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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 1,1987 the stars and stripes Pago 25 Csc wins 5 of 9 freestyle titles Mac captures 3 crowns in Safe wrestling byte Saunders staff writer Sembach a Germany Continental sports conference wrestlers Grap pled for five or nine freestyle titles and won All five in saturday Safe championships. But the Csc unofficial team Crown did t come easy. Csc s big men putted through for clutch victories in the 198 and 220 Pound weigh classes Over favored  wrestlers to win the decisive lilies. If the . Had won the last two weight classes All i rec conference would have taken three firsts. The two losses though left the . With Only one title the Mediterranean sports Confer ence wrestlers had three championships. Csc s Trail of Gold started wit Bobby Deleon who took the 163 Pound title by coasting through four bouts in Friday s preliminaries. Jeff Bethiaume ground out a Gold inthe 125.5 weight. Bethiaume Ham mered out a 2 19 pin Over Csc s Wal Ter Little to Clinch first. Little placed second and Joe Cavallucci Csc who lost to Little 13-3, look third. Ron Reynolds look Csc s next Goldin the 136,5 class with a criteria Deci Sion Over Csc s Shawn Olivier who finished second. Cliff Severson of the . Took third. Olivier who proved to be Reynolds toughest test took a 4-2 Lead in the first period with four single Point take Downs. Reynolds though took Over in the second period and tightened the score to 4-3 with a one Point take Down. With Only 53 seconds remaining Reynolds took Olivier to the mat with a two Point throw to take the Lead. Oli vier tied the match with his fifth sin Gle Point take Down. Then time rundown with the score knotted at 5-5. The decision Reynolds wins by criteria. A criteria decision is based on who had the most four three or two Point scores if wrestlers have the same amount of four pointers then three pointers Are compared Etc. For instance had Olivier scored two Mueller leads sweep by Swiss in downhill chans Montana Switzerland a Peter Mueller one of the sport s old timers upset Swiss team mate Pirmin Zurbriggen saturday to win the men s downhill at the world Alpine ski championships. In taking the Clamour event of the two week meet the 29-year-Otd Muel Ler led a Swiss sweep of the medals rocketing Down the Nazionale course in z minutes 7.80 seconds. After 12 Yean of racing a dream comes Irue Mueller said after being congratulated Bazuro Riggon for his first Goldmedal in olym Pic or world championship Competition. Zurbriggen the favorite to win the downhill and three other titles Here started no 1 and posted a Mueller time of 2 08.13, very fast but not enough to retain the Gold medal Hewon in Dormio Italy two years ago. Karl Alpiger of Switzerland was third in 2 08.20, with teammate Franz Heinzer fourth at 2 08.34. Rob Boyd of Canada was the to non Swiss finisher coming in fifth at 2 08.50. But the Home team Domina Tion continued with Daniel Mahrer sixth in 2 09.06, Mueller who won his 14th world cup downhill in the season opening race in Argentina last August was the Silver medallist behind Ziu Brj Gen in Dormio and second in the olympic downhill in Sarajevo Yugoslavia in 1984 to american Bill Johnson. For a while saturday it looked As ithe were headed for runner up again. Zurbriggen cheered on by a Flag waving Bell ringing crowd from his nearby Hometown of saas Al Magda zoomed Down the course like a red and yellow rocket the other Early runners trailed Zur Briggen from the very Start. Even Muel Ler was behind his teammate s times on the top part of the 3,112-meter course but by increasingly Small margins. Somewhere in the Middle of the  jetted ahead. He flashed through the final meters and crossed the finish line to a tumultuous reception. Mueller averaged 64.61 Miles per hour and a computer reckoned that if he and Zurbriggen were racing Side by Side the older Swiss Ace would have edged the younger one by about 10yards. The Victory by Mueller gave the Swiss team a sweep of the Gold medals so far. Erika Hess won the women combined championship on Friday. Michael Brown was the lop . Fin Isher in the downhill with a 21 St place in 2 10.45. Doug Lewis a Bonze Meda Listin the downhill at Dormio finished 29th, in 2 11.14. Andy Chambers was next in 2 11.27, and Andreas Ricken Bach completed the . Foursome  32nd place at 2 11.65. But the Canadian team led by Boyd in his first full season on the world cup tour did Well. The win Ner of the downhill at Val Gardena Italy he broke the Swiss domination with his fifth place finish and said he was pleased with the result. I did definitely Well and i thin kit s enough for my first full season Boyd said. I was a bit nervous at the Stan but i forgot about everything As soon As i skied  Girar Cei. The defending world cup Overall Champ from Luxem Bourg finished seventh in 109.11. Girardelli had to quit a downhill training run thursday when he dislocated his left shoulder for the third time this sea son and doctors say he Wilt need sur Gerylo repair the damage. Two Point take Downs instead of four separate one Point take Downs the score would still be lied at 5-5, but Olivier would have had a pair of two pointers against Reynolds  the come from behind win Reynolds said in the second period i figured i d stick to basics and go for one Point at a time. He tried to Shoal for my legs and i caught him and got a two Point throw. He s  buddy whorral surprised defending198-Pound Champion George Nichols of the . With a Vise like Headlock Ina bout Friday that ended with a pin in 4 14. That bout Nichols Only loss proved to be the difference Between first and second As undefeated who Rall pulled the upset Nichols took the Silver by pinning Bronze medallist Darrel Shiley Csc in 2 05.wharrair was t surprised about the win. "1 always go out there with the attitude that i m going to win. Win Ning is the Only thing be  s other big Man 220-Pounder Shawn Fernandez stopped Scott Nick arson of Hemsat l 57ofthcirshow Down to claim Csc s final freestyle title. Nickerson went for a throw but slipped i applied a head and Arm hold ind Lur Eccl him for a pin explained Fernandez. Mac captured its first title with David Marchand s uncontested Gold in the unlimited weight  Wrasman in the 114.5 class pinned Silver medallist Tim Pearson Mac in 2 36. For a Gold. Cavalucci Csc look the  Fredrickson. Safe s 1984 180-Pound freestyle Champ reclaimed he title with a Triumph Over Richard Wilford of the ., who grabbed Sec Ond. Another . Wrestler Todd Belcher placed  the Only . Title was Andre Lecours in the 149,5 class. La Cours pinned four Oul of five opponents including runner up Brian Daly Csc in 1 28, and third Placer Ron Gober Mac in 49  made the transition into the Greco roman matches at the conclusion of the freestyle finals saturday. Greco finals Are slated to Start Here a noon today. Rockette nip flyers earn Safe berth Span Dahlem a Germany . Anderson scored 20 Points including the winning Basket in overtime Anrhein main nipped Wiesbaden 47-46 in the Continental sports conference women s position tournament saturday night the win sent the rocket Les to the Safe tournament next weekend As the Csc s second seeded team. However Wiesbaden still has a Chanceton come out of the losers bracket and earn the no. 3 Csc seed for  was to play Span Dahlem in sat urday s night s final game with the win Ner meeting Wiesbaden Here today Al 1 . For the other Safe berth. Rat Stcin had already clinched Theno. 1 Csc spot at Safe by winning the regular season  47, Wales Beloi 46 of after trailing 24-17 at halftime the rockette rallied for a 40-38 Lead with time running Oul in regulation. But Cindy Cobb who scored 14 for the lady flyers sent the game into overtime witha rebound Basket from underneath with 12 seconds left in overtime Arlene Dophine gave Wiesbaden a 42-41 Lead when she hit on the front end of a one and one free throw missing the second shot. After the Lead see sawed Rhein main clinched the Victory on Anderson s Basket which made it 47-46 with 10 seconds ten. Cobb Ihen missed a three Point shot the Rock Eltes rebounded and ran out the  Anderson Laurie was Rhein main s second highest scorer with 12points. Tonita Smith paced the lady flyer with 17 Points. In earlier games saturday hhn70,smbieh39 norms Smith and Kim Pruitt scored21 and 20 Points respectively to Lead Hahn to a runaway Victory Over sem Bach. The lady Hawks Triumph lifted them into the losers bracket semifinal sat air Force basketball urday night against Span Dahlem. With pruitts 14 Points leading the Way Hahn raced to a 41-14 a Gliime Lead All but ending Sembach s season right there. In the second half. Smith took Over the scoring leadership with 14 Ponis. All the lady Hawks who dressed forthe game scored. Blandie bogus was third highest scorer for Hahn with six  Rogstad paced the lady tigers with is Points 10 in the second  Clendenin tallied seven Points and Kristi Sowder had six for the loser spin Dahlem 72, Blob org 59 these neighbouring rivals battled evenly throughout the first half with nineties. But the sabers managed to end the Hal Wilh a 30-28 Lead. During the first five minutes of the third period Span Dahlem outscored the Barons ties 8-2. Spang went on to build a1 5-Poinl Lead with 13 30 to go. Spang was led by Cindy Cummings who scored in Points and grabbed 17 rebounds. Tracy Lee scored 16 for the sabers All in the second half and Pat Griffin contributed is Points and 10 re Bounds for the winners. The game s High scorer bib org s Van Essa Shaw scored 16 of her 21 Points before the break. Teammate Julie Hunt Ley tallied 12 of her 16 Points in the Sec Ond half. She also had 12 rebounds. Nfn sports television pro football nil pro bowl Ameri can conference n. A Tion a conference All stars. 10 . Sunday. Radi College Burt Tell Nevada Las vegas at Auburn 8 . Sunday pro football pro bowl 10 pin. Son Day  
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