European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lions capture fourth straight prep mat title sunday february 19, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 by Tom Saunders staff writer Heidelberg West Germany the House was jamming. And for an obvious reason Heidel Berg was Rockin and Rollin to a fourth straight team title in the Central euro Pean High school wrestling championships saturday. Pandemonium erupted As Hometown or Brad Hogan ruggedly battled Back from a 6-2 deficit throwing Baumholzer s Denan Leake to the mat for a take Down then a three Point near fall with 13 left in the 160-Pound final to win 7-6. See Page 24 for Complete results. And so it went for the Heidelberg mat men. The Lions took golds in five of their six title matches to establish dominance in the championships and claim a fourth straight Central european title. The tourney featured wrestlers in 13weight classes. The six finalists gave Heidelberg tourney High placement of title contend ers while five schools each had two wrestlers vying for Gold. One of those was accent which took the Small schools title for a third straight year. Heidelberg s quest to be Best began with a Rocky Balboa style comeback in the first title match. Mizzi Cortese opened the Gates to the Early Heidelberg Gold Rush by battling Back from a 9-1 first period deficit Enro Ute to a 12-11 win Over Frankfurt s Carlos Cali in the 103-Pound class. I just had to Hook his head and Armand bring him Back said Cortese of his elusive opponent. Cortese scored a three Point near fall with 02 left in the match to pull out the Victory. David Halpin gave the untouchables from Heidelberg a Gold in the 112 category by Deci Sioning Ryan Russell of Stuttgart 10-4. Central european meet Halpin took a narrow 5-4 Lead into the third round. He hit a two Point reversal then tilted Russell for three Points an the 10-4 win. The nickname the untouchables is the product of Heidelberg coach Phil Godbolt who earlier in the Day sense team glory. We Don t even have to have anyone wrestle and we would still have the team Lead he said during qualifying matches. Probably the most untouchable of Heidelberg madmen was Jason Savage the 1987 98-Pound Champion who nailed accent s Mike Harston to the mat at 2 49 in the 125 match. His coach told him to wrestle defensively and i knew he d walk into some thing Savage said of Harston s mat strategy. What Harston walked into was a vicious Headlock. People know i m Gonna use it Sav age grinned partly because teammates started chanting his nickname Ham Mer. Savage who turns 18 Friday wrestle Bradburn earlier in the season and pinned him. He wrestles hard Savage said. The other Heidelberg title was brought Home by Billy Mittenzwey who out lasted Patch s Derek Padden 4-1 for Agold in the 140-Pound class. Last year Mittenzwey took the Silver in the weight. Heidelberg s Lone setback came in the189-Pound contest when Vilseck s Shawn Hopkins put Ethan Topping to the mat at 2 26. The Only returning Champion  of Wurzburg successfully claimed another title. Werner won the 112 title in 1988 an this year took the 119 title by easing past a spidery Jeff Bradshaw of Wiesbaden. Bradshaw took a 2-0 Lead on a takes a l. Emmett Lewis or. Heidelberg High s Mizzi Cortese rear goes for an  lock and head lock against Frankfurt s Carlos Cali in 103-Pound final. Cortese rallied to win the match 12-11. Down in the first period. But Werner countered with a reversal to knot the score at 2-2. Werner took Over in the second period after choosing Down in the referee s position. I knew when it was my Choice to makeup or Down in the second period that i had him. I new i d get some Points be cause no one can control me said Werner. Augsburg s Steve Melito topped Stutt Gart s de Galang 8-5 in the 130-Pound contest while Brussel s Kevin Adams de Visioned Wei Brincken s James jeunelot5-0 in the 135 class. Niernberg s Tony la none slapped Dexter Harper of Ramstein to the mat at 5 25 for the 145 title. Another Niernberg wrestler Gary Godbee succumbed to Pitburg s tyke mix in the 152 final Nix winning 5-0. Berlin s Tony Alston won the 171 Bertwith an 8-3 decision against Wurzburg s Shawn Harris. In the heavyweight showdown ale Franco of Wiesbaden brought of cent s Dale Snyder to the mat at 5 59. Trail blazers fire Schuler Portland Ore. A the Portland trailblazers fired embattled coach Mike Schuler sat urday and replaced him on an interim basis wit assistant Rick Adelman. Schuler 48, was named Aba coach of the Yearin his first season in Portland in 1986-87, when the blazers had a 49-33 record and finished second in the Pacific division. The team was 53-29 last season making Schul Ronly the ninth coach in Aba history to win 100 games in his first two seasons. But the blazers stumbled in the first round of the playoffs both seasons losing to Houston in 1987 and Utah in 1988.this season Portland is struggling with a 25-22 record fifth in the Pacific division and seven games behind the first place los Angeles lakers. Adelman 42, joined Jack Ramsay s staff at port land in 1983 and was retained by Schuler when he replaced the fired Ramsay in May 1986. Adelman played for the blazers and four other Aba  were reports that the players were dissatisfied with Schuler s intense no nonsense style and of prob lems with the coach and the team s Star player Clyde Drexler. Before joining the blazers Schuler was an assist ant to Don Nelson with the Milwaukee Bucks an to Larry Brown with the new Jersey nets. He also was head coach at Rice. The move was the first major action by Paula Len since he bought the Trail blazers from Larry Weinberg last year. We feel that Rick Adelman has earned the Opportunity to step in As head coach Allen said in a statement. I m confident that these changes in the coaching staff will translate into positives for the team. Mike Schuler is a Fine person and i wish him  Schuler s problems with the players did not Only involve Drexler. Forward Kiki Vandeweghe dissatisfied with his backup role to starter Jerome Kersey had asked to be traded. Vandeweghe was in los Angeles and no playing pending outcome of Trade talks. The Trad ing deadline is feb. 23. Kersey also had said that he or Vandeweghe had to be traded for the team s problems to be resolved. Forward Center Steve Johnson who volunteered to come off the Bench As a Reserve before the season started now says that was a mistake and has asked for More playing time. Drexler meanwhile has been a staunch defender of Vandeweghe and has criticized the blazers handling of the situation. Sweden s Eriksson wins Aspen super a Aspen Colo. A Sweden s Lars Boerne Eriks son captured his first world cup Victory saturday edging West Germany s Markus Wasmeier by three hundredths of a second in a men s world cup super giant slalom. Eriksson 22, whose Best previous world cup Finis was a sixth in a downhill last season flew Down an icy course in 1 minute 17.98 seconds. It was the first Victor for a swedish skier in a world cup Speed race. Wasmeier the 1986 world cup super a Champion finished in 1 18.01. Helmut Mayer of Austria was third in 1 18.29. Luxembourg s Marc Girardelli the world cup Overall Leader who won the season downhill title on Fri Day placed fourth in 1 18.56. Olympic super a Champion Franck Piccard of France was fifth in 1 18.61. Swiss Star Pirmin Zurbriggen who leads this year super a standings was sixth in 1 18.66, and teammate Martin Hangl Gold medallist in super a at the recent world championships finished seventh in 1 18.78. Television Auto racing Daytona 500,6 .  basketball North Carolina at Maryland or Michigan at Indiana delayed2 .  College basketball Michigan at Indiana 8 .sunday Temple at Nevada Las vegas 10 . Sunday