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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 28, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep Pickin athlete of year Trail winds on from Terry Brennan to Howard Buckner. From Chris Foster to Kristie Traweek. That is the progression on the athletes of the year trails. Frankfurt a Brennan was the first boy acclaimed stars and stripes athlete of the year in 1965 Vicenza a Buckner won that recognition last year. Bonne a Foster was the first a irl recognized Traweek was Buckner a counterpart in 1990. In Between there have been some interesting titbits. A. V a a. A a a a a a for instance Only two people have repeated and Only twice have the a amps athletes of the year come from the same school. Oddly enough Hanau a Barry Dorsey figured in both situations. He was the first to repeat winning the accolades for school years 1977-78 and 1978-79. In his repeat year Hanau a Karen Blake also was de dared the outstanding girl performer. Wiesbaden a Sam Murray followed Dorsey the next two years. A there will be no repeat individuals this year because both Buckner and Traweek have been graduated a a a a a a. A a. A a a a. On Only one other occasion has the same school had Back to Back selectee in 1975-76 and 1976-77 when Kaiserslautern a Marriott Smith and Glen White walked away with the laurels. The second same school combo came about in the 1982-83 Span when Munich a Steve Sanders and Kristin Wilson were selected. Wilson a honors however weren to outright a she was named co Winner with bit urge a Lorraine Lacy when the panel deemed they were exactly equal in Talent. Berlin and Kaiserslautern share the honors for the most boys named three. Traweeks selection last year boosted upper Heyford Croughton into the Lead for the most girls honoured and into a tie with a did no Orre Wonfor the most athletes recognized four. Eric Barella the 1985-86 selectee was Kaiserslautern a third Winner. Cleo Johnson 1969-70harry Smith 1971-72 and Randy Smith 1974-75 Gereben Abrams berlins chosen persons. Before Croughton High school was opened de Latimer 1966-67lynne Chapman 1975-76 and Angela Gray 1977-78 put upper Heyford on the map Dorsey nosed out upper Heyford a Mike Gray in his first winning year or there would have been a unique brother sister combination. Bob Lueke 1965-66dave Barnes 1973-74 and Carmen Lis 1976-77 won the accolades under Madrid colors and Maria Quintanilla took the 1980-81 laurels for Torrejon. Lueke teamed up with Bill took to pull what probably was the outstanding single achievement in Dodds history a winning by themselves the Europe wide track and Field championship in 1966. Lueke won both hurdles and the Long jump and took third in the triple jump they were called Broad jump and hop step and jump Way Back the setting a record in the Long jump and Tooke captured the 100, 200 and 400, tying the Dodds record in the 100, to account for 33 Points. Frankfurt with a full contingent finished second with 26 Points. Three other schools a Frankfurt Vicenza and Ramstein a have had two boys win the accolades. Frankfurt a second Winner was Doug Henderson who still owns the Dodds Long jump and triple jump records in 1972-73 Vicenza a first was Mark Friedman in 1970-71 Ramstein winners were Darren Canada in 1983-84 and Chris Kelley four years later. Bonn is the Only school besides the Madrid Torre Jon and upper Heyford Croughton combines with More than one girl Winner. Alix Ronka was chosen for her feats in 1985-86. To Date 24 different boys from 16 schools and 17 girls from 13 different schools have been recognized for their outstanding talents. Whether schools with former winners pad their logs or whether new schools Are added to the lists will be determined in Early june when All the activities have been terminated and the 1990-91 stars and stripes athletes of the year Are announced. The Only Dodds athletes in action Between now and april 13 will be the All stars who will be competing in the 10th annual Cholet France International cadets basketball tournament. Coach Tom Leblanc feels that he has the Best team Dodds has Ever sent to France but the Field has been expanded to include teams from Munich Moscow and Riverside n.y., and their presence has a created a degree of uncertainty about the Dodds prospects. Dodds opens against Moscow. A the 1991 Dodds team is by far the Best one we be taken to France a Leblanc said tuesday a cite rating a statement he made following tryouts earlier in the month. A this team would have been Able to handle any of the teams in past Cholet tournaments in which Dodds has competed and in a sure Well be very representative again this year. We won i have the size the other clubs have but we have inst and ing Speed and our press defense was very impressive in our four practice games. Quot a but the presence of Moscow and especially the team from new York creates an interesting aspect to this years tournament a Leblanc continued. A a in a sure they  be in the tournament if they did no to have pretty Good  Leblanc said that he did no to have any information on either of those two squads but he said that the team from Athens averages 6-6 and a Athens is always very  Dodds Moscow and the team from Livin France form the Green group in the olympic Stylc tournament. New York Naples and Munich compete in the Brown group Spain Belgium and club june France of Cholet arc in the Blue group and Athens Montreal and a French All Star team comprise the Black group. To stars and strip final four tickets abound for those awash with Cash by Hank Lowenkron Indianapolis a basketball fans can still buy tickets to the final four. A it takes is a lot of Cash because scalping is Legal in Indianapolis. Tuesdays editions of the Indianapolis newspapers had More than 300 ads in the classified Section mostly offering tickets for prices ranging from $100 to $2,000 each. Ticket agencies had the largest ads and reported a brisk business. A we have four phone lines going constantly a said Dave Brusslan president of preferred tickets and Tours which had the largest advertisement a 2 inches by 2la in the classified Section and an other 3-by-Va the Rick foxes North Carolina tar heels should help net a big crowd at indy this weekend. Inch and in the sports Section. A a we re Selling tickets from $200 to $2?500 each a said Brusslan. He estimated he Hada a thousands of tickets available. A we mainly get them from people who get to buy tickets through the Mcaa lottery and then decide they wont come a a a for several More fun because there Are a lot More tickets available. There were very few tickets available last year in  the elimination of Indiana and Ohio state from the tournament did not cause a major decline in ticket demand Brusslan said. A the Only effect it had was to lower the Price we paid for tickets. Some people Neld their tickets too Long and it Cost by w he said. A a we be done this years. This year its a lot semifinals on arts subject to change by an Kansas is. North Carolina 11 . Saturday on to 11 30 . On radio followed by 1jnly is. Duke. Them Money a he said. A but the demand is pretty Good. And having two teams from North Carolina is Good for business. Duke and North Carolina both have a fantastic following just like  those with tickets Are being advised to be prepared for extra Security because of the possibility of terrorism in response to the persian Gulf War. Spectators will be prohibited from bringing emergency pagers cameras video recorders televisions radios coolers bottles cans and other containers. Purses and bags must be opened for inspection and nand held Metal detectors will also be used to Check spectators As they enter the Hoosier dome. Officials will open the Gates three hours before the Start of fridays Public practice sessions saturdays opening semifinal game and monday nights championship contest to allow fans to pass through the extra Security and reach their seats in time for the games. A we know that some of the Security procedures May cause  hard feelings a said Bill Hancock director of the Mcaa division i menus basketball championships. A some people might even be angry. But if we done to do it someone might get Hurt. Well take anger Over injury any   
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