
Jeff Johnson
Sports Writer at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Sportswriter in Cedar Rapids who loves all sports. Baseball was my 1st deep love, but hockey might be it now. Adore my wife, family, friends ... and popcorn.
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6 days ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Johnson
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Here is a list of baseball players from Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa who are playing in the major and affiliated minor leagues in the 2025 season. All of the statistics are through Friday. Keaton Anthony (Iowa/Philadelphia Phillies) — First baseman got a promotion to Triple-A Lehigh Valley (International League) a little over a week ago and just keeps hitting.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Johnson
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - You knew the roster was good. Especially from a position-player standpoint. It was just that it was rarely ever fully intact. The Cedar Rapids Kernels won the Midwest League Western Division first-half championship Thursday night, sweeping Beloit in a road double-header to clinch.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Johnson
The Cedar Rapids Kernels celebrate their first-half championship in the Midwest League's Western Division. (Photo from the Cedar Rapids Kernels) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - They had to play two and win two to get one. The Cedar Rapids Kernels did just that Thursday night.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Johnson
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - A blowout and a barnburner. Cedar Rapids Xavier’s softball team won them both Thursday night. Class 4A’s top-ranked team scored 10 runs in the bottom of the first inning to rout Class 5A No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie, 10-0, in an opening game stopped after three and a half innings due to mercy rule.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Johnson
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS - The guy is a hockey lifer, and his hockey life has been spent all over the place. Chuck Weber played the sport at the Division III college level in Albany, N.Y. His post-playing career included a stint selling tickets and being video coach for the International Hockey League version of the Orlando Solar Bears.
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RT @jeje66: Andy Lugo, acquired by Twins yesterday from Boston in trade for big league reliever Jorge Alcala, will join Cedar Rapids Kernel…

RT @NLBaseball1: Lynx sweep POP to win 7th straight game in a 4-day stretch this week. Day off tomorrow to rest up for another huge week.…

Chase Chaney threw 7-inning shutout Thursday for the Cedar Rapids Kernels @CRKernels. He is pitching in the hometown of his good buddy Connor VanScoyoc, a teammate, roommate back when both were in the Angels organization. Pro baseball’s a small world, man: https://t.co/YKYxkIJndg