European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 23, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 21 prep pickings Spring sports get Winter initiation the song Spring will be a Little late this year must Deal with the weather a because Spring comes Ultra Early this year in the realm of Dodds sports. The Germany Bennor big schools and Small schools basketball tournaments wind up feb. 22. According to the official Dodds Germany Bennor schedule which arrived in the mail tuesday Spring sports practice officially begins feb. 24. A and when the first Competition unfurls March 14 with the a North a South and Bennor teams taking to the soccer pitches it will still be Winter Calendar Wise a and the kickers could find themselves cavorting in the Snow. There still will be some Winter sports interest on March 14, because that is the deadline for the coaches to submit their All Europe basketball nominations. The big schools launch their soccer campaigns the next week and the track and Field athletes make their debuts and efforts for stars and stripes Honor Roll recognition commencing March 28. The Spring break comes very Early too. Over the years with an exception now and then it has been customary to be out of school from Good Friday until the second monday after easter. This year Spring break begins on saturday april 4 and ends monday april 13. Easter Isnit until april 19 a and soccer and track amp Field Competition resume april 18, when the gymnasts who of course compete indoors finaly unveil their repertoires. The Spring activity continues through May 23, when the Central european track amp Field gymnastics soccer champions will be  a a but meanwhile Winter sports continues to rocket along helter shelter. Accent registered its 76th straight dual meet wrestling Victory against a schools opponents last week when it Defeated Hahn. The Lions Are expected to make it one More when they compete against Augsburg in saturdays Competition at Kaiserslautern. Accent coach Jim Abraham thinks the biggest a schools obstacle his Lions have faced in years will be shape in next weeks season finale when accent plays Host to a pentagonal. Shape is one of the few Dodds schools which Fields a team with a wrestler in each weight bracket this year. Heidelberg which Hasni to lost a dual match in two years can Clinch its seventh consecutive aaa wrestling championship saturday when it plays Host to Ramstein and Frankfurt in a key triangular. The Lions stayed Active Over the holidays by taking on a a England a bests in a tournament at Lakin Heath and came Home with nine wins and three seconds according to Heidelberg coach Trent Blankenship. Giessen has been dominating the a Competition but the Griffins Are expecting some Stern Competition at Pitburg this week when they compete against the Barons and Stuttgart. They also catch the Barons in the season finale at Home next week. Patch and Owci Brincken fill out that  a a basketball player of the week accolades go to splits Ville this week. Giessen a Toby Jordan and Munich a Atila Barlas share the boys accolades and Heidelberg a Carolyn Kirsch and International school of Brussels Georgia Bottoms Divide the girls laurels. Jordan registered 29 Points and 13 rebounds against Mannheim and added 21 Points and a dozen boards against Pitburg Barlas repeating last weeks Stellar performance scored 24 Points and grabbed 15 rebounds in fridays win Over Augsburg and came through with a 17-Point, 16-rebound game the next Day against the apaches. Kirsch moved to guard by coach Rich Bennett this year scored 16 Points grabbed six rebounds and notched six assists and three steals against Mannheim in a non conference game and then tallied 20 Points six assists and eight steals in a Little More than a half action against Wurzburg. Bottoms was spectacularly consistent As the raiders split with soc Star Berg recording 26 Points and 14 rebounds in each  a a Brussels assistant principal Bill Ryall faxed a clarification concerning the comments about Bottoms in last weeks column. A she did no to defects to is because of a some subjects Brussels High school  offer her a a Ryall wrote. A her parents made a decision for Georgia to to pursue an International baccalaureate program. Brussels does not offer this program. It was the a program a not subjects which was the Factor in the decision to switch  Ryall also pointed out that Bottoms transferred to is after the fall sports Competition after she and Suzan Druzak had teamed up to win the Central european girls doubles Tennis championship for Brussels High  a sex Dodds luminaries . Werner and Jenny Ryall have been enjoying Success on the collegiate front. Werner who won the 1988 112 and 1989 119-Pound Central european wrestling championships and compiled a 42-0 record while competing for Wurzburg High school is a mainstay on the air Force Academy team. He has posted a 16-6 record so far this year finishing second in the Colorado open and fifth in the Oklahoma open in the 126-Pound category. Werner has been named to the wac academic team in both his freshman and Sophomore seasons and currently carries a 3.06 spa in a science curriculum. Ryall Bill a daughter and the 1988-89 stars and stripes athlete of the year is playing some excellent Tennis at Purdue. She also like Werner is an outstanding student carrying a 3.56 spa. She recently was selected to the big 10 Scholastic All conference team for Tennis and was declared scholar athlete at Purdue. Its great to see those outstanding Dodds Stu Dent athletes go on to greater achievements. The stars and Stripe hoosiers notch 12th straight Victory by United press International Bloomington ind. A Michigan a heralded freshmen class received its latest big ten baptism Indiana style tuesday night. Damon Bailey and Calbert Cheaney scored 22 Points apiece and no. 4 Indiana recorded its 12th straight Victory an 89-74 Triumph Over no. 16 Michigan. The hoosiers whose last loss came against no. 8 Kentucky on dec. 7, improved to 14-2 Overall and 5-0 in the big ten. Freshman Juwan Howard scored a career High 26 Points and Michael Talley added 15 for the wolverines who dropped to 10-4 Overall and 2-3 in the big ten. Michigan 0-3 on the Road in league play had several players in foul trouble throughout the second half including freshman Chris Webbe who fouled out with 8 Points. Michigan Stop scorer freshman Jalen Rose averaging More than 18 Points per game shot Only 2 for 11 from the Field and finished with 5 Points. Indiana held a huge advantage from the foul line outscoring Michigan 33 to 14. Michigan trailed by 12 at the half but Howard and Webber scored the wolverines first 16 Points of the second half to bring Michigan within 53-51. But Bailey scored 5 Points during an 8-0 Indiana run. Howard then rallied the wolverines again capping a lb-3 burst with a 3-Point play and Michigan trailed 73-70 with 5 01 to go. But Indiana withstood the comeback by scoring 6 straight Points to go up 79-70 and Michigan could get no closer than 7 the rest of the Way. In other games tuesday night no. 1 Duke 95, Boston u. 85 Boston a Christian laettner scored 25 Points and the Blue devils 13-0, extended the nations longest winning Streak to 19 games. The terriers fell to 5-8. Grant Hill totalled 14 Points seven rebounds and six assists for the Blue devils. The terriers Jason Scott scored a game High 30  107, no. 8 Kentucky 85 Knoxville Tenn. A Junior guard Allan Housto College basketball scored 36 Points to Lead Tennessee past Kentucky. Carlos Groves scored 23 Points Corey Allen had 13 Points and 10 rebounds and Jay Price added 12 Points for Tennessee 10-6 Overall and 3-2 in the Sec. Kentucky dropped to 14-3, 4-1. Jamal Mashburn paced the wildcats with 28  70, no. 14 Syracuse 60 Philadelphia a Greg Woodard scored All 15 of his Points in the second half and Chris Walker scored 17 Points for the wildcats who moved atop the big East standings. Villanova 5-1 in the league is 7-7 Overall. Syracuse 13-2 Overall and 5-2 in league play was paced by 16 Points from Conrad Mcrae and 15 from freshman Lawrence . 21 Tulane 87, a. Commonwealth 85, of Richmond a. A freshman Pointer Williams made six free throws in the final 31 seconds of overtime to help the Green wave hold on. Anthony Reed scored 16 Points and Williams finished with 14 for Tulane 141 Overall and 3-0 in the metro. Kendrick Warren scored a game High 27 Points for the rams 9-6, 2-2 no. 22  82, Davidson 70 Charlotte . A Henry Williams scored 21 Points and North Carolina Charlotte shot 78 percent from the floor in the second half. James Terrell added 19 Points for the 49ers, who raised their record to 12-2. Davidson a Jason Zimmerman led All scorers with 26  Cross 69, army 61 West Point . A Rick Mashburn and Rob Feaster scored 16 Points apiece to Lead holy Cross As the crusaders handed army a school record 13th consecutive defeat. Spencer Staggs scored 17 Points for army 2-14, 0-4 Patriot league. Villanova a Lance Miller finds the going Tough attempting to drive through Syracuse s Dave Sincl