European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 27, 1990 the stars and stripes Pago 25 a i a. Quot v 1. Ii via a a it i a i �t4 Raf upper Heyford England the Lakin Heath eagles started their bid for the . Conference football championship by whipping the upper Heyford sky Kings 20-7 in the season opener for both clubs saturday. Upper Heyford drove 86 Yards in eight plays to take a 7-0 Lead following the opening Kickoff. Chet singletons 42-Yard pass to Ricky Youngblood and his 17-Yard toss to Trey Hahn were the big plays that led to Lamont Downs 2-Yard scoring plunge. Scott Goley booted the Pat. The eagles took the ensuing Kickoff air Force football and drove to the sky Kings 9. But Mark Gutknecht missed a 19-Yard Field goal and upper Heyford protected its Lead until the Middle of the second Quarter. A 28-Yard pass from John Rudy to Calvin Hayes finally got the eagles on the Board. The play capped an 80-Yard drive which was highlighted by Hugh Clements Ball carrying. He had 49 Yards in six totes on the March. The defense set up Lakeah Cathy a last two scores. Jeffrey Johnson intercepted a Singleton pass late in the first half and returned it 29 Yards to the upper Heyford 1, Rudy scored on a keeper and Gui Knecht booted his second straight Pat to make it 14-3 at intermission. The defences sparkled throughout the third period with neither team making it into enemy territory. Then. Andrew Hill recovered an upper Heyford Fumble on the Kings 31. The eagles moved the Ball to the 20 in three plays and Rudy hit Everett Payne with a scoring toss. Upper Heyford won everything except the game. Led by Randy Collins 79 Yards in 20 carries the sky Kings out rushed the eagles i 51-84. Singleton out passed Rudy 226 Yards to 164, hut he was intercepted three times. Deep Back Bruce Anderson sparked eak Cheath s defensive Effort with 12 solos and two interceptions. Linebacker Johnson had nine solos and two assists in addition to his to creating Piekola Corn Chaek Dwayne Paul stood out on defense for the sky Kings with 10 Solo tackles and two assists l linebacker Tim Vonden was credited with nine solos including two sacks and a Fumble recovery and Tommy Davis bad eight Bock to beat crusaders Mildenhall a England a the Mildenhall marauders spotted the Greenham common crusaders a 12-0 Lead and trailed 18-7 Midway through the second Quarter before bouncing Back for a 23-18 . Opening Day Victory. Grenham common took the opening Kickoff and marched 69 Yards in 18 plays Juan Lewis getting the touchdown on a 13-Yard pass from Don Edwards. A roughing the passer Penally against Mildenhall and Edwards 12-Yard Bootleg featured the drive. Five plays later the crusaders led 12-0. Kenny Smith fumbled the crusader Kickoff and Jeffrey Johnson recovered on the marauders 17. Edwards got the to on a dive from the 1. The Ball changed hands two times before Mildenhall could get on the Board. That touchdown was set up when Orlando Taylor blocked a crusader punt and Nathaniel Clark recovered on the 10. Darryl Wilkins bootlegged for 10 Yards and then scored on a dive Over Center. Grenham common then marched 41 Yards on eight plays for its last score of the Day. Edwards contributed runs of 15 and 10 Yards and Allen Finley got the to from the 5. The rest of the game belonged to Mildenhall As Alex Jacobs kicked a 30-Yard Field goal just before intermission Cliff Meadows romped for a 39-Yard score and Thomas Terrell connected with Henry Williams on a 10-Yard scoring pass. The last to came after Eric Vila picked off an Edwards pass and carried it Back 28 Yards. Edwards went on a passing Binge during the game. He threw 61 limes and completed 24 passes for 206 Yards. He was intercepted five times. Newly signed Senna nabs belgian up pole1 a i spa Franco champs Belgium up a Ayrton Senna a new contract with the Mclaren formula one team signed and sealed claimed pole position saturday for the belgian grand prix with a qualifying record. The brazilian stole the top spot from teammate Gerhard Berger of Austria who was quickest Friday. Senna clocked 1 minute 50.365 seconds slicing half a second off his previous Mark of 1 50.867, set last year. It was the 48th pole position of his career. Senna was especially pleased to have found the right balance for the car after struggling Friday. A a it a very satisfying to make changes make changes make changes and then have it right a he said. Senna and Berger were both using a Nevy specification Honda v10 engine which Senna said provided almost More Power than he could use particularly at the fast left hand Kink eau Rouge. Qualifying was interrupted by three Lime world Champion Nelson Piquet a crash in his Benetton Ford. The brazilian who lives in Monte Carlo went wide on the last curve before the finish straight and bounced into the Barrier protecting the Entrance to the pit Lane. He got out of the car and walked Back to the pits but the session was stopped to remove the debris and repair the Barrier. Senna a time came several minutes alter the session was restarted. Immediately after him Frenchman Alain Prost clocked 1 51.043, Good enough for second Only to be bumped to third by bergers 1 50.948 in the final moments of the session. Belgian Thierry Boutsen Winner of a he last Raee in Hungary two weeks ago Ned up alongside Prost on the second a Quot of with the fourth fastest Lime of 1 51.902. Nigel Mansell was fifth fastest in the a Leeond Ferrari and Alessandro Nannini Piquet s teammate was sixth. Senna s pole came less than 24 hours alter lie signed to race for Mclaren in a. The contract which had t been completed Friday morning Senna said capped More than a month of negotiations Between Senna and Mclaren team chief Ron Dennis. Senna who won the world title for Mclaren in 1988 and leads this years championships with 54 Points 10 More than Prost sparked furious rumours in the sport when he met with other teams. A what is most important is that both sides agreed to continue the relationship happily a said Senna adroitly avoiding All questions about the actual terms of the Deal which almost certainly makes him the highest paid Driver in formula one history. Senna Winner at spa in 1985, 87, �?T88 and �?T&9, said he expected Berger to provide the strongest Challenge in sunday s 44-Lap, 189.742-mile race. A i think it is going to be Tough. Between Gerhard and myself it is very close. Between Ferrari and Mclaren it is very close Quot he takes pole Brno Czechoslovakia up a texan Kevin Schwantz saturday eased his Way effortlessly into his seventh season pole position for the czechoslovak motorcycle grand prix sunday. Schwantz docked 2 minutes 20.725 seconds on his Suzuki works machine in the third of four timed sessions saturday morning. No other 500cc rider came near Schwantz a time in final training. He also set the course record last year Here in Brno with a Lap of 2 minutes 09.67 seconds on his Way to w inning the race. Australian Wayne Gardner twice Winner on this circuit placed second on the Grid with his Honda. He was hampered in later sessions by a painful wrist injury sustained during a training spill Friday afternoon. Gardner a fastest time was set in the first session Friday morning. The rest of the front Ime was to be occupied by the american heavyweight duo Wayne Rainey and Eddie Lawson both of California and both Riding Yamaha works machines. Rainey the most consistent rider this season needed Only a third place to Clinch the world title. Connie Young l duels us. Teammate Renee Dupre 1 in fridays sprint final won by . Sealander nabs cycling Gold Maebashi Japan a Karen Holliday overcoming a one minute loss caused by a fall in the women a Point race captured new zealand a first Gold medal in the a world cycling championships on saturday. Italy and the Netherlands also won their first golds and Frenchman Francis Moreau set a world record of 5 minutes 41.10 Sec oils in the 5-Kilometer time trial. Moreau broke the record of 5 54.344 set by Denmark s . Oersted in 1987. Holliday covered 3.000 meters on the steeply sloped track in 39 minutes. 26.894 seconds. She picked up 33 Points. Svetlana Samokhvalova of the soviet Union was second with 26 Points. The Bronze medal went to Kristyl Merckx of Belgium who had 25 Points. A with six or nine laps left a crash came Down in front of me and i was unable to avoid it Quot Holliday said. Eight of 28 starters were knocked out of the r be because of crashes Hollands co Nicin Van morsel came from behind to beat Madonna Harris of new zealand in be 3,000-Mctcr women a individual Pursuit. Waller Brugna of Italy won the professional motor paced event a i 50-Lap, 50-Kilomc-Ler race. Switzerland s Peter Steiger took captured the Silver medal and the Bronze went to australian Danny Clarke
