European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 b the stars and stripes thursday March 26,19921992 Al Europe basketball experienced girls boys newcomers have All the tools by Ben Abrams prep sports editor size Speed agility Ball handling ability rebounding and scoring a those Are the ingredients that go towards making Good basketball teams. And those characteristics Are very evident on the 1992 stars and stripes boys and girls All Europe High school basketball teams. The girls team also possesses a Good Deal of experience with six returnees. Frankfurt a 1991 stars and stripes player of the year Aundria Sparrow and International school of Brussels Georgia Bottoms made the team for the third straight year. Heidelberg a Carolyn Kirsch Ramstein Smika Brown Munich a Tami Malone and Augsburg a Tarshia Bronner also Are repeaters. Only one boy Brindisi Sandre Chilton returns from the 1991 squad. Both Kirsch and Chilton won recognition at new positions this year moving from Forward to guard. Bottoms and Malone Are Back at Forward Mika Brown and Bronner both 6-2, repeat in the Pivot As the biggest players on the girls team and Sparrow returns at guard. The girls team averages 5-9w in height with Sparrow and Hahn Sanna Kerns both at 5-5 the smallest players. The boys team boasts no giants but its Overall size is quite Good. Hanau Scory Whitaker Nairn bergs a Terrell dial and Munich a Atila Barlas All stand in at 6-5 and Chilton is 6-4, guards Jason Cole of Oesterberg and Mike Balistreri of Mannheim Are the Little Guys at 5-9. Joining Bottoms 5-11 and Malone 58 at Forward on the girls team Are Frankfurt Senez Brown 5-8 and Giessen a Glenna Lewis 5-9. At guard along with Kirsch 5-10wsparrow and Kerns is Wiesbaden a Tamara Jenkins 5-8. Enez Brown Malone Mika Brown Bronner and Kerns Are seniors the rest juniors. Heidelberg a Lamar Cox 6-3sons Terberg a Burnell King 6-1 and Naples Dan Archilla 6-2 join Barlas at Forward. Whitaker and dial fill the Center slots and Brussels Shawn Parham 6-0 is the other guard. King is a Sophomore Whitaker Cole and Balistreri Are juniors and the others will be graduated in june. Kirsch is the girls player of the year Cox is the boys and if the 1992 stars and stripes All Europe teams were to take to the hardwoods the girls team would be coached by Heidelberg a Rich Bennett and a Oesterberg a Jim Cole would Mastermind the boys squad Bottoms who transferred from Brussels which won the Small schools titles in 1990 and 1991, to is this year became the first Dodds basketball player to play on three straight championship teams. She averaged 21.5 Points while hauling Down 11 rebounds and recording 4.1 steals 1.3 assists and 1.3 blocked shots a in a Georgia euro e most consistent player in her worst Day is better to Tan a game leading coach Ron Parham to say is tru rope. Lot of players Best Days. She can do it All on the basketball Malone was virtually All of Munich a attack. She averaged 20.3 Points and 12 rebounds a game. Lewis was an outstanding shot Blocker and rebounded for Giessen averaging 16.9 boards and 5.8 blocks in addition to scoring 15 Points an Outing and Enez Brown had 11.3 Points 11.4 Dan Archilla Tarshia Bronner Mika Brown Justin Cole Tamara Jenkins boards and 5.1 steals a game for Frankfurt while usually guarding the opponents Best player. Once again Bronner led All scorers and Rebo unders in Dodds with 517 Points and 318 boards averages 27.1 and 17.5, respectively. Mika Brown was t far behind with 25.7 and 12.5 scoring and rebounding numbers. A Carolyn is one of the finest All around talents in Europe a Bennett wrote about Kirsch who averaged 18 Points seven rebounds six steals and four assists in leading Heidelberg to the aaa and big schools tournament championships. A she is a very exciting player who has the ability to break open a game at Kirsch a 1991-92 totals gave her Heidel 943 do cd my in the All Europe year of the lion Oesterberg coach Jim Cole joins the Heidelberg Trio of below from left Rich Bennett Carolyn Kirsch and Lamar Cox atop the list. Terrell dial Anna Kerns Burnell King Glenna Lewis Berg career records of 1,132 Points 879 rebounds 326 assists and 349 steals. She was in double figure scoring every game with game highs of 33 Points 14 rebounds 12 assists 9 steals and 3 blocked shots. Karen Snyder the 1991 coach of the year labels Sparrow a the most Complete player in the big Sparrow led Frankfurt to a 10-2 conference record a 16-3 season Mark and second place in the big schools tournament with 15.5 Points 4.8 boards 4.9 assists and 4.4 steals every time the eagles took the floor Jenkins enjoyed another tremendous year scoring 23.6 Points and getting 6.2 rebounds and 4.1 steals an Outing Dis playing a great bal handling skills court awareness and defensive hustling All the time a according to coach Lin Hairstone. Kerns was about All Hahn had to offer averaging 16 Points 3.7 steals 3.1 assists and 6.7 rebounds. Cox was the catalyst that sparked the Heidelberg boys to their first conference title in 11 years and their first big schools Crown in eight bringing coach Brad Shahan to say a Lamar did it All for us. He shot and rebounded Well his passing was pin Point and his defense was outstanding. He is a Complete ballplayer who has taken his game As Well As his teammates to the ultimate level a Cox posted 18-Point and 10-see All Europe on Page 21
