European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Rhein main rides Sembach fumbles to berth in finals monday october 21, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 25 by Mike Bowers staff writer Sembach Germany a tailback Steven Robinson rushed for three touchdowns As Rhein main Defeated Sembach 24-8 in the Continental sports conference semifinals on sunday. The win marked the fourth straight year Rhein main has beaten Sembach in the semifinals. Ramstein will Host the rockets at noon sunday to determine the Csc Champion. A the blocking was there a said Robinson who led Rhein main with 83 Yards on 25 carries. A your plan was to run at them. They Over pursued which allowed me to gain yardage by cutting  Hiawathia Porter backed up Robinsons running with 11 of 18 passing for 112 Yards and 40 on the ground. He was intercepted once. A i just took what they gave me a Porter said. A we were just looking for first Downs. We weren to going for the big  As it was in last years semifinals which Rhein main won 12-8, Sembach fumbles determined the outcome. All of Rhein Mains scores came off Sembach miscues. The mistakes began in the sixth play of Sembach a first Possession when David Mathis connected with Joe Brown for what appeared to be a 70-Yard scoring play. However an illegal motion Call nullified the score. On the ensuing punt attempt a bad snap gave Rhein main the Ball on its own 27-Yard line. Six plays later Jason Manning gave the rockets a 3-0 Lead on his 32-Yard Field goal with 9 33 left in the Quarter. A once again the mistakes a said Sembach coach Ken fears. A the touchdown that was called Back and those fumbles just killed our momentum. You can to turn the Ball Over and expect to win. A we just did no to do it. Our defense played Tough but were just worn  Force football that a a credit to them. Their ground game pounded us a he said. Robinson found the end zone with 13 28 left in the second Quarter on a 6-Yard scamper set up by a pass interference Call. Manning booted the Pat for the 10-0 Lead. Sembach a offence never got in gear. Ryan Gates who led All rushers with 104 Yards on 25 attempts was the Only Bright spot. The tigers passing attack was miserable As Mathis was 1 of 9 for 2 Yards and two interceptions. After Mathis threw his second interception of the second half Robinson scored from three Yards out in a seven play drive in which he carried the Ball seven time for 33 Yards. Manning spat made the score 17-0 going into halftime. After a scoreless third Quarter Sembach a defense created the Only Tiger score. Linebacker Dennis Hueston who came out of retirement just for this game grabbed Porter on a Blitz. Porter tossed the Ball up for grabs and Otis Caldwell took the offering Down to the rockets 34-Yard line. It took the tigers 11 plays for Gates to sweep around left end for six. He also ran in for the two Point conversion with 4 43 left in the game. A it stinks a said a dejected Gates afterwards. A we Joist can to seem to do the Little things right a like simple execution. I know we had the better team. We beat them once and thought wed do it again. What a hard Way to  disaster struck for again for Sembach with 1 22 remaining. A muffed punt by Donnell Griffin gave Rhein main the Ball on the 3-Yard line. Three plays later Robinson bulled in for his third score. Manning spat accounted for the final Points. Frustration was evident among in Sembach a locker room. Offensive tackle Maruo Lee has seen his team lose alls amps Kon George scuba Chi a Dell Mcmillion on ground glances Back at the upending Tuckle he put on Rhein Mains Steven Robinson 20 sunday. Shawn Lee 85 has the ringside scat. Four semifinal games to Rhein main. A i done to have the answers a Lee said. A Rhein main is a Good team. They always seem to turn it up in the playoffs. �?o1 feel we gave them the game with our mistakes. Its like a Jinx. They just seem to have our  a i wont let the loss get me Down a said fears. A i just feel for the rest of the Guys who have been through four years of this. Its not like they did no to play Tough. We lost to a better team  Rhein main out gained Sembach on the ground 169-144 and 112-1 through the air. The rockets also totalled 15 first Downs to the tigers 10. Rhein main was penalized 12 times for 107 Yards compared to just 6 for 48 for  nabs 200-Miler Rockingham . A pole Sitter Ernie Irvan overcame an Early Battle with Dale Earnhardt then took the Lead with 13 laps left saturday to win the a Delco 200 Lascar Busch grand National race at North Carolina motor Speedway. Irvan who picked up his first Busch series Victory of the season became the 16th different Driver to win this year. Irvan and Earnhardt who had the flu battled Side by Side for most of the first 50 of the 197 laps on the 1,017-mile track. Of the races 22 Lead changes those two were involved in the first 10. Irvan who earned $15,275, beat Dale Jarrett to the finish line by .71 seconds. The average Speed was 104.333 Mph. Senna wraps up i Crown Suzuka Japan apr brazilian Ayrton Senna won his second straight formula one driving championship sunday when a crash Early in the Japan grand prix put Nige Mansell out of the Points Chase. Senna wound up second in the event picking up six Points for the Victory. He now has 91 Points to 69 for Mansell. Gerhard Berger Senna a Mclaren Honda teammate won the race in 1 hour 32 minutes 10.695 seconds averaging 125.42 Mph. Senna who led from the 24th Lap on in the 53-Lap race eased off just enough to allow his teammate to take the Flag ahead of him. Senna winning the title for the third time was assured the championship in the next to last race of the year because the briton needed to win each of the last two events to have a Chance. The brazilian needed Only to finish third in either the Japan grand prix or the australian grand prix. Mansell driving a Williams Renault was 16 Points behind Senna when the race began. Mansell has won 21 races More than any Driver yet to claim a formula one title. Berger had the pole position. He took off at the Start and beat Senna to the first Corner of the 3.64-mile Suzuka circuit. Shortly after the Start Mansell was involved in the Accident. He exited his car and took a Long walk Back to the garage area. Senna threatened to turn the season into a joke after winning the first four races. But Mansell who got Only six Points during Senna a Early Streak put together a run of his own. He won three consecutive races and five Overall trimming Senna a 29-Point Lead to eight after winning the German grand prix. Senna responded by winning the next two races. He has failed to score in Only two of 15 events. Mansell did no to score a Point the first three races. Michael Andretti receives Surprise win Monterey Calif. A one cough from Rick Mears engine was enough to hand saturdays Marlboro 500 All Star indy car race to a stunned Michael Andretti. Mears appeared on the Way to an easy Victory in the 45-Lap event on Laguna Seca raceways 2.214-mile, 11-turn Road course until the Chevrolet engine in his Penske racer sputtered coming off the final turn of the final Lap. Andretti the first repeat Winner in the annual 100-mile race for the seasons race and pole winners and top 10 Point finishers tried to keep the pressure on the Leader but had been unable to close the margin to less than 1.55 seconds on Lap 36. The separation was still about 2 seconds As the two leaders headed into turn 11, a 90-degree left hander. As Mears tried to get Back up to Speed coming off the slow turn he suddenly wavered and slowed just Long enough for the surprised Andretti to race past and take the Check ered Flag about 100 Yards up the track