European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 29, 1992 sports the stars and stripes a Page 29 everything goes on prep front famous comedian Jimmy Durante Many years ago used to say everybody wants to get in the and that s what it s All about this week Grinders harriers servers setters and spiders All display their skills All Over Dodds As the fall sports Campaign makes the final turn into the Home stretch. The . And Italy schools stage their volleyball and Cross country championships the . Also has its football showdown and the Germany Bennor athletes compete in football semifinal games and conference volleyball and Cross country tournaments. The vib and cd Competition also will serve As qualifying tournaments for the Central european championships next week. Winning volleyball is synonymous with Heidel Bennett s lady Lions won their fifth straight conference championship last week when they Defeated Ramstein and Wiesbaden to finish 5-0 in league play and 13-0 on the season. But those numbers Are nothing the lady Lions have woh106 matches Over the last five years while dropping Only 7. They will be gunning for their fourth championship in the conference tournament which will be staged for the fifth time this weekend and Are a shoo in for a berth in the first Central european tournament nov. 5-6 at Hahn. In past years big schools and Small schools tournaments were staged last year Only Small schools Competition advanced beyond conference weeks ago Heidelberg trailed Kaiserslautern 7-15, 7-15 before rallying to win the last three games 15-12, 15-4, 15-8 and protect its undefeated Confer ence record. Kaiserslautern was ahead 4-0 in the fourth game but Carolyn Kirsch the 1991-92 stars and stripes athlete of the year served 15 straight winning is one of those games in which Momen Tum plays a key role Bennett said. In that game Kaiserslautern had the momentum for a while and we were in deep trouble. But we got motivated and won the next game and the momentum switched Back to Bennett rates this team among his Best. We have outstanding size and two super athletes in Carolyn Kirsch and Donna Jordan. They rank among the Best spiders i have seen Over the years in Dodds they Are really hard hitters who Are very Strong on placing the Ball too. And we have an Excel Lent setter in Kelly quintal she has very Good hands. Alison Davis Kelly Gulyas and Lakeisha Bankhead Are other outstanding players who have contributed much to our Success this year he on past performances the lady Lions will be favourites in the big schools tournament a Fitch they will stage. Ramstein Kaiserslautern and Frank Furt probably will be battling it out for the other two berths allotted division i in the Central european Small schools Champion Vilseck appears Strong again and probably will take the Divi Sion Iii South title Bonn always a Power has been dominating division Iii North Competition again Niernberg appears to be the Best in division ii East shape rates High in the West Section of that Divi Sion Lakenheath is the class of the .All those leagues will Send two teams to the 13 team Central european meet. Accents Jennifer Varga and Hanau s Antonio Pena runners up to Bonn s Traci los and Giessen s Seth Denny respectively in the 1991 Central euro peans have been the big winners in Cross country this year and Are expected to Lead the Way into this year s be meet next week at Heidelberg. Varga has cruised through an undefeated Campaign but she might get some Stern Competition from Patch s Abby Bates Pitburg s Kristina Lemmon and Nurnberg s Holly Smith in the division ii meet at Pitburg s Jerica James appears to be the class of division i with Frankfurt s Laurelee Petty and Ramstein s Holly Johnson looming As her big threats and Bonn s Kelly Jamieson leading the division ill Parade. ,. Division ii appears to have the outstanding boys competing and Pena s stiffest Competition May Well come from teammates Jason and Chris Hauer. Mannheim s Chip Brown who beat Pena in a pre season division ii meet shape s Robby Pearce Mannheim s John Simmons and Wei Brincken s Eri Schulze Are other Strong competitors. Ramstein s Kevin Lee appears to be division is Dodds championships oct. 31 oct. 30 oct31 nov. 8 oct. 31 oct31 nov. 8 oct. 31 oct31 nov. 8 oct. 30 nov. 7 . Final Lakenheath at Woodbridge division i semifinals Frankfurt at Wiesbaden Heidelberg at Ramstein winners meet for championship division ii semifinals shape at Hanau Berlin at int. School of Brussels winners meet for championship division Iii semifinal Oesterberg at Ansbach Vilseck at Hahn winners meet for championship Italy semifinal Aviano at Naples winners meet at Vicenza for championship nov. 14 . Champion at division ii Champion oct. 30 -31 Italy at Brindisi . At Lakenheath division i at Heidelberg division ii East at Nurnberg division ii West at accent division Iii North at Hahn division Iii South at Vilseck nov. 5-6 Central european championship at Hahn oct. 31 Italy at Livorno . At Woodbridge division i at Kaiserslautern division ii at Pitburg division Iii at bad Kreuz Nach nov. 6 Central european championship at Heidelberg is Susan Harris prep Pickin s Ben Abrams Vaught fallen Best runner with Heidelberg s Ryan Witte and Frankfurt s Larry Bell his main challengers. Bonn s Bobby Green and Ansbach s Bill Reed head the division Iii cast. The top 35 competitors from divisions i and ii and the top 20 individuals from division Iii Advance to the Central european meet along with the top six division ii teams and the top three teams from the other divisions. Frankfurt is one of Only three perfect football teams in Dodds As the playoffs continue but the eagles find themselves in the position of having to give up their Home Field advantage in the division i semifinals because the Rhein main rockets whose Field the eagles have used this year while theirs is torn up have a Csc semifinal game against Soester Berg. Rhein main was t available and efforts made to play at Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden which would have been a Neutral Field could not be arranged. So Frankfurt finds itself playing for the Sec ond straight week at Wiesbaden High school on Fri Day. The other division i game finds Heidelberg trying to avenge a one Point loss at Ramstein. The two win ners clash for the title. Frankfurt will encounter the same difficulties if it wins and Rhein main wins be cause the division i and Csc title games Are both scheduled nov. 8. A possible veterans Day game has been mentioned for the High school showdown. Hanau which won the East conference entertains shape in one division ii semifinal and Berlin goes to is for the other. Is shape and accent shared the West title and is and shape advanced to playoff games by virtue of better tiebreaker num division Iii semifinal action South Champion Ansbach one of the two other perfect teams entertains North runner up Oesterberg while North Champion Hahn is at Home against South no. 2 Vil , the other unscathed club entertains Lakenheath in the . Championship game follow ing Tough semifinal victories by each last week Woodbridge Over Alconbury Lakenheath Over Croughton. The other football game on the Agenda finds Avi Ano invading Naples with the Winner having a nov. 7 Italy championship game Date at Vicenza. The last big week of prognostication was an other successful one not the Best of the year but right up there. Hahn s Victory Over Oesterberg was t expected but that was t a major upset like Patch beating Berlin and Pitburg trouncing Mann Heim were. The final count was 13-5, making the sea son record 98-27-1, .784. Only 13 More picks remain this year eight games this week four next and one the following week when the . Champion takes on the division ii Champi on in the season finale. This week things go like this Woodbridge 28, Lakenheath 12 Frankfurt 22, Wiesbaden 12 Ramstein 16, Heidelberg 14 Hanau 20, shape 14 is 24, Berlin 20 Ansbach 28, Oesterberg 6 Vilseck 16, Hahn 12 Naples 20, Aviano 18 thirteen perfect picks would elevate the season re Cord to 111-27-1, .804, second Only to the 1988 Campaign when considerably More games were played and Ole prep went 138-31-3, .817. Player of the week accolades go to Ansbach s Damie Vaught on offence and shape s Claxton fallen on scored on runs of 73, 17 and 15 Yards in route to a 318-Yard Rushing performance As the Cou Gars continued to overwhelm the opposition. Claxton chalked up nine solos 14 assists a sack and a Fumble recovery to help the spartans earn their playoff Are reminded that the deadline for nominating players for the 1992 stars and stripes All Europe football team is in the is office no later than next saturday nov. 7
