European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 23,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 prep Pickin s they re dodos biggest Cage meets the biggest basketball tournaments ind Odds history Are unfolding this week at Mann Heim where 13 boys teams and 13 girls teams Are vying for the big schools championships. Sixteen different schools have competed at the same site at the same time before under a Dodds tournament format but they were competing on two separate division Levels for championships not everyone scrambling for the one available class title. The Field is so big that an extra Day had to beaded to acco update All the Germany aaa and a teams for the single elimination tournament. Com petition got underway wednesday with five boys and five girls games. Champions will be determined late saturday afternoon at the Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena. Mannheim which won the a championship while posting a 12-0 All games record has been top seeded in the boys Section. Germany aaa Champi on Heidelberg and a Champion Mannheim both owning perfect slates have been seeded one two inthe girls Section. Stuttgart and Wiesbaden Are the respective defending champions. The Germany Bennor Small schools championships also take place this weekend. The Field is comprised of the top four boys and girls teams fro last week s two regional. The Home standing shape spartans who finished second the last two years have been rated no. 1 in the boys division with Munich no. 2. Munich Drew the top rating Over Brussels in the girls Competition. New Small schools champions Are assured be cause both Giessen and Fulda which posted perfect records last year failed to survive last week s respective boys and girls regional Competition last week end. The Small schools tournament was scheduled As single elimination tournament too. But tournament director Norman Bossett said head been Given official approval to play extra Consolation games As Long As there was no Cost to  he said that the shape people had raised enough outside Money to cover the Cost of the officials and other expenses to allow the staging of the Consolation program for thursday s losers Friday morning so those teams would t have to make the trip All the Way up Here for Only one  what a travesty if Dodds is going to run a tournament it should run the tournament it prescribes not an Alley top do what you want sideshow that some individuals might desire. This year in order to allow All the teams to have the Opportunity of playing at least on postseason game the Germany Bennor officials opted for the single elimination format. If the shape people Are going to be allowed to play extra games the first round losers at Mannheim should be accorded the same privilege. There really in t any reason to set up a tournament format if it is not going to be used. Prognostication was t too bad on the Small schools basketball and Central european wrestling fronts. I picked the boys and girls champions in both the Northern and Southern regional. Inthe North i had shape beating osterholz for the title and Hahn beating Brussels for third place in the boys action. Brussels spoiled the bid for perfection with a one Point Victory Over osterholz in the semifinals. I was perfect in the girls picks Brussels Over Giessen for the title accent Over Hahn for third. In the South i had both championship games a they turned out Munich s boys Over Berlin Munich s girls Over Baum older. I picked Augsburg Totake third place in both divisions the boys did edging Ansbach by a Point but the girls lost to Vilseck. On the mat which was much harder selecting be cause it involved individuals i d give myself a very Good Grade. I scored three Perfecto Wiir Burg s . Werner Over Wiesbaden s Jeff Bradburn at 119, Brussels Kevin Adams Over Wei Brincken s James Jeunelot at135 and Heidelberg s Billy Mittenzwey Over Patch s Derek Padden at 140. At 112 and 152, where Heidel Berg s David Halpin beat Stuttgart s Ryan Russell and Pitburg s tyke mix topped Niernberg s Gary Godbee respectively i had the right finalists wrong winners. I also had Heidelberg s Jason Savage 125ber Lin s Tony Alston 171 and Vilseck s Shawn hop Kins 189 winning titles but i missed tabbing their opponents. Only at 103 did i fail to get at least one finalist. This week i look for Wiesbaden to nudge Ramstein and Mannheim to beat Wei Brincken in the big schools semifinals and the warriors to nip the Bison for the boys title following Ramstein s third place Victory. In girls play Heidelberg topples Patch and Wiesbaden nips Mannheim in the semis with Heidelberg finishing the Campaign undefeated and Mannheim taking third. On the Small schools scene it will be shape Over Munich for the boys Crown and and Brussels Over osterholz for third place. It also will be Munich Over Brussels for the girls title and accent Over Giessen for third. Aviano coasted to the Italy big schools boys championship As expected the saints rolling to a 102-44 Victory Over overseas school of Rome in the championship game. Earlier they whipped Naples 97-76 in the five team double elimination tournament. Keith Crawford won map recognition As the saints stretched their winning Streak to 29. The Vicenza girls spoiled a possible Aviano sweep by beating the saints 36-23 in the championship game As the Schmidt twins map Heather and Al Ison combined for 24 Points to outcome the Aviano team. Heather had 16 Points. In Small schools Competition As Italy split int two tournaments for the first time Ever it was All Milan. The boys Defeated Livorno 55-50 and the girls conquered Simonella 48-30. Matt Passalacqua and Diana Aliotti won boys and girls map recognition respectively. Crawford and teammate John Elk Are the boys players of the week and the girls honors go to Munich s Laurie Malone. Crawford and Elk had Al most identical figures in the saints championship game rout Crawford had 24 Points to Elk s 22, and they both had 16 boards 11 assists and six steals. Inthe opening win Over Naples Crawford scored 23 Points and Elk had 16, along with 12 boards and six assists. Malone wrapped up a map winning tournament performance with 26 Points and 18 rebounds in the hard earned 45-41 Triumph Over Baum older in the title game. She had scored 16 Points and grabbed nine rebounds in Munich s semifinal win Over Vil Seck after opening with a 17-Point game against ans Bach. Wrestling at London High school has been strictly a team venture this year. The coaches Are Jonathon Gollogly and Larry ill. They also wrestle on the team Gollogly at 140, Dill at 119. Player coaches Are common in the lower professional leagues but they Are extremely rare on the High school front. When the word got out last fall that London might have to drop wrestling because no one was interested in the coaching position the members of the team agreed among themselves that there would be team and they would help each other. Interest in the team flared and a record turnout was achieved. Because Gollogly had had considerable High school wrestling experience and British freestyle tournament Competition he was chosen Leader of the pack and Dill agreed to assist him. They have been working very hard with other returning members to teach the newcomers the basics arid to improve the other members skills. Under Dodds regulations if a school does thave a coach it must have a faculty sponsor and someone else can handle the coaching. The boys went to the top for their sponsorship principal Ken Jones and vice principal Karla Stark were so impressed with the boys attitude and desire that they agreed to sponsor the team. Marine Rich Lepley stationed in London has de voted some time to helping the team. However his work schedule has had him on the Road much of the time and has t been Able to be available As much As he liked. And Jim Watson team manager of . Olympic wrestling squad has stopped by a couple of times to offer some advice. So the two members of the wrestling squad have inherited most of the coaching responsibility. Devot ing so much time helping the rest of the team develop their skills have Cut somewhat into their own individual practice programs but they feel the team comes first and have been willing to make the Nec Essary sacrifice to help improve it. And How has the team fared not too badly at  posted a 5-4-1 season record and has Hopes of scoring a few wins in this week s .  at Lakenheath where the Host lancers and Croughton rate As the top teams. The London team certainly has displayed a great Deal of teamwork and its can do philosophy has been electrifying for the rest of the student body. It is really Good to see that kind of desire an teamwork. Gollogly and Dill Are to be congratulated for their Fine leadership. The team should be lauded too for sticking in there when it could have been so easy to say of Well what s the use and forgotten about wrestling. The stars and stripes 13th-seeded a town girls Bounce Patch 37-36 by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Mannheim West Germany blowouts usually Are the Norm in the first Day of basketball tournaments. But the big Blowout in the first Day s action in the big schools basketball tournament Here wednesday came when Kaiserslautern which won its last regular season game to avoid a Complete Blank shunted highly favored Patch to the sidelines in the single Elimina Tion tournament with a 37-36 shocker. We re on a Roll now red Raider coach Jim Durando quipped following the game. We be won two in a Row. I told the girls before the game that we came inhere seeded 13th and the Only Way we could go was up. And they went out and played their hearts out and won the  the beginning of the game was ragged with both big schools tourney teams turning the Ball Over time after time. Kaiserslautern held a 6-5 advantage at the end of the first Quarter and padded its margin by five More Points in the next eight minutes taking a 21-15 Lead into the halftime Chal talk. We got the Lead up to 10 Points Midway through the third period but they began Chipping away at it and in the end we were holding on for dear life Durando said. Rebecca Cunningham almost pulled the game out for the panthers by scoring 10 of her game High 14 Points including eight straight free throws in the fourth period. Cunningham missed her last shot with 12 seconds remaining however and muffle Logan Goethe rebound for the raiders who ran out the clock. Krissy Gleason paced the Victory with 13  added 10 Points to the winning Effort and the game saving rebound was her 1 oth of the Day. Dawn Herrick dominated the boards with 13 rebounds and Betty Tarter turned in a solid Ball hawking defensive game for the raiders. Susan Healy kept Patch close in the second Quarter when she scored eight of the panthers 12 Points. Healy finished the game with 12 Points. Wednesday s earlier games followed the Blowout form. Frankfurt mauled Hanau 50-32 and Ramstein smothered Pitburg 45-15 in girls action and Wurzburg hammered Nurnberg 65-37 and Stuttgart overwhelmed Kaiserslautern 86-61. The third boys game was a Blowout until the fourth Quarter when Hanau scored 23 Points to reduce a 13 Point deficit to five Points before running out of steaming a 65-60 loss to we Brucken. Two More boys and girls games were scheduled late wednesday evening in the biggest basketball Tournai seek town on next Page