European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep picking same plan for Spring takes shape its Spring again and things have begun to fall into place As far As the Germany Bennor Spring sports locations Are concerned. The dates have to be changed but it s Back to Munich a Dante stadium for the Central european track and Field meet after two years at Augsburg a Rose Nau stadium. Because of the unavailability of Dante stadium May 24-25, the meet has been advanced to wednesday and thursday May 22-23. Triple a and double a conference meets Are scheduled at Frankfurt and Patch respectively. Of cent is the site of the Northern regional and the Southern regional will be held at Ansbach. All Are scheduled May 17-18. The top four competitors in each event in each regional Quality for the Central european championships a a. A. A a a a a a a a a gymnasts will be competing on three Levels a beginner intermediates and advanced compulsory and optional programs. All Germany Bennor schools that compete in gymnastics Advance directly to the Central european championships May 23-25 at Fulda. Germany Bennor big schools and Small schools soccer tournaments also Are scheduled May 24-25. The top four teams in the. Germany aaa and a conferences will Advance to the big schools tournaments the girls at the aaa champions pitch the boys at the a site. The Small schools format is a horse of a different color. A a a a a a a a a a a the league Champion from a North a South and Bennor automatically qualify for the Small schools Field. So do the conference tournament winners unless they Are the league champions. As of tuesday Sites were still needed for All conference tournaments and the Small schools finals except for the a South girls meet which will be Aben Abrams Vilseck As that school continues its policy of hosting As Many Dodds events As possible. Volleyball and basketball tournaments have already been staged there. A a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A a two week Layoff looms this is probably the Ideal time to make the initial announcement concerning the 1990-91 stars and stripes athletes of the year. This will be the 27th time a boy has been selected and the 17th year for the outstanding girl. Frankfurt a Terry Brennan was the first boy honoured and Bonne a Chris Foster the first girl. Vicenza a Howard Buckner and Croughton a Kristie Traweek walked off with the 1989-90 accolades. The rules remain unchanged. They Are 1. Candidates must be their schools athlete of the year. If a school does no to officially recognize its athletes the athletic directors and coaches should get together and make such nominations for the school 2. A letter of nomination including All the pertinent information and supporting statistics should be submitted separately on each boy and girl. Each letter must be signed by the principal or athletic director. An athlete must be nominated by his her coach or the and to be considered by the selection panel. 3. The in office deadline not the postmark a is june i. All Competition will be completed by May 25. Many schools Complete their Spring Competition a week or two earlier. The nominations for their athletes should be forwarded at that time lest it be forgotten. 4. The letters should be mailed to the athletes of the year committee. Sports department the stars and stripes Postrach 11-1437, d6i00 Darmstadt ii Germany. They also can be sent via Apo 09211, but i would recommend using the International address. Only achievements during school year 1990-91 in official Dodds sports will be considered by the panel. There Are Many Dodds athletes who have excelled throughout their Scholastic careers but last years accomplishments will have no bearing on this years reckoning. Official Dodds sports Are those which arc scheduled and funded by Dodds a football Golf Tennis Cross country volleyball basketball wrestling track and Field soccer gymnastics and in the u.k., girls softball. Dodds also sponsors and funds such other activities As a Roth Rifle and Drill teams and chec lending but those programs Are activities not sports a a a a a. Dodds Germany athletics coordinator Tom Leblanc and Frankfurt football coach Charlie Toth have agreed to serve on the selection committee again this year. Sue Gozansky head coach at Cal Riverside and her assistant Monica Hayes will be the instructors at the Dodds volleyball clinic june 19-21 at Vilseck. A a the coaches who voted of cent a Scott i a Nahan outstanding wrestler at the Central european wrestling championships had an Eye for Talent. The 160-Pound senior who pinned four be foes in a total of 7 minutes 33 seconds last month returned to his native Canada March 8-9 and won the Canadian National Junior title at 158 pounds. Wrestling for the Manitoba team in the olympic , Lenahan rolled to an 8-1 record which included four pins and four technical Falls in route to the Gold medal. The Start and stripes Rice Aims to be Barcelona s game boy by Rob Staggenborg staff writer thank god for the two to so Tetras and Tony. Tony is Tony Rice one of two quarterbacks who will Sec action in the Green and Scarlet of the world league of american footballs Barcelona dragons who open at Home at 7 sunday against the new York knights. A a. A a a a a Tetras is a popular Nintendo game Cartridge that is proving to do More for team cohesiveness than weeks of practising together living together eating together. The two to a go hand in hand. A i brought my game boy Over and the Only Cartridge i had was Tetras a Rice said from his Barcelona hotel temporary Home tuesday. A a now in be gotten everybody addicted. The linemen Are hooked on that when you re a quarterback its always a Good idea to endear yourself to the Guys who protect you. A i had to leave my Nintendo at Home but the game boy came Over a the soft spoken Rice said As if leaving his Nintendo system were As difficult As leaving his wife. It has been a rough two years for Tony Rice forever endeared to notre Dame fans As the kid who helped the Irish win the 1988 National championship. The a tonal football league had no use for him and bypassed the 6-foot-l, 200-Pounder on draft Day. He found Solace and a Job in Saskatchewan Canada working for a band of roughriders. So when Barcelona coach Jack Bicknell called Rice was All ears. A i played for Jack in the East West shrine game my senior year. I really enjoyed his style of under coach Lou Holtz at notre Dame Rice enjoyed a Stellar senior year in 1989. He was the football news player of the year. Rice completed 68 passes in 137 attempts for 1,122 passing Yards that year. His 4,8,82 Yards of total offence in his three seasons 2,006. In 89 alone put him behind Steve Beuerlein 6,459 Yards and Joe Theismann 5,432 Yards on notre Dames All time total offence list. I hat was then and it was Sweet. Then came the Canadian football league sandwiched in Between his nil snub and his Olaf debut. A it s a different environment up in Canada a Rice said. Quot i went up there and it hit me All at once. They said Welcome to the real world. It is a real world very fast paced t he Cal employs rapid fire offences with three allotted for each series rather than the Ameri Nintendo Freak Tony Rice has found a Brand new game. Cans four Downs. A i was watching an nil game and i believe How slow it went. They told me that american football was slow but i did no to believe it until i got to this is now and it could get Sweet. But Rice will split duties with Scott Erney a Rutgers University Alum. The world leagues emphasis will be placed on explosive offences and a fast paced game a the Type of football Rice knows Well. But where the Tetras Fredk falters is his Arm. He lacks the booming Cannon like Arm most Olaf quarterbacks have. Frankfurt a Mike Perez was rated higher than Rice at a scouting Combine in Orlando fla., last month. Rice had to wait until the second round to be picked. A Price brings a certain style a Bicknell said by phone tuesday. A a he a Quick and has legitimate Arm strength. He a not the Guy who everyone said does t have Lesili mate Arm a you re always going to have people cutting you Down a Rice said. A to a just going to go out there and do the Best i can. You can to loll gag out there. That show people gel Hurt. I take everything seriously. In a Here to make a name for myself. If. It Means the nil next year then ill look Back at this league As the place that got me joining Rice in the dragon Backfield Are former Kansas City chiefs running Back Paul Palmer and former Oklahoma sooner runner Lydell Carr. A these Are the Type of people you read about in the newspapers a Rice said. A then when you meet them you realize that they re on your level. Paul a a breakaway Guy a Guy you give the Ball to sit Back and watch him run. A a but we re More than a one person team. In a not going to sit Back and take the sack. If i see something open then in a going to run the Ball. With my athletic ability i can make things looking Back on his 1988 championship season Rice does no to Wallow in self admiration. He remains a dedicated Irish fan and watched the Irish fall to Colorado on new years Day. It was his honeymoon. A i sat there in our hotel room watching the game and i just wanted to he on that Field with those Guys. It was really exciting to see some. younger Guys get a Chance to play a and rocket a Rice said referring to Heisman runner up Raghib a a rocket Ismail a a in be always been impressed with rocket. He makes things Jutland trophy Winner Chris Zorich earned Rice a respect. A there were so Many things he a had to go through. His mom died before the game and he went on to play in her memory. That says a lot about his dedication to his Mother and the game of but the Man Rice will remember for years to come will be Holtz. A Lou Holtz gave me a Chance to participate. He pushed me to do Well in class and i graduated on time. Lou Holtz gave me a lot of chances on and off the a
