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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 3, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 25 a amps l Emmett Lewis or. Wiesbaden s. Tom Morehead loft batiks Frankfurt a Kenny Dinovo during the warriors first Placo showing at 119 pounds. Frankfurt on top Wiesbaden Germany a the big schools dominated the Northern regional wrestling championships saturday As Frankfurt Hanau and Wiesbaden won 10 of the 13 titles. Frankfurt took the team title with 173 /2 Points three More than Hanau recorded. Wiesbaden which had the most individual champions four finished third with 160 Points. The top four grapplers in each weight bracket qualified for the Central european championships Friday and saturday at Heidelberg a Patton Barracks. Tom Morehead 119jerry Helton 130paul Northam 145 and Jared Denniston 152 won for Wiesbaden Frankfurt got championships from Ron Buntin 112anthony Gordon 125 and Maleek Williams 160. The eagles Shawn Highsmith did no twin a championship but he qualified with a third place finish in the unlimited division after posting three pins in 7 47. Prep wrestling Hanau a Todd Berrios was the class of the 140-Pound division As he marched through four matches unscathed to take the outstanding wrestler award. Teammates John Vesely 135 and Jason Barnhardt 189 also won championships. Bad Krenz Nach went Home with two of the other three titles Derrick Thompson prevailing at 171 and Shawn Clark in the unlimited class. Berlin s Lawrence Ervin triumphed Al 1.03. Heidelberg accent win Quot Brun sum Netherlands Heidelberg aimed its eighth consecutive big schools regional title by romping through the Central regional. Accent claimed its seventh straight Small schools regional title. The lion madmen rang up 19 Points to Best an eight team Field. Two Heidel Berg wrestlers were also honoured with awards. Heavyweight Matt Spoehr had the most pins in the shortest time and Chris Fincke a 171-Pounder, was named the regional a most outstanding wrestler. In addition to Fincke and Spoehr s achievements Heidelberg nabbed seven first place finishes. Eric Quick and Jimmy murrin won .1 kill. M 7v/-9. The 103 and 112-Pound titles respectively. Fincke won at 171, Spoehr at heavyweight Chris Foisy at 135, Steve Reny at 140 and Ethan Topping at 189 Ramstein first in Western regional Ramstein a Germany the hosting royals nabbed the team title at the Western regional Topping an eight team Field with a score of l76 it. Ramstein a Cameron flail and Chon Watson earned individual donors to tack on to their weight class titles. Watson was named the most outstanding wrestler of the tournament while Hall had the most pins m the shortest time Span. Ii o , Austria. Dpi a Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden humbled the heavyweights at the world Alpine ski championships saturday by snatching the giant slalom Gold from the outstretched hands of the favourites. The 20-year-old Wiberg produced a near perfect second leg to charge through the rankings and become Sweden a first erg rises 1 Ever woman world Champion. ,. She was seventh after the first leg but unleashed a spectacular second run of 1 minute 2.95 seconds for a combined time of minutes 7.45 seconds to snatch the title from Ulrike Maier of Austria 2 07.6 b. Wiberg staged a similar second leg surge in fridays special slalom when she came from 17th to finish sixth. Sabatini a. A i. It. Sweeps Fernandez by the associated press  a fifth seeded Gabriela Sabatini beat fourth seeded Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3, 6-4 saturday to Advance to the singles final of the pan Pacific open Tennis tournament. Sabatini who i wet top seeded Suletti Graf m the Quarter smals tiday. Will face thud seeded Maitina Navratilova in the final. A Salilo a Defeated  Childe Meister 6-2. 7-6 7-5. Quot �?o1 tried to play aggressively but she plays very deep and would t let me come to the net a Sabatini said. Quot we be been Tennis playing together since i was 12 years old and she used to beat me All the time so 1 knew i would have to do my Best to beat her  Fernandez quickly gave up the first five games of the match before coming Back with Strong serves and consistent rallies forcing Sabatini to make several mistakes. A i got off Topf i slow Start and its hard to get Back into Quot the match alter  in or Nande said. Italy leads Germany Dortmund Germany Italy edged Germany in a first round Davis cup doubles match saturday with Omar Campp desc and Diego Nargiso defeating Boris Becker and Eric Jelcin in five sets. In a furious endurance test that lasted 3 hours 46 minutes the italians won 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 8-64-6,6-3. Italy leads the tie 2-1, with the deciding singles scheduled sunday. For Mostof the .match, and Jelcin pounded the italians with powerful serves and sizzling volleys. A but Nargiso and Camporese Italy Stop ranked player responded with patience effective attacks Quot Well played returns and a seemingly inexhaustible Energy Supply. 4 yugoslavs finish swedes Zagreb Yugoslavia a Goran Ivanisevic and Goran Prpic Defeated Sweden a doubles team of Stefan Edberg and Peter Lundgrin to give Yugoslavia a winning 3-0 Lead in their Davis cup world group first round match saturday. The yugoslavs won 6-4,6-4,6-4 in 1 hour 55 minutes before 4,000 spectators on an indoor Clay court in this croatian capital. Four Tinie Davis cup Champion Sweden was outplayed by the yugoslav pair who dropped their serve Only once throughout the match. Ivanisevic served seven aces Edberg apparently out of form and practice looked lost on the court a we did no to think it would be that easy against the swedes. This Victory came too fast a said Ivanisevic seventh on the at list. A a a a a a a a Mcenroe says no to Milan Milan Italy John Mcenroe pulled out of the Milan indoor Tennis tournament saying he is afraid of flying to Europe because of terrorism italian organizers reported saturday. Organizers also said that two other american players Michael Chang and Aaron Krickstein will play in the tourney which starts monday. Traudl Ila Echer took the Bronze saturday salvaging Pride for the germans who had been without a medal at this championship. A i have always been better in slalom but this year it has started to come together for me with giant slalom As Well Wiberg said. A but i did no to think i could beat Maier. This is marvelous. A i was actually Only fighting for a Bronze medal in the second run. I always prefer to be a Little Back after the first run and fully attack in the  Wiberg a student and so new to International ski racing that she is not yet in the Media guide said she was inspired by Sweden a great Champion Ingemar Stenmark the most successful ski racer in history  
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