European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 a the stars and stripes Eagle Burks finds Victory sports sunday february 14,1993 by Walt Morrissett staff writer Heidelberg Germany looks can be deceiving in Central european wrestling. Take Quan Burks 144-Pound quarterfinal match with Frankfurt s Quentin Chisholm on Friday. The Nurnberg wrestler engaged Chisholm in a furious match in which they threw and pushed each other All Over the mat and Chisholm lifted Burks shoulder High off the mat several times to try to throw him into a pin. But i landed on my feet each time Burks said. By him lifting me up like that he was using his strength and i was just resting. I kept Landing on my feet so i just let him do it. He was tired in the end so i just took Over in the that he did by finally pressing Chisolm into the mat to get the pin at 5 44 and loud applause from the fans in the packed Patton Barracks gym. Without a team championship in these Central euro peans you see wrestlers from the same school facing each other. That happened to two Giessen wrestlers in a 103-Pound quarterfinal match when Chris Hender son pinned James Ahrons in 1 27. You would think that Henderson a senior Wouldhave an advantage Over the freshman Ahrens who he had seen All season Long. Actually it s a disadvantage Henderson said be cause i practice with him All the time so he knows ally officials decided to move up the semifinal round from saturday morning to Friday night Leav ing Only the final round and consolations for saturday. The quarterfinal and semifinal results 103 Henderson pinned Ahrons in 1 27. Karlsruhe s Joe Landon beat Nairn Borg s Zack Rowland 5-0. Ron blood of Patch beat Heidelberg s Sherwin Anchita 11-4, and s . Dell beat fellow red Raider Gary Fago Sholam 12-5. In the semis Hernandez beat Landon 11-6 and Bell beat blood 6-1. 109 Sam Colby of Frankfurt pinned Billy Sheen of Hanau in 1 27. Dennis Custodio of accent decision cd Curtis Durnas of Pitburg 9-8. Gary Harris pinned Julio do Jesus of Ansbach at 5 29. Unseeded Alfredo fun pcs of Baum older upset the no.2 seed Steve Eger of Giessen with a pin in 1 05. In the semis Colby pinned Custodio in 2 44 and Harris pinned fun pcs in 1 41. Both Colby and Harris advanced to the final by pinning All their opponents. 115 Ramstein s Kenny Engleson downed Gic Ssan s Ted Ricc the no.2 seed 8-3. Phil Cormier of accent pinned Eric Blevins of Wiesbaden in 2 51. Danny Dean of Hanau beat Wiir Obure s Chris Jensen 11-4. John Neuhaus of Ramstein downed Bonn s Flint freed 7-1. In the semis Cormier got by Dean 12-8 and Neuhaus shut out Engleson 8-0. 122 Jon bunion of Frankfurt pinned Vitsick s Chris Guz Man in 1 25. Josh Marullo of Ramstein beat accent s Brandon Hopkins by technical fall 22-2. Eric Mcfarland of Nurnberg beat Rick Alcor a of Brussels 16-9, Kim Moody of a town downed a s Danny Dean tries to turn Chris Jensen of Wurzburg during their 115-Pound bout Friday in Heidelberg Germany. Central european wrestling will Wisse of osterholz 11-2. In the semis Bunton beat Mcfarland 15-2 and Marullo Edge Moody 5-3. 129 All quarterfinals were decisions Tim Waters of Nurnberg beat Josh Williams of Heidelberg 14-2. Stewart Keller of Wurzburg beat Bruno Van Dicroc Donck of accent 10-0 gics san s Mike Lcclair downed shape s Jon Wagner 13-1 and Mark Wong of Heidelberg edged Andre Zukowski 6-5. Waters stopped Zukowski 4-0 and Keller downed Leclair 11-0. 136 Aaron Colby of Frankfurt pinned Soester Borg s Chris Orta in 30 seconds. Accent s Kevin Varga pinned Gic Ssan s Philip Villanueva in 3 32. Jay Reyes of Brussels beat Tony Musella of shape 17-2. Wiir Burg s malt Peterson pinned Ramstein Seric Williams at 5 57. Colby beat Varga 6-3, and Reyes the no.3 seed beat Peterson in the semis. 144 Burks pinned Chisolm at 5 44, and Cameron Hall of Ramstein pinned Dubois in 2 57. Mannheim s David Williams pinned Ramstein s Jason Martin in 39 seconds. Lito Garcia of k town pinned the no. 3 seed Ron Brown of Pitburg in 3 43. Burks pinned Williams in 1 36, but Don Brown of Pitburg upset no. 2 seed Hall 8-6 and was to meet Burks in the final. 152 Lyd Cli Alexander of Patch had several near pin throughout his match with Heidelberg s Mark Barolet but settled for an 18-6 Victory. Gene Cox of Ramstein pinned Ansbach i will Campbell in 42 seconds. Dan Swain of Mannheim pinned Ramstein s Justin Valdez in 1 34. Jeremy Davis of Heidelberg pinned Aaron Williams of Pitburg in 5 46. Davis beat Cox 16-3 and Alexander beat Swain 8-5 in the semis. 160 Mike Childs of accent pinned Andre Beaver of Nurnberg 3 49. Tim Lennon of Patch beat Wally Jackson of soes Terberg 18-7. Chris Klisiewecz of Frankfurt pinned Clark Theo Dore of Wiir Burg 5 27. Dennis Kroon tic of Giessen beat Joshua Parker of Vilseck 10-2. Childs pinned Lennon at 5 46 and Kroontje beat Klisiewecz 9-2 to reach the final. 168 Bobby Walker of Bamberg pinned Bonn s Matt Green at 4 29. Rich Disharoon of Heidelberg edged Nick Stemberg of Gissen 6-4. George Lane of Pitburg beat Tracey Hanson of shape 9-0. Warren Wilson of Ramstein pinned Heidelberg Russ govett in 3 09. Walker pinned Disharoon in 37 seconds for his third straight Pinto get into the final against Wilson who downed Lane 7-1. 17s Mike Williams of Giessen pinned to. Torrentino of Wiesbaden in 22 seconds. Mark Braxton of Hanau beat Bamberg s Ben Shaw 4-1. David Stricklin of Heidelberg pinned Russ nov Cleof Bonn at 5 30. Clarion fallen of shape beat John Knowles of Mannheim on a technical fall. Williams pinned Braxton in 3 56 and fallen beat Stricklin 12-7 to get to the final. 191 Jaime Garcia of a town beat shape s Willie Mcgee 12-8. Darren Makcon of Heidelberg edged Rene Richter of Wurzburg 13-11. Derek Aljon of we Brucken pinned Mario Negroni of Ansbach at 4 42. Joel Rodriquez of accent pinned David rope of Wiesbaden at 3 10. Garcia advanced on Makcon s medical default and Rodrique pinned Allen at 5 29 to reach the final. Rick Smith of Wiir Burg pinned Daniela Tonzo of Hanau in 1 24. Joel Rodriguez of accent pinned Jon Kim of Patch in 2 28. Tony Wesley of Ramstein took a 14-12 lead�2 a Start of Nurnberg into the final seconds before prevailing 17-12. Paul Burnam of so Sterberg pinned Andy Leas of Heidel Berg in 47 seconds. Smith dinner Rodriguez in 28 seconds and Burnam pinned Wesley at 4 25 to reach the final. In the Best Consolation match of the Day at 168 pounds Russ govett of Heidelberg and Chris Slocum of Berlin battled through regulation tied 11-11 and through sudden death overtime. After both wrestlers were called for stalling govett picked a position Down for the 30-second tie breaker. If govett Breaks out he wins if Slocum holds him Down for the 30 seconds he Rode govett for the half minute to win the match. Croughton advances to both finals by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Raf Alconbury England Croughton s Terry Frazier threw in a three Point Basket with 12 seconds on the clock Friday to Force an overtime and the hadies went on to trip american school of London 58-50 to reach the boys championship game of the tournament. The hadies were to face Lakenheath which overpowered London 75-58, in the title game. Croughton s girls also advanced to the championship game following their 40-39 Victory Over Lakenheath. They were paired against Asl which eliminated de fending cd Campion Alconbury 40-21. Croughton boys 58, Asl 50, of the game was tight All the Way and was deadlocked at 42 with 2 18 remaining. Aaron Darley s jumper and Martin Friedrich s free throw gave Asl a 45-42 Edge. Frazier made a pair of free throws to Cut the deficit to one Point but the eagles Eric Fugelsang popped in a three Dodds Atlantic basketball Pointer to make it 48-44. With 28 seconds remaining Asl s Keith Robinson fouled out but Maurice Wilson made Only the first free throw. Croughton s Clint drown grabbed the re bound on the second free throw and fed Frazier. Frazier saw he was still in two Point territory dribbled into three Point Range and tossed the Ball goal Ward. It hit Noth ing but the Bottom of the net and twas overtime. Brown hit a free throw missed the Sec Ond one but came Back to score on two More conversions to put the charges of John Simons in front to stay. Brown scored eight of Croughton s 10 Points in of and wound up with 24 Points for the evening. Darley had 18 Points for the eagles. We were looking defeat in the face but the kids came through like Champi. On in the end a beaming Simons exclaimed after the Victory. We played Good defense and we got the key Lakenheath boys 75, London 58 the league Champion lancers hit eight Quick Points and were never headed As they put on an excellent shooting exhibition. They went 18-for 27 from the Field in the first half and were just a Little cooler in the second half connecting on 16 or 26 for a 34-for-53 performance. Many of the lancers shots were right off the Board and included three tremendous dunks by Marcus Wallace who walked away with a 29-Point night on the strength of a 14-for-17 showing which included eight straight baskets. Lionel bar nes backed up Wallace with a 21-Pointeffort. Bill Lull led Londom s attack with 20 Points Bill Martfeld followed with 18, and Dave glad had 12. Croughton girls 40, Lakenheath 39 Croughton came from a 28-12 half Tim deficit to pull out the Victory which was assured when Lakenheath s Marci Burke missed the second free throw on a one and one that would have tied the game and forced another overtime for the hadies. Dawn Brown paced the hadies with14 Points and Nikki Mcnair came through with 13. Burke took individual laurels with 19 Points and Alaina Loden added 11 to the lancers losing cause. Asl girls 40, Alconbury 21 Asl scored the first six Points and was never headed As it ended the lady dragons bid for a third straight tournament title. Asl s defensive corps kept the pres sure on the defending champions who were forced into a flock of turnovers. Stephanie Dodson sparked the eagles into their ninth championship game in the last 12 tournaments. She had 17points and Jamie Francke contributed 12 to the winning Effort. Sandra Mcdowell scored seven Points to Pace the lady dragons. No one else managed More than two
