European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday december 25.1986 prep sports year in review 86 was Fine year for Dodds athletes a bin Abbassi rep sports a Dilir Ponds athletes for the most part can inn kick upon i9s6 and say in was a or Pood u  despite forced curtail mini caused by inc Gramm Rudman Jet Hiil pm Dpi nine funds a the hone. Xidos Atlantic which embraces thei . And Lien enor areas As far As athletic Competition is concerned was especially affected. That Region sliced everything in half immediately. The other regions we Reable to retain practically Allol their Spring icons programs. In finally was Tiik Cai for Kamsler thermals won the Germany aaa Hois  Nile to get things rolling. They followed up by taking aaa an Western  championships in wrestling. Aaa honors in track and Fielland they shared the football championship with  before win Ning two playoff games and the big schools trophy. And the girls contributed immensely tothe school s Success too. Triumphing in the conference track and Field meet and the big schools Sci or tournament and winning the league Cross country Crown it was an another Good year for gics san High school dodos newest secon Dary school. The Griffins started the Yearby winning the Small schools boys basketball championship and they finished off title Competition by winning the Small schools football championship. In be tween icy Fook the Germany a cinder championships. It was also a line year for Munich High school. The Mustangs started the scar by winning the Small schools girls basketball tournament and they completed official l ill spam Competition in the Small schools  football panic ii pains Iii set a. In i to min the Munich girls capture their fourth to Onse Culive class a Cross country title As Well As the Central euro Pean Small schools championship. Lucr Churg s boys and Heidelberg girls took dig schools basketball titles respectively. Bonn s Alix Ronka and Kaiserslautern s Eric Barela capped the 1985-86athletic year by winning the stars and stripes athlete of the year accolades for outstanding performances in three sports. Konka achieved stardom in volleyball basketball and soccer Barela in football wrestling and track and held. Other individuals who etched their name in the 1986 annals of Success in clude Wuerzburg s Steve Hutchinson Jim s i am Thornton. Accent s Liz Wilson Baum older s Rick and Tracy Jasler Giessen s Charlie Toth Wiesbaden s Robert Barnes Hanau s fall sports triumvirate of Robert Clayton Chung Hacho and Tony Morton Munich s Ernie Butler and Jim Goodwin and the list goes on and on. International school of Brussels ruined Giessen s aspirations for perfect season and a Small schools football title in is first semester of operation on the High school level in 1985, but the Basket Ball team overcame bad Kreuz Nach in the title game of the Small schools tournament earning for Toth his second stars and stripes coach of the Yea award. He had won those laurels in foot Ball for guiding a new school to a Tine i record. In football this fall Giessen and Oster Holz battled to a 0-0 Germany a cd neral deadlock and shared the league  won the tiebreaker and lop seed for playoff Competition and then  and Munich for the Small schools title for a two year record of 16-1-1 by far the Best Ever beginning for a Dodds school. Munich eliminated osterholz in the Small schools semifinal game. Munich s Goodwin was named the 1986 is a \ is part Oil Fry pm Rewti Lewi or is prep athletes of i he year Alix Ronka of Bonn and Eric Uarela of kaisers Lauvern. Coach of the year among his closest competitors was told. The Munich girls tied a record set by Livorno by capturing their fourth straight basketball championship. Butler earned is coach of the year recognition As he ran his spectacular won ios record to 112-9 since the beginning of the 1979-80 Campaign. The title game Victory Over Baum older avenged the Mustangs Only two 1985-86 losses an ended a Dodds record 33-game win Ning skein for the bucs. Munich had won 13 straight Over Atwo season Span dropped i to straight in mid season to Baum older and finished with eight straight regular season wins and three tournament victories to build another modest win skein of 11 game going into 1986-87 action. Wilson and Rick Jaster were the most prominent performers in track and Field. They each broke Dodds 1.500 and 3.000-Metcr records Jaster slicing the 3,000-meter Standard in both qualifying and Central european Competition. Wilson was graduated in june an now is cutting a Large Swath at the University of Oregon where she earned Ano. 2 berth on the Cross country team As a fresh  Jasler continued to be the big name this fall in Cross country an Tracy his Sophomore Sisler moved into the spotlight that Wilson had so commanded during her Dodds career. Hanau did t manage to win any Tea championships this fall hut Clayton Cho and Morton did their share of earn ing recognition for the panthers Clayton won the Dodds Germany boys Golf title Cho was voted map in he big schools volleyball tournament despite her team s third place finish and mor ton was named is defensive player of the year in conjunction with the Annua Lall Europe selections. Hutch Inson and Thornton we renamed the boy and girl basketball play ers of the year in 1986, and Barnes recently was those the is offensive player of the year in football. A sport by sport review of 1986 Fol lows basketball the Heidelberg girls sailed through a undefeated Campaign in winning the triple a and big schools titles. Follow ing an upset in he 1985 semifinals the charges of Rich Bennett took the third place game won 14 in a Row in league Sirjue ending Frankfurt s three year reign and finished with three straight tournament victories for a season begin Ning is game skein currently the longest in Dodds. Hanau topped the a Field Vilseck won the a Silver Crown and Baum hold or prevailed in a Gold. Bonn capture the Bennor league and tournament championships. American school of London retained its . Title As did Naples in the Italy action. Ankara triumphed in Turkey and Torrejon won in Spain. On the boys front Wuerzburg was the most impressive team. With Hinch Inson leading the Way and a cast of other talented performers Mak ing key contributions the charges of Steve Perkins went 12-0 in a action and 17-1 on the year As they grabbed the big schools title they let get away the year before. Ramstein took aaa honors Baum Holder went undefeated in a Gold play Giessen won in a Silver and shape look Home the bin nor  chalked up its third straight Italy championship but the charges of Lonnie Dempsey had to come out of the loser s bracket to do so As they posted an18-3 record. Torrejon in Ciurlik and la Ken Heath took heir respective championships in Spain Turkey and the . Divisions. Wrestling Frankfurt s Danny Crepeau Barela Berlin s Mike Somson Ramstein s Mike Saunders and accent s Ted Dewing Al repeated As Central european champions Crepeau Somson and Saunders Tak ing their third  will Sandidge impressed All As he finished a 15-0 Campaign by pinning Crepeau s brother Mike in 5 08 of a rugged Battle in the 105-Pound Divi Sion. Sophomore Sandidge had 14 pins in his 15 bouts. He came in from Mary land where he had compiled a 29-2 Mark with 21 Falls in route to winning a regional championship. Another highlight of the Central euro peans was the upset Wiesbaden s Moses Williams pulled against Heidelberg Maurice Sipos in their 167-Pound title  11-7 setback was the first for Sipos in 1985-86 action and Only the Sec Ond in his three year career. The Naples boosters club and Parent sponsored a Post season tournament bul it was t As great an event As it could have been because it did t have Dodds Sanction and Dodds Mediterranean officials put the meet an sponsors under All kinds of pressure. Owci Bruecken s Darius Gallegos was the Only Germany grappler who made itto Italy for the Competition. . Wrestlers look Home five titles Italy three and Belgium  tournament was a Fallback to the Days of Yore when Europe wide postseason Competition was a regularly scheduled Dodds event. Lakenheath captured the . Championship for the third straight year but the 1986 title was t decided until Joh Labaw pinned London s Greg May in the 155-Pound title bout to give the Lan cers an insurmountable Lead. In the end Lakenheath prevailed by Only 6 i  won the Turkey championship handily and Aviano outlasted notre Dame to Lake Italy laurels. The saints had Only two champions but they had enough seconds and thirds to take the Lille. Gymnastics Hahn s Shilo Derue captured her third straight optional All around individual championship in the Central europeans at Nuernberg. She won the Junior option nals title As a freshman and then advanced to the seniors and prevailed As a  a Junior this year she compiled a very Good 36.6 total but needed almost every tenth of a Point for the Victory before besting Pitburg s Fine performer Denise Maduri who had registered a sensational 9.55 on the vault. Maduli had a 35.ss final  s katrina o Neal won every event and finished with a 3s.7score in dominating the j Unior optional. Only an eighth grader o Neal wowed everybody with a 9.6 performance in floor routine. Other names that kept popping up on the Germany Bennor gymnastics front week after week included Ramstein Kristin Colacicco Frankfurt s Nancy wis Dom and Pam Morrison Heidelberg Stracey Dionne and Cathy Van Voorhis Wuerzburg s Samantha Bailey and see Dodds on Page 25