European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 9, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep Pickin George replaces Toth at Frankfurt Charlie Toth has stepped up a and Marcus George is stepping in. Toth who revived the Frankfurt football program during a three year stint was promoted to education program manager at that school last november and George who has been a very successful football coach at Fulda the past seven years has been transferred to Frankfurt where he will be track and Field coach As Well As football coach. A Marcus George has been transferred to Frankfurt effective with the Start of the second semester jan.24 a Frankfurt principal de Siemaszko verified tuesday. George was offered a and accepted a the Frankfurt Job in december but the Transfer depended upon approval from Dodds Germany officials. It was granted during the holidays. A we Are really pleased to get Marcus George at Frankfurt a said Siemaszko. A the school will Benefit two ways. Charlie Toth has the qualifications to become an outstanding admin George Istratov and Marcus George is a very Fine coach who will be a splendid addition to our staff. Marcus will swing right into coaching activities. He will take Over As head track and Field coach this  Frankfurt was a perennial Power in the 1970s and Early 1980s, but it fell upon hard times until Toth came upon the scene in 1989. Toth chalked up an 188 record during his Frankfurt tenure taking the eagles to the playoffs the last two years. His 1991 squad went 9-1, losing the big schools playoff championship to Wiesbaden 18-16 in overtime. Toth coached football at Giessen for three years racking up a 24-2-1 record in route to Small schools championships in 1986 and 1987 following a loss to International school of Brussels in the 1985 title game. That was Giessen a first year As a High school and the Griffins earned instant prestige by winning their first eight games. Naturally Toth was the 1985 stars and stripes coach of the year. Although George really enjoyed his seven years at Fulda he is ready to make the move to Frankfurt. A i am really excited about going to Frankfurt a he said tuesday. A it is an Opportunity to coach in the big leagues in Dodds. I will have a larger Pool of Young men to work with and it will be quite a Challenge. Following Charlie is Challenge enough but coaching against the sullivans and the schwartzers makes it even More interesting. In a looking Forward to the  editors note Wurzburg a John Sullivan and Wiesbaden a Darryl Schwartz have been highly successful aaa mentors during the last decade George too has enjoyed tremendous Success on the Gridiron winning the Small schools title a record setting three straight times in 1988, 1989 and 1990. He was 26-2 those three years and compiled a 42-17 seven year record at Fulda. He too was an a amps coach of the year claiming the accolade following the 1990 Campaign when the Falcons went 100. Fulda ran up 17 straight wins during its title runs. A Fulda is a rather Small school but i really enjoyed coaching there a George said. A i was fortunate in that i had quite a few Good athletes who were committed to Success. Eight Fulda players were chosen stars and stripes All Europe. I Naa a great Bunch of kids there a and having Quality athletes helps no matter where you coach. A i also had a great assistant coach in Gary Feletar and he will continue to have a Quality program at Fulda. He has established a reputation Tor his outstanding track and Field programs and that Quality will carry Over into his football program a George added. Fulda principal Bruce Davis echoed Georges appraisal of Feletar. A of course Well miss Marcus because he a done an excellent Job at Fulda High school a Davis said. A but we have been blessed by having one of the Best assistant coaches around in Gary Feletar and i believe he will carry on the winning Fulda  a a its Back to the old grind for Dodds athletes following layoffs for the holidays. The 1992 portion of the activities began tuesday night As the big schools basketball teams resumed their Competition. Some More aaa and a action is scheduled for Friday and the Small schools rejoin the action that night under their Friday saturday format. Wrestlers also come Back to the Mats saturday. The Dodds Winter sports program continues through february when All the champions will have been determined. The Central european wrestling tournament and the . Basketball and wrestling championships Are the first events on the championship Agenda. The be mat finals Are feb. 14-15 at Wiesbaden the . Wrestling finals Are a one Day feb. 15 Lakenheath happening and the . Basketball finals run feb. 13-15 at Alconbury. The big schools and Small schools finals take place the following weekend at Mannheim and i3aumholder, respectively. The big schools play under a single elimination format feb. 19-22 the Small schools have two qualifying tournaments with the top four teams from each advancing to the finals feb. 20-22.�?� a a player of the week honors for the second week of the season when Ole prep pickings sneaked away for a Florida vacation go to Ramstein Smika Brown and Baum older a Quentin Ferguson. Ramstein lost both its games against Wiesbaden and Heidelberg but Brown was dominating with 32 and 27 Points respectively in 61-59 and 60-56 setbacks. Ferguson also was performing in a losing 74-70 Effort against Fulda but he canned seven 3-Point goals in route to a 33-Point  a sex Heidelberg footballs amps All Europe luminaries Eric Zeier and Ron George scintilla Ted in their bowl appearances for Georgia and Stanford respectively. Quarterback Zeier threw for two touchdowns and 238 Yards to propel Georgia to a 24-15 Conquest of Arkansas in the Independence bowl at Shreveport la., and linebacker George came up with several big plays albeit in vain As Stanford dropped an 18-17 verdict to Georgia tech on a two Point conversion in the final seconds of the Aloha bowl. The Start and strip buckeyes win big ten opener Over spartans by United press International Columbus Ohio Lawrence Funderburke did no to Lead Ohio state in scoring nor rebounding nor playing minutes which is just what the 6-foot-9 Forward wanted in his first game. , playing his first game since transferring from Indiana three years ago helped the eighth ranked buckeyes trounce no. 9 Michigan state 62-49 tuesday night in the big ten opener at Columbus. Funderburke a Columbus native who was considered one of the top prospects in the nation when he signed with Indiana three years ago played 23 minutes. He finished with 7 Points three rebounds and three blocked shots. Jim Jackson scored 17 Points for Ohio state which handed the spartans their first loss of the season. The buckeyes 9-1, who led just 29-26 at halftime while shooting Only 31.4 percent Field the Field began to Widen the Gap Early in the second half. Ohio state went on a 13-5 run that opened a 56-37 Lead with 7 02 to play and pretty much decided the game. Michigan state now 10-1 and 0-1, was unable to solve Ohio states aggressive defense. The spartans committed 13 turnovers to just tour for the buckeyes. Michigan state was led by Mike Peplowski with 13 Points and Matt Stei Genga with 12. In other tuesday night games Connecticut 85, St. Johns 76 Storrs Conn. Chris Smit College basketball scored a career High 37 Points 25 in the second half to Lead no. 5 Connecticut Over no. 17 St. Johns in a big East conference game. Smith hit 8 of 12 shots in the second half. The huskies improved to 11-0, 2-0 in the conference. Its their Best Start since the 1980-81 team also began 11-0. Malik Sealy scored 21 Points to Lead the red men. Seton Hall 64, Miami 52 East Rutherford . A Jerry Walker scored 23 Points 15 in the second half and Terry Deere added 19, powering 19th-ranked Seton Hall Over Miami of Florida. Seton Hall 9-2 Overall and 2-1 in the big East blew the game open with a 19-8 second half surge. The pirates led 27-25 at halftime. Arturas Karnis Hovas added 14 Points for Seton Hall. Ochiel Swaby led Miami now 5-8 and 0-3 in its first season in the big East with 16 Points. Kentucky 78, Georgia 66 Lexington by. A Jamal Mash Burn scored 16 Points to Lead no. 14 Kentucky Over Georgia. Reggie Tinch led Georgia with 19 Points hitting 6 of 9 from the Field and 7 of 8 from the free throw line. The wildcats scored 21 Points off turnovers in the game improving to 10-2 Overall. Spartans Anthony Miller 34 and buckeyes Chris Jent Battle for a rebound tuesday