European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s Munich girls shoot for Dodds Mark can the Munich girls make it a record five in a Row will Gic Ssan win its second straight boys championship in he school s two year history As a Dodds High school those questions will be answered by saturday night when the Germany Bennor Small schools basketball tournament will have determined its champions. The three Day tournaments which include lie lop three teams from the Germany a cimral and a South and two Bennor representatives both boys and girl stake place at Munich High school thurs Day through saturday. It is a single elimination Consolation Type meet. Last february Ernie Butler s Mustangs matched he record of tour straight held by Livoto which won the Italy title the first four years girls basketball was a varsity sport in Dodds. The Mustangs did tithe hard Way beating Baum older to terminate the Bucu Dodds record 33-game winning string. That Triumph avenged two regular season losses at the hands of Ilie bucs. This year the Mustangs compiled a 9-1 a South record and a pm Overall Mark their Lone loss com ing at the hands of Ansbach. They meet Berlin i their tournament debut. Other first round girls Barnes pit by Tenor regular season and tournament Champion Bonn against Ansbach Vilseck against a Central Winner bad Kreuz Nach and fut a against shape. Giessen which finished with eight straight Victo Ries in 1986 in route to the boys title went 10-0 in a Centra conference play and 14-0on the Campai Gnand carries the longest current winning string in Dodds 22. The Griffin launch their title defense against Ansbach. Other first round games cast Munich against bad Kreuz Nach Fulda against undefeated Bennor Champion shape and harm opposite Vil Seck. Pitburg s Mike Tolburt and Stuttgart s Lagan Ferguson arc the players of the week Tolbin had20 Points 15 rebounds four assists four steals and a blocked shot on Friday and came Back with 28, 13, 2,6 and 3 numbers the next Day As he Barons swept pair of double a games from Patch. It s not often hat a member of a losing team gets tabbed for the i Ayr of week laurels by Ferguson turned in a practically one girl show in a loss o Mannheim Friday. She had 21 Points 20 rebounds and six steals but she got limited support in her Battle against the Bison s double threat of Regina Nolan and Sophie Williams who combined Tor 42points, 19 rebounds 12 steals and seven assists shape and Bonn dominated the boys and Gir Sall conference teams named by the Bennor coaches. The spartans placed four players Andrea Pizzato Jim Mumford Mark Newton and Jeff Price on the boys team. Rounding out the cast were of cents Terry Brown and David Dubay Hahn Cedric Harris and Tim Latiker Bonn s Andy Agnew and Brussels Rodney Mccallup. Mina Babic Deidre Baca and Jodi Douglas Are Bonn s represent Alives on the girls team. Also chosen were Brussels Crystal Parham and Wendy Lester shape s Johanne Andre and Catherine Guerrero accent s Heidi Hogan and Dianne Dubay and Hahn s Kim on loft. Harris and Basic were declared the respective most valuable players in last week s tournament. Pizzulo Price Newton shape s pal Wilson Ulik or Agnew and sons Lerberg s Jack Harmon also were named. Andre Hogan Dubay Parham Baca Guerrero Hahn s Tiffany Threalt and Brussels Sandra White join Babic on the girls All tournament squad. In conjunction with the Bennor All con for ence selections now would be a Good time to set deadlines Tor stars and stripes All Europe Nomi nations. All coaches Are being reminded that their Nomi nations must reach the is sports department no later than March 15. All action will be com plete by that time. Please Send All vital statistics on this year achievements. A head shot also should be included. Nomination can be mailed to stars & stripes sports department Apo 09211 or to the International address which is stars and stripes sports department Postrach 11-1437, d61uo Darmstadt West Germany. The Postrach number is a new one. W please take note. I plan to announce the teams the last week of March and the first week of april. Speaking of stars and stripes ail Europe selections the is Art department has completed 11 certificates. They have been mailed to the football coaches and should Cuch their destination shortly. Ramstein qualified a wrestler in every Weilu bracket and Heidelberg got one in every bracket except the 126-Pound division to Pace the Competition in last weeks four regional a which feed into inc Central european championship Friday and sat urday at Wiesbaden air base gymnasium. The top four wrestlers in each weight group in each regional Advance to the Central european com petition. Heidelberg got regional championship performances from nine wrestlers at the Central Region lit hosted and Ramstein grapplers won seven titles in the Western regional at Kaiserslautern. Frankfurt had five lit lists and shape four at the Northern regional at shape and Nuernberg competitors won four weight classes at the Southern regional at Nuernberg. Stuttgart had three. Two or the 1986 champions Heidelberg s will Sandidge and accents Ted Dewing Are Back Fortis week s Competition. Sandidge Defeated Frank fun s Mike Crepeau at 105 and Dewing beat Augsburg s John Bena for the 112-Pound Tiue. Sandid Geana Dewing both won regional crowns again last week Sandidge beating Fulda s Jason Maples for the119-Pound Central Crown at Heidelberg and Dewing at 126, also in the Central meet. Berta won the some weight class in the Southern regional so a rematch is a distinct possibility. Crepeau returns this year up a weight at 112. Kaiser Lautem s Aaron Stevens is Back at 138 and shape unlimited Trappier Casey Dukeman also re turns. Stevens finished second at 138 last year and he won that bracket in the Western regional last week. Dukeman prevailed in the Northern regional at hit weight. High school football has become a thing of the past in Italy. Italy District superintendent Helen can Lanny con firmed that report Friday. Centanni listed five Rea sons for dropping the sport i Naples Mann and a Leiua a the Mil school offering football last season and three to can do not can title a league 1 the Renu Ninf three Dodds schools Bryndl Siurano and Sij Jonilla and the three International to cobol participating in the american schools in Italy program american overseas school of Rome Milan us notre Dune International Are either too Smalt. Or they Are not interested in offering football 3 a try High percentage of athletic injuries in american High schools Are la resell of playing foot Ball 4 the replacement of football equipment is very expensive and 5 the distance Between Ariano and Naples and Victual leaves High Rempo Fratton costs for Dodds. After much consideration it was decided for All people concerned thai dropping football was the Best Coupe of action we could take Here in  Centanni said. Only the three bigger schools Aviano Naples and Vincnza competed last year. Aviano in t really that big and it has been taking a beating in football the last few years. And i Don t really think you can have any kind Ofa league program if Only three teams arc involved. We Are trying to provide our students with a pro Gram that features lifetime sports and benefits the most people. Football just does t fall into that category she added. Also having a football program in t economically feasible Here in Nlaly and when Only three schools play that feasibility is reduced much  Centanni continued. The transportation expenses alone Are exorbitant because of the great distances Between the Italy schools and replacing that equip ment is very costly too. I feel that that Money can be better used on a program that would Benefit All of the students not just a selected few. And she went on there s the injury Factor. Surveys have proved Lime and again that most of the injuries to High school athletes occur in football. Many of them being quite  eight Man football was played Between the three schools in Turkey for several years but that was discontinued starting last fall when track and Field was moved to the fall season. There Are Only three High schools in Spain but four teams compete in football. Torrejon which is much bigger than Rota and Zaragoza has been Field ing two teams for several years now. List fall the Spain teams played 11-Man football but thai is determined each year at the Start of school when officials at Zaragoza the smallest school de Termine whether or not the school has enough play ers to compute in the ii Man game according 10 Spain Region sports coordinator Guy Abramo. Tim Styrl Lih strip College Lieberman signs with . Men s team from Page 17 Lead Yale past army for he Ells fifth consecutive Triumph. Kevin Houston the nation s leading scorer had a game High 36 Points and became the second army player in school history to Register 2,000 career Points. Gary Winton set the army re Cord of 2,296points Between 1974-77, Ron Steptoe with 10 Points was the Only other army player in double Fig ures. The cadets record slipped to 9 12. Chris Dudley led Yale with 18 Points and Peter White had is. Garden City . A Nancy Lic Barman who became the first woman to play on a men a pro basketball Cam signed with a new men s team on Long Island tuesday. The 28-year-old Lieberman the Only player so far to be signed by the Long Island knights also became the first person Ever to be offered a Mulley car contract in the United Stales Basket Ball league according to team officials. The knights officially became a member of the league on tuesday when dynamic capital corp. Pur chased the franchise from the Ubl. The enact terms of Lieberman s three year contract were not disclosed but sources said her salary would be at the level of the highest paid players on other clubs which Are permitted to spend a total of $67,500 for 10  eight team league will play 30 games from May is to july 19. Lieberman a 5-foot-10 Point guard became the first women in profession Al spam to compete in an All male league when she played for the Spring Field Fame of the Ubl last year. She averaged 1.7 Points and 1.3 assists in 21 games. The knights obtained her from Springfield for second and third round draft choices. Lieberman said she expected to tee More playing time this year under coach Dean Meminger who Wanthe new York kicks Aba championship icam of 1972-75 and previously coached her in Scro pro leagues. Nancy has one of the greatest attitudes of any basketball player i be Ever had said Miminger who was named coach of the knights on tuesday. Lieherman a native of new York starred at old Dominion where she won the Wade trophy twice in the 1978-79 and 1979-so seasons As the top collegiate female player. Lieberman later played pro Ball for the Dallas diamonds of the defunct women s basketball league. She also was a member of the 1976 . Olym Pic team