European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes sports saturday november 7,1992sophs show More at be final Schwetz Ngen Germany a pair of sophomores from the Benelux led a hell for leather assault in the course record Friday at the Central european Cross country championships. Of cent a Jennifer Varga got her second course record in As Many weeks As Rhc topped the girls Field with a 19-minute, 18-second clocking Over the fast 5-Kilometer finals course shattering the old Mark of 21 00 set last month by Heidelberg s Jerica James. Varga s feat was duplicated by her mate counterpart shape s Robbie Pearce who toured the course Friday in 16 15, breaking Antonio penal a Mark of 17 06 also set last month. Both runners repeated their individual course record victories in last week s division 11 championships. But Varga and Pearce had company in breaking the course record Friday As the top 10 girls and top 16 boys All came in under the former course record. Despite the crowd of record Breakers Varga easily outdistanced runner up Ante Singer of Giessen who finished r More than a half minute behind at 19 50. Pearce though was pressed most of the Way. He out sprinted Hanau s Pena 16 17 and Ricky Ethridge of Mannheim who clocked 16 21, to the finish penal a runner up Effort however led Hanau to the boys title with a 60-86 Victory Over Pitburg which got a real last Man team Effort to Edge shape 88 Points and Mannheim 94 for second. Hanau also got a big boost from the inseparable Hauer Brothers a Jason beat Chris for sixth by an eyelash at 16 35. Bit urge a girls wrapped up the team title with an 58-j Point Cushion 40-98 Over runner up Frankfurt International school on the strength of third fourth and sixth place finishes by Shannon Baird Kristina Lemmon and Bridgette Liechty respectively. The boys ran a tactical race with a pack of five leaders sticking together through the Erst half. Among them was division i Champion Kevin Lee of Ramstein who tripped and s twisted a knee at the 3-Kilometer Mark. 1 he eventually finished ninth 30 seconds behind Pearce at 16 45. Sis Jim leaders of the the finishes were As different As Well boys and girls Friday at the Central european Cross country championships at Schwet winged Germany. Above girls Champion Jennifer Varga is All alone at the end while boys Champ Robbie Pearce 854 at right has to kick it in ahead of eventual runner up Antonio Pena right and third place finisher Ricky Ethridge 809 Heidelberg still rules court Hahn a Germany a it might have been a Brand new tournament but the Heidelberg lady Lions wrote the same old ending in the Central european volleyball tournament Friday. With the last three big schools volleyball crowns and their 1992 equivalent the division i championship already stowed away the lady Lions downed shape 15-12, 15-10, 15-5 to claim the first Ever Central european title. It was the second straight sets Victory of the Day for the champs who 3j a rolled Over Frankfurt 15-12, 15-12, 15-6 in the semifinals before facing shape last year s Small schools third place finishers led by tourney map Laura Ventruti although the final was decided in straight sets taking on Ventruti a six foot native of Rome looked to be a thoroughly tall order at the outset. The challengers jumped out to a 10-3 Lead in game 1 behind Ventre to a Strong hits but Alison Davis with three service winners and Carolyn Kirsch with two key kills brought the lady Lions Back to a 13-12 advantage from where they served out the match. Undaunted shape opened a 3-0 Lead in game 2 and moved to a 10-5 Edge behind some big blocks by Ventruti. But Heidelberg again rallied this time behind six straight service winners by Kelly Gulyas to prevail 15-10. The lady Lions kept the string b. K. Is going in the clincher As Kelly quintal had seven service winners and Kirsch and Donna Jordan did some Strong hitting. That was it for the spartans who reached the final in a five set 10-15, 15-7, 3-15, 15-9, 15-9 Conquest of Kaiserslautern fuelled by Strong serving blocking and spiking from Ventruti whose sixth kill in game 5 closed out the red raiders joining Ventruti and her shape teammate Tasanee Barram on the All tournament team Are Kirsch and quintal of Heidelberg Jane Aimua and Roxanne Best of Kaiserslautern Sharon Colon of Vilseck and Kisha Allen of Frankfurt. In Friday s Consolation final Bonn downed Lakenheath 15-1, 1315,15-12 for fifth place. S4s in is off Roxanne Best blocks Frankfort s Story Andrews 7. Hanau Germany the 13th game proved to be unlucky Friday for bad Kreuz Nacho a c co., 141st Sig in in the army european Flag football championship. The signalman were the first team bounced from the double elimination tournament for which the top prize is a round trip journey to new Orleans for a National tournament. They lost a 26-6 verdict to Giessen shh 2/67th Armor and were eliminated by 1/i0th special forces up 24-8 later in the Day in game 13. I he Victory by hic 2/67 Armor was its second of the Day. Earlier the tankers edged land Stuhle a b co tourney 2nd medical in 20-14 to become the Only Early two time winners. Tourney teams play 20-minute halves with clock stoppages kept 10 a minimum. That will allow the tourney organisers to Complete their 39-game-maximum slate by sunday. All games Are played at Pioneer Cavern