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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday february 28,1989 Ai /�?ny5 a 1f Clit v " of of \ a " ,. I with super a win Whistler British Columbia a Marc Girardelli became the first per son to win All four skiing disciplines inthe same season sunday when he won the final world cup men s super giant slalom. Girardelli who was born in Austria and skis for Luxembourg swept Down the 39-Gate Whistler Mountain course in 1 minute 39.84 seconds. Lars Boer Eriksson of Sweden was second and Pir min Zurbriggen of Switzerland was third. The Stocky Girardelli who has clinched the world cup Overall title wit four technical events remaining in Japan earlier won three downhills two giant slalom and a slalom. The super giant slalom was added to the world cup circuit in 1982. So far it was my Best year Girardelli said. I Hope i can hold this form As Long As  Canadian Rob Boyd who won sat urday s downhill finished 40th in the super a at 1 43.73. The top american was Jeff Olson who finished 30th in 1 42.72. It s not the easiest thing in the world to be skiing today Boyd said. You use up so much of your psyche and Energy i guess. It s hard to get Back up again for the next  Girardelli a free spirit who is coached by his father said he had a rough ride on a course that was rutted by the time restarted As the fifth skier out of the Gate. I knew this course is difficult to ski because three years ago i crashed in the Middle part and i knew what kind of difficulty this course has. I remembered that and i made the difficult sections very Well said Girardelli 25. Eriksson who won in Aspen colo., week ago finished nearly half a second behind Girardelli in 1 40.29. Zurbriggen was third in 1 40.59, Markus Wasmeier of West Germany fourth in 1 40.63 and Luc Al hand of France fifth in 1 40.93. Zurbriggen s 15 third place Point were enough to give him the super giant title for the second consecutive season. He finished the four race series with 62points, 11 ahead of Eriksson. Girardelli was fifth with 46 Points. The course was broken and i had to attack said Zurbriggen who started 14th. I come in a Little Hole and my ski goes away from the  but in the super a it s a very difficult discipline. You have to risk some thing. One time you lose one time  Marc Girardelli speeds toward the finish line and a Victory in super giant slalom. A from Page 21 Syracuse topped Kentucky 89-73 no. 10 Illinois ripped Ohio state 94-71 Temple beat no. 11 West Virginia 74-56, no. 14 Iowa ran past Purdue 84-67,and Virginia upset no. 17 North Carolina state 76-75. No. 6 Syracuse 89, Kentucky 73 Stephen Thompson scored 13 of his 27 Points in second half surge that carried Syracuse past Ken Tucky in a nationally televised game. Syracuse wiped out a three Point half Irne deficit outscoring Kentucky 26-15 during a nine minute Span Midway through the second period than shuttle door on the wildcats with a 15-4 burst to finish the game. Syracuse improved to 23-5 and won against Ken Tucky 12-17, for the first time in six tries. The wildcats who built a 10-Point advantage inthe first half were led by Junior guard Derrick Miller s 21 Points. Derrick Coleman and Billy Owens each had 15 Points for Syracuse As senior guard Sherman Douglas was registering 14 assists. Douglas moved into Sec Ond place on the Mcaa s All time assist list just eight behind former northeastern guard Andre Lafleur who is first with 894. No. 10 Illinois 94, Ohio state 71 Nick Anderson scored a career High 35 Points an Illinois pulled away on 73 percent Field goal shooting in the second half. Illinois moved to 23-4 Overall and 10-4 in the con Ference remaining three games behind league leading Indiana with four games left. Ohio state which lost its fourth straight conference game is 17-10 and 6-8. Temple 74, no. 11 West Virginia 56 freshman Mik Kilgore made seven 3-pointers in scoring 33 Points As Temple snapped the nation s Long est winning Streak at 22 games. The defeat was West Virginia s first since losing to Bradley 70-68 on dec. 3 and it ruined the mountaineers bid for a perfect Atlantic 10 season. Temple which has won 25 straight games at Mcgonigle Hall upped its record to 16-10 and 14-3 in the conference. West Virginia fell to 23-3 and 16-1. The mountaineers were led by Herbie Brooks with 24points. No. 14 Iowa 84, Purdue 67 Roy Marble scored 22 Points and . Armstrong added 15 while becoming Iowa s All time assist Leader As the Hawk eyes Defeated Purdue for their fourth straight big ten Victory. The Hawk eyes improved to 21-6 Overall and 9-5 inthe league. De Horton and Matt Bullard added 12 Points each for Iowa and Ray Thompson 11. Stephe Scheffler topped Purdue 12-16 and 5-10, with 16 Points. Armstrong had seven assists to give him 486 for his career. He broke Ronnie Lester s school record of 480. Virginia 76, no. 17 North Carolina state 75 Bryant Stith scored 29 Points including two free throws with 90 seconds left to lift Virginia past Nort Carolina state. Virginia 16-9 and 7-5 in the Atlantic coast Confer ence kept the Wolf pack from moving Back into a first place tie with North Carolina. State fell one full Gam Eback at 8-4,18-7 Overall. Morgan had 18 Points and Brent Dabbs scored 12for Virginia. Brown scored 23 Points to Lead the Wolf pack which has lost its last two games. Monroe had 22. Court rules out key claim in suit against Boggs Santa Ana Calif. A an appeals court has thrown out a key portion of a $12 million Law suit against Boston red sox slugger Wade Boggs ruling his former mistress cannot sue him for emotional distress Boggs attorney said sunday. The 4th District court of appeals ruling Means Margo Adams cannot seek the $11.5 Mil lion for pain her attorney claimed Boggs cause her by allegedly accusing her of extortion in an Fri interview said attorney Jennifer King. The appeals court left intact the portion of the lawsuit in which Adams asks $500,000 for loss of income and expense reimbursement she says Boggs 30, promised her but never delivered inthe four years she travelled with him on Road trips King said. We Are extremely Happy with this decision King said. The part of the lawsuit they had hoped Roget the most amount of Money for is now  the suit claims that Boggs who is married and Adams essentially lived together during the red sox Road trips and that by breaking off the affair Boggs broke an Oral contract that called for her to provide companionship. King has argued that if such a contract existed i necessarily would have included sex. A contract for sex is illegal invalidating any claim by any party touch a contract King has argued. Arizona reclaims no. 1 after 2-week hiatus by Jimo Connellan basketball writer Arizona returned to the top of the col lege basketball poll monday replacing the team which took Over As no. 1 forthe wildcats two weeks ago. Oklahoma dropped from first to fourth following a 97-84 loss at Missouri on saturday. The wildcats almost assured them selves of the top spot with a Gritty 77-75 Victory Over Duke on sunday. Georgetown and Indiana each moved up one spot to second and third respectively As the same teams stayed in the top 20 with Only the order changing. Arizona 22-3, received 54 first place votes and 1,305 Points from the nation wide panel to outdistanced the hoyas 22 3, who received five first place votes and1,219 Points. Indiana 23-5, also received five first place votes and the hoosiers had 1,122points. The no. 4 sooner 24-4, had one no.1 vote and 1,083 Points. North Carolina Syracuse and Missouri held the fifth sixth and seventh spots respectively. The tar heels 24-5, had 1,052 Points while the orangemen 23-5, had the final first place vote and 990 Points 49 More than Missouri 23-6. Illinois 23-4, jumped from 10th to eighth with 846 Points. Duke 21-4,stayed ninth with 825 Points. Michigan 21-6, rounded out the top 10 with 676 Points As the Wolverine jumped from 13th last week. The wolverines were followed by Iowa Seton Hall Stanford Louisville West Virginia Florida state St. Mary s,Calif., Nevada Las vegas Ball state and North Carolina state  
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