European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 21 ,.1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep pickings champions already have been crowded in the a ., and this week basketball Quot Odds Vintage 91. Comes to a screeching halt with the unfolding of the Germany big schools and Germany Bennor Small schools championships at Mannheim and Baumholzer respectively and the revitalized american schools in Italy tournament at Brindisi the Alconbury girls and Woodbridge boys Cap v 1 tured the to k. Championships. Alconbury overcame a american school of London 53-49 and avoided an Alconbury sweep by posting a 53-50 ver diet Over the dragons. A a both games were decide a by three Point baskets. Laketha Hampton connect Tell with 21 seconds remaining to give the dragons their win Over previously undefeated and perennial Champion Asl. Shawn Fleming s Trey with six1 seconds on the Dock broke a "50-50 deadlock following an Alconbury turnover 12 seconds earlier. The big schools championships involving All 14 aaa and a boys and girls teams got underway wednesday with six games in each division bringing the Field Down to a perfect eight format. Ramstein and Wiesbaden Are the defending boys and Gir St champions but neither is favored to repeat. Wurzburg Frankfurt and Hanau Drew the top seeds in the boys Competition while Hanato Frankfurt and 1990 runner up Ramstein loom As the Best girls a teams. Of a a a a. Pc 1 prediction Frankfurt to win both titles the boys Over Wurzburg and the girls Over Ramstein a a. The Brussels girls and bad Kreuz Nach boys arc Back to defend their Small schools championships Brussels is seeded no. 1 to repeat after taking the Northern regional title last week but bad Kreuz Nach just squeaked into the 1991 Field by finishing fourth in the same meet. Augsburg and Karlsruhe loom As the main roadblocks for Brussels while Baum older Bamberg and Berlin appear to hold the inside tracks in the boys action. Fulda which went into the Southern regional boys Competition 0-14, proved nothing is impossible by beating Karlsruhe to get into the final eight and then shocking top seeded Augsburg. The Falcons reverted to form by losing to Berlin in the semifinals. A and to Munich in the third place game. But Vhey re in Baum older alive and still kicking this week. Prediction Baum older boys Over Bamberg. Aug Burg girls Over Brussels in the title games. After three years of a big schools Small schools format which made Only a few people Happy if on Eben Abrams can take the word of tire coaches logic prevailed and the Italy schools care All together again like one. Big Happy family in the same tournament. Originally scheduled in Vicenza the meet was shifted to Brindisi when the Camp Oderle Post cd change in Vicenza was destroyed by fire and Freili tics which had been set aside to Billet the participating teams no longer were available. So picking the 1990-91 St a is and stripes All Europe teams and the players and coaches of the year will he the Only chore remaining before wrapping up the basketball program. Deadline is March 2.i-the International address is All Europe nominations. Stars and stripes sports Postrach 11-1437, d-610d, Darmstadt 11, Germany. The Apo address is All Europe nominations stars and stripes sports Apo 09211. International mall service usually is quicker than the apr. Speaking of All Europe Peter Jaeger the a amps Art department director has finished printing the football certificates and they should be distributed shortly. The Art department has been deluged with work what with maps and other desert shield and desert storm related matter the past couple of months and Peters handling of the certificates is much appreciated a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Quot osterholz placed three players a Andre Jones Fred Thomas and Jay Dee Blice a on the a North boys All conference basketball team. Baum. Holder s. Keri to Williams and Camino Everson bad Kreuz Nacho a Leo Wilkes and Jesse Janssen Ulm a Rosorio Brothers Alberto and Juan and Karlsruhe s Earl Turner round out thy. 10-player squad Alberto Rosorio and Williams were the Only unanimous selectee a a a a Karlsruhe a Lisa Greicius and Megan Driscoll Baum Holder s. Evans Sisters Roshunda and Theresa bad Kreuz Nacho a Chandra Maxwell and Tomiko Griffin Ulm Darya Grote osterholz s Tonya Prevo Quot and Fulda a Becky Rangel comprise the nine player girls squad Grote Griffin and Prevo were Nam a to us picks. Munich Bamberg and Augsburg placed two players apiece on the a South boys All conference team. Atilla Barlas and Rob spans were the Munich selic tech Rob Yance and Twain Mcmillian made if from Bamberg and tyrus Burden and Eric Collins were the Augsburg players chosen. Vil seek a Marcus and Ansbach s Marcus Spiric Elaml round Oul a the team. A. A a a a a a a a a Augsburg Bamberg and a a i seek paced the girls squad with two Sele Clees each. Y Arshia Bronner and Tricia Hiss got the nod from Augsburg Janet Jack Soo and Katesha Williams were chosen from Bam Berg and Sharon Colon and Talisa Jordan were the Vil seek players berlins Catina Wadley and Munich Swami Malone also were named. I a a a \1 Avoir yet another Wrestling championship last week its eight straight in Bob whelans eight years Quot at the Helm. A. Congratulations d. A the Victory was t As easy As the filial score. A. Ken Heath is51runner up Croughton i291/. Indicated because alter the first seven title matches the lancers had Only one championship Jerrold i act s 14-1 verdict in the 119 finale and Croughton had three tit lists. V but the big boys weren t about to let the title get away As they won everything from a 5 pounds through heavyweight. A this was certainly a funny year a vhf clan reported. A the highlight was being Able to take the Puls to accent for the Christmas Tohir Naniene. We did t get to do much wrestling during the season because of travel restrictions due to desert storm and to the worst weather conditions we be had air the us in years. The christinas experience really helped be Flovik the Only Dodds High school in Iceland took part in the tournament and did quite Well a nov Ai second and two thirds. A we got a Call irom Kuchavik asking for permission to take part in our Champu it ship and we were glad they could make Whelan they had a Lew pretty Good kids and it was a very Good experience a for them Quot to. A and Down in Italy Simonella proved that Good things do indeed come in Small packages. The jaguars representing one of Dodds Small Esfi schools Woal our individual titles placed second in two matches and third in two others to walk away with the Italy wrestling title with 291 Points. A tha stars and stripes. Be at Frankfurt by Randy Barnett motor sports editor the ninth International Frankfurt Sadac acc Speedway motorcycle races will he staged saturday and sunday with la top line riders from four nations in Tercel. A. A Frankfurt races Are the second a semifinal round in the motorcycle ice racing world championship. The first semifinal was held feb. 9-10 in Berlin and the w orld championship Speedway finale is scheduled for March 9-10 in Assen Netherlands. The specially constructed motorcycles powered by 500cc engines of 80 horsepower Are raced with heavily spiked tires a some 100 spikes on the front tire and �?T00 rear. The spikes allow spectacular performances with riders averaging 60 Mph or a tier of the Glare ice Oval circuit. 1 he program at Frankfurt begins Fri a i a eth practice sessions from. 1 to 5 . A. 1. The action saturday will be staged under floodlights w Ith introduction of to begin at 6 30 ., and the Rac. Sis Mich of Abrams motorcycle racers Are expected to provide thrills galore this weekend in the Abac ice Speedway Competition in Frankfurt. Ing set from 7 to about 10 30 . Y the program sunday starts with Driver introductions at 2 ., and racing from 2 30 to about 5 . Twenty heat races will be run saturday with another 20 races set for sunday. Each heat race consists of four laps about one mile total j on the Oval ice circuit. The riders in the Frankfurt semifinal represent Sweden the soviet Union Czechoslovakia and Germany. Two italian riders Are listed As reserves. A. The races will be held of the Funk fun Riff outdoor ice Oval at Rathweg near the East bark. Take autobahn exit a Chat or Uve streetcars on lines 13 and 18. Pickets for either saturday or sunday Range from 20 to 50 Marks. Youngsters age 14 and under pay 10 Marks
