European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes prep Pickin s Dodds tourney Parade continues Alconbury and Woodbridge retained their basketball championships last week. Frankfurt Wurzburg Aviano and Vicenza get their chances this week As the big schools tournament unfurls at Mannheim the Small schools competitors go at it at Baum older and the Italy championships take place at Aviano. Phil Chapmans Alconbury dragon ladies nipped american school of London 33-32 in a lacklustre confrontation to win the . Girls title with Nyika Smith walking off with the most valuable player accolades. She averaged 26 Points and had 21 steals in Ancon Bury a two victories. Woodbridge a retention of the . Boys title was considerably More impressive. The warriors suffered through a dismal 3-7 regu Lar season but they conquered both league Champion Asl and runner up Lakenheath in the tournament with two outstanding demonstrations of Ball control. A i think the Guys Learned this week that there a something to basketball besides running and gunning a Woodbridge Mentor John Gilmore said following saturdays championship game. A they played super defense and they handled the Ball  Mike Reed an All Europe Back who led the warriors to the Small schools football title game was outstanding in the tournament winning map honors. But the Brussels girls find themselves on the outside this time around instead of shooting for a third straight title. They failed to finish fourth or higher in last weeks Northern regional at Hahn. The Baum older boys Are in the same situation As the Brussels girls. However Georgia Bottoms one of brigands stars last year is still in the title picture. Bottoms a two times amps All Europe performer transferred to International school of Brussels this year and led the raiders Over previously undefeated Bonn in the Northern regional title showdown earning most valuable accolades with 26 Points and spectacular Ball handling against the crusaders. Is starts the quest for its championship against Vil Seck fourth in the Southern regional. In other first round girls games Bonn Battles Munich Augsburg takes on Baum older and Berlin which got last ditch baskets from Cindy Makil to win the Southern regional semifinal game Over Vilseck and the title game Over Augsburg is pitted against osterholz. Two other 1991 All Europe players Augsburg s Tarshia Bronner and Munich s Tami Malone will be participating in the girls tournament at Baum older. Bronner scored 28 Points in a losing cause in the Southern regional title game against Berlin. Other Ben Abrams Tarshia Bronner Shawn Highsmith outstanding girls competing this week include Bonne a Liat Ofir Michelle Tindall and Jackie Losi Vilseck a Sharon Colon Augsburg a Nakia Hubbard Baum holders Teresa Evans and osterholz a Tonya Prevo. In the boys Competition its Ansbach against is Munich taking on osterholz Berlin battling Soester Berg and shape squaring off against Bamberg. Sons Terberg enjoyed its Best season Ever beating out shape to win the Bennor conference with a 9-1 record. However the Falcons dropped the Northern regional title to shape. Ansbach was a Surprise Winner in the Southern regional boys tournament because Bamberg dominated play during regular season warfare. Some standouts to watch in the boys tournament include a Oesterberg a Justin Cole and Burrell King shapes Mario Brown Stuart Sumpter and Montrell Mason osterholz a Jaydee Blice and Pat Neal ans Baches Ricky rent Cher and Clement Marie Munich Satilla Barlas and Rob spans berlins Tirsun Pettis and Kali Robinson and Bamberg a Darrien Patterson. A a a. The Nurnberg boys have been the class of us Burgh a the big schools Competition this year moving through a will be a Competition without a loss and dropping Only one i Holder. Game in 16 outings As they recorded the Best record in the schools history. A we done to have any sensational players but we have several very Good performers who work together Well As a team Quot first year coach Dan Robinson said last week. A we have excellent balance and we play pretty Good  his top performers include Terrell dial Antonio Martell Hank Johnson and Wayne Mcdowell. Heidelberg and defending Champion Wurzburg appear to be the toughest obstacles in Nurnberg a path to its first Ever championship. The eagles have finished second three times in the 43-year-od big schools tournament. Heidelberg has been paced by Lamar Cox George Ackerson and Pete Dunn. Wurzburg a key performers have been Rodney swin ton Courtney Cole and Luis Grey. Other outstanding boy competitors include a naut Scorey Whitaker Wiesbaden s David and Larry Cole Ramstein a Brian Stickel and Louis Faust patches Vince Gray Kaiserslautern a Vershen Ches Teng and Charles Ford and Giessen a Toby Jordan Ana Juan Tirado. The big schools girls tournament appears to be Well balanced with aaa Champion Heidelberg and runner up Frankfurt apparently holding the inside Edge. A Champion Mannheim also figures in the possible title picture and Ramstein might have a Chance because of the presence of Mika Brown. Brown is one of the three 1991 All Europe returnees. The others Are Heidelberg a Carolyn Kirsch and Frankfurt Saundrea Sparrow the 1991 stars and stripes player of the year who led the eagles to the big schools title last year. Brown has had Little support but Kirsch and Sparrow have several outstanding teammates. Heidelberg can also count on Heidi Gill Veruska Corigliano and Donna Jordan while Sparrow has received excellent support from Enez Brown and Karlowa Adams. Other top notch performers include Mannheim a Roxanna Jefferson and Kewana Robinson Giessen a Glenna Lewis Nurnberg a Kristie Pickett Hanau a Toshiba Jones and Josetti Oder and Wiesbaden a Tamara Jenkins. A a a it was the same old Story As far As wrestling went. Heidelberg won the Central european by schools Crown for the eighth straight year a Cen took its seventh straight Small schools be Crown and Lakenheath captured its ninth straight  championship. Nurnberg a Dean Schaub won the outstanding wrestling award in the Central europeans and Frankfurt a Shawn Highsmith walked off with the most pins in the least time award. The stars and strip a a town boys ambush 2nd-seeded Giessen sen defense pulling in 10 boards As Gies just done to have the athletes that a triple sen dominated the boards. A school  by Rob Staggenborg staff writer Mannheim Germany a so much for seedlings. The seventh seeded Kaiserslautern raiders did no to pay much attention to them wednesday As evidenced by their 49-46 shocker Over second ranked Giessen in the opening round of the big schools High school basketball championships. Charles Ford drove in 16 Points and despite Early foul trouble Chris Jackson added 14 Points to Send the Griffins packing for Home. A town used a 17-Point first Quarter to stun the Griffins and delivered the knockout punch with 13 in the final Quarter to escape with the Victory. Jackson was levied with his third personal foul in the second Quarter forcing coach Kathy Kleha to Bench the raiders Star. In his absence Giessen mounted a pair of 14-Point quarters to take a 37-36 Lead into the final period. Gary Sandford scored 12 Points for the raiders connecting on 6 of 12 shots. Defensively Ford raked in 11 rebounds and fellow big Man Dershaun Chestaro cleaned 10 misfires from the Glass. Roland Jones had 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Kleha used a towns underdog role As a Pedestal to showcase Ford who also had 4 blocked shots As Well As Jones. A everybody picked us to lose. Everybody a Jones Saia a we knew we were going get that first win just to prove everyone  schools basketball Kleha a coming into this tournament we knew no one expected anything from us but we came Here expecting to win. With the momentum we Nad at the end of the season 5 wins in last 9 games we were confident we would win. I think it was More of an upset to everyone else than to  Kleha credited Jones with being the raiders Diamond on the court and Felt Giessen did no to give her raiders much of a Chance. A we really have got the momentum a she said. A out of those four games we lost Down the stretch we lost three of them by three Points. We put Roland Jones at the Point and he a been really consistent with assists and  the word from Jones watch out. A we started thinking about How Low we were ranked a he said which proved to be a natural rallying Point. In other Early games wednesday Giessen girls 51, Hanau 41 the Glenna Lewis one girl show rolled through Benjamin Franklin Village and left Hanau in its Wake. Lewis was unstoppable scoring 16 Points and yanking in 20 rebounds As Giessen dropped the panthers from Competition. Nicole Hines led All Griffin scorers with 19 Points and Moon Ingram landed 10 Points. Felicia Hayes helped Anchor the Gies Toshiba Jones scored 10 Points for Hanau and chante Thomas also banked in 10 despite the  boys 67, Patch 47 a 25-Point second Quarter barrage helped the warriors scratch the panthers from the Field. The Cole cousins a Larry and David a led Warrior shooters with 14 Points each and Lee Utsey added 9 in the Romp. A in every tournament you have the first game jitters a Wiesbaden coach Karl Waddell said. A we had first Quarter jitters. In the second Quarter we came out with a press and managed to get a lot of turnovers. Patch just did no to bring the Ball to us very  Larry Cole pulled in 9 rebounds and was 6 of 9 from the Field. David Cole finished with a 5 of 9 Effort with 6 rebounds and 7 steals. Vince Grey anchored the Patch offence with 16 Points and 9 rebounds and Sam Lucas added 13 Points. Pat Pinschmidt reeled in 8 rebounds and Roger Watson finished with 6 boards. A we have six seniors on our squad who know  have to play solid basketball for four games to win this tournament a Waddell said. A the great thing for us was that we got the first game jitters out of the Way. A not to take anything away from Patch. They played a Good game. The Ramstein girls 41, Stuttgart 26 move Over Glenna Mika Brown made it to Mannheim and is ready to justify her All everything status. Brown ripped through the Stuttgart Rolls for a 23-Point  girls 33, Wurzburg 22 Queena Edward scored 16 of Wurzburg a 22  boys 96, Wei Brincken 65 Cory Whitaker led the panthers to Victory with 31 Points followed by Andre Penn who poured in 20 Points. Terrance Denmark pumped in 25 Points for the trojans and Alan Birt had 14. Wiesbaden girls 44, Patch 38 Beth Johnson scored 12 Points and grabbed u rebounds for the warriors. Kim Johnson scored 10 Points and hauled in 12 boards while Lamara Jenkins also scored 10. Patch was led by Rashonda cutlery a 12 Points 6 rebounds and 6 steals. Kaiserslautern girls 54, Wei. 39 forwards Roxanne Best and Jane Ati Mua combined for 28 Points and 18 rebounds and the winners Rode a tight third Quarter press into next round. Rhona Jeske chipped in another 10 Points for the raiders who benefited from Tamara Mun delts five steals while expanding a 21-18 halftime Edge into a 39-25 bulge at the end of the third period