European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 c the stars and stripes monday March 16,1992pirmasens, lady demons prevail monday March 16,1992 by Mark wonders staff writer Kaiserslautern Germany it Wasny to Kelly Green but there was More than enough army Green around this St. Patrick a Day weekend in Kleber gymnasium to show who owned the inaugural Quot Europe a bests army air Force basketball tournament. The Darmstadt lady demons capped a perfect run through the women a tournament by dumping the Niernberg lady knights 95-85 to take the Crown sunday at Kleber gymnasium. In the other All army finale the Niernberg men stalled the Pir Masens roadrunners sprint to the Crown 80-71 in sundays first game but the roadrunners came Back to take the title with a gut Check 79-78 women 95, Niernberg 85 the lady demons jumped out to an 18-8 Lead in the first seven minutes of the game and held it there 38-30, until 3 21 left in the half. After a Niernberg bucket and free throw and a 3-Pointer by Darmstadt a Balis Adams made it 41-33, the lady demons went on a 9-0 tear the final 2 12 capped by Lisa Hughes Trey at the Buzzer to give them a commanding 50-33 halftime bulge. After a Quick Basket by Adams to open the second half Niernberg responded with a 8-2 mini run of its own to Cut the Lead to 54-41 with 16 42 left. Darmstadt answered a 22-13 Streak to take their biggest Lead of the contest 7654, Midway through the period. Nairn bergs a comeback was insufficient although the runners up did claw Back to 10 Down 93-83 with 42 seconds left. Wendy Washington led a balanced Darmstadt attack with 30 Points followed by Adams 19. Lisa Hughes added 16, and Judy Tucker and Robin Brooks each chipped in 14 apiece. Niernberg was paced by rules a Adams with 31. Coretta Farrell scored 19, Kenya Willis 16, and Belinda Justice netted 14 for the lady men 80, Pir Masens 71 the Niernberg knights led by Wendell Moore a 5 first half 3-pointers, surprised a previously unbeaten Pir Masens squad before a partial crowd to Force an a if necessary match Pir Masens men 79, Niernberg 78 Marcus Elliott a Field goal with 59 seconds to play put the eventual champions ahead for Good and Charles Ridley a clutch free throws sealed the championship win. The roadrunners who seemed out of Europe a bests things when trailing 46-30 at intermission caught fire behind leading scorer Gerald Davis and tourney map Darnell Arbet Davis hit a 3-Pointer with 1 30 to play to Cap the comeback As Pir Masens finally went ahead 75-74. But Goliath Yeggins answered and put the eagles Back on top 77-76, to set the stage for Elliott and Ridley. Niernberg threw the Ball away after Elliott a bucket and was forced to foul Ridley with 11 seconds to play. The eagles then missed the Trey attempt and a1 Williams put in the rebound at the Buzzer for the final margin. Davis finished with 17 and Arbet 15 for the champs Moore had a game High 23 and Yeggins 15 for the runners up. Bob Wheeler added 14 and a1 Williams 13 for Niernberg. Pir Masens head coach chancer Rhodes was sold on the inaugural army air Force event even before his club wrapped up the title. Quot i think its Good a he said. A it gives us both the army and air Force better Competition. We might As Well play each other since we re both Over Here. A a that a what its All about the tournament. To prove who a the Best. Rhodes Felt it was no Fluke that it was an All army weekend festival. A the air Force ran roughshod Over us at the beginning a Rhodes said a but we got it in saturdays late losers bracket final Niernberg men 86, a town 72 Willie Gray 23 Points and Bob Wheeler 21 provided the Daylight for the knights who led 51-32 at intermission and weren to challenged. Yeggins and Williams added 14 apiece for the knights. Lindsey Stovall paced the ousted panthers with 21 Points George Bennett had 15. All tournament teams the women Sall tournament team selections were Frankfurt a Markisha Vereen Becky King of Heidelberg Adams and Justice of Niernberg and Hughes and Adams of Darmstadt. Adams of Darmstadt took Home most valuable player honors. The menus All tourney team includes Lone air Force representative Rod Harrell of Lindsey air station Ken Dailey of Worms Wiesbaden a Lamar Oden Kaiserslautern a Bennett Williams of Niernberg and Arbett of Pir Masens. Arbett was named map. S6s dwt Casey Parma sense Marcus Elliott lays one up underneath Nairn bergs a Goliath Yeggins on ends Early for beaten Galaxy by Walt Morrissette staff writer Frankfurt Germany a the Frankfurt Galaxy started off their preseason tie breaker with a big bang sunday. After a two minute fireworks display Tony Baker returned the Kickoff 69 Yards. Mike Perez followed with a 29-Yard scoring strike to Curtis Mayfield to put Frankfurt up 6-0 at 14 01. Then Stephan Maslo missed the extra Point a an All too familiar occurrence. The Galaxy was never quite the same after that. Reggie Slack keyed a 21-Point second Quarter with two touchdown passes to Lead the new York new Jersey knights to a 28-9 Lancing of the Galaxy before 16,471 at the Wald station. Eric Wilkerson a 9-Yard run and Kendall Trainor spat put the knights ahead 7-6 with 5 56 left in the first. Slack took Over in the second period. Tony Jones returned a Fumble by Frankfurt tight end Chad Fortune 37 Yards for a 14-6 Lead with 11 54 left in the half. Slack followed with a 41-Yard to strike to Andre Alexander at 8 10 and a 11-yarder to Kip Lewis with 42 seconds left. That gave the knights a 28-6 halftime Cushion. Maslo added a 23-Yard Field goal with 2 49 left in the third Quarter. A the first touchdown was a matter of Frankfurt being in a two deep zone coverage a said Slack who went 8 for 13 for 105 Yards. A their Back came out of the Hole and Alexander was wide Galaxy Strong safety Tim Broady chalked up Slacks Success to the Galaxy a gambling defense. A a Slack had a couple of Good plays a Broady said a Bui that s How the run in shoot is designed a for those big Knight coach mouse Davis said a Reggie played very Well and took care of the but Davis spotted some other problem areas a we had big breakdowns in our kicking game which we must Shore up. We kept putting our defense in poor position but they played Well each Galaxy coach Jack Elway said a we were out of sync offensively moving the Ball spasmodically. We were moving the Ball in Between the 30s but we broke Down on our Short yardage that explained the Galaxy a deceiving statistical adva Gate. Frankfurt out passed new York 252-152 with Mike Perez getting 20 of 35 for 198 Yards a but no Points after the opening bomb to Baker. New York out rushed Frankfurt 139-47. Tony Jeffery topped the knights with 46 Yards and Baker had 45 Yards in 15 pops. Fortune pulled in a game High 7 passes for 95 Yards and backup Alex Espinoza completed his first passes in a Frankfurt uniform. He finished 5 of 12 for 54 Yards. A yeah i was glad to see the Ball a Fortune said a and i Hope i see the Ball More this the league mandated final Cut from 40 to 36 players 39 for Europe and Montreal is on monday. Frankfurt opens at Barcelona and the knights Start in London next week. A in another world league preseason tie breaker saturday the London monarchs won at Birmingham 14-13 on Fred Mcnairs 3-Yard scoring pass to Harrell in the final seconds. And Sacramento won at Home Over the Montreal machine 21-14. Shaft writer Rob Start Wenborg Cort buted to this report
