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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 24, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 25 Small schools soccer shape boys Munich girls grab crowns Berlin a the Bill Gibbons show finally ended saturday but Only because the shape boys ran out of opponents in the 1992 Dodds Small schools soccer tournament. Gibbons the tourneys runaway map scored a pair of goals and added an assist in saturdays championship game As the spartans ripped Bonn 4-1. It was the second title game loss of the Day for Bonn which saw its girls team drop a 2-0 decision to Munich earlier saturday. Get Ibbons twin scores were actually slightly below  for the remarkable in Marrable spartan. He netted five in a pair of round Robin blowouts on Friday a a pair in a 4-1 Conquest of Berlin and got the hat trick in a 4-0 blanking of Baum older. On saturday Gibbons provided the halftime margin with a first period strike then converted some late game pique Over an overruling of an offsides Call that Lea to Richard waders goal for Bonn into an in your face demonstration of individual prowess. Gibbons dribbled the ensuing Kickoff through the entire Bonn defense and beat goalkeeper Marc Lishchynsky one on one. For All Gibbons flair however it was fellow gunner Alfredo Vitale who got the crucial score for shape. His goal after intermission allowed the winners the luxury of sitting Back and pursuing Only sure Chance counterattacks. Vitale added another goal later in the half to give him five for the tourney and also had an assist As did Ryan of Connor. In the girls game Munich a Janelle Weidner and Jennifer Mancini each cashed in penalty kicks As the Mustangs earned a Crown in the schools final athletic contest. Draw Down stricken Munich is closing next month. Weidner a shot came after a Bonn player used her hand to steer a Munich Corner kick away from the goal Mouth five minutes into the game Mancini hit hers after a Mustang was pushed in the penalty area late in the game. That was it in an end to end defensive struggle that continued an unwelcome offensive turnaround for Munich which blasted Fulda 8-0 behind two goals each from Mancini Kendra Roth Mair and Tami Malone in fridays opener but was then held to a 0-0 tie by International school of Brussels. The Mustangs advanced to the final on goal difference As the raiders beat Fulda just 3-0. Bonn on the other hand swept unbeaten into the title game dowing Baumholzer 3-0 and Augsburg 2-1 of Friday. In saturdays third place games the is girls edged Augsburg 1-0 on Laurel May a goal and the Ansbach boys used the same score in beating Berlin on Tom Cantley a goal off an assist from Tom  teams boys Gibbons map Vitale of Connor and Frank Crammer of shape Wade Lishchynsky and Alex Van Der Stoel of Bonn Jorge Bermudez and Mark Lehrer of Ansbach Matt Broddus of Baum older Anthony Avila of Berlin and Travis Denman of osterholz. Girls april Cain Mascari Manupella Mancini and Malone of Munich Michelle Tindall Anna Karin Hannesson and Cindy Lohman of Bonn Kim Thompson of is Amy Requena of Augsburg Leanne Rios of Fulda and Brandi Fisher of Baum older. Longtime Warrior aide named to coach Kings Sacramento Calif. A Garry St. Jean who spent 10 seasons As an assistant with Golden state was named head coach of the struggling Sacramento Kings on Friday. St. Jean replaces Rex Hughes who finished the season As interim coach after Dick Motta was fired. The Kings finished last in the Pacific division with a 29-53 record and failed to make the playoffs for the sixth straight year. A a in a the Type of Guy who does not have a huge ego a St. Jean said at a news conference. A together a and i emphasize the word together a we re going to make this an improved basketball  St. Jean 42, said the Kings will be fast breaking team next sea St. Jean son. A we will have a very similar style to the warriors a he said. St. Jean declined to discuss the teams approach to the june 24 draft where the Kings have the seventh Overall pick. As for the current team he said a a there a some really Nice pieces. We re going to work to put some More  St. Jeans assistants will be former los Angeles clippers and Portland coach Mike Schuler and former new Jersey nets coach Dave Wohl. St. Jean 42, has a Long time association with Golden state coach Don Nelson was was named Aba coach of the year this season after the warriors went 55-27 and finished second in the Pacific division. St. Jean worked for Nelson from 1980-86 As an assistant for the Milwaukee Bucks. He then spent two years As an assistant with the new Jersey nets before rejoining Nelson at Golden state before the 1988-89 season. His last head coaching Job was at Chicopee High in Massachusetts where he worked for eight years before joining the Bucks. Last summer St. Jean coached the warriors entry in the los Angeles summer league and was named coach of the year. In his last three years in Milwaukee the Bucks won three Central division titles had a combined regular season record of 166-80 and twice reached made the Eastern conference finals. Also Friday the Kings announced the promotion of player personnel director Jerry Reynolds to general manager. Ziegler s Days As president of nil May be numbered Toronto apr John Ziegler May be on his Way out As the president of the National hockey league. Ziegler said in a statement Friday that he met with league chairman Bill Wirtz earlier this week a and reviewed my contractual obligations to continue As president and chief executive officer through the 1995-96  a was a result a the statement continued a emr. Wirtz and i have agreed it is time now to discuss with the Board of governors the matter of succession in this  a committee of the nil Board of governors will be formed to discuss Ziegler a future before the boards annual meeting in Montreal on june 21 and 22, the statement added. Wirtz the owner of the Chicago Black Hawks confirmed last week reports that he is stepping Down As chairman of the Board. Ziegler who was in Europe at the Start of Stanley cup playoffs but has since returned to new Ziegler York Wasny to available for further comment. Nil spokesman Bill Wilkerson said the meeting Between Ziegler and Wirtz was a a Mutual  but Wilkerson refused to say if the president was prepared to step aside. Quot in a not going to speculate on that. He a going to have those discussions with the  Wilkerson also said a this is not a statement of resignation or  Ziegler has a contract renewable on an annual basis through the 1995-96 season. He has raised eyebrows in the past with his unexplained absence during the playoffs. He was in Czechoslovakia for the world hockey championship last month while the first round of the nil playoffs took place. And when Adam Graves of the new York rangers was suspended for a slash of Pittsburgh superstar Mario Lemieux in the Patrick division final there was no reaction from the league president. There have also been reports that support for Ziegler from some nil owners eroded during the 10-Day players strike in april. Ziegler is the fourth president in nil history. He was appointed in 1977 to succeed Clarence Campbell and saw the nil through some Tough times. When Ziegler became head of the nil in 1977, the league was losing Money and struggling against the rival world hockey association. And american to networks were turning their backs on hockey. Ziegler convinced owners to concentrate on solidifying local fan support and forget trying to make hockey americans sport. The nil found an avid if smaller audience and made substantial profits from the Cable to Boom. Under Ziegler the nil eliminated weak ownership and franchise holdings and transfers. One of the highlights of Ziegler a career came when he solved the problem of the rival wha. The wha had threatened the financial existence of the nil at one Point with huge inducements to nil players that drove up salaries. Before the Price War got out of a hand Ziegler successfully led the Effort to negotiate a settlement with the wha. The nil took in the four strongest franchises expanding to 21 teams while the rest of the wha  ousts his idol in . Wrestling by Mike Owen Philadelphia a one Hawk eat another and Ken Chertow happily punctuated his Victory. Nicknamed a Hawk a Chertow Eli i ated a prominent Hawk a 1984 olym in Silver medallist Barry Davis a from he . Freestyle wrestling trials. Davis As a three time Mcaa Champion at Owa and is an assistant coach for the a Keyes. Already leading Davis 12-3 in their de iding third match Friday at 125.5 pounds c put a scoring combination on him and punched the air while still Riding Davis. Then he put Davis away with a 20-3 Victory in 4 minutes 8 seconds. A i never beat him before a Chertow said. Eight times eight defeats until Friday. Chertow vanquished his 1988 olympic teammate after winning the opener 10-2, then falling 8-6. A the was one Guy i idolized when 1 was in High school and he was in College a said Chertow a two time West Virginia High school Champion and former Penn state Star now living in Columbus Ohio. Quot its super  saturday he was to face Kendall Cross a 1989 Mcaa Champion at Oklahoma state in the trials final the next to last step to an olympic berth. Davis was the first of two former olympic medallists eliminated Friday. Melvin Douglas beat 1984 Gold medallist Dave Schultz in the semifinal at 180.5 pounds. Douglas had to beat Schultz in his final two matches to earn a spot in the finals against top seed Royce Alger a world Silver Meu Alist in 1990 and a two time Mcaa Champion at Iowa. Schultz won the first match 2-0, then Douglas came Back with 4-0 and 3-1 wins the latter on the strength of a 3-Point move that put Schultz on his Back and some effective defense. Chertow and top seeded Bill Scherr at 220 pounds Are the Only former olympians in the finals. Scherr a Bronze medallist in 1988, was to face second seeded Kirk Trost the 1990 world Bronze medallist who beat two time Mcaa Champ Kurt Angle from Clarion pa., 3-1, 2-1. Trost Troy Steiner at 136.5 and Joel Greenlee at 286 swept their semifinal matches. Other winners were Cory Baze at 105.5, Chris Bollin at 114.5, John Giura at 149.5, Rob Koll at 163 and Dan Mayo at 198. Bollin however did no to make weight for the finals automatically giving top seeded Jack Griffin the trials title  
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