted by the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Les Hansen expects over fifty players reporting for two a day sessions at 7 am and 4 pm. The team aims to improve on last year’s 5-3 record and will test players at different positions before the Sept 9 season opener at Hartley.
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Rocket
Iowa High School Athlete Association
Les Hansen
Hansen
Rockets
Siouxland
Central Lyon
Rock Valley Club
Athletic Association
Hartley
MOC
George
Lyon
Sioux Center
Boyden- Hull
West Sioux
Winners Named in Men’s Golf Tourney Results
The Saturday August 13 golf tournament produced champions in multiple flights. Championship flight winners were Paul Hansen and Mic Kooima, first flight Junior Kooima and Lyle Kersbergen, second flight Bill Van Maanen and Al Porter, third flight John Hoekstra and Larry Dirkson, and fourth flight John Kersbergen and Louis Kopsas.
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Paul Hansen
Mic Kooima
Junior Kooima
Lyle Kersbergen
Bill van Maanen
al Porter
John Hoekstra
Larry Dirkson
John Kersbergen
Louis Kopsas
Gun Club News: Gerritson Achieves Perfect Score
Art Gerritson shot the only perfect score at Rock Valley Gun Club on Thursday August 11. He posted twenty five straight to win third in the long string contest. Dave Plueger was one behind with twenty four.
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Art Gerritson
Rock Valley
Dave Plueger
Art
Harry Vande Stouwe
Terry Plueger
Bob Spiear
Ren Jager
Nathan Clary
Ron Troff
Chuck Hoekstra
Rick Koldenhoven
Kevin Groeneweég
Dennis Johnson
Bob Splear
Ron Jager
Bill Fluit
Hunters Urged To Measure Antlers For State Records
Iowa deer hunters who bag big racks in the 1976 bow and arrow or shotgun muzzleloader seasons are urged by the Iowa Conservation Commission to enter the antlers in the state big game records. Entries must be officially measured by September 1. scores follow Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young standards. Eligible racks may receive award certificates and trophy patches, with a list published in the November issue of Iowa Conservationist.
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Iowa
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Conservationist
Boone and Crockett
Pope and Young Clubs
Pope and Young Club
Boone and Crockett Club
Fourth Street
Des Moines
Billy Hunter Named Texas Rangers Manager in Bizarre Signing
A tangled Texas Rangers managerial episode unfolds as Billy Hunter, praised for honesty and hustle, lands a three year 250000 contract after a chaotic sequence that sees Frank Lucchesi fired Eddie Stanky quit and Harmon Killebrew declined. Hunter’s rise is likened to Horatio Alger with a twist of irony as the press notes the unprecedented events surrounding his hiring.
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Horatio Alger
Billy Hunter
Ragged Dick
Tom
Texas Rangers
Texas
Hunter
Frank Lucchesi
Eddie Stanky
Stanky
Connie Ryan
Harmon Killebrew
Killebrew
Bill
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Shorert
Gun Club News
Christian Reformed
Lebanon
Purina
Doon Town
Trinity Sioux Center
Calvin
Doon Crc
Pollemas
Inwood
Carmel
Reformed
Stable
Treton
Red Lakeland
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