European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 18, 1989 the stars and stripes Rhein main rushes to Victory Over Hahn a football by Bucky Fox staff writer Rhein main a West Germany Here s the punch line Rhein main running the football for 204 joke. The rockets actually rushed for More Yards than they passed while beating the Hahn Hawks 13-9 tackle fullback Greg Booker said of his path toward 110 Yards in 21 carries. The guard and tackle created big holes. I Haven t seen holes like that in no you Haven t. Rhein main averaged 96 ground Yards per game in its 11 -0 Safe title season of 1988. Halfway through this season the rockets stayed in the air while Rushing for just 65 Yards per Outing. Then came game 6 sunday. When Booker was t busting Loose tailback Jason Thomas was darting for 60 Yards in 17 carries. That opened the skies for Rhein main s bombing missions namely Tony Smith s 37-Yard touchdown pass to Premiss Spivey and 40-Yardcr to John Abbott. Those air raids gave the rockets a 13-0 Lead in the third Quarter and they Reid on to boost their record to 4-2, tie with Spang Dahlum atop the Continental sports Confer ence s i act division. Hahn fell to 3-3. Two games behind Simbach and rams Cin in the Rhein division. It s a title seeking feeling that rocket linebacker Jay Gregson shared when he said now we control our own density maybe Gregson wanted a by fed up attack after his rockets were starved 40-17 the previous sunday at rams Cin. It s hard to pick yourself up said Gregson who hit Hahn for a game High 10 tackles. On the bus Back from Ramstein we talked about the loss and adjusted our game based on our mistakes Rhein main not Only changed offensive philosophy but also players. Smith moved Back to starting Quarter Back. Rather than Bench Tor Hill last year s first team Aii Csc quarterback shifted to free safety. That shoved Bobby Tindal up to defensive end and cornerback. The defense responded by holding Hahn to 1.8 Yards per Rush 59 Yards passing and seven first Downs. But that s old news Rhein main led the league in defense last year. The new Deal was Booker and Thomas Riding rough want to be less dependent on the pass said rocket coach Warren Stanley. Booker is a 100-Yard runner. With 10 carries he can t do that. 1 wanted to change our philosophy a Little bit make the r in rockets stand for run. I m tired of people saying we can t Stanlcy wanted to run the Ball 50 times. He got that exactly. The offence amassed 18 first Downs and kept Rhein main s defense fresh. The rockets fresh defenders Rose for key plays at the beginning and end. Five minutes into the game harm s Eric Cheatham took a punt at his 21-Yard line and dashed toward the goal line. Joe Byrd caught him at the Rhein main 8, and the rockets kept the Hawks from scoring. With five minutes left Hahn was suddenly in the Hunt. Billy Barnett had replaced William Cotton at band hit Orlando Culpepper with a 17-Yard to pass tout the Gap to 13-6. And when rocket tailback Clint Calhoun let a pitch slip through his hands Hahn had life at Rhein main s 16.the rockets held again and on fourth Down Hahn went for a Field goal. Frank Brown nailed it from 35 Yards but that held the Hawks Down 13-9 with 3 39 left. I thought we were going for it said an incredulous Barnett. I got to the sideline after i called the timeout and the kicking team was going out. I was Hahn offensive coordinator Pat Rankin explained that he and head coach Wyne Wright thought the Hawks had time to get the Ball again. They did. With seven seconds left. That left bar Natl with time to pass once and go Hawks were Hurt by a hobbling Ryan Gates. His bad foot and Lack of practice kept the Csc Rushing Leader to nine carries for 26 rockets will be Hurt by yet another Farewell. Abbott who was second team Aii Csc last year handmade a gorgeous fingertip to catch sunday is scheduled to leave this week on a 45-Day toy to Wood Bridge England. He joins t. Coltman and Mike dewas starters who left for Good after the season started. What to worry when As Gregson said the rockets control their density ass Ken of Togo Licin main fullback Gri k Booker. Upended at Hahn 10 Sembach Downs stubborn Wiesbaden Wiesbaden. West Germany Simbach remained tied for the Continental sports conference Rhein Divi Sion Lead but the tigers found them selves in a Battle before subduing the Wiesbaden flyers 17-12 on sunday. The Victory was the tigers fifth in six outings and leaves them tied with Ramstein for the division Lead. Wiesbaden suffered its fourth defeat in six games. Wiesbaden broke a scoreless tic mid Way in the second period when the de sense got a touchdown. Sembach tried to punt from its 30-Yard line but Ken pcs soms broke through and blocked the kick. The Ball bounded All the Way Back to the end zone where Greg Sargent pounced on it. Simbach returned the favor by blocking the Pat attempt. Simbach finally got on the scoreboard with a Field goal late in the half. The tigers moved to four straight first Downs before finally stalling on the flyer 24, and Clinton Bush kicked a 31-yarder. The tigers marched 55 Yards in 10 plays in the first three minutes of the third Quarter to take the Lead the touchdown coming on de Jones 1 Yard sneak. Bush booted the Pat to make it 10-6. Mike while duplicated Jones sneak Early in the fourth period to Cap a 12 play 72-Yard Sembach drive and pro vide the tigers with what proved to be the margin of Victory. Wasp Miles who finished with 114 Yards in 16 carries contributed runs of 19, 10 and 9 Yards tothe drive. Bush also converted after that to. Reserve quarterback Charles Hench Man threw two bombs late in the game to account for Wiesbaden s second touch Down. The first one went 35 Yards to David Harris and the touchdown came on a 30-Yardcr to Keith Craig. The flyers went for a two Point conc Arsion but Henchman s pass fell incomplete. Linebackers Nick Scales and Dave Olson keyed Simbach s defense which limited Wiesbaden to 32 Rushing Yards. Scales was credited with 11 solos an four assists and Olson had eight tackles and four assists. Defensive standouts for the flyer were Sessoms with 10 solos and four assists in addition to the blocked punt Marvin Bromell with nine solos and three assists and Nathian Penick and Robert Barnes with eight solos and three assists apiece. Harris also had two interceptions for the flyers. College football West Virginia crushes South Carolina 45-21 morganf6wn,"w pm Maior Harris completed 17 of 20 passes for 239 a Ravak three touchdowns and ran for another saturday leading i2th-Rankcd West Virginia to a 45-21 Victory Over South Carolina. The mountaineers 3-0 extended the nation s longest regular season winning Streak to 14 games. South Carolina dropped to 1-1-1. A tenacious West Virginia defense sacked South Carolina s Todd Ellis three times and held running Back Harold Green to 42 Yards Rushing on 16 carries. Freshman running Back Garrett Ford making his first Start for the mountaineers gained he Yards on 21 carries Syracuse struggles Post army Syracuse . A 23-Yard touchdown run by halfback Michael Owens in the third Quarter car ried Lith ranked Syracuse past army 10-7 in a game the orangemen pulled out after committing i four possessions. The second half. Biskup missed a 42-yarder with 1 56 to play. Although Syracuse Trail i a ftjaffliletria1r the orangemen shajlclb8 Kair equally with the cadets yen in the can observation before 48,331 people. Fig air army s opener. Re Owens score Down be Vight sideline lifted Syracuse into a lot Jean with 2 33 to play in the third period. Owea senior keyed the 71-Yard drivewjyilu48 Yards on four carries. He finished with 90 Yards on 20 carries. Syracuse after its first scoreless opening half i three years pulled within 7-3 on freshman kicker John Biskup s 23-Yard Field goal six minutes into in Isis however their first four possessions including fullback Duane Kinnon s Fumble into the army end zone on opening drive. ? also recorded two interceptions and a blocked punt Fujs a i linebacker John Nadolski setting up a myst by touchdown in the second Quarter. Mike May Cather who in dts gadgets with 102 Yards on 17 carries scored from 2 Yaro Vojt after a 24-Yard drive
