European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 13, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21 prep Pickin s 6 . Champions Eye mat repeats Tui of Ftp Tat i a a a the curtain rings Down on the Germany Ben enor and . Wrestlers and the . Basketball players this weekend As the Dodds Winter countdown continues. Six Central european champions a berlins Lawrence Ervin and Mike Cornier Wiesbaden a Marcus Morgan and Yared Denniston Frankfurt a Jon Bun ton and of cent a Joe Abraham a will be Back at Heidelberg a Patton Barracks Friday and saturday seeking added glory. Ervin Bunton Abraham and Cornier will be defending in the same 103-, 112-, 171-Pound and heavyweight brackets in which they succeeded last year but Morgan and Denniston will be going two weight bigger championships. Morgan has grown from 140 to 152 and Denniston has jumped from 152 to 171. All except Abraham who won his title in the Central regional at Giessen competed in the Northern regional at Wiesbaden last week and All except Cornier won regional championships. Ervin beat out Hanau a Sam Colby Bunton prevailed Over osterholz a will Weiss Morgan triumphed Over Frankfurt a Paul love Denniston conquered Frankfurt a Dennis Michelson Abraham finished ahead of Giessen a Mike Williams and Cornier was second to Frankfurt a Sean Highsmith. The top four wrestlers and an alternate in each weight division in each of the four regional advanced to the Central europeans. Last weeks regional champions Northern Southern Western Central predicted Winner in order 103 a Ervin Chris Jenson Wurzburg Curtis Duenas Pitburg Brian Roehl Heidelberg. Ervin. 112 a Danny Dean Hanau Chris Guzman Vil Seck Josh Marullo Ramstein Phil Cormier of cent. Dean u9 a Bunton Tim Waters Niernberg Chon Watson Ramstein Juan Garcia Kaiserslautern. Watson 125 a Ryan Ervin Berlin Stewart Keller Wurzburg Wesit Kaos Moat Pitburg Lalo Garcia Kaiserslautern. Ervin. 130 a Tom Morehead Wiesbaden Zenon culverhouse Augsburg Pat Vest Mannheim Jimmy murrin Heidelberg. Murrin. _ 135 a Jerry Helton Wiesbaden George Hel Mick Patch Mark Lishchynsky Bonn Jeremy Davis Heidelberg. Helton. 140 a Travis Denman osterholz Quan Burks Niernberg Cameron Hall Ramstein Carlos Lopez Karlsruhe. Hall. 145 a Chris Klisiewecz Frankfurt Lydell Alexander Patch Chris Colbert Ramstein Mike Patillo Heidelberg. Patillo. 152 a Morgan Claran Harris Augsburg Aaron Williams Pitburg Mike Childs accent. Morgan. 160 a Chris Slocum Berlin von Grimes Wurzburg Joe Fiedler Brussels Scott Riese Giessen. Grimes. 171 a a Denniston Mikko Lavalley Augsburg Warren Wilson Ramstein Abraham. Abraham. 189 a Chad Nighbert Frankfurt Matt Blake Munich Brian Benkman shape Anthony Aguirre Heidelberg. Nighbert. Heavyweight a Highsmith Dean Schaub Niernberg Jamel Morrison Pitburg Regan Leighton Heidelberg. Schaub. Winning the . Mat title has become second nature for Lakenheath which is seeking its eighth straight tournament championship. The lancers Are expected to repeat again but the path to title Dom might be a Little rockier this year. American school of London ended Lakenheath a smothering . Dual meet and tournament domination two weeks ago and Woodbridge also gave the lancers a rugged Battle before bowing. If those two squads can pick up two or three titles apiece and London Croughton and Alconbury can pick up a Victory apiece Lakenheath could find itself in dire Straits. A a a a the Alconbury girls find themselves in the same position Asl was in last year at this time a undefeated and heavily favored a As the . Basketball tournament gets underway at Alconbury thursday. Last year Alconbury dethroned the eagles on la Ketha Hampton a three Pointer. This year the dragons came from 15 Points Down to win by one at Asl Early in the Campaign and went on to Post a 12-0 All games record Ana a 10-0 conference Mark. Nyika Smith has been the most impressive player with 16-Point, 10-steal averages. Woodbridge won the boys Crown last year beating Alconbury on a three Pointer by Shawn Fleming but this has been a struggling season for the warriors. As they faltered Asl moved to the regular season championship with a 9-1 record and Lakenheath finished second. Frankfurt a Jon Bunton top applies neck Crusher to Oscr Holzy a Jules Henry in last weeks Northern re Oslo pm Are the Ansbach and Fulda girls and the Vil Seck and Augsburg boys. They meet thursday to establish the eight team final Field for the Southern regional at Vilseck. The Bonn girls and Oesterberg boys who have enjoyed their Best season Ever in route to a 9-1 record and the Bennor championship have been top rated m the Northern regional berlins girls and Carolyn Kirsch Bamberg a boys rank As the teams to beat in the Southern regional. The top four teams boys and girls in each tournament qualify for the Small schools tournament feb. 20-22 at  a _ once again Dodds Germany will compete in the Cholet International cadets basketball tournament. Participants must have been born in 1973, 1974 or 1975. According to head coach Tom Leblanc who will be assisted this year by Wiesbaden Mentor Karl Wendell and Karlsruhe coach Darrell mood Only players who have a legitimate Chance of winning Al conference recognition will be invited to try out for the  a a girls player of the week honors go to Heidelberg a Carolyn Kirsch and the boys accolades go to Fulda a Dan Williams. Kirsch recorded 33 Points on a 14-for-18 shooting from the Field pulled Down four rebounds chalked up five steals and was credited with 12 assists As the lady Lions overwhelmed Wiesbaden with a record setting 94 Points. Against Ramstein Kirsch a numbers weren to quite so Good but 22 Points nine boards eight steals and three assists Are still impressive. Williams scored 23 Points and grabbed 10 rebounds Friday As the Falcons toppled bad Kreuz Nach. He got 25 Points the next Day but it Wasny to quite enough As the bearcats avenged the  a a How times change the Brussels girls and Baum older boys who won their respective Small schools basketball tournaments last year find themselves in different situations this year As the Small schools qualifying regional unfold this weekend a they have to win playoff games to get into the tournament proper. Brussels which beat Bonn for its second straight title last february lost its two outstanding performers one on a Transfer and one to injuries and failed to win a conference game this year. The 9th-seeded brigands Are paired against 8th-seeded shape in the Northern regional at Hahn. Baum older which thwarted bad Kreuz Nacho a bid for a second straight title was seeded eighth this year and must face ninth ranked accent also at Hahn in a pre tourney matchup. Both games Are scheduled for thursday. Also scheduled for thursday pre tourney playoffs tryouts for the tournament scheduled at Cholet France april 18-20, will take place feb. 28-29 at Frankfurt High school according to Leblanc. There will be three tryout sessions 4 . On Friday feb. 28 and at 9 . And noon the next Day. The team probably will have games against German clubs the weekends of March 13-14, 20-21 and 27-28 to get accustomed to the International rules under which the tournament is played. Selected Dodds athletes will be contacted by Leblanc feb. 24. The Dodds selectee must make their own transportation arrangements to Frankfurt for the tryouts. Those making the team also must make their own arrangements to get to Wei Brincken the departing Point april 16 for the trip to France and Back Home after the return to we Brucken april 21. The Star and strip a