European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 25,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Vii corps tops nordic ski meet by Bucky Fox staff writer. Kaltenbrunne West Germany these were Friday s heavyweights in the Usa eur nordic ski championships Vii corps. The gis from Southern Germany did Snow Job on the other major commands. The corps captured four of the five Gold medals in the Cross coun try sprint then swept All five golds in the Long distance race. Stuttgart. This Community did a fort Knox imitation. Three Stuttgart skiers cashed in on sprint Gold and three did it in Long distance. Paul Kerian. This Stuttgart lawyer negotiated the3.4-Kilometer sprint in 11 minutes 6.90 seconds. That not Only gave the 32-year-old Captain the men s seniors title but also bested everyone in the men s open Divi Sion. Jamie Pearce. A tank platoon Leader in Wurzburg Ssu Community of Kitzinger Pearce rolled to the men s open sprint title in 11 08.24. Then he Plowe past everyone in the 14-Kilometer distance race in 51 minutes 25 seconds. Not bad for a second lieutenant who two night before was Reading tank tables in the Field with his 1st in 69th Armor. When Pearce 23, found this Cross country outpost near Garmisch he had t Snow skied much. He had roller skied in the Kitzinger farm Fields to stay former West Point nordic team Captain promptly skated with his skis Over the icy course to the men s Usa eur championships open sprint title. By the afternoon distance event the blazing Sun had softened Kaltenbrunne s Snow. After he flushed through the 14 Kilometres Pearce said i needed water skis. Twas really wet. It tests your endurance because it s so Tough to push against. It was a slow course probably five minutes slower than in Pearce Usa eur Cross country has another men s open Champion from upstate new York. The previous four years were dominated by Randy Sapp who has since rotated from Niernberg. Pearce from Adirondack n.y., lost to Sapp in High school races. No one came close Friday. In the men s open Divi Sion that is. From the men s seniors 30-39 years came son of App As one skier called Kerian. The Stuttgart jag who turns 33 sunday gave himself an Early gift by besting Pearce by nearly two minutes. I can t believe i beat the Guy said Kerian while heat a chocolate bar. He beat me by quite a bit in Vii corps. And i be had no time to Kerian from grand Forks n.d., Learned the crucial skating technique just three years ago. He has won three straight Vii corps titles and two Susareu golds. This time Kerian had familiar company among the winners. Another officer from the 7th Engineer Bri Gade John Morris swept the masters 40 and Over sprint and distance races. The 42-year-old lieutenant colonel won the sprint in13 57.07. He took the distance race which for the masters and women was 10.5 Kilometres in 50 07. Another Stuttgart double Winner was Karen 32-year-old Captain who flies out of the Stuttgart Airfield skidded to titles in both events in the women s seniors 26 and Over division. She clocked 16 18.45 in the sprint and 1 hour 4 minutes 50 seconds in the 10.5-Kilometer race. Stuttgart s other Winner was Colleen Hurd a first lieutenant with the Lith heavy Materiel co. In the sub Community of Bobingen. She won the women open distance race in 1 09 11. No company could match a co 1st in 10th special forces out of bad Tolz. The unit entered five skiers and came out with one Gold Philip Tut Lefour Silver Tuttle Clinton Davis and Daniel Cook twice and two Bronze medals Davis and John Mckenna. Tuttle the 37-year-old company commander from Amarillo Texas won the seniors 14-Kilometer race in 55 31. His unit s secret we work at it. We train at it he said. How hard team Tuttle entered three Marathon nordic events before invading this place. Each race was 42 Kilometres. The Only Gold medal that Vii corps missed Friday came in the women s open sprint. That went to 21st Talcom or specifically Mary Ann Gilgallon of Mannheim. She won in 20 00.50. Her margin was 41 seconds Over Hurd who is from Vii corps naturally. Big from Page 23 from Way out. Harris scored a bucket to Start the Sec Ond half and one More just before foul ing out and wound up with 22 Points. Lester take advantage of har Ris absence and did t make a Basket after intermission. He netted Only two free throws in the second half. Wiesbaden trailed 31-28 when Harris left the game right after his fourth foul but the warriors with Girany scoring seven Points built up its temporary advantage. Blair finished with 13 Points and Thomas garnered 10, eight in the second half. Girany finished with 14 for Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden girls 51, Ramstein 36 Ramstein set a blistering Pace during the first two quarters when it went 8 for-11 and 5-6 from the Field but the royals had to Settle for a 26-26 halftime standoff As Wiesbaden came to life Fol lowing its 18-9 deficit. Christy Mcneil led the resurgence with nine second Quarter Points and Trina Lattany accounted for five of theother seven. Ramstein could t buy a bucket after intermission and the defending Champi on warriors loped to a 38-30 Icard inthe next eight minutes and maintained control the rest of the Way. Keri Holtham who did t contribute Many Points in the Wiesbaden comeback did most of the Balland Ligand setting up the plays for the others As Ramstein keyed on stopping her. Hol Tham had four steals and five feeds Dur ing the drive. When the royals shifted to trying to Stop Mcneil and Lattany Holtham was left open for her shot. She connected on three of four from the floor and All four free throw attempts in the fourth Quarter to wind up with a game High 22 Points. Mcneill and Lattany wound up with 11 apiece. No one on Ramstein scored in Dou ble figures Adina Lyon Topping the cast with eight and Heather Overstake Fol lowing with seven. Both had six Points in the first Quarter. Small from Page 23 is l. Emmett Lewis or. Stuttgart High s Clair Gill holds Ball away from Wiesbaden s Tyrun Mcgriff left while the warriors1 Billy Holtham right also defends in big schools tournament. Sports on the air an television Nesotas 9 ., saturday new Mexico 1 j. Mem to t Kov i �vovi9 s �i�9 a i j 9 j. College basketball Oklahoma at air Force 3 30 . Sunday. Missouri 10 ., saturday notre Dame at Georgia tech 2 ., sunday. An Radi College basketball Indiana at min German television boxing Mike Tyson is. Frank Bruno heavyweight championship bout at Las vegas,nev., 3 20 Aan. Sunday first program. Easy buckets Down Low. In Friday s other girls semifinal accent 33, Brussels 29 the other my would have Bee proud of Brussels freshman my Mal Quida James who performed a sport ing Soliloquy in the fourth Quarter going Solo by scoring 13 of the brigands15 Points As Brussels almost knocked off accent. The 5-1 James who finished with 19points, blocked shots stole passes and drove to the hoop in the fourth she missed much of the first half after being felled by symptoms from the flu. That s when accent took control of the game with balanced scoring from its frontline and a defense that would t Lethe brigands see the Basket. Shape 62, Berlin 51 the spartans gained a sport in the title game behind Andrea Pizzato s 23 Points and 19 from guard Jimmy Parker. Shape led by 20 Early in the second half before spartans coach Mark Wil Liams sent in the reserves. Berlin was led by Renard Owens with18 Points but none of the other bears reached double figures. Munich 64, Brussels 61 Brussels dug itself a Hole in the first half facing a 36-22 halftime deficit. But two three Point shots in the third Quarter one by . Bragg and one by Alex Yarbrough Cut that to , the brigands faltered at the free throw line in the final minutes of the game. Munich was led by Junior Dean with25 Points and Mike Burtt with 19. John Boyd had 24 for the brigands. Frankfurt baseball meet Frankfurt the Frankfurt giants of the German american baseball league will hold an organizational meet ing tuesday at 6 In the Gibbs Ca sern theater. Anyone interested in joining the team or learning More about the meeting should Call Sam Sammons at the Frank Furt sports office 320-8379/5816
