European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 24,1991 the stars and stripes Page 21 big schools championship Wiesbaden wins tiebreaker by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Frankfurt Germany a one of the smallest players came up with the biggest play Here saturday and the Wiesbaden warriors avenged an earlier loss to Frankfurt by beating the eagles 18-16 on the Kansas tiebreaker in the big schools championship football game. Wiesbaden scored on its first tiebreaker series on Duba Flowers 7-Yard run Lee Utsey a 3-Yard plunge and Flowers conversion run after a roughing the kicker penalty had nullified Kevin Cooke a missed Pat kick. Flowers was the Decoy on the warriors touchdown. He came wide left off quarterback Jason Woods fake and the Frankfurt defenders went wide left with him leaving nothing but wide open space in front of Utsey. A coach Wendell assistant Carl Wendell said now a the time for the big Decoy play a and we pulled it off a Wiesbaden Mentor Danvil Schwartz said. A Frankfurt went for Duba coming outside and Lee Utsey had a Clear path up the Middle. All our linemen had to do was nudge one Guy out of the  on the Kansas tiebreaker each team gets four Downs to score from the 10. The game continues until one team scores and the other does no to. Frankfurt got the touchdown Back on its first tiebreaker play on fullback Sidney Lemoral a 10-Yara burst Over tackle. The eagles went to Chad Nighbert on a pass to Webster Lang Home for the possible tying Points that would have forced another series of Downs. But Tobias Slater a 5-6, 135-Pound cornerback lunged and deflected the pass from Langhorne a grasp a and schwart2�?Ts team claimed the big schools title before a crowd of More than 1,500. Slaters deflection terminated Frankfurt a bid for its first perfect season since 1973 and ended Charlie Tothy a coaching Days on a disheartening note. The setback left the eagles with a 9-1 Campaign and gave Toth who is moving into administration next year at Frankfurt an 18-8 three year record at the eagles Helm. A i thought we could get the two Points ass Michael afo Rama Frankfurt a Sidney Lemora goes airborne for a touchdown in of but the Pat failed and Wiesbaden won the tiebreaker saturday. And get another shot at the win a Toth said. A Chad had three options on the play Lang Home on the right a Man Over Center and another receiver deep in the left Corner. He took the first one which has been our bread and butter play quite often. But Slater made a great  Wiesbaden which tumbled to Frankfurt 27-26 in the aaa title deciding game three weeks ago on a Nighbert Lang Home 64-Yard pass with 36 seconds left in the game finished 1991 with an 82 record avenging both its losses in the playoff series by beating Niernberg 6-0 in the semifinals to set the stage for its title Conquest of the eagles. Like the earlier contest when they struck for a 20-6 Lead the eagles dominated the Early action forging a 10-0 Lead and leaving the Field at intermission with a 10-3 advantage. The teams exchanged fumbles Early in the game but Frankfurt took advantage of its Opportunity for seven Points. Frankfurt took the opening Kickoff and chalked up two straight first Downs. The eagles had a first Down on the warriors 25, but on third Down Nighbert was sacked fumbled and Alex Gonzajez pounced on the Loose Ball. A Flowers Wiesbaden a 5-8, 165-Pound Workhorse who ran for 1,624 Yards in the regular season and 298 against Frankfurt in the last game carried for four straight plays and picked up a first Down on the Wiesbaden 40. He did no to carry on the next play and John Williams coughed up the Ball. Eric Valentine recovered for the eagles. On the second play from scrimmage Nighbert passed 33 Yards to Lang Home for the touchdown and Markus Tor Rojas booted the Pat for a 7-0 advantage with 6 49 remaining in the first Quarter. Frankfurt marched 80 Yards following Kevin Cooke a missed 34-Yard Field goal for its next three Points. Lemoral a 30-Yard run was the big gainer in the drive. After a third-and-2 pass by Nighbert fell incomplete tur Rojas booted a 34-Yard Field goal to make it 10-0. Wiesbaden gained excellent Field position when a Lang Home punt from deep in Frankfurt territory late in half carried Only 20 Yards giving the warriors Possession on the eagles 37. After Frankfurt was hit with a pass interference penalty giving Wiesbaden a first Down on the 10, Cook booted a 22-Yard Field goal on third Down As time ran out in the half. Wiesbaden tied the count on its second Possession in the third Quarter. Flowers who piled up 160 Yards in 41 carries carried on 8 of 10 plays during the 52-Yard drive and got the to from the 1.5-6 Slater stands tall for warriors by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Frankfurt Germany a Tobias Slater May never reach 6 feet but on saturday he was the tallest kid on the Abrams Complex. It was slaters dive of desperation that knocked Down a potential game tying Frankfurt pass in overtime. That Knockdown vaulted the Wiesbaden warriors to an 18-16 Victory Over the Frankfurt eagles and earned coach Darryl Schwartz his first big schools title since 1985. After Frankfurt running Back Sidney Lemora scored on the eagles first play of the tiebreaker Frankfurt was forced to go for the two Point conversion to tie the game. Quarterback Chad Nighbert plagued the entire afternoon by a vicious pass Rush rolled right and fired into the Corner of the end zone where Webster Lang Horne was waiting. Enter Slater All 5-foot-6,135 pounds of him. A i knew he was going to go to his prime receiver Lang Home a Slater said. A when i saw him rolling out to my Side and then when he threw it i just Dove. Like with All my might. I was thinking a i can to let my team Down. Get that  a. Schwartz his Hopes of winning it All dissipating almost an annual thing knew what was coming on the conversion play. A Chad Nighbert is a fantastic quarterback just fantastic a Schwartz said. A a he a been rolling right and hitting Lang Home so we knew that a what was coming and we set ourselves for it. That a exactly what he did and we stopped it. We knew it was coming. It was t a Surprise or anything Quot a this team is the Champion a Frankfurt coach Charlie Toth said of his team As several of his Long faced scary eyed players filed past the rumbling of the warriors Celebration echoing in the distance. A Wiesbaden just won the last Ball  John Iosefo who keyed the defense at Middle linebacker stood at Midfield after the game. His face caked with mud his biceps grass stained and bruised Iosefo tried to Stop the tears. He did no to do such a Good Job of it. A this is hard a said the muscle bound senior from Samoa who has missed holding a title trophy for now his second straight season. Frankfurt was knocked out of the playoffs Early last year. A you know i thought i could take it losing and everything a he said. A pause followed. His already red eyes screamed for More Voisine. A but its hard. Real  Langhorne who was the talk of the town when his eagles where 9-0 and Riding into the championship game As favourites did not go Down As dignified As Iosefo. A i done to Wanna talk a he said. Period. Of. Frankfurt jumped to a 10-0 Lead and watched the Edge get erased by the running of Wiesbaden Sall universe running Back Duba Flowers who May now have a trophy for every 10 of the More than 1,700 Yards he gained this season. Flowers was unstoppable cracking though blocks Laid by Thomas Sykes and Scott Workman the entire second half. Flowers gained Between five or six Yards per carry. A Tom Sykes just had an unbelievable game a Schwartz said. A the did a Heck of a Job for us opening holes for Duba. As did Scott Workman. We ran the same play a Duba up the gut or what we Call our a halfback special a at least 15 times in a Row. And we were getting Good yardage on those runs. Sykes Al Center and Workman at the guard were the Guys who opened things  a i did no to really know what it was Quot said eagles tackle Eric Valentine As he loosely held a second place plaque. A they were overpowering our Side. That was about it.�?�. Iosefo a we just broke Down. We started shifting in the wrong gaps. Mental mistakes. A lot of mental  i wanted to be conservative that a Why we did no to go for the two at first a Schwartz said of Wiesbaden a tiebreaker. A if we kick it then Frankfurt gets a Chance to tie and then beget the Ball Back. When we got the Flag our Way i Askea myself a do i have the guts to go for it on the 1-Yard line a so i went for  Flowers converted on the next play. But it was Schwartz a decision that made Slater the improbable hero. A when 1 saw my Man go across i saw Tobias Back 7 said. A so 1 Wasny to worried. He a just As Good. He proved that  there Quot Flowers Slater an unspoken a Law shucks across his visage brushed aside the hero tag. A we were Down and we needed to make a big play. The coach said to me Tobias get in there you re our  that Sall. After 1 broke it up i just Laid Down on the ground and thought a what a Way to end my senior  a then i got