European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Blues strike again by the associated press Pittsburgh Michel Mongeau and Gino Cavallini scored Power play goals in the first five minutes of the third period to Lead the hot St. Louis blues to a 3-2 win Over the Pittsburgh penguins thursday night. The blues Are 9-1-1 in their past 11 games and ended thenal Roundup penguins season Best winning Streak at four games. St. Louis leads the nil in Road wins with a 7-3-0 record. With the blues trailing 2-1, Mongeau knocked in Paul Cav Allinio a pass at 1 51 to tie the game. Gino Cavallini then deflected Jeff Browne a shot from the right Point past Tom Barras so at 4 4i for his third goal and the blues first Lead. In other games thursday flames 8, flyers 2 Philadelphia Sergei Makarov and Joe in Ouwendyk each had a goal and three assists and Calgary scored five goals in the final period. Stephane Matteau and Gary Roberts each had one goal and one assist for the flames. Matteau backhanded a rebound past Pete Peeters for a 41 Lead just 11 seconds into the final period. Canucks 5, Maple Leafs 3 Toronto a Power play goals by Trevor Linden and Brian Bradley keyed a four goal Vancouver splurge in the second period As the canucks skated to a 5-3 Victory Over Toronto which suffered its fifth straight loss. Adrien Plavsic Steve Bozek and Gary Valk also scored for the canucks 9-7-0 and third in the smythe division. North stars 3, Nordques 2 Bloomington Minn. Gaeten Duchesne and Shane Churla scored second period goals lifting Minnesota Over Quebec. It was the Nordques eighth consecutive loss. After allowing Everett Sani pass goal on the Nordi quest first shot Jon Casey made 24 saves before yielding Aaron Broten a goal with one second left in the game. He has Given up Only four souls in helping Minnesota go 2-1 in its last three games including a 2-0 Victory at Quebec. Blackhawk 5, oilers 3 Chicago a a goaltender de Belfour became the no la a first 10-game Winner As Chicago extended Edmonton Sall time franchise losing Streak to eight. The Victory the Black Hawks sixth in their last nine contests left Chicago tied with St. Louis for the Norris division Lead. Kings 5, red wings 1 Inglewood Calif. Wayne Gretzky and Tomas Sandstrom each had a goal and an assist to Lead los Angeles Over Detroit. Saturday november 10,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 23 Ewing s 32 lift kicks by the associated press new York Patrick Ewing had 32 Points 15 rebounds and seven blocked shots and the new York kicks held the Washington bullets to 33-percent shooting in the fourth Quarter of a 114-103 Victory thursday night. The game featured 11 Lead changes and 16 ties in the first three quarters but the bullets 7-for-2i shooting in the final period enabled the kicks to win their first Home game in three tries. Bernard King scored 30nba Roundup surge by the magic 0-4. Kenny Smith had 17 Points and Otis Thorpe and Vernon Maxwell had 16 apiece for the Points and . English 15 for Washington. Charles Oakley had 17 Points and 13 rebounds for nets Rookie Derrick Coleman 44pressured by Miami a Kevin Edwards right dishes off Over defender Sherman Douglas on Friday. New York. In other games thursday Bucks 141,76ers 111 Milwaukee Ricky Pierce scored 28 Points and Jay Humphries and Frank Brickowski sparked a third Quarter spurt As Milwaukee routed Philadelphia. The 76ers were forced to play most of the game without starting guard Johnny Dawkins who injured his right knee in the first Quarter. The preliminary diagnosis was a torn ligament. Rockets 103, magic 99 Houston a Akeem Olajuwon avoiding foul trouble had 25 Points and 19 rebounds As Houston beat wingless Orlando. Olajuwon who had fouled out of two of Houston a previous three games scored 13 of his Points in the final period when the rockets fought off a late rockets. Dennis Scott had 28 Points for the magic. Nets 114, heat 103 East Rutherford . A first round draft picks Derrick Coleman and Tate George sparked a 9-3 run at the Start of the fourth Quarter carrying new Jersey Over Miami for its first Victory. The nets 1-3who led from the Middle of the opening period took control Over the final 12 minutes of their Home opener. Coleman the top pick m the draft hit one of two free throws to put new Jersey ahead 79-73 and Derrick Gervin followed with a Baseline jumper. Reggie Theus led new Jersey with 24 Points and cookie Blaylock added 22. Coleman finished with 13 Points and 10 rebounds. Sherman Douglas led Miami with 24 Points. Jazz 103, spurs 94 Salt Lake City Karl Malone held to five Points through the first 3 i quarters scored nine of his 14 in the final 5 34, leading Utah Over san Antonio. The loss was the 13th straight for the spurs at Utah. San Antonio last won at the Salt Palace on feb 3,1986. John Stockton led the jazz with 24 Points. Terry Cummings led san Antonio with 25. Prep Grid playoffs kicking off by Ben Abrams prep sports editor its do or die time on the High school football scene today. Eight teams begin playoffs that will decide the 1990 big schools and Small schools champions. One of them Fulda is gunning for an unprecedented third straight title since playoff Competition was inaugurated in 1975. The Falcons one of three teams playing 11-Man football still undefeated and untied Defeated Berlin in the Small schools title game the past two years and they catch the bears again in one of today a semifinals. Baum older which also boasts a perfect record plays at bad Kreuz Nach in the other Small schools semifinal. The Berlin Fulda Kickoff is scheduled at noon the Baum older bad Kreuz Nach game is an hour later. Both big schools games Are scheduled for noon. Aaa Champion Wiesbaden entertains a runner up Nimberg and a Winner Mannheim is at Home to Frankfurt which shared second place in the aaa with Wurzburg but qualified for the playoffs by virtue of its Victory Over the wolves. Wurzburg thus was eliminated from defending the big schools Crown it won last year. The Small schools original format called for the a North Champion Baum older to travel to England to take on the . Winner Woodbridge and the a Central Winner to entertain the a South Kingpin Fulda. Bad Kreuz Nach and Brussels share the a Central title but like Frankfurt in aaa bad Kreuz Nach won the head on head Battle and advanced to the playoffs. Both championship games Are scheduled for next saturday with Sites to be determined by the outcome of today a games. If Fulda wins it will be the Home team for the Small schools final so will Wiesbaden if it prevails. Fulda takes an 11-game winning Streak into its game against Berlin. The Falcons dropped a 60 verdict to bad Kreuz Nach in their next to last regular season game last year but bounced Back to beat Ulm and qualify for the playoffs and won the championship with victories Over Munich and Berlin. This year Fulda beat two Strong. Teams Augsburg and Ansbach in route to a 5-0 a South record coming from a 240 deficit to Edge Ansbach 30-24 behind the super running of John Johnson. Berlin 7-1 lost to Baum older in the a North title decider but gained a second playoff life via the wild card when Woodbridge the third perfect 11-Man team in Dodds was denied the Opportunity to go to the playoffs because of budget restraints. The second place teams in the three remaining Small schools leagues were eligible for wildcard selection but Berlin advanced because it had the Best Overall record. Baum older and Berlin were the obvious class of a North. The bucs prevailed in their showdown with a great defensive showing. They shut out the bears who had been averaging 39.4 Points a game As Keith Williams David Allen and Davon Brown stifled the Berlin attack on All fronts. Bad Kreuz Nach topped Brussels 6-0 in a rugged defensive game at bad Kreuz Nach but the bearcats lost to Karlsruhe and both teams had to await the outcome of the Karlsruhe Ulm season finale to see who would represent the league in the playoffs. Ulm prevailed eliminating Brussels and Karlsruhe. A Karlsruhe Victory would have created a three Way deadlock and eliminated bad Kreuz Nach. Wiesbaden nudged Frankfurt to win the aaa title. The warriors 7-1 also beat Wurzburg to end the wolves 12-game winning skein. Four of their five league games were determined by a touchdown or less As they displayed the ability to win the close ones. Nimberg posted a 6-2 record. The eagles lost the a playoff spot because of a 12-9 overtime defeat to Mannheim when Steve Hawes came through with a 32-Yard Field goal. Mannheim dropped two no conference games but was perfect in league action escaping with the overtime win. It dominated the rest of the league behind the running of Dominic Vassar and Darryl Bell and Hawes Fine kicking both from placement and on punts. Frankfurt 5-3 is on the Way Back after several years in the doldrums. The eagles in Charlie Tothy a second year As head coach had their first winning Campaign in several years. They impressed in victories Over Wiir Burg and Heidelberg and were in the Wiesbaden game almost All the Way before losing 19-13