European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. October 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 High flying rockets Clinch playoffs Bubuc Syfox stiff Miter the first x popped up in the Safe football standings this week. It sits next to Rhein main to indicate the rockets have clinched a playoff berth Here it s not even mid october and the rockets Are in the Continental sport conference playoffs a level they had t reached since 1984. It s the earliest clinching i be Ever had said a Happy Rhein main coach Warren Stanley that s what happens in a nine team league that advances four cams to the postseason. The rockets stand 5-0. They have just three games left in the regular season. If they lose All three they would qualify at the very least for the fourth playoff spot. Rhein main s run has occurred de spite a rash of injuries to defensive end Marty Andres linebacker Ira Washington running backs Willie Davis and Larry Prince wide receiver a. John son Light end Scott Wilber. And those Ore just the front liners. The rockers overcome All thai by Wheeling in More bodies by the plane Load. And with their schedule break com ing last weekend the rockets look healthy. Stanley reports Andres is Back after Ait opening game broken Arm an Davis returns to support the heavy run Ning of Greg Booker and Gerald Mason. Stanley says Wilber is Mill out the rockets refuelling comes in Lime for their biggest Home game in five years in a Battle of Una Catuns the Ramstein rams 4-0 come calling at 1 . Sat urday. It s the same matchup As the 1983confrontation when Ramstein won at Rhein main 7-6 to Clinch a division title i m excited about it said Stanley who remembers his team s missed extra Point in the third Quarter of that 83 loss. I love big  this big one pits two of the Csc is tiniest defences. The rams have yielded 4.5 Points per game the rockets 7,2 Ramstein quarterback Chuck Herron will try to avoid the Rush of Andres an Omega Edwards. Rhein main s a a Tor air Force football Hill must worry about sack artists Willi Mccray and Marcel Williams. After Rhein main which has a Dat for the Csc semifinals the weekend of nov. 5, who stands where on their Way 1. Ramstein needs to win Only one fits final four games to reach the playoffs. One of them is against soc Storberg. Con Sider it a lock. 2. Simbach s 4 i record looks near Lyas precarious As its 4-1 Mark of 1987. The tigers lost their last four of 87 to miss the playoffs. Now they run into the Leech of Span Dahlem Pitburg Andra Stcin. The big difference is this sem Bach Model might be its Best Ever. 3. Span Dahlem 4-2, might have Towin one fits final two at Sembach and at Home against Pitburg. The sabers could probably still make in by finishing 4-4. That is if Hahn and Pitburg los another game. 4. Upper Heyford has the clearest Shotin the . The sky Kings could just about Nail Down their eighth straight playoff trip with a Victory against Laken Heath saturday. Heyford s Only Tough game after thai is a visit to National division rival Alconbury.5. Lakin Heath stands 5-1 and a Good Chance to repeat As . American Divi Sion Champion. But the eagles have a mean schedule in october. After visiting Cyford they still have to face Milden Hall and Benl water. On their Knees 1. Hahn has cruised to two straight victories after a 0-3 Start. Too talc. The Hawks must win i hair last three an Hope they Don t tangle into a lie for the fourth spot with Span Dahlem or scan Bach. Hahn loses in tiebreakers. 2. Pitburg struggling for the playoffs yes the defending Safe Champion will get to defend nothing in  Barons 2-3, have yet la show their worst Side what with Hahn sem Bachand Spang Dahlum looming. 3. Alconbury has rebounded from a i -2 Start to go 4-2. The spartans have hit their stride but maybe too late. Even if Bis Kwi Marty Andres returns. Has recovered from broken Arm they win their last four they can Only Pray upper Heyford loses two of four. 4. Mildenhall probably blew its season sunday when it blew a 10-7 Lead against Scyford with less than two minutes left. That left the marauders 3-3 and dependent on a Lakin Halh collapse. 5. Bin Waters has gone 4-6 since that 6-0 Start of 1987. The phantoms 3-3, arc in the same position As Mildenhall. Pray ing. Csc player of the week Chuck Herron of Ramstein the Quarter Back bombed Tilburg for three touch Down passes in the rams 39-2 Roul. Herron s to passes covered 43, 10 and 62 Yards. Top 10 i Ramstein 2, upper Heyford 3, Rhein main 4, Lakenheath 5, Sembach 6, Alconbury 7, Span Dah ices Mildenhall 9, Binl Walers 10, Hahn. Predictions last week 7-1 season 36-11.766 Span Dahlem 4-1 at Sembach 4-1 saturday both these defences produced shutouts last week. They re de lenses carrying sparkles offences toward the playoffs. Spang Dahlem s new Star is linebacker orc Hal Augustine who has 43 tackles. Sembach has Safe s Best linebacker in Dennis Huston who said of facing his old coach Dave Lockwood he will have a Good game plan. 1 like to win. Period. I m not concerned with who the coach is. L does t matter if its Lockwood or Joe Green or Jack born  Cercen coached Huston at Tilburg last year. Bomholt coached Sembach last year Sembach by 7. Ramstein 4-0 at Rhein main 5-0 saturday the Csc s game of the week Ramstein is on a High after Slick ing it to Pitburg last week. Arc the Rock ets that Good yes. Rhein main by 5. Hahn 2-3 at Billburg 2-3 sunday Hahn could easily stand 4-1. Pitburg could easily stand 1-4. The Barons 39-2 loss at Ramstein last week was their worst since sept. 9. 1967, when they ran into a 54-6 ambush at Hahn. Wail until Tilburg tries to reach Hahn a a Willia Cotlon and catch do everything tailback Don Pollard. Hahn by 10. So Este sunday the week names. They re the True  by i. Ill Benhill 3-3 at Greenham com Mon 2-4 saturday Mildenhall just can t beat the contenders. Green Haman t beat the pretenders As the crusaders proved in their collapse against Chicksands two weeks ago. Mildenhall by 16. Lakenheath 5-1 at upper Scyford Ti-0 saturday the . S game of the week. This is a rematch of the . Title game of 1987, when Lakenheath won at Scyford 18-13, the Way these defens shit and these offence trip look for an exciting score like 3-0. Lakin Heath by 3. Bonti Valcris 3-3 at Ako Buty 4-2 sunday a Bailie Between desperate hopefuls. Whoever loses this can kiss the playoffs goodbye. The phantoms can Start puckering up their lips Alconbury by 6. Chicksands 1-5 at fair Ford 0- monday the . S Crummy game of the week. The Falcons have to snap hair id game losing Streak sometime. Fairford by 3. Steady Golf leads Kaplan to prep title  sports editor Berlin what he called nothing great just steady Golf won for Heidel Berg s Tim Kaplan he 1988 Dodds Germany Golf championship Over the 6,041-Yard, Par-70 Berlin Golf an country club venue Here Friday. Kaplan entered Friday s final round trailing defending Champion Gary Glenn of Ramstein by one stroke but the Hei Delberg Junior moved into the Lead by posting a 42 to Glenn s 45 on the frontline. Kaplan came Home with a 40 for an 82 and an two Day total of 82-82164, despite a very Strong wind which played havoc with everybody s Ball Allday Long. Glenn finished with an 88 for a 169,the score that he won with at Heidelberg last year. I got an Eagle on 4 and still wound up with an 82. There is nothing great about that Kaplan said. It just happened Tobe Good enough to win because Gary played a Little worse than i did. I shot a69 this summer at the Richmond Cali fornia country club and i be been in the70s consistently at Heidelberg. So. 82, was t that  the fourth Hole at Berlin is a 491-Yard, Par-5. Kaplan who will not be Back at Heidelberg next year Eagle i with a drive a 3-Iron and about a 12 fool  prep Golf "1 choked said Glenn. I did every thing wrong  what he did t do wrong was his drive on his Par-4, 393-Yard 16th Hole where he won for the second straight Day the longest drive contest. Tony Morriale of Ramstein won Fri Day s closest to the pin contest hitting his shot less than two feel from the Hole on 17. Kaplan won thai Competition thursday. Augsburg s Lori Valenzuela won everything in girls Competition the tournament by one stroke Over Stutt Gart s Christy Raf Lovolo both driving contests and both closest to the pin Bat Les. Valenzuela also Learned a lesson Check that scorecard before you sign it. She signed a scorecard that said 61 on the front nine instead of the so she Actu ally shot. If she had signed a scorecard showing a lower score than she shot she would Nave been disqualified. A higher number however stands and she had to Settle for a 113 and a Tucklay total of 215. Fortunately for her Raftevold carded a 1ii and a three stroke Edge Valenzuela took into the firm round was enough for her to still emerge victorious. I read the wrong column when i was checking the score she said. Her play ing partners ail verified that she actually had shot 102, but according to the rules tournament chairman Ben Davis had no recourse but la go with the 113. Brussels Peter Konowicz the Only Bennor player in the tournament turned in an 84 for a 171 total Good for third place. Kaisers Laulom s Mike Cla Vynna finished fourth with a 175 total and Heidelberg s Bill Castord and Sean Smith shared fifth place with 178s in championship play. However Heidelberg s Jeff Stankic Wicz who took the first flight Crown beat All three of them on his 36-Hoie aggregate of 174, he had an 84 Friday but his first round 90 left him one stroke out of championship night Competition. The formal called for the first Day s top 10 and tics to go into the championship Light the next 10 in he first flight and the rest of the players in the second flight. Berlin s James Davis also had an 84 for a two Day total of 175 and Heidel Berg s Mike brain her had an 86 for a176. Both of them would have finished High in championship flight Competition. Humbert s Dan Shepard won second flight laurels with a 179. He went from a first Day score of 97 to an 82, yesterday i was very inconsistent too Many bad tee shots and poor put Ting he said. Today i hit my drives in the Fairway putted much better and generally played a much More consistent game Ramstein s Tom Hamby finished inthe Middle of the first flight standings. But he displayed tremendous improvement Between Friday s first an last nines turning a 58-39 card. I put my Driver Back in the bag after the ninth Hole he said. I was spreading the Ball All Over the course on the front nine and the wind was carrying it int trouble deep trouble. I used the three Wood off the tech on the Back and Kep the Ball in play not always on the Fairway but at least Oul of the Woods where i could hit  television Colkitt football Ohio Suie Lindi Ana 8 to , saturday. Baseball american league championship series game 3 Boston at Oak Luff 1 an. Sunday radio baseball National league championship series game 4 los Angeles anew York mets 5 . Saturday Al championship Serin game 3 Boston a Oakland j �.m. Sunday. College football _ nary it air Force,8 36 p4n. Saturday