European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                .1 1 in a Heidelberg seeks another double in by the my boy tournament in the  i a week a us line Holder Alconbury and  their bragging right to american school of and a Kent the rape Civit by. Week the Heidelberg Giru arid bpm go Foi schools championship repeat at Mannheim the Soche Berj boy eve a second straight a m the Small school Field at Hahn following qualifying tournament last week International school of brim is won the Small Sebooh accolades at Baum older last year but the raiders were elevated to big schools status this year. They won inc division i title and a berth inthe big schools championship last week also at Liam Holder the top four girls and boys teams from division i and division ii comprise the big schools Competition the Small schools warfare is strictly a division 111 alignment composed of the top four clubs from last week s North and South tournaments at Hahn and Berlin respectively. Six members of the 1992 stars and stripes All Europe basketball teams will be displaying their talents again this  s Carolyn Kirsch 1991-92 is player of the year 1990-91 player of the year Frankfurt s Aundria Sparrow and is s Georgia Bottoms three times Sall Europe selectee spotlight the girls action. Hanau s Cory Whitaker and Mannheim s Mike Balistriri Lead the boy stars in big schools tournament. Oesterberg s Justin Cole is a Small schools returnee. The Heidelberg girls go into the tournament action in the favorite s role. They sailed through division i Reg ular season and tournament strife unscathed beating Frankfurt three times. Lady Lions Mentor Rich Bennett coach of the year last sea son has a Good Deal of Talent backing up Kirsch. The Superb play of Donna Jordan Heidi Gill and Veruska Corigliano has made it difficult for the opposition to concentrate on stopping Kirsch. Frankfurt lost Only three games All year those against Heidelberg and spar Row walked off with map accolades in last week s tournament. Is shared the Divi Sion ii West title with shape and of cent but the raid ers who own a non conference Victory Over Heidelberg came through last week s tournament with in Fly ing  has been a member of three straight Small school championship teams. She teamed up with Masquida James to Lead Brussels to two titles then transferred to is last year in time Bottoms for basketball and was the guiding Light As the raiders Slid past Bonn last year Kaiserslautern Ramstein shape accent and Patch round out the big schools girls Field. The Heidelberg boys Are not favored to repeat but if they do it really would t be that much of shocker. They continued their season ending Suc Cess of 1992 into this season stretching their undefeated skein through 13 games. However Grade and discipline difficulties took their toll and they finished the regular season by dropping five straight conference Battles and breaking even in the league. But Pete Dunn and Rick Unce have regained Sparrow it s time for All Europe nominations tilt 4duite for  Bethas play Tittor the 1992 9 Stan and Stripe All Europe Strtt and Boyt basketball team u till two week away however All the compete him Enett that in Turkey which Goei through March 6. Conduce saturday when the Germany a Tenor big school and Small school cd Mph m it new to die to Kulm mat their a acct of the Day i ctr  end a Brief rundown of the Rule player Mutt he nominated in letter form by int coaches or att Etc director at the school Tor which they played coaches should include nil pertinent information height claw Complete statistics on onto this year s achievement and a Bead shot of each  do not Haw to be All conference to be eligible for All Europe recognition. Send the information and photos to All Europe stars and stripes sports Posl Fach 11 14 37, 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany the Apo address is Al Europe stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Information can also be faxed the num Bers Are 06155-601416 or military 348-8416. Prep Pickin s Ben Abrams their eligibility and they teamed up with Gerald Earl last week to take the division i tourney  looked More like our old selves again in the tournament Lions Mentor Brad Shahan said Tucar Day. I Hope we can play As Well this  powerhouse of the big schools tournament appears to be Hanau which walked off with division ii tournament honors after running away from the rest of the division ii East Field As map Whitaker Charmar Foster lament Booker and Whitaker Sophomore brother Kyle sparkled. Others in the big school boys Field include Divi Sion i league Champion Kaiserslautern Wurzburg Frankfurt Pitburg Mannheim and Wei Brincken. With Sparrow and is moving up to bigger things the Gateway to the Small schools title appears to be wide open for the Bonn girls who posted another perfect conference Campaign and cruised to the division Iii North tournament title behind my plat Ofir and Anna Karin Hannesson. Hahn finds it self in the same situation As Frankfurt was with Hei Delberg the i Hawks Only losses came against the crusaders twice in the conference and once in the title game of the  Bonn Hahn confrontation is a distinct possibility again saturday because those two clubs appear to be the class of the tournament. Ansbach was a Power House Early in the season but the cougars chances plummeted when Star performer Angelica Wimberly was injured in mid season and lost for the Vear Ace rebounded Jeni Sterbling picked up some of the scor ing Slack and Ansbach finished Strong beating Host Berlin to win the division Iii South tournament  competing in the girls division Are Vilseck which has a Sterling performer in Sharon Colon Karlsruhe Giessen and Brussels. Like Heidelberg Oesterberg does t go into the boys tournament too highly regarded but also like Heidelberg teams looking past the Falcons could be surprised in what should be the most highly con tested tournament this week. Cole has been enjoying another excellent Campaign. Giessen and Augsburg prevailed at Hahn and Ber Lin respectively last week but not before encounter ing Stern opposition. Fulda Bonn Berlin Ansbach and Vilseck All have displayed High scoring ability with Strong rebounding and any one of those clubs could go All the Way. The Italy tournaments at Naples figure to be hard fought Battles  Champion Naples Milan and Aviano girls have been very Strong All year a have the Vicenza Naples and defending Champion Brindisi boys. There were some interesting happenings on the Mats last week. Over in England Lakenheath continued its dynasty winning the title for the 10th straight  lancers were expected to be Strong again be cause Bob Whelan s teams arc always Strong. However Whelan went into this Campaign not anticipating powerhouse Success because be had Only two returnees from last year s squad. This was the most satisfying year said Whelan whose Tea shave posted a 98-2 dual meet record Over the past decade. This was undoubtedly my biggest Challenge in the 10 years i be coached Here. We had just two returning wrestlers an the team did t really Peak until right before the  Eric Soriano 112 Kyle my acc 119jared blk Char 130 and heavyweight Jerry Smith won titles for the lancers. Kcf Lavik High school continued to impress in its third appearance inthe . Tournament. The first year it was great experience last car the Vikings ought five grapplers to Lakenheath and four reached the semifinals this time seven came and Matt Allen 135 Brandon Reeves 140 and Shannon Reeves 152 won championships and  finished second to blk Char. And Shannon Reeves walked off with the out standing wrestler plaque. Only four 1992 Cham pions returned for the Central european championships last week and Only one of them Wurzburg s Stew Art Keller triumphed. Whitaker Balist Crl Cole Keller prevailed Over Tim Waters of a Turnberg an other returnee Keller won at 125 in 1992 and Waters was the 119 Winner. They clashed at 129 this year. Patch s Ludell Alexander 145 Winner a year ago got nipped at the Buzzer by Heidelberg s Jeremy Davis in the 152 showdown. Marullo lost the 1 22-Pound championship match to Frankfurt s Jon bunion who won in 1991, but lost in the semifinals last year. Oesterberg s Paul Burnham registered the quickest in of the Champion ship matches when he flipped i Irmburg s Rick Smith to the canvass in 26