European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 18, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 21mefters in Swan song this week its tournament time for Germany Bennor Tennis players. T in Central european Tennis championships run for three Days starting thursday and once again the Beautiful Vitis Tennis Squash Center in Nordenstedt just outside Wiesbaden will be the Central site for the Competition. Matches also will be played at the Ever court facility in Hofheims Wallau and Tennis Halle Christ in Hochheim. Matches have been scheduled at All three centers thursday and Friday beginning at 8 . All of saturdays action takes place on the Nordenstedt courts. Thirty three schools will be competing in the tournament. Each school is allowed to Send a boy and girl singles player and a boys and girls doubles team to the double elimination tournament. New champions Are guaranteed in All four classifications because the 1989 boys and girls singles champions Bamberg a Duane Cambra and Wurzburg a Marisa Sellers the Ramstein Marc Champagne Tom Fuhrmann winning boys tandem and the Frankfurt Shea Spradlin Cathy Simonsen winning girls duo All have been graduated. Coaches played most of the boys and girls both singles and doubles in order to give them More experience. So the mentors had to make some choices before the tournament seeds were made following last weeks final week of regular season Competition. Jorg Haffner who finished third in the 1989 boys singles and has been playing no. 1 for accent and is undefeated this season has to rate among the favourites. Other no. 1 boys singles enjoying successful seasons include Augsburg a Nathan Dynak berlins Matt Mcqueen Hanau a Jason Rebesch Ramstein Salex Andrews Wiesbaden a Jonathon Edwards Isbos Tobias Rakoczy and a Oesterberg a Richard Cruz to mention Only a few. Of cent a Nana Jurgens berlins Mary Mcqueen Bonne a Kay Pozarycki bad Kreuz Nacho a Linda Rackley Kaiserslautern Salla Naff our Munich a Vivian Holt Wiesbaden Sangie Pabalate a Mont tip Morris and patches Stacey Smith have been some of the outstanding girl players All season. The seeding committee had a Tough Job on its hands when it reviewed the records for this years tournament. The seeding meeting was chaired by Frankfurt a Bill Snyder who also was representing Germany aaa other committee members were patches Shane Washington Germany Fulda a Stephanie Steadman Martel a North Munich a Gil barks a South and International school of Brussels Guy Santiago Bennor. A it is too bad that the schools can Send Only one boy and girl singles player and one boys and girls doubles team to the finals because there Are a lot of Good players who deserve a shot at a Dodds championship. Many schools have Good Tennis programs and As a result their no. 2 and no. 3 singles players could easily defeat no. 1 players from other schools. Other individual sports like wrestling Cross country and track and Field have qualifying meets in which All the top competitors Advance to a championship event. It would be Nice if something could be worked out for the Tennis players maybe a conference Tournai Ben Abrams spartans forfeit game with Berlin saturdays scheduled Germany a North football game Between shape and Berlin has been cancelled according to spartans activities director Ross Calvert Calvert said the shape forfeit was unavoidable because the spartans Are Down to just 10 eligible players. The move comes just weeks after Bonn High school was forced to drop its football program for Lack of players. With the forfeit Victory Berlin goes to 7-0 Overall and 4-0 in a North. Shape Falls to 0-6 0-4 in the conference the spartans Are scheduled to Host International school of Brussels in their season finale on oct 27. Ment with the top four finishers in each division qualifying for the Central europeans. A a a the . Playoffs beginning this weekend Start the March towards naming the Small schools football Champion. League Champion Woodbridge Riding the Crest of a 25-game . Regular season and playoff winning skein entertains fourth place Alcon Bury in one game and third place Lakenheath makes its second appearance of the year at runner up Croughton in saturday games. London also plays Greenham common in an extra game this week but it has no bearing on the Small schools picture. Because of the uncertainty of a base closure and How few students would remain if that event came about Greenham common did t compete in . Conference action this fall. So it is ineligible for playoff reckoning. The no. 1-no. 4 and no.2-no. 3 winners clash oct. 27 at the Alconbury Woodbridge winners Field for the . Championship. That Winner has Home Field advantage against the Germany a North Champion nov. 10 in one of the Small schools semifinal games. The Germany a Central Champion entertains the a South Winner in the other semifinal that Day. The Central South playoff Winner gets the Home Field for the Small schools championship game nov. 17. Fulda is the two time defending Small schools Champion. The Falcons conquered Berlin both times 40-6 in 1988 and 6-3 last a a. This is a week where upsets could strike because there is a dearth of Blue plate specials. Some league leaders might be looking ahead to key conference showdowns and playoff positions a and some lowly foes could pull some surprises. The big engagement appears to be Wiesbaden at Heidelberg in aaa. In that game i go with Wiesbaden 27, Heidelberg 22, other games go like this Wurzburg 27, Kaiserslautern 14 Ramstein 25, Stuttgart 12 Pitburg 28, Hanau 12 Mannheim 32, Patch 14 niirnbcrg27, Owci Brincken 18 Brussels 20, accent 16 bad Kreuz Nach 26, soc Storberg 12 Baum older 20, osterholz 12 Hahn 20,1sb 12 Ansbach 28, Bamberg 6 Augsburg 20, Vilsick 6 Fulda 28, Munich 14 Woodbridge 28, Alconbury 6 Lakenheath 20, Croughton 18 Torrejon White 34, Rota 24 Zaragoza 32, Torrejon red 28 Aviano 36, Vicenza Gold 28 Vicenza Black 32, Naples White 24 Frankfurt 28, Giessen 0 Greenham common 15, London 8 last weeks picks were quite Good 19 right and four wrong raising the season record to 83-28-5, a High flying .747.�?� a a the Ball was in the air a lot last week and the foot played a key part in another game. So the offensive player of the week accolades Are shared by bit urge a Ricky Ybarra berlins Sascha Richardson and Mannheim a Steve Hawes. Defensive player of the week laurels also arc shared Fulda a Gary Mcgruder and Mannheim a Tony Rodriguez earning the recognition. Ybarra threw for seven ads completing 13 of 20 passes for 321 Yards in the Barons 47-20 non conference Victory Over Kaiserslautern. Richardson completed 8 of 10 passes for 210 Yards and four touchdowns and scored one touchdown to spark the bears to a 49-7 a North Conquest of Hahn. Hawes kicked 27 and 45-Yard Field goals to key Mannheim a 12-6,3-ot upset of previously undefeated Niernberg. Other players who enjoyed Good Days on offence were Frankfurt a Grover Rollins a Jeff Fissette and osterholz katto Forward. Linebacker Rodriguez blocked the Pat attempt following the Niernberg touchdown and registered key tackles in the second and third tiebreaker series for the Bison. End Mcgruder was credited with seven solos three assists and four Fumble recoveries As Fulda remained undefeated with a 44-28 a South Victory Over Vilseck. Other defensive standouts included a Donnie Bridges berlins pursuers who recovered five of Hahn a seven fumbles and Hawes whose 37.9 punting average also kept Niernberg in unenviable position most of the a a the Spain Cross country and volleyball seasons come to a close this weekend with the staging of those championships at Rota. The Sara and Stripe for Sabatini it s open season on Tennis titles by Ron Mckinney staff writer Fil Derstadt West Germany a Ganela Sabatini flashed enough of her to Nancy slam glitter tuesday evening to hold off Frances Julie Halard 6-4, 6-3 in be first round of the porsche grand prix Tennis tournament. Although not playing in top form Sabatini knew when to lift her game to win the Frey Points against Halard. It s almost a dance step for the Graceful a year old to open the court angles by 0u jc1ps around her backhand to in Eash the big forehand. Skip three Steps to Fer Anc a a Thomp a Sabatini hampers the Power forehand Down the line. Halard could Only shake her head. It was that Type of aggressiveness that carried Sabatini to her first grand slam title last month at the . Open. Capturing that title ended five years of grand slam frustration for the worlds fourth ranked player. A before upsetting Steffi Graf in the . Open final Sabatini was perhaps Best known for hitting the Between the legs shot. Still she won 15 career titles while relying on looping ground strokes and athletic ability. When it came to grand slam tournaments Sabatini appeared to be the games most prominent bridesmaid. She reached at least one semifinal every year since 1985. A a i was running out of patience because i did t have very Good results at the grand slams a the argentinian said after tuesdays match. Changes had to be made she knew. This year she took on Carlos Kirmayer As her new coach. They developed a game plan that called for aggressive ground strokes and charging the net More often. The result a convincing win Over Neme. Sis Graf 6-2,7-6 in the open. The Triumph was Only sabatinis fourth win in 22 meetings against her doubles partner. A i guess after five years it was time to win a Sabatini said. In 1989, Sabatini reached the finals of eight tournaments winning four titles. Bit Sabatini hit a Snag in 1990. Going into the . Open she Nad been a finalist Only once a beating Jennifer Capriati 64,7-5 in the teens pro debut in a amp Rich at the Virginia slims of Florida. At the open Sabatini was at her Best dropping Only one set in seven matches. Now that Sabatini is rising again she wants to stay near the top of Tennis. She said that a what separates the Best players from those in the Middle of the pack. A you have to train very hard a said Sabatini who practices Tennis four Olirs and endures two hours of physical training each Dav. A we work much harder than the others on the tour a although Sabatini plays doubles and Era dices occasionally with Graf they Are ardly Sisters. A we have a Good relationship but we Are not so close Sabatini said. Its hard to have a close relationship on the circuit with
