European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 prep pickings i enjoy being a High school sports editor. Why  i weeks like this one when there Are no Dodds events give one time to Muse. There a nothing like the experience of covering a Skinny 125-Pound quarterback playing in his first ame As a third string freshman quarterback when is team is either 20 Points ahead or 20 Points behind. And covering that Skinny kid when he has matured into an All state or where in a concerned All Europe performer. Or watching a talented coach take a Bunch of raw kids and develop them into a cohesive unit. Covering that team As it progresses to a Small schools basketball championship knowing that your work is appreciated by the players and the coach. Or working with a High school sports manager statistician and budding journalist knowing that when you done to cover his school personally that his statistics Are going to be reliable. Because when you do cover his school his data jibe with yours perfectly. And seeing that budding journalist follow his Bent and develop into an outstanding sports writer. High school sports is Amateur athletes playing their hearts out for the team raising the Flag for Hudson High boys showing them How we stand. Cheerleaders supporting their teams in the cold and rain of football games and the noisy confines of the basketball and wrestling Arenas. The drum majorettes or majors strutting out ahead of the bands twirling their Batons High in the air and catching them a most of the time. There is the other Side of the Coin too. As the prep sports editor of the stars and stripes i done to have to worry about a lot of the other things around the sports world. There Arentt any inane skins games and other television gimmicks such As a timeout when a team has momentum or when slam Dunk contests become More important than the game itself. And i done to have to worry about whether civilians should be allowed to play on military teams or Over-30 dodgers waddling about in the Guise of playing basketball. Or bodybuilders or chess players trying to reflect on the Good things Ben Abram Dodds stars Roll again chateau Roux France a the Dodds Ger Many All stars blistered Limoges 140-91 tuesday night in another tuneup Breeze for the americans. The All stars who won by 44 Points the night before stand 5-1 in exhibitions leading to the Cholet International cadets basketball tournament. A there was just one word to describe it awesome. Just unbelievable. And they played a Good team Quot Dodds coach Tom Leblanc said after routing the French second division team. A these kids put on a clinic. The place went crazy. It was a game ill remember the rest of my life. Not just me. All of  the All stars led 72-36 at halftime. That gave Leblanc a Chance to empty his Bench nine players scored in double figures. Wurzburg a Doug Darrell led the americans with 22 Points. Next came Baum older Sandy Owens with 19, berlins Renard Owens with 16, Frankfurt a Jermaine Avie with 13, Brussels John Boyd with 13, Ramstein a Deon Moyd with 13, Mannheim a Dominic Vasser with 12, and  a James Mcknight and Frankfurt a Mike Kinder with 10 each. Leblanc praised Andy Owens for his Reserve performance. The 6-foot-5 senior Center clicked on 9 of 10 shots from the Field and grabbed nine rebounds. On one play that rocked the packed Arena Owens pulled Down a rebound dribbled Down court and dunked. Vasser a 5-10 guard led Dodds Rebo unders with 10. The All stars were to next play Orleans Here wednesday night in another Warmup. Get the results of their a non sports events on the sports pages. Do have to be concerned about standings football in the fall girls and boys basketball in the Winter and girls and boys soccer in the Spring adding up properly not like some people who Call in their league standings who Haven to Learned that old sports adage a every time a team or individual wins an athletic event another team or individual has to lose  there was an exception to that Rule last year. Dodds Germany sports coordinator Tom Leblanc ordered both teams to be charged with a defeat when a Mannheim Numberg soccer game was prematurely ended because of the unruly conduct of players on both squads. I have to be concerned about arranging for coverage of the Dodds sporting events making sure the Home team coaches Are going to Call in the results with All the first names and other necessary material. I also have the responsibility of writing a High school column each week a actually it is More fun than a responsibility. I get to express my opinions on the issues involving the High school sports program. Sometimes people done to agree with me and they voice their opinions either vocally or by pen. But that a part of the Job. And the Job resumes next week when the Dodds athletes come off their easter Holiday Layoff and commence the second 1990 Spring Campaign on the cinders soccer pitches gymnastic apparatus and Tennis courts. Who knows there might be a speedy freshman who wins the 100, 200 and 400 meters goes on to set Dodds records by the time he a a senior and continues on to emulate sex Dodds luminary Alonzo Babers and wins an olympics Gold medal. There might be a Petite gymnast who achieves olympics Fame. And that Sall part of the Job too. So Why  i enjoy being a High school sports editor the stars and stripes tire heir treads first rungs of racing ladder store and no non he Pamir a radar to Story and photo by Randy Barnett motor sports editor Nick Firestone a 23-year-old Prince to graduate always planned to go full time racing once he completed his studies and he Snow into it on the International circuit level. Firestone who graduated last year with a major in history is competing in the formula pm Lotus series this season his first experience aboard open wheel racing cars. A personable Young Man who Hopes Tor the ultimate career in formula one or the indy car series he is the great grandson of Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone tire and rubber company of Akron Ohio. There Are no longer any american Drivers in formula one racing a a Firestone said at the Bockenheim track last weekend a so with a lot of work and some Luck maybe i will be the next one. Chi totally serious about my racing and i aim Tor a professional career. Be always wanted to race single Mcmerr arse i it my. Studies at Princeton ame first. But while i was in school i i managed to do some Kart racing and to Road racing including the Baja Cali of u a Irace altogether i have five years thic  i in those categories but cars a my expert Uncein single seater Ujj one from Scottsdale ariz., at in be f r Bondurant racing school Snith Orniti and he a also had some from Frace , tips along the Way 19m Ami a Friend Pamellia Jones the iyo3 Winner of the indy 500. Bino o  is Happy about amp Lver in the formula pm Lotus series whose National Champi Nick Firestone Waits at the line before the Start of an opel Lotus Challenge race. On ships include those in West Germany the United kingdom and Scandinavia. A a it a highly professional racing with Good organization and really hard Competition a Firestone says a and ill gain the right experience Here. I will do the entire program right through october and i look Forward to every  in last sundays opel Lotus Challenge round at Bockenheim Young Firestone qualified 36th in the 43-car Field the cutoff was 38and he had moved up seven places by the Midway Point of the 10-Lap race when a slight Accident ended his run both nosecone and spoiler lost from the car. But for a newcomer he had made an impressive showing. His racing car features the name a a Firestone on it but it is a Firestone Vineyard sponsorship not Firestone tires. An Uncle who worked with the Firestone company in England when the firm was a major tire supplier in formula one racing now operates a Vineyard in California and he a a Backer of his nephews efforts. All cars in the formula pm Lotus races use japanese Bridges tone Potenza tires. And Young Firestone says he does no to mind that because Bridges tone is now merged with the Firestone company. The Young american Driver is a member of one of the top teams in the formula pm Lotus series and this is the pm motor sport organization directed by the Irish Brothers Peter and Sean Thompson. Although experienced in other racing divisions their first team Effort came last season. The two irishmen proved their outfits competitiveness with pm placing third in the British Vauxhall Lotus series and eighth Overall in the top level pm Lotus euro series. And for this season the pm motor sport team appears even stronger. At Bockenheim last sunday pm Driver Bernard Dolan of Dublin Ireland came Home the Winner while his teammate Diogo Castro Santos of Portugal placed third. In the opening round at zolder Belgium on april 1, Dolan was leading the Field when his Vauxhall Lotus went off the track with just four laps to go. He retired with a broken front spoiler but while running at the front he had set fastest Lap of the race. Peter Thompson is the organizer and director of the pm team while his brother Sean works in the role of Engineer. A together we provide a Complete and efficient outfit a Peter said at Bockenheim. A we May have Only one season of pm Lotus racing behind us but we be already become a team to be reckoned  Firestone the teams third Driver and the Only american competing in the pm Lotus series says that the Mam goal in his International a learning year is to gather proper racing know How and experience. With the talented pm team he should have no problems in reaching that goal