Carew hovers near .400 as Twins fall 1-0 to Brewers
Rod Carew pushed his batting average to .411 with two hits and two walks but the Twins lost 1-0 to Milwaukee as Sal Bando drove in the lone run with a sacrifice fly. Carew shrugged off the pursuit, noting he would not dwell on reaching .400 if the season ends with a lower figure.
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Red Sox
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Jason Thompson
Big Ten Rejects Support for Challenge Bowl
Big Ten Commissioner Wayne Duke announced the conference will not endorse or back the January Challenge Bowl pitting Big Ten seniors against Pacific Eight seniors at Seattle's Kingdome. He warned the game could jeopardize scholarships and class time, though players may still participate.
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UPI
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Seattle
Kingdome
Duke
Wiles Halleck
Pacific Eight
McEnroe Sets Wimbledon Semifinal Clash With Connors
Teen prodigy John McEnroe 18, from Douglaston, N.Y., advances to the Wimbledon semifinal, facing Jimmy Connors on center court. The American battles expectations as Bjorn Borg vs Vitas Gerulaitis and Evert loses, while Virginia Wade and Betty Stove reach the women’s final vicinity.
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Jimmy Connors
Douglaston
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Belleville
Ill
Bjorn Borg
Sweden
Vitas Gerulaitis
Gerulaitis
Borg
John
Chris Evert
Virginia Wade
Evert
Weimer's hit fuels Highland softball victory over Regina
Highland edged Iowa City Regina 10-7 as a rare first inning triple play preceded a sequence of defensive gems. Angie Bean earned the win, striking out three in a 4-0 personal record, with Lynnmarie Schnoebelen, Mary Swenson, Lisa Wieland and Becky Kilgore each tallying two hits including Kilgore's homer. Highland improves to 15-5, 7-2 in conference, and hosts Keota Friday at 5:30 p.m.
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Iowa City
Regina
Highland Field
Angie Bean
Mary Swenson
Lynnmarie Schnoebelen
Swenson
Lynette Wieland
Bean
Schnoebelen
Lisa Wieland
Becky Kilgore
Kilgore
Keota
Highland Diamond
Women’s golf leaders after third round at Washington CC
Mary Hohl fired 38 and Monie Nemmers 41 led the first flight midweek play in the Washington Country Club Women’s Golf League. Low scores in other flights included L Wells 43 M Hildebrand 45 and R Ahart 45 with team standings led by M Nemmers 36, M Hohl 25, N Lloyd 25, B Haberman 22.
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Monie Nemmers
Washington Country Club
L. Wells
M. Hildebrand
R. Ahart
R Hayes
R. Truax
A. Williams
D. Carr
J Dalrymple
K. Karaccio
M Kneen
R. Hanson
L Peiffer
C. Messer
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M. Moore
Slight
Turnipseed
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N. Lloyd
B. Haberman
Wilson Concrete Wins Tight Little League Game
Wilson Concrete edged Washington Manufacturing 13 to 12 in a close weeknight clash. Dave Soper delivered the winning RBI in the bottom of the final inning, while Soper Leyden Dayton and Cousins shared pitching duties for Wilson. Buchholz Dalziel and Knerr led their offenses with multiple hits, including Buchholz the triple and Scheibel the homer for Washington Manufacturing.
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Washington Manufacturing
Dave Soper
John Leyden
Mark Dayton
Derek Cousins
Wilson
Eric Buchholz
Billy Dalziel
Jeff Bell
Kurt Myers
Robbie Benge
Buchholz
Jeff Knerr
Tom Scheibel
Washington Mfg
Rotary team rolls to lop sided win in Little League
Rotary overwhelmed Estle and DeLong Construction 16 to 0 as Kenny Crawford earned the win with eight strikeouts. Kevin Yoder and M. DeWolf hit homers while Crawford, Busley, DeWolf and M. Hoyle posted multiple hits. Losers Robertson and Leyden had two hits each. Earlier Rotary beat Brighton 3 to 2.
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Kenny Crawford
Kevin Yoder
M. DeWolf
Crawford
Eric Busley
DeWolf
M. Hoyle
Robertson
Leyden
Brighton
Perfex Leads Washington Slow-Pitch League Standings
In the Washington slow-pitch softball league Perfex holds the top spot with a 9-2 record, followed by Wilson 8-3 and Michael’s 7-3. Tuesday results saw Michael’s Clothing beat the Knights of Columbus 18-1 and Wilson Concrete defeat Levy’s Steelers 8-3. Three games are set for Thursday at Green Field with Wilson’s and Perfex meeting at 8 p.m.
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Highland tops New London on a seventh inning triple play run
Highland High School broke a 6 6 tie in the bottom of the seventh to beat New London 7 6. Kirk Kaalberg sparked the rally with a single and steals, Paul Waldschmidt went 3 for 4 with two steals, Glen Weimer collected four hits and two RBIs as Highland improves to 8 5 overall and 8 3 in the conference. Davis struck out seven in 7 1 3 innings for Highland.
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Evening Journal
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New London
Highland
Lone Tree
Winfield Mt. Union
Jeff Davis
Kirk Kaalberg
Kaalberg
London
Paul Waldschmidt
Glen Weimer
Davis
Huskies
Weimer
Kirk Soukup
Major League Standings and Probable Pitchers Update
Standings show Los Angeles 13 and Atlanta 7. Montreal 5 and Chicago 0. New York 5 and Philadelphia 3. Cincinnati 5 and San Francisco 4. San Diego 7 and Houston 4. Pittsburgh 9 and St Louis 1. Multiple games and starting pitchers listed for EDT schedule across eight matchups with results and upcoming moves.
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