European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 16, 1986 stars and stripes Page 25 Ramstein Hahn win openers writer Raf Wethersfield eng land Ramstein rams guard Cheryl Trapnell scored 19 Points to Lead the Continental sports Confer ence champs to a 78-37 Victory Over the Ben Waters lady phantoms inthe opening game of the Safe women s basketball tournament Here saturday. The rams dominated the second half our coring the United King Dom sports conference team 43-12. Trapnell scored 10 Points in the second half along with Center an Drea Knowles who also hit for 10.forward Becky Wallace scored 11 in the first hair and six in the second to help the rams in their rout. Center Jennifer Mayfield led the lady phantoms with 8 Points. The five Day tournament opened saturday with eight teams vying for the Safe championship. They Are the top three teams from . And Csc and the top two from the Mediterranean sport conference. The teams Are Alconbury Bent Waters and upper Heyford from the . Ramstein Rhein main and Hahn from the Csc and Aviano and hell Nikon from the Mac. A in 56, hell Nikon 47 in the second game Hahn for Ward Kim Pruitt scored 6 Points in overtime to Lead her team to Victory Over the olympians. Hell Nikon dominated most of the game and went into the second half with a 22-19 Lead. Center Stephanie Hall led the lady Hawks Effort with 19 Points. Wuerzburg Heidelberg Nab big schools crowns by Ben Abrams s As prep sports editor Mannheim Germany the Wurzburg wolves and the Heidelberg Lions Rule the Dodds big schools basketball Roost. They gained their perches in the cat Birds seats in Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena Here saturday by Hammer ing Nuernberg and Stuttgart respectively. The Welve took the boys title 49-32 and the Lions won the girls championship3o-34. Wuerzburg got to the championship for the second straight year but this time it was a much happier occasion. Last year the wolves blew a big Lead and bowed to Baum older. It was t a run and gun game a Nuernberg resorted to control tactics in an Effort to derail the highly favored wolves who finished their Campaign with a glittering 16-1 record. The charges of Steve Perkins threw an impregnable defense against the eagles. Wuerzburg denied them Access to the Bas Ket almost completely thus forcing the eagles to use an outside game which proved ineffective. Nuernberg scored on Only 13 baskets on53 attempts,1 Many of them poor percent age tries. Mike Brown led the wolves with 17 Points and 10 rebounds and 6-foot-7 Cen Ter Steve Hutchinson later voted the boys map came through with is. Hutchinson made his presence Felt on defense too. He had nine rebounds nine blocked shots and who knows How Many intimidation. Harry Golden led Nuernberg with 11points and Frank Gotz had 10. In the girls championship game Heidelberg 56, Stuttgart 34 a bridesmaid twice in the last four tournaments the Lions made it to the altar with their convincing waxing of the stallions. The Lions had finished second to Nuernberg in 1984 and to Wiesbaden two years previously. But Rich Bennett s team was not going to be denied this time around. The Lions had made it apparent by halftime Al though they were Only eight Points up at that juncture. It was their impressive 22-Point second Quarter that made the several Hundred fans in the Benjamin Franklin sports Rena know that it was All Over for the stallions. During that period Center Michelle Johnson who had missed Friday s semifinal Victory Over an upset minded Mann Heim team because or illness led the As Sault with eight Points five rebounds an two blocked shots. The game started slowly with Stuttgart managing Only a 6-5 Edge at the end of he first Quarter. The stallions scored 13 Points of their own in the second Quarter to stay relatively close. But it was obvious that Heidel Berg s depth would prove Lions completely dominated the second half As girls map Rolanda an Drews Robin Faux and Tanya Poslik con stantly Barrasse the stallions into turnover after turnover. Andrews had five of the seven steals in the third period and Faux and Poslik had two apiece. Andrews scored three times off tier s and fed Johnson for two other baskets As Heidelberg outscored Stuttgart 1s-s in that Quarter to sew up the game. Andrews and Johnson finished with 12points apiece and Johnson had 15 re Bounds to Lead the Lions. Britta Kilpatric added 10 Points and nine rebounds to the Heidelberg championship cause. Tagen Ferguson kept Stuttgart close throughout the first half with 11 of her game High 19 markers. She also had 12 rebounds. Stuttgart was making its first appear Ance in the championship game since beat ing Wiesbaden 33-30 in two overtimes in1981. In the girls third place game Wuerzburg 34, Mannheim 30 the wolves outscored the Bison 14-8 in the last Quarter to grab the. Third place Ford scored eight in the lost Quarter to spark the Victory. She finished with a game High 15. Regina Nolan topped Mannheim with 12. In the boys third place game Ramstein 61, Mannheim 47 the royals took advantage of Mann Heim s necessity to foul in order to catch up in the fourth Quarter and turned a close game into a rout. They converted 12 of 18 free throws eight of them in the last two Stokes led the victors with 14 Points and Jim Bellotte added 13. Danny Moler topped Mannheim with 12 and Chris Hall had 10. In the girls Consolation championship Frankfurt 66, Nuernberg 59 it was a nip and tuck Battle All the Way Between two teams called the eagles. And those from the Frankfurt area finally pre Turner with 12 Points in the first half scored 19 to Lead Frankfurt to its Victory. She got 12-Point support fro Mangel Harris and Michel Apel added 11 Points to the winning cause. Sophomore Nikki Klein led Nuernberg with 20 Points while Angle Sanford had14 and Dee Smith finished with 11. In the boys Consolation title game Pitburg 61, Heidelberg 58 Pitburg built up a 42-24 halftime advantage and then had to fight off a furious Heidelberg comeback Lions Cut five Points off their Defi Cit in the third Quarter and then staged a see Wuerzburg on Page 26 Somson Crepeau Saunders win mat titles by Tracy Tanner staff writer shape Belgium three 1985 return ing champions walked away with Gold again this year As the Central european wrestling championships concluded saturday. Double title holders include Berlin s Mike Somson Frankfurt s Mike Crepeau and Ramstein s Mike , the Northern regional 98 Pound Kingpin had predicted a Low scoring match against Heidelberg s Brad Kreiner. In one respect he was right. Kreiner scored Only one Point before the match was stopped in the second round due to Kreiner injured , wrestling his usual skillful match had stacked up eight Points in that ume and had t broken a sweat. That upped the 5-foot senior s Dodds record to 40-1.Crepeau earned his third Central euro Pean title in his match against Giessen s Jason Maples. Crepeau pinned Maples in3 51, but not without a struggle. Crepeau earlier described Maples As a muscle wrestler instead of one who use technique. Those Muscles had Crepeau in a pinning position seconds into the first period but Crepeau was saved As then Tatch was carries off the mat. Getting his bearings again Crepeau posted 12 Points to Maples six before pinning him. The 1985 126-Pound cat Ders. Met his 1985 runner up Denny Denni soot of Mannheim. While the. Wres Lerere maned the same the match was much different last year., fans saw �8f"�sivesaunders keep Dennison on the defensive. The match was a Low scoring affair fim Mio Eric Bud. 155-Pound Champion going into the final period. Leading Saun Ders seemed to take a lacklustre Altitude. Dennison tried several times to take Saun Ders Down while Saunders seemed Conten with the score which stood 5-1. A warning for stalling did t seem to bother Saunders As he played with the clock and won the match 5-2. The Day s biggest upset came in the167-Pound title match when Wiesbaden s Moses Williams outscored Heidelberg s Maurice Sipos 11-7 to give Sipos his Sec Ond career loss and the Only one this Only his second year of wrestling Williams a senior has stacked an impressive career with a second in the Central regional and fourth in Central euro peans in 1985. This year he took his re Gion and the Central european title. Sophomore will Sandidge Heidelberg s King at 105, found a Battle in Frankfurt freshman Mike Crepeau but held on for Apin at 54 8. As a freshman Sandidge held a regional title in Maryland. He sports a career record of 29-2 with 21 pins. He finished this season with a 15-0 record 14 by pins. Sandidge recorded the most pins in the shortest Span in the meet four in 15 24. Another Winner included accents Ted Dewing in the 112-Pound class. Dew ing and Augsburg s John Berta had1 a see saw Battle in a High scoring match that ended 16-10.Kaiserslautern s Lionell Shields had Nuernberg s Rob Goldsmith in a pinning position when the red Raider rolled off his opponent in agony from a cramped Teg. From there out suffering a mean Streak from pain or having lost his fought won of the most penalized Battles of the tourney. Stalling tactics Cost him a Point As did a double Arm bar Over the Back and pressure Over the Mouth. The penalties weren t enough to keep the undefeated Shields Down. Tied 15-15 at the Buzzer he showed Goldsmith who was Boss with a 3-2 overtime Victory. Patch s Brad Carr was victorious by a landslide in the 138 title showdown Over Kaiserslautern s Aaron Stevens 15-2. The Panther s aggressive tactics dominated the match and earned him the tourney s most valuable wrestler award. Heidelberg s Brad Cogswell walked away with the 145-Pound title in an uneventful 4-0 decision Over Brent Mead of Ramstein. Kaiserslautern s Eric Barcla outscored Darius Gallegos of Zweibruck in 7-3 for the 155-Pound title. Leading 7-4 in the second period Rod Walters of Nuernberg stayed on top an Defeated Rick Williamson of Ramstein 12-4 in the 167-Pound matchup. Rating the most controversial match of the Day was the unlimited bout Between Mike Lisowski of Heidelberg and the Home school s Casey Dukeman. The match ended with Lisowski on top 11-10. However shape coach Ross Calbert questioned a Call made in the first period. Tempers flared As the referees consulted the Rule Book. They found their Call of a face cover had been wrong and the match was re fought beginning in the first period when the Call had been made. But the Heidelberg bulk proved he did t need bad Calls to beat Dukeman winning 14-10, Heidelberg won the team title with\12vi Points under coach Phil Godbolt. I Don t think my boys Are scared of me said Godbolt but they do know i m the Boss and i make the Kaiserslautern s team finished second with 117 Points followed by Nuernberg with 85 and accent with 83. Editor s note the stars and stripes will print Complete match by match results in later editions
