European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 20, 1989 the stars and stripes Werner and father form tight wrestling tag team Toh i a w t m. T a. In a Page 25 by Tom Saunders staff writer Heidelberg West Germany he s 119 pounds of dynamite. Explosive personality. Megatons of Ambi Tion. Wiir Burg s . Werner was the Man touted As being the Best wrestler at the Central european High school wrestling tournament held Friday and saturday at Patton Barracks. He proved without a doubt that he was at elastin the 119-Pound weight class. Werner a Wurzburg High school senior toppled Wiesbaden s Jeff Bradburn in 5 45 to Lay claim to second straight championship. Last year Werner grappled to Gold in the 112-Poundcategory. Werner s wrestling style is awesome. Though in sat urday s final against Bradburn he never really hit the Beasty thrusters never unleashed the Werner style wave of terror. Moves came sluggishly to Werner so sluggish that after the Battle he said i hate these kinds of  hate maybe because he never really got into his game plan which is owning the 9pponent, showing that opposing Force of flesh who s in charge of thin son the mat. Physical dominance. That s the game plan . Father Duane said. When he Steps on the mat he s there for Only one reason to physically dominate his Man said the dad who teaches at the elementary school in Schwein Furt where the werners reside. The father and son sat together for hours saturday just waiting for . S title contest. They idled away time. The dad massages the son s neck Muscles. They share an occasional word. The pair bid Well wishers a Good Day. But mostly the dad and son sit. Together. Some kind of Unity there. Real  sit in silence. Silence is Golden. When Showtime happens they head to their respective places . Takes the mat dad Heads to the Corner where he proves to be a valuable critic analysing the youngsters moves offering the aspiring athlete encouragement and advice. But . More or less knew what to expect fro Bradburn. I wrestled him about four weeks ago and beat him 4-2. But both his Points were penalty Points awarded by the referees for a necessary roughness Werner said a Trace of disdain underlying his words. He handled Bradshaw. Yeah a bit sluggishly. But the Job got done. . S Joy meter was t maxing out on Nis performance but he puts everything into perspective and realizes that pretty or ugly a title is a title. That level headed Ness helps him face the toughest move he has yet to make life after High school. His options Are numerous. What to do. He is currently weighing possibilities of attending either the air Force Academy or naval Academy or steering a path to either Penn state or Northwestern University. He expresses an interest in engineering and adds if i go to either the air Force or naval Academy i a definitely Fly. I be wanted to Fly since i was 10 or 12 years old he said a Short Flash Back in time for the 18-year-old. Probably Fly those top gun inverted g Maneu vers. . Werner was literary nursed on sports since his birth in Pueblo Colo., in november of 1970. Says his father who at the time coached the Pueblo High school wrestling team when . Was an infant every night i d put him on my Lap and read him the sports  when his father took his coaching Craft to the Gar Den City Community College in Kansas 9-year-olda.j. Was up and about with the College boys. He s driven his father said. Back then 1979 87when Garden City was preparing for the nationals . Was up at 6 o clock with the wrestlers then he d be Back for lunch. Then in the evening he d go to High school  is the father afraid when . Hits the Mats is Therea fear no. You can get hit by a car when you walk across a Street he said. ". S in Good shape. He gets up at 5 30 . Running. When you re in shape it reduce the Chance of injury. And he spent eight years around College  has that  but How about off the mat. Is the father worried of his son s future will he make the right move i Tell ., whatever you do be the Best you can it s his decision whether to go to the military academies or Penn state. Wrestling won t earn him a living. It May earn him some National recognition. But wrestling is the end to his Means said the elder Werner who noted that recently people from Osu Oklahoma state univer sity talked to me. Is l. Emmett Lewis or. Duane Werner massages his son s shoulders As they await a s final match in the Central european meet. They re definitely interested in . Osu used to recruit my kids from Garden City. Garden City was nationally ranked for seven  when it comes time to make the Call the elder Werner said hell just pull . Aside and go Over the positive Points to each Avenue. It la be his decision the dad emphasizes. Dad feels confident his son will succeed. He says . S strongest attributes Are his drive and determination. You never see him  the dad scans the gym. . Is talking with a fellow wrestler. The dad grins slightly and says he s what you dream of in a  Stenmark wins his final n. American race Aspen Colo. A Sweden s in comparable Ingemar Stenmark overtook Marc Girardelli with a blistering second run and won a men s world cup giant slalom sunday. Stenmark competing in his final race in North America As he Caps an illustrious career boosted his record world cup Victory total to 86 with the dramatic Triumph. Trailing Girardelli by .21 of a second after the first run Stenmark was .33 of a second faster than the Luxembourg Staron the second run. Stenmark 32, who will retire after races in Japan next month had a total time of 2 minutes 16.40 seconds. Girardelli increasing his Lead in the world cup Overall standings was second in 2 16.52. Lars Boerne Eriksson of Sweden who won saturday s super giant slalom was third in 2 17.67. Tomaz Cizman of Yugoslavia was fourth in 2 18.18, and Switzerland s Martin Hangl took fifth in 2 18.23. Italy s Alberto Tomba 15th after the first run and 1.83 seconds off the Lead rallied to finish sixth at 2 18.27. Tomba and Cizman tied for the second fastest second run at 1 09.37, trailing Only Sten Mark so 09.12. Kyle Wieche of Farmington conn., continuing his Fine late season racing was seventh in 2 18.76. Markus Wasmeier of West Germany placed eighth in 2 18.83, followed by Ole Christian Furuseth of Norway in 2 18.94 and Konrad walk of Austria in 2 19.29. Two of the favourites Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland and austrian Rudolf Nier Lich missed Gates in their first runs. Zur Briggen leads the season world cup giant slalom standings and Nierlich was the Gold medallist in giant slalom and slalom at the recent world championships. About six inches of Snow fell on Aspen Early sunday. That snowfall along with mild temperatures created a soft track that quickly became rutted and penalized skiers with late Start numbers. But it did t seem to bother Stenmark skiing 14th in the second heat. With a controlled run that summoned up Mem ories of his glory Days of the late 1970s and Early 1980s, he beat the Best skier on the world cup circuit this season. Girardelli skiing 15th, managed Only a 1 09.45 on his second run. My legs Are getting too old for ski racing Stenmark said adding that he Felt great about his impending retire ment. Herman Nogler Stenmark s longtime Trainer said it s his last race in North America and he wanted to finish up Well so it was a special race for  Piquet injured in foil via Reggio Italy a brazilian formula one Auto racer Nelson Piquet was hospitalized sunday after he fell and fractured a rib aboard a yacht. Piquet a three time world formula one Champion skidded and fell on the deck of his new yacht which is anchored in this port. It s a bad fracture. Doctors Are keeping it under control because they fear that his lungs May be affected said Piquet s agent Adriano Osta. His condition is not serious  Costa said the fracture could jeopardize Piquet s participation in the opening 1989 race the grand prix of Brazil on March 26. Figini triumphs again in Canada Lake Louise Alberta a Michela Figini won her third straight world cup downhill championship sunday completing a weekend sweep of the husky double downhill. Figini 22, beat off the Challenge of Swiss teammate Maria Walliser for the second straight Day and for the fifth time in seven downhill races. Figini finished in 1 minute 41.58 seconds Walliser in 1 41.82 and Michaela Gerg of West Germany in 1 42.44. That was the same order As in saturday s downhill. Skiing fourth sunday Figini blazed Down the 2,721 metre course in a time that Only Walliser could come close to Matching. Walliser who won the downhill at the world championships had the fastest time through the second interval but lost time on the lower Flats. Maria was great through the technical area and i made the difference in the Bottom again like yester Day Figini said. Good skis  Karen Percy of Canada and Chantal Bou Nissen of Switzerland tied for fourth in 1 42.77. Michelle Mckendry who had been Canada s Best racer during the training runs lost a ski partway through the mid race technical turns and ended up inthe safety nets. I m not disappointed i m Hurt she said before being taken to Calgary for a rays and further Examina Tion. The initial medical report was a bruised hip right  and left knee