European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 10,1991 the stars and stripes Page 21small schools football semifinal apaches hold off bearcats by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Augsburg Germany a the bad Kreuz Nach Bearcat so Hopes of avenging a season opening loss fell Short 30 Yards Short. Terry Austin swatted Down a Jesse Janssens desperation pass with a second remaining to ice the Augsburg apaches 22-14 semifinal Victory in the Small schools playoffs saturday. With the Victory Augsburg 9-0 will travel across the English Channel to face the . Champion Woodbridge warriors next saturday for the Small schools title. With just under 30 seconds left Janssen led the bearcats on a desperation drive to the Apache 40, keyed by a 20-Yard slant pass to Chad Burris who pitched it to Kelcey Smith on the left flank for an additional 10 Yards to put the bearcats a Central champions at the 40-Yard line. Janssen then hit Chris Waters with a 10-Yara Spear on the next play. His third pass of the drive fell into a swarm of Blue Augsburg jerseys Austin getting a Gauze wrapped Paw on the Ball and swatting it to the turf to Seal the Victory. That bad Kreuz Nach drive was set up by a missed Augsburg Field goal with 20 seconds left on the clock. With the score locked at 22-14, Augsburg drove to the Bearcat 13. Faced with a third-Ana-7 with 20 seconds left Augsburg coach Dennis Lavalley sent kicker Mikko Lavalley in to put the game out of reach. Lavalleye a kick ended up out of reach and out of the uprights giving Janssen one last try for the tie. A it was probably a screw up on my part a coach Lavalley said. A if he makes it they  have won the game. In retrospect we probably should have just run it out. Probably a wrong Call but that a  �?o1 done to fault him for doing that a bad Kreuz Nach coach Gary Palmer said. A i was kind of glad to see him him do that. If he misses it we have the Ball with 20 seconds left. In football 20 seconds can be an  the game had the makings of a Blowout when on the opening kick Rodney Anderson drilled Monty Dubose at the 5. The Ball popped Loose and rolled into the end zone where after several tries by both teams to control it Marcus Jones endeared himself to the shivering homeowners by falling on it. Lavalleye a Point after made it 7-0 with More than 47 minutes left to play. A that was probably the most costly mistake of the whole game a Palmer said. A take away that touchdown and the game would be been  on the first full Augsburg Possession of the game quarterback Bryan Hagar piloted the apaches to their ,46 before launching a pass in the Flat to Way mond Edwards who scampered in for the 54-Yard scoring play. Two successive bad Kreuz Nach flags on the Point after try brought Augsburg to the 1, where Anaerson Dove across to make it 15-0. The biting bavarian Breeze roared As less than 200 fans huddled under umbrellas and stadium blankets. Last year the bearcats made it to the ultimate game for Dodds Small schools losing in the semifinals to the Baum older bucs. Bad Kreuz Nach finished at 7-2, both losses to Augsburg a non conference opponent. A i told coach Lavalley i Hope they win it. That Way 1 can Tell my kids the Only two games they lost were to the champions a Palmer said. Augsburg which posted a flawless 8-0 record during the regular season came into these playoffs for a record tying sixth time. In the two teams Only other meeting this season Augsburg escaped with a 30-26 Victory in the season opener. The apaches jumped to a 22-0 Lead Early in the second Quarter Hagar tossing a 56-Yard scoring strike to Robert Taylor. �?o1 tend to get a Little nervous about that  Lavalley said. A the kids tend to think it s 22-0 and its Over but its  the bearcats bounced Back with 2 15 left in the first half Smith s 5-Yard to run to make it 22-7. The 56-Yard, seven play touchdown drive was keyed by a 21-Yard Janssen to Vaters pass. Janssen finished the game with seven completions in 13 attempts for 114 Yards. He was intercepted three times. Smith gained 123 Yards on 15 carries. Hagar finished with four completions in six attempts for 139 Yards. Austin led All Augsburg rushers with 127 Yards on 22 carries. Staked to the 22-7 Lead the apaches threatened but Hagar fumbled on the first series of the third Quarter Waters falling on it at the bad Kreuz Nach Janssen piloted a 55-Yard scoring drive hitting Dubose with an 18-Yard pass on a slant pattern to set up Janssens 1-Yard keeper six plays later to make it 2214. A a we did no to play the first half that was it a Smith said. A we Kina of Laid Down for them. The Fumble is what started it for them. I was thinking a there goes the  but we had three More quarters to ring it Back and we  Palmer said its difficult to beat a team with a player like Austin. The bearcats held him scoreless but key rushes on third Down plays demoralized the bad Kreuz Nach defense. A the was definitely a Factor a Palmer said. A it seemed like whenever they needed a first Down head get a Good three or four Yards after wed hit him. A when they needed a key play he was  Scherrer lifts Woodbridge past shape Raf Woodbridge England Mike Scherrer hit Shawn Fleming on touchdown bombs covering 50 and 65 Yards and thwarted a spartan rally with a late 52-Yard punt to Lead the Woodbridge warriors to a 30-24 win Over the shape spartans in a Small schools semifinal saturday. Augsburg 9-01, a 22-14 Winner Over bad Kreuz Nach in the other semifinal will go to Woodbridge 7-1 for the Small schools championship next saturday. The spartans had gone to England unbeaten at 8-0, but the warriors came from behind three times to eliminate the spartans in a thriller. Shape took an 8-0 Lead on Bill Gibbons 8-Yard run and Mario Browne a conversion run with 8 50 remaining in the first Quarter. Mike Reeds 14-Yard to run and Eric Cooke a conversion tied it 8-8 for Woodbridge with 3 15 left in the first. In the second Quarter shapes Brian Benken dived 2 Yards with 10 04 left in the half and Gibbons conversion made it 16-8. Cook struck again with a 14-Yard run with 8 20 left in the half and added the conversion run to create the 16-16 halftime tie. Shape took its third Lead of the game on Gibbons 76-Yard touchdown burst with 3 20 left in the third Quarter. Gibbons took a counter play Back to the left and outran a fooled Woodbridge defense for the score. Benken a conversion run gave the spartans a 2416 advantage. But Woodbridge shut Down shape after that and rallied to the Victory. Scherrer hit Fleming on a 50-Yard touchdown pass play with 1 10 left in the third Quarter Fleming was wide open when he caught a 30-Yard pass and he dashed the remaining 20 Yards for the score. Shape stopped Rob Hicks in the mud inches Short of the Goa line to maintain a 24-22 Lead. Woodbridge took the Lead for the Only time of the game when Scherrer hooked up with Fleming on another Long touchdown play this one covering 65 Yards. Fleming caught a 50-Yard bomb from Scherrer and broke a tackle while running the remaining 15 Yards to pay dirt. Rob Hicks conversion put Woodbridge ahead 30-24 with 10 19 left in the game. Shape drove again but Woodbridge stopped the spartans when Brian Shear Bine removed a Fumble at the Woodbridge 15 with 6 55 left in the game. After Woodbridge was stopped on Downs Scherrer got off a 52-Yard punt that put shape Back on its own 15. Shape ran out timeouts and Woodbridge took Over on Downs at the shape 40 with 1 03 left. The warriors then ran out the clock. The warriors had 355 Yards total offence 204 Rushing and 151 passing. Reed led Woodbridge with 19 carries for 139 Yards and a touchdown. Schurrer completed 4 of 6 for 151 Yards and the two to bombs. Gibbons led All rushers with 173 Yards two touchdowns and a conversion. Shape ran for All of its 263 Yards of offence. Sherbine led the Woodbridge defense with 12 Solo tackles and six assists. Cook had 10 solos and five assists and an interception. Benken led the shape defense with eight solos and four assists. Joe Campbell added seven solos and three assists. Bonn s Losi wins third straight in Central european prep meet Bonn High school Tracey lost Giessen Germany a Tracey Losi did it again. The sensational Bonn senior won the girls individual title in the Central european Cross country championships for the third straight year beating of cents Jennifer Varga by 19 seconds As she toured the 5-Kilometer course in the record setting time of 19 minutes 14 seconds. Losi winning for the 28th time in 30 Cross country meets in her four years at Bonn broke the record of 21 55 set by patches Abby Bates in last weeks a championships Over the same Giessen layout. Cross country Losi finished second in her first race As a Bonn freshman won All the other regu Lar season races and the regional championship that year before finishing second again in the 1988 Central european meet. She Hasni to been threatened since. Ramstein a Teri Duthie considered the top challenger for Losius title encountered difficulty in the mud and managed Only a sixth place finish. Of cent a Leisha Tolerson took third Kaiserslautern Samy Vialpondo placed fourth and Heidelberg s Jessica Cafferata came in fifth. Giessen a Seth Denny also set a record in winning the individual boys title in the time of 17 09, bettering the Mark of 17 21 he set in last weeks a championships. Denny who was 26th in last years Central european championships outran Hanau Santonio Pena Fulda s Joe Rivas and Munich a Glen Rotte to notch his Victory. Pena Rivas and Rotte finished second third and fourth respectively Hanau captured the boys big schools title with 42 Points and Ramstein took the girls title with 38. On the Small schools front we Brucken s boys and the shape girls prevailed with 46 and 59 Points respectively