European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17sports _ the victors More spoils title team play makers coaches top All Europe. In it a j n Innia 4na turf a i or Cirlor on/4 / k Rynn in it by Ben Abrams prep sports editor size Speed scoring ability bounding and defense Are the gradients that go into the aking of a Good basketball and a a and the 1990 editions of the tars and stripes All Europe am meet All the conditions. Augsburg s Jerry Bishop at 61/ is the biggest player and 8 icon Moyd of Ramstein is e smallest on the boys Luad which averages 6-1 la. The girls team with Heidel a go a Kirsten Keller the big a St player at 6-3 and Brussels Laquida James the smallest exactly one foot Shorter aver Ges 5-7%. _ Frankfurt s Mike Kinder is be Only boy who is Back. Kinder who made the 1989 a am As a Forward was shifted guard this year by eagles Oach Bill Snyder and enjoyed nother spectacular season be ire breaking his wrist late in be season and missing the last a a games and the big schools Lurn Ament. Kinder s compatriots at Uard Are Moyd Wurzburg a Oug Darrell and Mannheim Dominic Vassar. Joining Bish a in the Post is berlins re Ard Owens. The forwards Are Amstein a Tracy Sidney Wei Brincken s James my inight Brussels John Boyd and Vicenza a Howard Bucko Moyd Vassar and Mcknight Are juniors the rest ill be graduating in june. Three girls a Keller James id Wiesbaden a Keri hol am a repeat from the 1989 ast Holtham making it for the lilt d straight year. Teller is Back at the Post and Ames and Holtham return at Uard. Char at Center on be 1990 team is Croughton a Ofstie Traweek. At guard Long with James and Keri a to j arc Lakenheath so racy Anderson and Wiersba Tara Holtham Keri a Lisi Stev Brussels Georgia Tano r Stock s Maria Arm be Frankfurt Saundria �?�.? Vicenza Sheath a Chmidt Are the forwards. A fresh Mon a and bolts is Are Cne James a Sophomore Anderson a Junior and the rest seniors. Proving that Good things really do come in Small packages the respective girl and boy stars and stripes players of the year Are James and Moyd. If these teams were to take the court the girls would be coached by Brussels Don Birdsong and the boys would be handled by Ramstein Sty Taylor. Sidney 6-3 and Moyd guided Ramstein to a perfect 12-win aaa championship the big schools championship and a 17-1 season record. Sidney averaged 21 Points and 17 rebounds a game. He also was credited with three blocked shots and assists and a pair of steals each time out. Moyd posted a 17.2 average and despite his size averaged 10 boards and three blocked shots. He also had five assists and three steals a game. A Tracy and Deon Are outstanding team players a Taylor said in his nominating letter. A they got their shots but they also set up the other Guys with some outstanding passes and they played very Good defense  Buckner was the leading scorer in Dodds this season with a 25.3 average that included a spectacular 40-Point Effort against Aviano As the cougars ended the saints winning Streak at 33 games. A Howard Wasny to the most Graceful player you a want to see a Vicenza coach Lennie Dempsey said. A but he was Gutty explosive and determined. There was no one of his Caliper anyplace else in  Boyd averaged 14.3 Points a game while winning most valuable player accolades in both the Northern regional and Small schools tournaments. He hauled Down 112 rebounds despite his 6-1 /2 stature and was credited with 93 steals and 53 assists in 18 Dodds games. A John is a great team player who loves to play defense a brigands Mentor Cork Conner wrote. A this quickness and jumping ability made it possible for him to guard anyone we played and he always got the other teams Best  Mcknight averaged 21.9 Points and 10.5 boards a game for Wei Brincken. He also had 4.7 assists and 2.5 steals a game. Bishop was rated a the Best big Man i have seen this year a by Augsburg Mentor Harry Pusey. The lanky senior averaged 18.1 Points 14.6 rebounds and 3.7 blocks a game for the apaches. One of his More impressive performances came in the apaches Small schools 41-38 third place Victory Over Berlin. He scored 18 Points and was credited with 14 boards seven assists and seven blocked shots in his prep finale. Owens scored 431 Points and grabbed 331 rebounds As Berlin won the a North title and finished second in the Northern regional and fourth in the Small schools meet. A Wrenard is a very Fine ballplayer a wrote Berlin coach Gene Brown. A the scored 22.8 Points and got 15.6 rebounds a game for us but even More important in our Success this year was his leadership. He took control when things got  Kinder won player of the year accolades last year at Forward but this year Snyder had a couple of big boys available and moved him to guard because a we needed a play maker and someone to bring the Ball up court against the press. He is a multifaceted player who can play any position better than anyone i have seen this  Kinder played nine games before hurting his wrist. During that Span he averaged 20 Points 7.5 rebounds 7 assists and 4.5 steals a game shooting 52 percent Overall from the Field and 38 percent from three Point Range. In the first regular season game against Ramstein when Frankfurt Scenter was missing Kinder moved into the Post and scored 37 Points grabbed 10 rebounds and had seven assists and six steals. Darrell paced Wurzburg with a 15.4 average 5.8 boards 4.8 assists and 3.1 steals a game. A Doug is a Good shooter and play maker. He also has exceptional quickness with his hand and feet which he utilizes extremely Well on defense a Wurzburg coach Kevin Johnson reported. Brussels Masquida James. Player of the year Ramstein a Deon Moyd. Player of the year Brussels Don Birdsong. Coach of the year Vassar was a Sterling performer for Mannheim leading the team in Points 317rebounds 1173-Point goals 19 and shooting percentage 46 percent As Mannheim took the a championship. A Dominic was in my opinion the Best guard in aaa and a Competition this year a wrote coach Darry Andrew. A the was the Best defensive player on a team that played pretty Good defense. In pressure situations offence or defense he always came through for  Bottoms and James gave the Brussels girls a prolific 1-2 combo As they swept to the Northern regional and Small schools championships. Bottoms displaying a great shooting repertoire scored 465 Points for a 21.0 average and was credited with 88 steals 39 assists and 112 rebounds. James had 355 Points 108 steals 78 assists and despite her 5-3 size 65 rebounds. % m Ramstein Sty Taylor. Coach of the year a i have seen a lot of High school girls basketball players Over the past year and in my opinion Masquida James is the Best player in Central Europe a Birdsong appraised. A she can do everything and she did do everything for us this year. A Georgia can do it All too a Birdsong added. A we were very fortunate in having her Transfer in this year. That gave us the two Best players in  Schmidt averaged 16 Points and 12 rebounds As Vicenza marched to its fourth straight Italy tournament championship. She also won her second straight tourney map award. A Heather is the Best All around player in Italy a coach Joe Pellerito claims. A she can drive and she can shoot 18 footers and she a very Tough off the  the Holtham twins were two big cogs in the Well balanced Wiesbaden aaa and big schools basketball machine. See All Europe on Page 21 t. Holtham k. Holtham Keller Sparrow Bottoms Schmidt Traweek Anderson