European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March a 1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 Aconbury All the Days dwindle Down to a precious few. Thai s just a Way of saving that the Dodds win Ter sports season is on its last legs. The , basketball tournament and Spain s Cage and wrestling championships Are this week and the curtain rings Down on the whole show next week when the Turkey Cage and mat tournaments unfold. Alconbury and american school of London the defending boys and Girts champions respectively sailed through their i9s8-s9 campaigns with 12-0 league records to earn the lop seeds and first Day dyes m the . Tournament which takes place Atassi Edudd s Asl girls in fact Are working on it fending their Dodds record. The dozen victories this year stretched their winning skein to 73 games thai include live straight league championships and Lour straight tournament titles. The Way they dominated the opposition this year and the Home court advantage for the Louincy does t make the end of the Slang very Likely this week. The Alconbury boys have been making the dragon lady that s he name principal Kay Gar yes has Given herself because the school s nickname is the dragons very Happy the past two years. They take a 20-Garoe winning Streak into the tournament and have won 30 of their last 31 games. The defend my Champion Rota girls team also lakes a perfect record into the Spain tournament at Zaragoza. Torr Jon and Zaragoza shared the boy championship while Rota went win less. The Spain wrestling championships arc scheduled Al  com Elilion in turks basketball and or ceiling winds up saturday when in Ciurlik invades a Mir. The Turkey tournament begin . After next week Only the selection of the Slars and stripes All Europe basketball cams will remain on the Winter sports Agenda coaches whose teams have completed i hair basketball campaigns should be submitting their Nomi nations shortly. 1 know Ihal the deadline in t until March 18. But if you i the chore out of the Way now you Aren t Apt to forget about it and let the deadline slip past and possibly so your player players a position on the team. 1 already have Recci cd one nomination and i spoke to several of the coaches about some of the outstanding performers they have on their teams and . I some of the outstanding players on other teams they have seen this year during last we Csc s bit school tournament. But an athlete Musl he nominated by his her coach to be eligible for All Europe consideration. All nominations should include Complete statistics and Shead shot of a picture already has t been sent to us. The civilian address is sports dcpl., Stan and slopes Posl Fach 14-1137. D6100 Darmstadt  Germany. The Apo address is sports Cpl stars and stripes Apo 09211.  lived up to its reputation for running a class basketball tournament again last week when it hosted the big schools meet for in fourth consecutive year. From the opening ceremonies wednesday of. I croon when Al the teams marched Inlo the gymnasium m big tournament style through the cheer leading and Drill teams Competition to the final awards presentation everything was strictly the tops. The Frankfurt boys and Heidelberg girls prevailed both defeating defending champions Frank Furt conquered Stuttgart 72-58 Heidelberg Nippe Wiesbaden 4s-47. For Frankfurt which finished with a 10-4 league record and then knocked off top seeded undefeated Mannheim in the semifinals the championship was the seventh tying the eagles with Heidelberg for the most championships. However Frankfurt s win Waits first in 27 years. Heidelberg took its third title in the last four. Speaking of the tournament the names of two players we Brucken s James it Knight and Kam Stcin 3 Heather Over Slack. Were omitted from the All tournament list in sunday s Story. They car lain by earned their accolades. Cohort Tim Boivin who covered the Small schools tournament reported that the shape peo ple also ran an excellent tournament As has been in tradition there too. The accent girls and Shai e boys  and Brussels split their regular season so Ries Way Back in the first week of december and the Brussels Girts took won a semifinal game two weeks ago in the Northern regional but the Lions a on the big semifinal confrontation his week Topping Brus Sels 33-29, and went on to beat Vii Eck for the title. The shape boys rumbled past Munich in the title game to end a two year spell of finishing second in the tournament As Giessen was winning three straight titles in route 10 a 42-game winning string. Those two losses terminated shape bids for perfect Dodds campaigns. This year he spartans dropped two non league games to Mannheim before running up 18 straight wins that included the Confer ence Northern regional and Small schools i Adams. Just a reminder to Dodds athlete inter ested in trying out for the Albert Schweitzer Gasket Ball tournament March 25-april 2 in Mannheim that those in yours have been advanced live Wechta and will be held saturday. The trials which will determine two Dodds slots on the 12-Man United Stales Cam. Will he held from 10 . To 4 . At the Sullivan Barracks gymnasium. The Point of Contact is Dodds Germany ath Letic coordinator torn lab lancet ets 339-309b. Doris Scott director of Public affairs for the Mannheim military Community Ann muits a change in the original Rosier of stateside player coming la Mannheim for the tournament Allen Houston of Louisville has been. Rep lamp by Doug Elliott Oka Leish no Elliott it 6-7 and has mined a letter Ofin Telfor the University of Miami. To. Scot also informs dim ski Aquille o Neal inc for Mer Fulda luminary As a Sophomore turned Down the invitation to come Back to a Mitny for  both he and his pm reels thought it would necessitate missing too much Sci Hal. The 6-11 it o Neal finished regular season Rompc lotion Al Cole High school in san Antomo Wajih a 29.9-Poinlvccr-eame average tin a 71 percent j6ifor 30v Field goal Percy Niagu. He Alto jul raged 21.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists per Outing while pulling Down mostly a s and b s in the classroom according to a Story in the san Antonio Light by staff reporter Patrick Ben n last week. It would have been Nice to Hue o Neal Conn Back for the tournament but we car lamp can t fault him for putting his studies ahead of the game. Tit Suft ind strip � Torrejon pair captures slalom by Lucky Fox staff Riter Garmisch. West Germany that Marathon trip from Spain was Worth it i far All. Sure it took Torr ton s skiers 20hours to drive hire. Hut Only a few min ims to strike Gold in the Safe ski championships. Mike half any gave his Spain base Agold in the men s open by skiing to need in Sookim in i minute 21.67seconds, Mark Lindstrom who like Balfan flies the f-16 out of Torrejon won inc pics seniors 3q-.1h cars  title in rep. 13. Throw in Lindstro Noti s giant slalom Gold from tuesday and Torrio amassed a i Ripe Crown in this two Day Safe meet. How did Balaam wet to this care Sii domination by a Mediterranean base this is for Otis. Otis is Happy. The spirit of Olis got me through this he said with a Smirk and who might Otis be according to Balfany s a stuffed goal used As a Mas cot for his 6l3lhtac fighter so. With Al due respect to Otis a couple of other factors helped Balfanz to his championship. A  to Span Dahlem a dashing duo  Durtschi Skinner who won tuesday s of did on his first run when he nearly tripped air Force skin Over a Gale on the Way to a 41.44. Sincere was out of the race he Foreman the second run and clocked .40,42, a faster time than either of Balfany s runs. Durtschi would the Given Balf Aii a tougher time. The Span Dahlem Pilot flew Down the first run in 39.12. Hut did by missing a late Gale. He Foreman the second run which was also had 41gales, in 37.29. That was ridiculous said Dumchis re Ferring to inc third from Las Gate that do nearly 20 skiers. You Don t place two courses so close to each  he said the confusion came from the Tricky Gate stand ing in the same place for both runs. Said Skinner they should be pulled the last 10 pics of the second run to make it less  somehow Bai Tny saw that Gate. Nol bad for this former air Force Academy skier from bums Villa. Minn., Vino before this week had t raced in four years. Lindstrom in his third year of racing admitted lit half to late two three looks to survive the Tricky Gate. Dicker Krause of Oberammergau saw the Gate just in Lime. After passing it he climbed Over it to finish the first run on the Way to a Bron medal in the masters 40 and Oer. I this course is excellent Krause said of the special slalom so named because ii did t meet Isact International ski federation rules. I s inc Normal confusion. People Goi psyched out. You can t blame Bernhard Bruckdorfer the afr Crace director for this one. It s the racers responsibility to know where the Gates Are. My problem was 1 did i pay Atin Kon la where i was  ahead of Krause were Gold medallist Graham Smith of Wei Brucknak Raul Karjalainen of upper Scyford. Smith s 1 24.35 won the masters b More Ihan it seconds Over Karjalainen. The Victory gave Smith a sweep of Flocs Alpine events. Ii also gave the 41 year Owma or Heller time Over seniors Champ Lindstrom and nearly beat Flat any s Lime. I was going after Ballany Smith said of the 26-yc3r-Oid open Champ. "the1young kid s Goi too Many years on me.  title for me is great but this is ridiculous. I m the to percent kid. 1 can we one but not two. It was a great course but it s always a Good course when you  loves the slalom because of his wild style. The women s open contenders Judy Wank of Brumert Iavan and Ellen Berggrun of Bor Chocs fell otherwise. We both dislike the slalom Sai Champion Wanke you can Uip up Tou easy Wank who tripped in the Usa eur Slat porn ast Wick stayed on her skis for a1 41.34 this Limo. That Teal Here Gran s 1 43,93 clocking said Wanke i had Usa eur to Delall my chokes out of the Way i coach Dennis Erickson Miami reportedly interviews Erickson Coral Gables a. A Hurri canes assistant coach Gary Stevens faces at least one challenger in his bid to Suc coed Jimmy Johnson As head coach Althe  Miami. Washington slate coach Dennis Erick son was  tuesday for the Job several Miami television stations reported. The visit with athletic director Sam Jancovich reportedly lasted ii hours Erickson 41, has a career record of 50-3 us. He is a pass oriented coach an knows Jankovich Well