European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 9, 1986 stars and stripes Page 25 Gordon cops Safe nordic ski title by Klint Johnson assistant sports editor Kaltenbrunne Germany Brian Gordan of Ben Waters is Safe s newest open division ski Champion and like Many entrants in this week s air Force meet gives credit to his commander. Gordan s commander let him off duty to compete. Big Deal. A lot of other command ers released their skiers to come Here also. But Gordan s Boss it. Col. William Hin ton did More than that. He discovered Gor Dan and recruited him for Safe. I was training on roller skis when Colo Nel Hinton saw me said Gordan who won saturday s 2.6-Kilometer sprint opening event of the Safe nordic championships. He told me about this meet and said i should compete. He even gave me his flying gloves to use. I was Over Here last Winter but did t know about  Hinton has since rotated from Gordan s unit which is located in Ahlhorn in North Ern Germany but is attached to the 81st tac fighter Wing at Ben Waters England. Hinton s recruit was a Winner. Gordan who s from Maine and says his friends Call him Flash skied the two Hill course in 10 minutes 26.73 seconds. Rhein main s John Reuille also competing in his first Safe meet placed second in the open divison with an 11 03.90 time. Dick Baird who is representing Ramstein but is stationed in Bonn gave the seniors division a source of Pride with the second fastest time of the Day. The 35-year old Baird clocked 10 47.50 to win the 30-39 division. Baird is one of a dozen Iron men and women of Safe skiing competing in both the Alpine and nordic meets. He finished fifth in the Alpine combined last week. No Venich s Hans Gazecki shooting for his third straight nordic combined title recorded the sixth fastest time of the Day 1 38.52, to capture the masters race by a wide margin. The masters age group starts at 40 and Gazecki is a full decade past that age. Wiesbaden nurse Barbara Heiller also a nordic and Alpine competitor won a close race with Sharon Antisdel of Rhein main for the women s Crown. Competing in her first Cross country race Heiller recorded a 15 18.97 time. Antisdel was a Little under 2 seconds behind in 15 30.87. Heiller and Steve Palm who was a close second in seniors joined open racer Robert Verfurth and masters entrant James Rich Ardson to give Wiesbaden a first place in the three team relay race which followed the sprint. Wiesbaden s time for the 10.4-Kilometer relay was 53 minutes 49.28 seconds. Rhein main placed second to solidify the team Lead after two events. Pm clocked 57 38.49 with a team of Steve Carter an Tisdel Steve Slivinke and Reuille. Carter who swept Alpine honors As a masters entrant last week moved up to the seniors division because pm had two other Strong Over-40 entrants in Slivinke and Richard imm. Hahn s team of senior Mike Minard women s racer Karen Toenjes master Paul oilman and open third Placer Claude car Ter finished third in 1 00 10.8. Rhein main trailed Hahn after the first leg. But Antisdel put the rocket quartet ahead on her second run. The relay was raced Over the same course used for the sprint and the same one used for the opening Usa eur events. Teams were composed of one racer from each Divi Sion. Claude Carter s third place open Divi Sion time was 11 13.63, less than 10 seconds behind Reuille. Verfurth placed fourth in 11 30.8. But he saved his most spectacular Effort for the relay when he lost a ski near the finish of his opening leg and single skied to tag Richardson the next flyer. Joe Bunker of Rhein main 12 24.65 nipped Thomas study of Wiesbaden 12 27.04 for fifth place. Trailing Palm and Baird in the seniors were Minard in third place and Steve car Ter in fourth. Palm s time was 11 05.16, fourth fastest of the Day. Minard clocked 12 59.09 and Carter 14 48.01. Second behind Gazecki in the masters was Livinski in 14 04.26. 1mm finished third at 15 11.33 and Alan Dancs of Ramstein took fourth in 15 26.06. Amy Wimmer of Wiesbaden and Rhein main s Peg Watkinson paced third and fourth in the women s race in 1 05.79 and 17 39.3, respectively. Despite an overnight snowfall the Cross country course at Kaltenbrunne was a hard packed one. Those who can ski with the skating technique used it sparingly in the race. This track was t made for skating said Baird. You can get such a Good Glide you might As stay in the track added Gor Dan. Sunday s third and final nordic event Here will be a race of 12 Kilometres for open division and seniors and 8ks for masters and women. Starting time will be 9 30 . Late saturday basketball action Memphis Safe topples Florida state Louisville by. A senior guard Andre turn or hit a Short jumper with six seconds left to give 10th ranked Memphis state a 73-71 Victory Over Florida state in the semifinals of the metro conference basketball tournament saturday. Memphis state 27-4, will meet the Winner of the Cincinnati Louisville semifinal in sunday s championship game. Florida state ended the season at 12-17. With Florida state holding a 71-67 Lead in the final minutes the 6-foot-1 Turner who scored 12 of his 17 Points in the second half went to work on both ends of the court to bring Memphis state Back. He stripped the Ball from Florida state guard Peewee Barber and took it in for a Layup to pull the tigers to within 71-69 with 1 51 left. Turner then stole the Ball from Barber again on Florida state s next Possession. Dwight Bpyd put in a missed Turner Layup to tie the score at 71 with 1 07 left. Another turnover by Florida state against the Memphis full court press gave the Ball Back to the tigers. Turner waited until the shot clock ticked Down before driving the Middle of the Lane and putting up a 7-footer. A 17-foot shot from the Corner by Florida state s Larae Davis As time expired rolled out of the Basket. Baskerville Holmes led a powerful inside attack that kept Memphis state abreast of Florida state with 19 Points. Memphis scored All but about 10 Points from inside the 10-foot area and out rebounded its opponents 44 to 28. Duke 75, Virginia 70 Greensboro . David Henderson scored eight Points in the final 3 32 As top ranked Duke rallied to capture a 75-70 Victory Over Virginia saturday and a spot in the final of the 33rd Atlantic coast conference Basket Ball tournament. Trailing 66-64 after a three Point play by Mel Kennedy at the 3 57 Mark Duke took the Lead for Good on Hender son s three Point Effort at 3 32. After an Exchange of misses by each team Henderson hit a Short shot inside the Lane and his free throw stretched Duke s Lead to 70-66 with 1 58 left. Virginia got within 70-68 on a Tom Sheehey jumper with 1 29 left but Johnny Dawkins came Back for Duke with a 10 footer and a 72-68 Lead with 47 seconds remaining. Henderson finished his Streak with two More free throws at the 29-second Mark and Mark Alarie completed Duke s scoring with a free throw with 11 seconds left. The Blue devils had trailed by As Many As eight Points twice in the first half the latest being a 37-29 deficit on two free throws by Sheehey with 1 44 left before halftime. Duke got two free throws each from Billy King and Tommy Amaker and Cut the deficit to 38-33 at halftime. Johnson sparked a Virginia run that gave them a 54-47 Lead with 11 25 to go but a 7-0 run in which Alarie scored five Points tied the score with 9 18 left. The score was tied once More and Virginia led by no More than three the rest of the Way. Dawkins led Duke with 24 Points Henderson had 16 and Alarie 14. The Blue devils shot 58.5 percent from the Field including 62.5 percent in the second half. Kansas 72, Oklahoma 70 Kansas City to. Danny Manning the big eight player of the year Sank two free throws with six seconds left saturday to lift second ranked Kansas to a 72 70 Victory Over no. 15 Oklahoma in the semifinals of the conference s postseason basketball tournament. The Jay Hawks 30-3, meet the Winner of the Nebraska Iowa state semifinal in sunday s title game. Manning was fouled in the Lane by Oklahoma s Lin Wood Davis after the sooner had tied the score at 70-70 with 45 seconds to play. Kansas the regular season big eight Champion called a timeout after the two free throws by Manning a 6-foot 11 Sophomore. Oklahoma s Anthony Bowie launched a 20 footer at the Buzzer that bounced away. Oklahoma with no starter Over 6-foot-7, stayed with the taller Jay Hawks who had 7-foot-1 Greg Dreiling to complement Manning inside. Kansas appeared to be pulling away from the sooner on several occasions but Oklahoma rallied each time. Kansas led 70-64 when Marshall scored with 2 43 left. The sooner Tim Mccalister followed with a Long jumper and David Johnson hit from Short Range to make it 70-68 with 1 26 to play. The sooner then deliberately fouled Cedric Hunter Kansas poorest foul shooter and the strategy paid off when Hunter missed the front end of a one and one free throw. Seconds later Johnson tied it at 70-70 to set up the final dramatic seconds. Mannheim hoop sters slam Pir Masens by Bucky Fox staff writer Pir Masens Germany Mannheim coach Wayne Bardell could be easily told his Mustangs Dunk you very  there was Peter Alleyne whose Dunk clinched Mannheim s 100-96 Triumph Over Pir Masens in a 21st support come game sat urday. And James Williams who hit five of 10 slam tries establishing his outside Range As the rim. And Elkanah Crockett whose Thunder Dunk rattled the gym and nearly rattled the roadrunners in the late going. He s a football player Bardell said of Crockett who threw his 6-foot-1, 210 Frame around for 11 Points. The real turning Point was Crockett s Dunk. That broke their  not quite. Crockett s Nasty Dunk As one observer put it gave Mannheim a 95 89 Lead with 1 29 left. But with guard Tony Brown leading Pir Masens press the Home team suddenly zipped off seven straight Points to Lead 96 95 with 15 seconds left. Just As suddenly Warren Evans who led Mannheim with 32 Points Sank a 20-footer to fire the Mustangs Back on top 97-96. Team mate Jeff Thomas followed with his fifth straight free throw with 12 seconds left and Alleyne jammed Home the exclamation Points. The decision lifted Mannheim s record to 9-3 and dropped Pir Masens to 12-2. It also left coach John Volkers who had seen his roadrunners Start out 12-0, disgusted at his team s 19-for-43 foul shooting. The problem was free throws or Lack of them said the first year coach. We Haven t cooled Down at All. When we lost to Karlsruhe which handed Pir Masens its first loss they played head and shoulders above themselves. Mannheim is big and Strong. We knew that. But free throws beat us. If we hit 10 percent More we win by 10."two other Points Hurt the roadrunners. 1. They were cold from the floor hitting just 36 of 93 attempts 39 percent. 2. Grant Robin son the Long Range guard who led All scorers with 37 Points fouled out with 2 49 left. Bardell was t sympathetic. We gave them five chances in the last minute and they could t win the third year coach said. That shows that their team is not As Good As their record states. In the tournament the 21st support come meet there s no Way they la stay with us. The reason is they have no  with Mannheim leading 49-47 at half time Pir Masens Forward Steve Roeder predicted the Mustangs would run out of Gas in the second half like they always  instead the Mustangs built an 11-Point. Lead Midway through the period. They also held Roeder who scored 15 Points in the first half to o-for-7 shooting in the last half. Who said we would die Bardell wanted to know. Well take that Guy with us and put him in  the Mustangs were coming off a double overtime loss to Worms the night before and must play defending Usa eur Champion Kaiserslautern tuesday. They played 11 players. Alleyne followed Evans in the scoring column with 24 Points and led All Rebo unders with 19. Williams totalled 18 Points and 11 rebounds. The roadrunners must come Back for two More game with contenders. They play Worms 9-4, sunday and a town Friday. They played 10 players. Roeder finished with 18 Points and 11 rebounds. I was confident we d win today bar Dell said. There Are Only two teams i worry about in 21st Worms and Kaiserslautern. You know Why they Don t quit. The difference Between being Good and being Able to win Usa eur is killer instinct. Face it. We have a talented team. We re 10 deep. As soon As we realize there Are five Guys on the court Well  or at least three Guys who can Dunk