European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. February4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 spartans Edge Barons 54-53 writer Pitburg a. Germany it comedown to one shot. Pitburg s Wallace Northcutt took it. Alconbury s Junious Davis blocked it. Alconbury teammate Kevin Moore grabbed it to preserve the spartans 54 53 Triumph Over the Barons in monday third round of the Safe men s basketball tournament. Coach Shelton Portee told a Roget right on him Davis said. We Fig Safe basketball Rcd either he Northcutt or 32 Butch Lee would take the last shot. I got the the Victory gave the . Conference spartans a 3-0 record and a Date with Ramstein in tuesday s 8 . Semifinal. Pitburg dropped to 2-1 but still advances to tuesday s 6 . Semifinal against Continental sports conference regular season Champion Zweibruck in. Ramstein the no. 3 team out of the Csc reached the semis with an 85-72 decision Over Torrejon. Tuesday s winners Advance to the championship game at noon wednesday to conclude this five Day eight Tea event with Alconbury and Pitburg having Al ready clinched semifinal berths their Mon Day game really was for bragging rights As Barons coach George Price put it. Pitburg boasted a 23-14 Lead with seven minutes left in the first half thanks to a de sense that blanked Alconbury for six minutes. The spartans boasted a 32-30 halftime Edge thanks to guard Moore s five three pop there and. Despite Pitburg Forward Tony Kerf Moore. Big first half Everett s half court bomb at the shut Down Moore in the second half he scored four to finish with 22pointsbut the Barons could do Little against Forward Kevin , a 6-foot-4 oklahoman Sank 10 Points in each half and grabbed a game nigh nine s jumper from the left Corner shot Alconbury ahead 52-45 with 7 17 left. Northcutt and Everett the two army players team scoring honors with 18 Points clicked for eight straight Points to fire Pitburg ahead 53-52with 3 10 left. Spartans Center Eric Posey countered witha Layup for a 54-53 Alconbury Edge. Two turnovers gave Pitburg the Ball with1 11 left. Price ordered a stall that melted the clock to 20 seconds. Timeout Pitburg. We wanted to launch a shot with six seconds left Price said. That gives us time to get off the shot and maybe get a said Portee whose spartans were in a2-1-2 zone we wanted pressure on whoever takes the shot. Davis has the Long arms and Springs. He s basically a Good defensive shot with four seconds left. It never made it. We re still playing Price said an four teams Are out. In monday s other games Zwell Buecken 122, Grenham common 88. The warriors breezed to their third straight of them did at least. Starting for Ward Kenny Lloyd went Down with pulled hamstring in the first five minutes and left the gym on coach Julito Junsay said Lloyd who totalled 31 Points in the firs two games wit miss tuesday s semifinal against Pitburg. Who Wilt Start in his place Junsay said he did t Lloyd scoring six Early Points the warriors bolted to a 28-2 Lead. Five warriors wound up in double Fig ures Darryl Reeves and Jeff demons with 24 apiece Ben Johnson with 13 Antony Hicks and Brian Brown 10 each. Hicks built like Sonny listen created the Only excitement when he carried arc Cham s strongman David Cobb to a crash Landing under the bucket. Both survived. George Trotter led the . No. 2 pirates 1-2 with 22 Points. Cobb added 21 and Nathan Stephens 19. Ramstein 85, Torrejon 72 the rams Rode Forward Willie Stew Art s 16 first half Points to a 36-35 Lead. They Rode their backcourt and 6-7 Cen Ter Herman Smith in the second half to oust the raiders Smith scored 13 of his 19 Points in the second half. Stan Harris gunned in 15 of his 19 Points in the last 20 minutes and backcourt mate Ray Young hit nine of 10foul shots in the last half. We looked like hell did t we Sai Ramstein coach Bob Abbott who does t look too hot himself since he s trying to shake the flu. But like the old saying goes it s better to play bad and win than play Well and Abbott is still upset about the absent of Greg Byrd kept out by his air Force unit for disciplinary reasons. Ramstein guards had been ineffective sunday against we Bruecken. With Byrd not Here we Haven t had a outside shot Abbott said. I m glad to see Harris coming Back. He s a shooter and a smart ballplayer. It was a matter of time before he got it Back.". Torrejon 0-3 after coming As the Mediterranean sports conferences no. 2 team got 29 Points from Walter Moore. He hit seven three pointers High for the tourney. Helle Alkon 100, Ben Waters 96 the Mac Chat Pion olympians failed to defend their Safe title but they Lefton a winning note monday after losing their first two games. . Butler led hell Nikon with 23points. Wes Green followed with 20, Kerry Roddick added 16 and Ralph Mckinney and Larry Gross got 10 each. The . Champion phantoms bowed out at 0-3. Jerome Watson paced them with 31 Points. Derrick Porter added 16,Jose Weber 15 and Freddie Lynch 10. They re Back after 15 years of nothing warriors do what they must to win by Bucky Fox staff writer Pitburg a Germany fifteen years after the stunned this tournament the we Bruecken warriors Are just Back they re winning it s kind of like 1971 when they flew to England an came Back from 23 Points Down among other Shocke Roos to beat Ben Waters for the Safe basketball use. In this year s Safe meet we Bruecken stood 3-0after burying Greenham common 122-88 in mondays final game. The warriors had already been assured a spot in tuesday s semifinals along with Alconbury 3-0bit Burg 2-1 and Ramstein 2-1. Nor bad for a team that has won nothing these 15 1974. Pitburg 1978 and Ramstein 1980 have captured Safe arc the warriors surprised. We knew they were a he Kuva team when they went20-2." said Pitburg assistant coach Don Andrews refer ring to sewarhors1 Continental sports conference season they had to be oing something Fikar they by one two Points a game. They Del what they had � do to win. We had them beat Here during the season a seven Point Lead late in the game. We turned it Over twice an they scored. Again what they had to do to the Wing and a prayer warriors Don t like their Ramstein Center Ben Kendrick says we know they re not As Tough As they Kendrick and the rams got an answer sunday scored zip and they fell to we Bruecken 84-72. We Bruecken i Ranti Chanton fans let Ramstein an everyone else Here know their displeasure. In the heat of the night one official said their fans carried who Are these warriors there s Forward Kenny Lloyd a 6-foot-2 Alabama who s the Best link to the warriors past. He played on two we Bruecken teams that hinted at playoff Power. He poured in 16 Points in a second half that saw Zweibruck in run out Ramstein. There s guard Ben Johnson a 6-1 virginian who drop kicks three pointers in Edwards words. Johnson canned six of them against Ramstein. I have the Green Light to take that shot Johnson said. To confident Lime Fiot so i take it a. There a Center Tony Hicks a m Mosis Pippian we Ali probably the key to this title urge because he plops his 220 pounds in the key and no one Budges him. He s Strong and he s All business Andrews said. Asfar As i can determine he does t say Hicks who landed at we Bruecken last year said knew this team had Good Talent. I did what i do Best play Down Low. I hit the boards and plug the Middle. I helped establish our inside the Guy who coaches All this is Julito Junsay a 40-year-old californian and native of the Philippines. He likes to play everyone and play it loosely. We have two Basic formations Junsay says simply. When we run the of sense we Call one or two. That s it. This is military Ball not like Juntas All for one philosophy Hurt him Torrejon the warriors let a 25-Point Lead dwindle to four with 40 seconds left partly because he let too Man subs flood the court. I think we might be been a Little awed by being at Safe Junsay said. "1 had a Blank in my mind about that. I tried not to panic. If i d panicked i m sure we would be been worse Victory tuesday and wednesday would let Zweibraeck-enrehwl97i. Junsay just says when everything is Over then we can Mueller tops Swiss domination in super a crans Montana Switze Laal a Switzerland s Peter Mudler Ead Fng a Swist near sweep of the too fireplaces was the Surprise Winner monday to i men s world cup ?w2"� a took the Lead in the Overall cup standings. A to season Veteran who Uja own Ai downhill specialist Mueller thed Attres livery Townsel woot. Piste nato Tefor a winning time of 1 minute 39.32 seconds. It was Bis first Victory of the . 28. Took the world cop Lead with 149 Points jumping from off Laplace to overtake Tut year s Winner. Marc Girard Effi of Luxembourg. Ger Ardlui failed to finish among the gift 15 monday. World Champion Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland remaining Wales this season placed second .40 seconds behind in the season s first men s super a. West Germany s Markus Wasmaier finished third .63 behind. Fourth and fifth places went to two More Swiss skiers Franz Dozer and Karl Alpiger. Finishing sixth was Italy s Michael mar. The win also gave Mueller 28, Victory inthe Alpine combined which combined Mon Day s results with a downhill at Val d Sere France in december. Mueller was fourth in that race won by Mair. I knew i could get a Good run with Goodweather and a Good course said Mueller racing conditions were excellent for the114 starters As they bad been for a women s downhill on the same course sunday with Blue sides and Brilliant noontime ran. The course had 52 Gates Over a vertical drop of 1,987 feet. Wasmaier saw an Early Lead wiped out bythe two Swiss racers
