European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary prep May tourney a whole of a time by Tom Saunders suit writer High school wrestlers arc like aquarium fish. They All tend to cat about the same food and they All hang around in schools. And. They both have their respective forms of territorial disputes for whatever reasons. The big husky discus fish will nip and bump his Lanka at to establish Rule of the aquatic cube while wrestlers bump and grind their Peers to establish dominance on the wrestling mat. They be also got similar personalities. Some wrestlers Drift on the mat like sedate Gold fish not really causing much of a sir while others poised like a Small yet aggressive siamese fighting fish will bite a whale just for grins. And. Unfortunately there arc always the bad Alti tude fish. They re the kind that suck up a Rock and spit it on another fish. Or. The kind that snap up a chunk of food that a Little Guppy had been contemplating hungrily for a few minutes. There was no better place to observe the human Oid prep wrestlers swimming in their Clement than at the Central european High school wrestling championships Al i Atton Barracks in Heidelberg fast week end. It was a place where a years Worth of upstream questing and diligent training was unleashed. La was a Lime when the prep wrestler who thought i m Gonna bust my Tail and prove i m the add Cal Catfish in this Pond got his Chance to prove it. Walk what you talk. Unfortunately what appears to be a mighty lug at the fishing line Al times turns out to be a discarded Boot. Heidelberg s Jimmy murrin was a Bool. His behaviour was Loo bad to classify As fishy. He was More like the crab of the tourney. Murrin s snotty behaviour after his 103-Pound title loss could pc curdled milk real sour. After Wiesbaden s Mark Ridings twisted out a 9-8 win the in victorious murrin disgraced himself and his team by lipping off inc visiting fans nol once but twice. Fortunately bad was overcome by Good. Barracuda of the tourney was Jim Wigzell of of cent. He was tenacious and steadfast sleek and sure strike. He did t allow a single Point by a opponent throughout the tourney in route to the 119-Pound championship Over Heidelberg s Mizzi Cor Csc. The school of barracudas included Hanau s Roy Rutherford and accent s Scott Linchan. Linchan beat Rulherford in the 152-Pound contest Stull Gart s de Galang in the 130s and 171-Pounder Tony Alston. All stylish Classy wrestlers. But the True Kingfish of the tourney was Ramstein s Chon Watson. He s what wrestling and life arc All about. The 16-year-old Sophomore started wrestling last year. Watson brought a 40-6 Overall record Inlo his 112-Pound showdown against Gic Ssan s Terry blk than. Watson compiled an 18-6 record his first year and was unbeaten this Cal Watson in Watson s 89 Ramstein debut. 4-3. So. It was a time to see just How far Watson had climbed since his first Ever bout. For vhf minutes Watson went throw to throw with blk Lhnn. But. After three 2-Minutc rounds file then spun out a masterful 12-7 decision. Watson distraught. Keeled on the mat after the contest. But he was t a loser. Not after All he has done considering that. At the age of 3 months Watson had his right foot amp to do Wilh a circulatory problem. The blood stopped circulating like a blood he grew up with one foot. It s Only a disability if you think it is he said. I try to do what everyone else and he does. His coach Dave Izzo said Chon s the kind of kid that goes Home and adds 150 push ups to his workout. He always does More than he s asked to anyone Ever had a reason to sit Hack and moan about life s Bummer problems Watson was Given thai reason. Instead. He s geared up. And he d go Loe to toc with anyone despite Only having five. He s a True Champion. The Kingfish of the mat. The shirt ind so Ripe Brussels brigands Eye boys girls trophies 8&s c. Etc Matt a Lwis or. Brussels Molly Jonas searches for a route around Augsburg defender Norah Krosher during thursday s opening Day action in the prep Small schools tournament. By Ben Abrams prep sports editor in America basketball tournament Lime is often referred to As March mad Ness. Well Hal basketball which was played in the Small schools basketball Lourna mint semifinals at Baum older s Hall of champions Friday gels a february frenzy Label. Things started out with the Baum hold or girls nudging International school of Brussels 39-37. Then came bad Kreuz Nach boys 52-48 overtime Victory Over Augsburg a 58-56 Brussels girls overtime Conquest of Bamberg and finally a Brus Sels brigands boys rally from a 10-Poinldeficit to a lopsided 62-49 Triumph Over Berlin. Those games set the stage for sat urday s championship Bailies the Baum older girls against the Brussels girls at i . And the Brussels boys against bad or Cugnach Al 3 . This tussles follow third place games which begin at 9 . That s a first Ever for Brussels both teams in the championship said a beaming Brussels athletic director Al Parton. The Brussels Baum older game will be a Roma sch of last week s Northern regional championship game. The Brussels boys finished fourth in the regional bad Reu Nach took second in the Southern regional. Bad Kreuz. Boys 52. Augsburg 48, of Augsburg rallied from an eight Point deficit Al inc end of the third Quarter Totake a 46-44 Lead on Jerry Bishop s re bound with 25 seconds remaining in the game Only to have Jesse Jansson lie the game again with a jumper at the Buer. Leo Wilkes put bad Kreuz Nach ahead with a free throw but Sophomore Terry Austin made it 48-47 Wilh a jumper to give the apaches their Only of advantage. The Bear Kals wrapped things up on Lee Davis Ihrck Point goal two free throws by Tony St Elc and another Brace of free throws by Tony Smith. Wilkes paced the bearcats with 14 ire basketball Points and Davis and Randy Dirling finished wih 12 apiece. Austin was top gun for the apaches Wilh is Points. Fresh Man Rich Abrams followed with 14. But bad Krecu Nach limited Augsburg scoring Ace Bishop to eight. Brussels girls 58, Bash org 56, of freshman Georgia Bottoms put on some kind of exhibition in leading the brigands into the girls championship Masquida James who had handled most of the Brussels offence throughout the game had fouled out Wilh 21 Points and the brigands Trail ing 44-40 with 7 32 remaining in the game. Bottoms who had Only Sevenpoints Al that juncture hit for 11 Points on a sensational repertoire of shots her last Point a free throw giving Brussels a 53-51 Lead. However. Cherrie Williams lied the count on a rebound at the Buz or. Suanne c came off the Bench to can a pair of free throws and gel a re bound Basket off the Only shot Bottoms missed Down the stretch and Bottoms. Iced the game with 15 seconds remain ing. Cherrie Williams desperation shot at the chromed off inc rim and prevented the frenzy of another of. Bottoms led All scorers Wilh 27 Points on an 11-of-16 performance from the Field and 5-ol -7 successes Al the line. Brussels was 21 of 45 from the Field and 16 of 20 Al inc line. Janet Jackson paced Bamberg with 19 Points and Cherrico and Katesha Wil Liams notched a do in each. The Barons were Only 20 for 80 from the Field As they bombarded the backboard Al will. Brussels bins 62. Berlin 49 Brussels trailed 43-33 Wilh 3 59 remaining in the third Quarter. However inc brigands got Back to 47-44 before the period ended and then they won going away. . Bragg tied the count with a drive in and a free throw and Shawn 1 Arham the hero in Brussels thursday night win can see Small on Page 27
