European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 14. 1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 a dose of Back pain Woodbridge 152-Pounder David Brace pins school in London s Sim How Rowsel during the . Wet Lonj Tournon mint Sale Der Ai Raf ukr Nhul. Clock watching lion beats Buzzer by Walt Morrissette staff write Heidelberg Germany for Jeremy Davis and Heidelberg s fans it was the ultimate Victory. For Patch s Lydell Mitchell it was a Central european wrestler s worst Nightmare. Some people still Aren t sure How what happened at the end of their 152-Pound championship match happened saturday. For the record Alexander took a 3-2 Lead into the final 30 seconds of their match and emerged with a stunning 6-3 loss with Davis getting the deciding Points on a reversal two Points and locked hands one Point just before and while the final Buzzer was sound i Gdavis tied the match at 3-3 with 26 seconds left by Locking his hands around Alexander who then pro ceded to stay on top of Davis for the rest of the bout to preserve the tie and Force what he thought would be overtime. He did not get the two Points on me Alexander said when i heard the Buzzer i let him but that was just the beginning. Referee Manny Davatelis of Ramstein described How he made the Call. He Alexander had locked hands when the kid on the Bottom Davis moved from the Bottom to the top. That s a three Point move. If i stopped the match while his move was in Progress then i be denied him two Points. With wrestling you be got to Block out everything the coaches the fans the parents everybody and make the the stunning change of events sent the Home Heidel Berg crowd into a frenzy As Heidelberg had gone from winning seven straight be team titles through 1992 to cheering on Davis As the Only lion to win a 93 title. The team that reversed Heidelberg s fortunes was Wiir Burg. Coach Duane Werner s wolves beat out Heidelberg for the division i team title and had three wrestlers reach the be finals. Stewart Keller beat Nurnberg s Tim Waters in the 129-Pound final the most anticipated bout of the Day because both wrestlers were unbeaten returning be champions. Tim Waters won the Central european title last at 119 pounds and Stewart won it at 125," Werner said. Not too often do you have two returning champions go head to head in the "1 just wanted to keep on the offensive and keep Central european wrestling Tough the whole match Keller said of his hard fought 9-3 decision. Keller finished the season 27-0 and is 72-1 through his Junior year. Waters fell to 23-1 with 20 pins and 73-10 in his career. Werner s other two wrestlers did t fare As Well. Gary Harris fell to Frankfurt s Sam Colby in the 109 Pound final 7-3. And in the final match of the Day the heavyweight championship soc Sterberg s Paul Burnam slammed Rick Smith to the mat so hard that Smith had to be taken off the mat on a Stretcher. He was taken to a local Hospital for treatment of what Werner said was probably a Back Bruise. Burnam got the pin in Only 26 seconds the fastest pin of the Day. Aaron Colby completed a be sweep for the Frank Furt family by pinning Brussels Jay Reyes at 3 44 in the 135-Pound final. Aaron Colby also copped the Norbert Deyoung memorial outstanding wrestler award. Davatelis had left with the other referees and was not present at the award ceremony when he was named Dodds wrestling s Man of the year. Giessen s Lee Riese was named coach of the year and in a moral Victory for Wei Brincken s Lone wrestler in its final Campaign Derek Allen won the Eric Leaf memorial most pins in the least time award for com piling four pins in 10 58. The final results of the championship and third place matches and fifth and sixth place finishers 103 Giessen s Chris Hernandez dominated most of the match with Kaiserslautern s . Bell but Hernandez barely escaped at pin with 42 seconds left and held on for a 10-9 Victory. A town s Gary Fago Sholam beat Ron blood of Patch 5-3 for third place. Nurnberg s Zack Rowland was fifth and Karlsruhe s Joe Landen was sixth. 109 Sam Colby beat Harris 7-3 for the title. Al Fredo Fuentes of Baum older beat Steve Eger of gics sen 14-8 for third. Dennis Custodio of accent was fifth and Curtis Duenas of Pitburg was sixth. U5 Phil Cormier of accent outlasted Ramstein s John Neuhaus 8-5 for the title. Danny Dean of Hanau pinned Kenny Engleson of Ramstein in 4 20 for third place. Nathan King of shape was fifth and Ted Riese of Giessen was sixth. 122 Jon Bunton of Frankfurt stopped Josh Marullo of Ramstein the 92 be Champ at 112 in a 4-2 decision for the title. Kim Moody of a town downed Eric Mcfarland 10-2 for third. Vilseck s Chris Guzman was fifth and accents Brandon Hopkins was sixth. 129. Keller beat Waters 9-3 for the title. Gics sen s Mike Lcclair beat shape s Jon Wagner 9-2 for third. Mark Wong of Heidelberg took fifth and Andre Zukowski of was sixth. 136 Aaron Colby of Frankfurt pinned Reyes at 3 44 for the title. Wil Ryburg s Matt Peterson beat a cent s Kevin Varga 10-6 for third. Gissen s Phillip Villanuva was fifth and Tony Mussella of shape was sixth. 144 Nurnberg s Quan Burks outlasted bit burst Don Brown in Battle Royal and piled up Points on an exhausted Brown late to win the title 11-6. Cameron Hall of Ramstein beat Duane Norden of Wiir Burg 8 3 for third. Quentin Chisolm of Frankfurt was fifth and Mannheim s David Williams was sixth. 152 Davis took the controversial 6-3 decision from Alexander described earlier. Dan Swain of Mann Heim beat Gene Cox of Patch 7-3 for third. Aaron Wil Liams of Pitburg was fifth and Heidelberg s Mark Baro let was sixth. 160 Mike Childs of accent shut out Dennis Kroontje of Giessen 4-0 for the title. Tim Lennon of Patch beat Chris Klisiewecz of Frankfurt 7-3 for third place Craig Kiebler of Heidelberg placed fifth and Andre Beaver of Niernberg was sixth. 168 Warren Wilson of Ramstein pinned Bobby Walker of Bamberg at 3 38 for the title. George Lane of Pitburg edged Rich Disharoon of Heidelberg 2-0 for third. Chris Slocum of Berlin was fifth and Matt Greene of Bonn was sixth. 178 Mike Williams of Giessen threw Down shape s Claxton fallen and pinned him in just 35 seconds for the title. Mark Braxton of Hanau edged Bam Berg s Ben Shaw 2-1 for third. David Stricklin of Hei Delberg took fifth and John Knowles of Mannheim was sixth. 191 Joel Rodriquez of accent used his Supe rior Speed a couple of Nice throws and a near pin to pile up an 8-0 Lead on Jaime Garcia of a town Garcia rallied in the third period but Rodriquez was Able to hold on for a 8-7 decision and the championship. Derek Allen of we Brucken pinned Matthew Hebebrand of Frankfurt at 3 55 for third place. Chris Witbeck of bit Burg was fifth and Darren Mckeon of Heidelberg was sixth. Heavyweights Burnam pinned Smith in 26 seconds. Joel Rodriguez of accent edged Tony Wesley of Ramstein 9-8 for third place. Daniel Alonzo of Hanau was fifth and Eric Tarr of Nurnberg was sixth
