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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 25, 1990

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 a amps Kon goo go 2 Lakenheath a Neil Murphy Battles Ramstein a Joe Mcarthur left and Eddie Barry and Eagle midfielder Billy Mcgregor right go airborne during the eagles 2 0  shocks Ramstein in of by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Eckenbach West Germany a Ramstein a Champagne tasted awfully bitter thanks to Lakenheath a stunning 2-0 overtime Victory in the Safe soccer championships sunday. Lakenheath a Billy Mcgregor ripped a Side Winder kick four minutes into the first overtime period and Todd Tourbin followed with a spinner into the far right Comer two minutes later to give the eagles the Safe title. The game turned into the classic David is. Goliath matchup a Ramstein enjoying a virtual cakewalk through the Safe tourney while Lakenheath had to fight past we Brucken for a finals berth. Ramstein downed the eagles 2-0 in the first round of the tournament. A they thought they could come in and Safe soccer walk All Over us a Tourbin said. A we played hard Ball All the Way through. We knew we could beat Ramstein if we pressed its Back four. After the first half we knew we had  Ramstein dominated throughout regulation but  squeak past Eagle goalkeeper Rick Womer and the Eagle defense led by Mcgregor. The rams out shot the eagles 25-10 in the game forcing Womer to make 14 saves to the Des of Kane Scott Olsen tandems three. The eagles broke out of the game Long slump in the opening minutes of the overtime period. Mcgregor piloted the Eagle offence into the Ramstein penalty area. A shot off the Post set up mcgregors Gem in the 94th minute. A a Beautiful goal a Tourbin said. A i did no to even see it a said Olsen who replaced of Kane late in regulation when of Kane got Lime dust in his Eye and was forced to leave the game. Tourbin followed with a goal in the 96th minute taking a feed from midfielder Neil Murphy just inside the upper left Comer of the penalty area. Ramstein defender Hugh Brown displayed the Ball giving Tourbin a one on one shot at Olsen. Tourbin sent a rocket inside the upper right Comer for the insurance goal. A they were two classic goals a admitted Ramstein striker Mike Gibbons who was shut Down by the Eagle defense. A i done to think any keeper could have gotten to them. It broke our  Gibbons nearly Cut the Lead to 2-1, but his diving header chromed off the right Post and onto the goal line. Womer pounced on the Ball a Blade of grass be tween the line and the goal. Fittingly Womer kissed the Post after the play. A the Post saved the Ball. All 1 did was scoop it up off the line a Womer said. Olsen searched for answers to the loss. A i done to know. We let go and they beat us to the Ball. We be worked hard All season and it kind of takes something  Gibbons was just Happy to be there. A they second place is better than nothing. Every time we went up a level they a come up a notch  despite the loss Ramstein landed four players on the All tournament team. Sportsmanship award Winner Gibbons joins Steve Kocis Eddie Barry and Hugh Brown. Lakenheath a Mcgregor and Ernie Friday Torrejon a Dave Hewitt bunt a terse Ian Eccles and  a Chris Starr Julian Mccleod and Paul Woods round out the squad. Sch Dubisch Hall Stuttgart record sweeps a a a a a a a in a. A a _ 1_____ Iron inn Platia Nav f011v Schwabish Hall West Germany a the Schwabish Hall Mustangs saddled the lethargic Giessen pitching staff for 50 runs in a three game weekend series and improved their record to 8-8, while the bluer Brewers dropped to a 118 stand. The Mustangs bullied their Way to a 20-3 win saturday As Ray Lopez and Bob Rushing spurred the offence with three hits apiece and Pitcher Lance Baur went the distance for his first win against two losses. Just when things  seem to get worse for the Giessen checkers sundays Host game of a double header was close until the fourth inning when Chris Wolf and Jeff Melendez lit scoring bonfires a baseball with Home runs to ignite a 10-run inning. Schwabish Hall breezed to a 17-5 win. Again Lopez led the Mustangs with a 4-for-4 game while muscling four runs batted in. Wolf went 3 for 3. John Martin 1-1, struck out six and walk none in route to the win while losing Pitcher Ken Fisher souped up 14 hits in the five inning 10-run-Rule game. In the late sunday game also shortened because of the 10-run regulations raced for four sixth inning runs to bring the tally to 13-3 and Complete the series sweep. Eddie Rivers drove in two runs with three hits and David Partee pitched his first win against no losses. Partee struck out one and walked none while Brewer Pitcher stand Wilson missed the Mark through five innings before giving Way to top reliever Ray Pabon who in turn was greeted by the Mustangs with the sixth inning outburst. Stuttgart 14-12, bad t61z 4-2 Stuttgart West Germany a Jerry Nelson went 7 for 8 with 6 Bis and ran his pitching record to 5-0 As the Stuttgart Blue sox swept a double header 14-4 and 12-2 against bad Tolz sunday for their 10th straight Victory. In the first game Nelson made a Winner of Pitcher Paul Littleton 1-0 with a 4-for-5, four rib afternoon. Nelsons two rib double sparked a five run fifth inning Blue sox rally. Lance Guyton went 2 for 4 with four Bis in the opening game. Littleton struck out three in four innings of work before getting Relief from Eric Wallig who earned the save. Twins starter Eric Smiley took the loss dropping his league record to 1-3. In the Nightcap Nelson flirted with a no hitter for four innings before allowing a hit in the top of the fifth inning. Nelson ran his season record to 5-0. At the plate Nelson helped the cause with a 3-for-3 Outing that yielded three singles and two Bis. Bill Vajda went 2 for 4 with four Bis on a pair of ground Rule triples As Stuttgart improved to 101 on the season  
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