European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 20,1991 the stars and stripes c Page 21rams Nick sabers reach final by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Ramstein a Germany a Bruce Leggroan threw for 421 Yards and a pair of touchdowns saturday to Lead the Ramstein rams to a 33-30 semifinal Victory Over the Span Dah Lem sabers in the Continental sports conference playoffs. Ramstein which lost to Span Dahlem 38-34 in last years semifinal game will Host the Winner of the Rhein main sem Bach game set for noon sunday at Sembach in the Csc championship game oct. 27. Leggroan who is one of the inaugural inductees to the Safe sports Hall of Fame rolled through the Saber secondary passing for 195 Yards in the first half alone. He threw to passes to George Barnes and Robert Griffin and threw a 70-Yard completion to Derek Allen who was stopped at the Span Dahlem 1. Leggroan completed 24 Germany a passes in 40 attempts and was picked off once in the game. Charlie Bankston scored three times All on 1-Yard plunges. Luther Shannon threw an 80-Yard touchdown pass to Ken Sneed and Ken Gentry threw a 5-yarder to Shannon for the sabers. But it was Leggroan the Oft injured Ramstein vet who wowed the crowed with his Aerial acrobatics. Allen pulled in five Leggroan offerings for 140 Yards to Lead the rams receiving corps. Griffin caught eight passes for 122 Yards and . Richardson caught five passes for 93 Yards. Barnes finished the Day with five catches for 70 Yards. A you know my receivers a Leggroan boasted. A a they be been doing it All year Long. But really it was my line. They were giving me the time to throw. This was going to be my last game in the Csc and i did no Csc football want it to  Ramstein a Hopes at another title game berth were nearly ended late in the game when Shannon led the sabers on a last minute drive anchoring the offence to the Ramstein 7 with less than two minutes left. On a third and goal Shannon threw into a crowd Only to find Ramstein linebacker Ernest Daye clutching onto the Ball. A the Ball was thrown off to my right and i got a hand on it. I just pulled it in a Daye said. After Daye was penalized for celebrating his near fatal blow to the sabers the rams were pushed Back to their 4. Faced with a fourth-and-10, Ramstein coach Larry Boldin opted to take the safety to give his kicking team More space and to push Span Dahlem Back on the free kick. A we came into this game As the no. 1-Rankcd defense in the league. It a be dumb not to put my defense out there and give them a Chance to redeem  tied to a 7-0 Lead Leggroan anchored a 77-Yard scoring drive completing four passes. He hit Barnes with a 21-yarder and three plays later hit Richardson with a 40-yarder to set up a first and goal at the Span Dahlem 6. On the next play he hit Barnes with the 6-Yard scoring strike. Span Dahlem blocked William Hutchinson spat but the rams led 13-0. The sabers behind Gentry a clutch passing and Antuan Barnes 35-Yard run drove to the Ramstein 5. Two plays later Gentry brought it in from the 2 to put Spang within reach at 137. Late in the first half Gentry gave the sabers the Lead piloting a 55-Yard drive. Ona first and goal from the Ramstein 5, Gentry hit Luther Shannon for the score. Frank Goetzl spat gave the sabers the 14-13 Lead. Bankston gave the rams the 7-0 Lead in the first Quarter on his first 1-Yard to plunge. The score capped a 64-Yard drive. Leggroan a passing efficiency set a new Mark for Ramstein passers. A four Hundred Twenty one Yards a an astounded Leggroan asked. A a that seven unbeliever ble to me. I knew i Wasny to playing bad but 421 Yards a we tried to say they weren to a threat because we beat them twice this year. But when you re in the playoffs you Start thinking of the last playoff game. They waxed  the ram defense allowed Shannon and Gentry 218 Yards in the air but held Spang rushers to just 156 Yards. Antuan Barnes led the sabers with 54 Yards on eight attempts. The Ramstein defense sacked the Saber quarterbacks three times forced a pair of fumbles and came up with three  slips by Pitburg Giessen Germany a Chris Mcmullen intercepted a pass with 1 20 left in the game to preserve Giessen a 20-18 Victory Over Pitburg. Giessen is 3-2 Overall and 2-0 in Germany a Pitburg dropped to 1-4,1-2. Pitburg erased a 14-7 halftime deficit with touchdown passes from Steve Hall to Mike Roberts in the third Quarter and to Aaron Taylor in the final period. Hall also scored on a quarterback sneak in the first Quarter. With 5 minutes remaining in the game Pitburg recovered their on Side kick. However Mcmullen killed the scoring threat with the interception. Chris Robinson scored two touchdowns for the Griffins on a 45-Yard punt return and 48-Yard reception from Raymond Garcia. Defensive tackle Ben Schultz accounted for the other touchdown. Schultz snatched the Ball out of mid air after a hit by a a pop Kee and rumbled 35 Yards to the end zone. Giessen a Juan Tirado had 3 sacks and 7 Solo tackles. In saturdays other Germany a game Nurnberg 28, Patch 3 Vaihinger Germany the Nurnberg eagles remained undefeated in the conference by rolling Over the Patch panthers. Terrance chuckles scored on an 8-Yard run Aaron Walker tallied from the 7 and Quon Barker Romed for a 38-yarder. The eagles also scored on a 23-Yard pass play. Patches Mike Barry booted a 22-Yard Field goal to Avert a shutout. Greg Hayden had 3 solos 10 assists and a Fumble recovery and Wayne Mcdowell recorded five solos and five assists and also had an interception for Nurnberg. Fourth Quarter comeback lifts Frankfurt Over Ramstein 21-14 Frankfurt Germany Chad Nighbert sneaked for two touchdowns Ana Sidney Lemora ran for the game winning score As the undefeated Frankfurt eagles rallied in the fourth Quarter to beat the Ramstein royals 21-14 in a aaa conference game saturday. Frankfurt improved to 3-0 in aaa 5-0 in the conference going into next weeks showdown at Home against defending big schools Champion Wiesbaden who waxed Wurzburg 40-7 to go to 4-1. Ramstein is 0-3 and 2-3. The eagles trailed the royals 14-7 before mounting two fourth Quarter scoring drives. The first one a 12-play, 58-yarder with 11 rushes led to Nighbert a 1-Yard sneak for the score. The Pat failed leaving Frankfurt behind 14-13. After a Short Ramstein punt Frankfurt went on a 5-play, 47-Yard drive with Lemora running three of those plays. Lemora scored on a 14-Yard run with 2 30 left in the game to put Frankfurt ahead 1914. Nighbert passed to Webster Lang Home for the conversion and 21-14 final margin. Frankfurt stopped two Ramstein possessions in the final two minutes one on Chris breezes interception and finally when the eagles took Over on Downs with 10 seconds left and Nighbert went to one knee to run out the clock. Ramstein took a 7-0 first Quarter Lead on Mike Carters 8-Yard run and Ryan Fin Chorny a kick. Frankfurt tied it on the final play of the first half when Nighbert sneaked in from the 4 and Markus tur Germany aaa Rojas kicked the extra Point. They were tied 7-7 at the half. The royals recovered a Fumble at the Frankfurt 18 with 8 00 left in the third Quarter. Allen Walker ran 7 Yards then 1 for the score and Fin Chorny spat made it 14-7 after three quarters. Frankfurt dominated the stats getting 13 first Downs to Ramstein a 8, and out Rushing Ramstein 240-156. Lemora rushed 13 times for 90 Yards and Nighbert had 13 rushes for 72 Yards. Defensively John Iosefo had 3 solos and 12 assists for Frankfurt Langhorne had 7 solos and four assists and David Irey had 4 solos and 4 assists. In other Germany aaa games saturday Wiesbaden 40, Wurzburg 7 Wiesbaden Germany the Wiesbaden warriors continued on their Germany aaa title collision course with Frankfurt by overwhelming the Wurzburg wolves. That game is saturday at Frankfurt. Duba Flowers saw Only first half action but by intermission had piled up 174 Yards and scored two touchdowns to Lead the warriors to their fourth league win and their fourth win in five All game outings. Flowers scores came on 5 and 22-Yard runs. Ron Barnett got the charges of Darryl Schwartz off on the right foot in the second minute of play when he returned an intercepted pass 45 Yards for a touchdown. Maurice Johnson tallied on an 8-Yard run and Flowers barged Over for his first to before the end of Fth first period. Wurzburg got its touchdown at the outset of the second Quarter on . Bishops 4-Yard dive. Flowers countered that with his second score and Ken Johnson and Lee Utsey tallied in the second half Johnson on a 27-Yard pass from Jackson Utsey on a 1-Yard dive. John Williams sparked the Wiesbaden defense with 7 solos Flowers and Alex Gonzales were credited with six tackles apiece. Chris Decorti moved to nos guard by coach John Sullivan was outstanding in a losing cause with 10 solos 2 assists three blocked punts and a Fumble  29, Kalser Slatary 0 Kaiserslautern Germany a Jason Montgomery opened the scoring with a quarterback sneak Early in the first Quarter sparking the panthers 3-1, 4-1 to their shutout Victory. Montgomery also helped his cause by booting a Field goal and two extra Points. The Panther Backfield stole the show with running Back Deshawn Fogle s carrying 12 times for 201 Yards and a touch Down and fullback jihad Pearson contributing 138 Yards on 16 carries and 2 touchdowns. Tony Cook and Tyrone Johnson each had 6 solos and 8 assists for the losing red raiders 1-2, 3-2. Bearcats throttle Oesterberg bad Kreuz Nach Germany the bad Kreuz Nach bearcats improved to 5-0 in the a Central conference 5-1 Overall by defeating the Oesterberg Falcons 190 1-4,1-4. Derrick Thompson scored on runs of 42 Yards in the first Quarter and 12 Yards in the second Quarter. The Bearcat so offence ground out 236 Yards helped by Thompsons 103 on 10 carries. Middle linebacker Bobby Parker tallied 6 solos and 15 assists for  schools in other class a play saturday shape 37, Baum older 0 shape Belgium the shape spartans continued their Atlanta braves Minnesota twins a worst to first turnaround saturday by stomping the Baum older bucs in a Germany a North game. Defensively shape held Baum older to 110 Yards Rushing and 39 passing. Jose Perez was the Bucsi Best rusher with 53 Yards on nine  34, we Brucken 6 Fulda Germany a Fulda used Twe touchdown runs by fullback Kevin Jones to defeat Wei Bricken. The trojans record is 0-1 in the Confer once and 0-4 Overall.  a Only touchdown Wai made by Terrance Denmark on a 5-yar< run. Denmark gained 47 Yards on 8 carries impressive of Defene was Zweir Ticken Rich Jamison with 10 solos and 3 assists