European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 _ we a Sembach reaches semis Byro Staggenborg staff writer Sembach a Germany a for the first 30 minutes the Oesterberg wolfhounds played the game of their lives. # for the final 30 minutes the Sembach tigers brought the lowly a hounds Back to a smacking version of reality. Result Sembach 35, Oesterberg 9 in the open ingest playoffs round of a Safe a Continental sports conference playoffs sunday. Sembach 7-2, advances to the semifinals at noon sunday Here against Rhein main. Oesterberg takes its 2-7 record Home for the Winter after reaching the expanded playoffs for the first time. A Oesterberg a problem stemmed from a Nasty puncture to its ego in the second half at the hands of the Dennis Hueston led Tiger defense. While the tigers looked More like Newborn Kittens on offence Hueston and co. Restored their Roar in the second half unleashing an All out defensive that could have easily been mistaken for an offensive. Hueston nailed seven Oesterberg runners assisted on three other tackles and buried the quarterback once in the Banshee defense Sembach coach Darryl Robinson incorporated. Sembach quarterback Mike White was mysteriously rendered useless Early in the game thanks to a Pesky Oesterberg defense and the tigers own offensive infective Ness. With the wolfhounds clutching to a surprising 9-3 Lead at halftime the tigers turned the tide and washed i Oesterberg under on a key blocked punt that turned into a touchdown. Defensive tackle Brian Goebel got a piece of the Ball and Eddie Cunningham scooped it up at the 3 and stumbled in for the touchdown. Clark Watts extra Point booted Sembach ahead 10-9 Rith 7 33 left i trailed  with 7 33 left in the third Quarter and the tigers never Quot railed again. A when they blocked that punt a said Oesterberg starting quarterback Blake Doyle a you could hear a big sigh of people saying Law Damn a that took our to i centum  Doyle was one of three Oesterberg quarterbacks to i Parade behind Center. Brian Vest who started most of the season went Down in the wolfhounds finale against Wei Brincken and was relegated to an assistant offensive coordinator Slot along the sideline. Doyle clicked on Only five of 20 attempts and was intercepted twice during his stint. Anthony Johnson making Only his second appearance at the position All season worked on two of four including a 42-yarder to wide receiver . Middleton the hounds squandered the Opportunity a one of Many they a miss during the game. Southpaw Andrew Nixon normally a wide receiver and one of Doyle a favorite targets came on in a mop up role completing Only one of seven during his fourth Quarter reign. A Oesterberg a inability to convert third Down plays led i to its demise. The wolfhounds did no to make Good on any of its 12 opportunities. Ryan Gates did no to help either. Sembach a Burly 200-Pounder gained 87 Yards on 14 carries including a crucial 31-Yard sprint in the third Quarter that helped the tigers Bury Oesterberg. Gates s i careless throughout the contest but contributed to Whites Roll out from the 5 for a touchdown late m the third Quarter to make it 23-9. W opened the scoring in the first Quarter on watts�?T37-Yard Field goal. Oesterberg countered with Daniel Troglin from the t to knot the score at 3 with 10 35 left in the second Quarter. Bean hushed the Sembach faithful a Clad in ninja tigers shirts a with a 35-Yard interception re us for a touchdown to give the a hounds a 9-3 Lead with �?T�?�16 left m the half. That was one hell of a Wake up Call a said Gates. Sembach a Dennis Hueston sacks a Oesterberg a Blake Doyle during the tigers 35-9 Triumph in sundays quarfortnalt99 a we came out a Little too lightly like we were going to walk All Over them. They put a scare into  White echoed Gates words. A we knew we had to come out and play some football in the second half. We did no to want to lose to a team like Oesterberg in the  before the a hounds could smell the scent of an upset the Goebel Cunningham duet on the blocked punt popped a Oesterberg a Bubble. With just Over five minutes left in the third Quarter Oesterberg found itself sinking further and further into the realm of  Eugene Chavis picked off a Doyle pass and scampered 75 Yards downfield for the touchdown to put the tigers up 16-9. Whites 5-yarder made it 23-9, Watts hit a 28-Yard Field goal to set the score at 26-9, and Donnell Griffin a 59-Yard punt return boosted the tigers to a 329 Lead. Watts finished the a hounds off with a 30-Yard Field goal in the final minute. Following Gates in the Sembach ground attack was Wason Miles with eight carries for 69 Yards. Sembach churned out 185 Yards on the ground but added Only 53 via air express. White finished at five of 14 with an interception. Nixon led Oesterberg with 5 Yards on nine carries. Doyle fell further into the red with eight carries that netted a whopping minus-39 Yards. The wolfhounds passed for 127 Yards hitting on 9 of 33 with a pair of interceptions. A Oesterberg a ground game shifted into reverse losing 45 Yards on 30 attempts. Sembach a playoff Triumph was its first since 1979, when the tigers beat Ramstein 21-7 to break a tie atop the american division. The Sembach Rhein main game wont be the Only semifinal next weekend. Span Dahlem which won its playoff game saturday will visit Ramstein at noon saturday for a spot in the Csc final oct. 27. The . Sports conference jumps into the playoffs with semifinals next weekend. The Safe final will be held nov. 4 at the Home of the .  stuns Hahn in quarters Hahn a Germany a Rhein main Rode Charley Harris 148 Rushing Yards to the Only upset of a Safe a Continental sports conference quarterfinals beating Hahn 21-20 sunday. The rockets the sixth seeded team in the playoffs pushed running Back Greg Booker across from the 1 with 4 39 left to finish the Hawks. Rhein main 4-5, next travels to Sembach to play the tigers at noon sunday in the Csc semifinals. Hahn which was seeded third for the playoffs and beat Rhein main the week before fell to 6-3 and out of the running for its first Csc title. Hahn opened the scoring on Bobby pierces 6-Yard run. Bill Kaufman spat made it 7-0. The rockets bounced Back on quarterback Hiawathia porters 21-Yard offering to tight end Scott Wilber. The conversion failed leaving the rockets within striking distance at 76 after the first Quarter. And strike they did. Brian Hellard kicked a 52-Yard Field goal to give Rhein main a 9-7 Lead in the second Quarter. That nearly broke the Csc record of 55 Yards set by Hahn a Frank Brown in 1987. Pierce brought the Hawks Back on a 12-Yard touchdown run. Kaufman a Point after gave Hahn a 14-9 Lead by halftime. Porter regained the Lead for the rockets on a 6-Yard run but the Pat was blocked by Lee Salandro. The score stood at 15-14, with Rhein main piloting the Drivers seat in the third Quarter. Pierce added his third touchdown of the game and gave the Hawks another Short lived Lead when he took it across from the 4 for a 21-15  runs passes to rout of Colorado state by the associated press a. R0,v0> Utah a Brigham Young Arter Backie Detmer tired of oppo to overplaying the 13th-ranked Cou-6 is air attack had a Nasty Surprise for Colorado state on saturday. Hile Colorado state was dropping Back to cover Detmers passes he unleashed a ground game that amassed 197 Yards As the wac cougars overwhelmed the rams 52-9 in the Western athletic  a in a sure they thought we were going to come out throwing and we spread them out and blew out some big holes a Detmer said. Detmer hardly ignored the pass however. He threw for four touchdowns and set an Mcaa record with his 13th straight game of at least 300 Yards. Detmer who was taken out Early in the fourth Quarter completed 26 of 38 passes for 316 Yards with three interceptions. The cougars 5-1 Overall 3-0 wac took a 31-0 Lead in the second Quarter and coasted. The rams 4-3, 3-1 have lost four straight to Brigham Young since rallying for a 24-20 Victory in 1986. Wyoming 25, new Mexico 22 Laramie Wyo. A Robert Rivers returned a punt 61 Yards to set up Wyoming a tying touchdown and the 23rd-ranked cowboys beat new Mexico on Sean Fleming a 35-Yard Field goal. Wyoming 7-0 leads the wac standings with a 4-0 league Mark