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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday decembers 1987 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports veterans top All Europe is players of year Hillman Peterson among ? 1 returnees  sports editor experience and durability those arc the prime characteristics of Fth 1987 stars and stripes All Europe football team. No fewer than ii performers return Horn the 1986 Contin gent and no fewer than seven performers made the 48-Man squad both ways. The experience is personified by the presence of Munich s Matt Hillman Giessen a Thomas Volk Calvin Peterson Eddie Bac Helcl Derek Adamson and Terry Donnell Pitburg s Mike St. Julian and Vince Killcy Ramstein s Billy Jenkins and Vance Koss kaisers Lautem s Ken Mcleod and Nuernberg s Terry Golden. Hillman. The Only 1986 two Way repeater returns at both tackles. St. Julien Volk and Mcleod return at offensive guard Killcy gets the nod at defensive Back again and Bachtel Adam son and Jenkins come Back As kicker defensive tackle and defensive end respectively. Peterson moves Over from defensive Back to safely Donnell switches from linebacker to running Back Koss moves from defensive Back to quarterback and Golden was changed from offensive end to running Backshis year. Volk Peterson St. Julien Giessen s Chris Williams Heidel Berg s Ron George and Wiesbaden s Rob Cal join Hillman on the two Way roster. Volk earned 1987 defensive player of the year accolades at end Peterson was tabbed at quarterback Williams was chosen As offensive end and defensive Back George made int ends both ways and Cal was selected As Center and defensive tackle. Peterson is the offensive player of the year Hillman gets the defensive player of the year accolades and Berlin s George Pepoy is the 1987 coach of the year. Joining Williams and George at offensive end arc Rorn to Ryart Slosson and shape s Marc sch Mcyr. With Hillman at offensive tackle arc Nuernberg s Vasa a Trio Wurzburg s Bob Stacy and accent s William  s Allan a Crecy completes the guard roster and bit Burg s Roy Morrison joins Cal at Center. Accent s Rick Crosby Wiesbaden s Dwayne Anderson Pitburg s tyke mix and Mannheim s Nadi Leonard join Don Nell and Golden in the offensive Backfield. On defense Ramstein s Chris Killcy completes the end cast Nuernberg s Doyle Cockrell rounds out the tackle Field and is s Francois Longin and Pitburg s Bob Williams Are the nose guards. Heidelberg s gift Kirk is s Thad Brennan Stuttgart s Joel Walters shape s Don Wilson and Ramstein s Mike Ghent fill the other linebacker spots. In the Backfield along with Vince Killcy and Williams arc Ramstein s Brian Jarvis and is s John Delia. Joining Peterson at safety is Wiesbaden Stom Randolph. Nuernberg s Pat Mckinley and Kaiserslautern s Percy Vaughn arc the punters. The team boasts both size and Speed in addition to its experience and durability. The biggest player on offence and defense too is Hillman at 6-4, 250. And Stacy tips in at 6-3. 230 in an offensive Interior line that averages 201.9  pushes Hillman at 246, and Chris Kelly tip the Scales at 230. The defensive Interior line averages 216.8.  5-9, 1s8, is the smallest player on the offence and Jarvis at 5-8,14s, is the tiniest defensive selectee. Peterson and Koss were two Way performers runners an passers at quarterback. Peterson rushed for 958 Yards and passed for 678 As Gic Ssan rumbled to its third straight a can trial title and second Small schools championship in three title appearances in the three year history of the school. Koss engineered a very balanced Ramstein contingent to its second straight big schools Crown by running for 507 Yards and pass in for 856.their prime receivers were Williams and Glosson respectively. Williams caught 24 passes for 527 Yards and 10 touch Downs and Glosson hauled in 18 for 45 Yards in Tom Lockyer s offence which featured three running backs besides Kos with Between 475 and 607 Yards gained. George caught 24 passes for 386 Yards and three ads and sch Mcyr s numbers were 20 catches 371 Yards and six  Interior line statistics arc virtually non existent but All the coaches said their various offences succeeded be cause of the blocking talents of the linemen and the pulling skills of their guards. All the tackles and guards except Stacy played on teams that either won or shared their respective league championships and Wurzburg missed sharing the Ger Many a title by Only one game. Both Cal and Morrison were rated outstanding in snapping situations in addition to being Strong  addition to the double threat skills of Peterson and Koss the Backfield features both Speed and Power. Crosby zipped to 1,300 Yards to help accent gain a share of the bin nor title and Donnell was Giessen s running Leader with 1,060 Yards. Nuer Bergand Pitburg tied for first in the a because of the respective feats of Golden and mix. Co Iun cum for 747 Yards passed for an additional 223 and caught 18 passes for another 287, giving him a 1,257-Yard year and mix chalked up 841 Yards on the ground forthe Barons. Anderson led Wiesbaden with 890 Yards. Leonard was Mannheim s runner deluxe with 85s.bachtel and sailors arc kickers deluxe. Bachtel kicked 27 pats and a Field goal and was successful on All four on Side kick attempts this year. He finished with a three year total of 66 conversions and 14 successful on Side kicks in 16 attempts both Dodds records. Sailors connected on 35 pats and booted five Field goals in Ramstein s March to a perfect Campaign. Both consistently put the opposition in deep water by averaging Over 50 Yards with their booming kickoffs. Gic Ssan finished the 1987 Campaign with seven straight shutouts including a 55-0 blasting of Munich that avenged its Only loss in three years of regular season Competition. Volk Chris Williams Adamson and Peterson were some of the key performers. Volk s end was in turntable As he recorded some spectacular see All Europe on Page 21. Giessen s Calvin Peterson. Offensive player of the year Munich s Matt Hillman. Defensive player of the year freshmen Sparks Indiana Over Irish 76-59 by the associated press Bloomington ind. Now that Steve Alforda in the Aba Indiana University coach Bobby Knight is looking for a new Sharp shooter. He May have one in freshman guard Jay Edwards. After spending the first half on the benched wards entered the game with 9 49 to play tuesday night with the fifth ranked hoosiers leading notre Dame 58-53. Once Down by 14 Points in the second half. Notre Dame eventually narrowed the margin to 60-56 with 5 50 remaining. We needed this game the 6-foot-4 Edwards said. This was our first big game this season. We be got to prove to the rest of the collegiate level that we re ready to  Edwards proved he was ready scoring seven consecutive Points and 12 of Indiana s final 16 As the hoosiers Short circuited the Irish comeback to emerge with a 76-59 Victory. I came in there prepared to play. I kept my mind College basketball in the game the first half when i did t get  Edwards said. In other games involving ranked teams no. 2 Kentucky whipped Cincinnati 101-77, no. 6 Iowa stopped Drake 70-59, no. 16 Kansas crushed Pomona Pitzer 94-38, and no. 18 Oklahoma routed Penn slate 93-59. Edwards had two 3-Pointcrs in his spurt and was 5-of-6 from the Field. "1 Felt that in the last five minutes we did t do some things right at both ends notre Dame coach Digger helps said. Then Edwards gave them a  the loss left Phelps 1-7 against Indiana and win less in six games at Bloomington where the Home standing hoosiers have won 22 straight. We just broke Down defensively and we missed some key shots. We were not Active on the boards Phelps said. Indiana 2-0, spoiled the season opener for notre Dame by outscoring the visitors 16-3 in the final5 07. Keith smart led the hoosiers with 18 Points while assigned to guard notre Dame s David Rivers who scored 24. I think Rivers is a very very Lough player to play against Knight said. He s one of the handful of individual players around the country that really commands your attention. You figure out defensively what you re going to do and As the game unfolds. He Mades the game difficult to play because you begot to help out on  Rivers outside shooting kept the Irish in the game Early. The 6-foot guard scored 14 of Noire Dame s first 21 Points and his fourth 3-Pointcr of the night gave the Irish a 21-20 Lead with 9 35 remaining in the first half. But Indiana switched smart to Rivers and the see College on Page 22  
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