European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pm 32 the 8taks and str tits sports late drop outs smooth Heidelberg s Advance by Ben Abrams prep sports editor Mannheim Germany the Heidelberg boys opened defense of their big schools basketball championship the easy Way thursday at Benjamin Franklin Village sports Arena they did t play. Scheduled against Zwic Brucken in the last game of thursday s opening Day eight game state Brad Shahan and his Lions got the word late in the afternoon that the trojans had folded their hand and pulled out of the tournament. This is some message we just got Dodds Ger Many athletic coordinator Tom Leblanc said. I just talked to or. Matthys Zwic Brucken principal Sandra Matth Sand she said that one player had gone to the . On emergency leave two others were sick and one had been Hurt. That left Only four players. If we had been informed of the situation even As Lute As yesterday we could have found a replacement team. However getting a substitute at 2 30 the afternoon the tournament begins is an  Zwic Brucken which is scheduled to close in june is the second Dodds basketball team to throw in the Towel in the last three weeks. Draw Down bound osterholz forfeited the last two weeks of its Campaign because it was Down to three players. Hahn also is scheduled to close this year too. How Ever the i Hawks not Only completed the season they hosted the division ill North and the Small schools tournaments on successive weekends. The rest of the big schools Field showed up and played. Heidelberg faces Pitburg which squeaked past Kaiserslautern 76-74, in Friday s semifinal. Mannheim which beat Wiir Burg 54-40, and Hanau which eliminated Frankfurt 80-71, vie in the other semifinal tussle. A girls semifinal matchup Between two of Dodds outstanding female players Frankfurt s Aundria spar Row and International school of Brussels Georgia Bot Toms was created when the eagles and raiders coasted to one sided victories Over shape and Kaiserslautern respectively. The defending Champion Heidelberg lady Lions also triumphed getting off to a 17-8 first Quarter and Romp ing to a 47-32 Victory Over Host Mannheim. The lady Lions have a semifinal Date with Ramstein 49-42 Victor Over Patch. Frankfurt girls 56, shape 38 shape stayed close to the eagles for a half but Sparrow and Karlowa Adams led the Victory surge. Sparrow finished with 24 Points including a 10-13 performance from the free throw line. She added 12 re Bounds and nine assists to the Victor cause. Adams had a 14-Point, 6-steal game and Carrie Smith abetted the Effort with a 10-Board game. Jackie Banks was shape s most consistent performer finishing with 15 Points and 12 rebounds. Is girls 57, Kaiserslautern 29 Bottoms scoring punch was missing throughout most of the first half but she kept the raiders in command with outstanding rebounding and some Sharp passing As they built up a 24-9 advantage. Bottoms who had 13 of her game High is rebounds before intermission found her shooting Eye in the Thini Quarter when she hit 5-of-6 Field goal attempts and three free throws. Big school tourney she added five Points at the Start of the fourth Quarter before heading for the Bench and wound up with a28-Point performance. Jenn Sulik had 17 steals and Kim Thompson had 16for the raiders who forced Kaiserslautern frito turnover after turnover. Anna Kaisa Paananen and Jessi Meyer were credited with 13 and 12 assists respectively. Roxanne Best and Jane Aimua tallied eight Point apiece for Kaiserslautern and Emily Mcclanahan finished with seven. Aimua also had a dozen boards. Heidelberg girls 47, Mannheim 32 Heidi Gill and Carolyn Kirsch led the Heidelberg at tack with 17 and 16 Points respectively. Kirsch also had 10 rebounds and five assists. Veruska Corigliano also had five handoffs for the victors. Giovanna Alvarez paced the Bison with a dozen Points and Shawn Andrews had 10 rebounds in a losing Effort. Ramstein girls 49, Patch 42 the royals scored the first eight Points in the last Quarter to Widen a three Point advantage and take control of the action. Tammy Harris and Angie Parker led the royals with 10 Points apiece and Jessica Langhals and Kristy Falck chipped in with eight each. Patch put three performers in double figures Stacy Crite had 11 and Korin Manuel and Keoka Washington finished with 10. Mannheim boys 54, Wurzburg 40 Mike Balestreri put the Damper on a Wurzburg comeback with a half court three Pointer at the Buzzer ending the third Quarter and the Bison Rode that shot to their win. Balestreri finished the game with 18 Points set up Adriene Batts and Ricky Etheridge for easy baskets in a 10-assist showing and recorded to gear the Bison March into the semifinals against Hanau. Balestreri also had three steals Batts finished with 16 Points and Etheridge tallied 12, Batts grabbed 12 rebounds and Rod Simpson had 11 boards. Wurzburg had ample Opportunity to win the game but the wolves who often had three and four shots at a time could t get the Ball in the hoop. Jason Boyd led the sputtering attack with 13 Points Don Wilson and Tracy Henry had 10. Hanau boys 80, Frankfurt 71 the Cory Whitaker Shamar Foster Lamont Booker triumvirate proved too Strong for the eagles who Man aged to make things interesting until the Middle of the fourth Quarter when Hanau wrapped up the Victory. Whitaker missed part of the third Quarter and the beginning of the final period with foul difficulties banged in a three Pointer and followed that with a Bas Ket free throw three Point combination to put the Nail in the eagles coffin. Held to two baskets in the first half Whitaker hit on 7 of 10 shots including All four in inc final period in route to a 26-Poim, 14-Boanl performance Foster had 21 Points 12 after intermission and Booker scored 15 of his 19 in the last two quarters. Reggie Duke Rosa paced Frankfurt with 2 Points Mikka Harduk followed with 20 and Kevin Margrav added 15. Hahn Downs Sembach in Csc opener Pitburg and Germany perhaps it s be cause the air Force is closing their base but the Hahn Hawk Trio of Dee Moore by. Jones and Gary Warren opened the Continental sports conference basketball tournament thursday playing As though there were no tomorrow. Moore canned 22 Points and Jones and War Ren each poured through 21 As the Hawks tured Back Sembach 87-80 in the tourney  Victory puts Hahn into a 10 Csc tourneys . Winners bracket game today against Lindsey which had a Bye thursday in the double elimination event which will deter mine the Csc s second seed in the Safe tournament Here March 4-6. Regular season Champi on Pitburg holds the Csc s no. 1 seed in that event. Randy Gricius had 16 Points for the tigers who fall into losers bracket game at 8 . Today. In other games thursday Rhein Maln 104, Span Dahlem 86 Kenneth Jones banged Home 30 Points and Matthew Mciiwain added 23 More As the Rock ets went up 48-36 at halftime and coasted. Marty Edwards and Lee Martin had 20 Points each for the sabers. Lindsey women dump Pitburg Sembach a Germany the Lindsey lady flyers apparently Bent on saving the Best for last rallied in the final 90 seconds thursday to Down the Pitburg Baronette 53-50 thursday in the Continental sports conference women basketball tournament. Und Scy which is scheduled for closure this fall trailed 31-26 at halftime but stayed close and surged ahead at the end behind 14 Points from Donna Chadwick and 13 from Michell Bradshaw. In other games at the double elimination even which runs through sunday Rhein Maln 61, Sembach 52 the rockette overcame a spectacular 20-Point, 16-rebound, 9-steal Effort by Sembach s Kim Robinson to Advance to a 10 . Showdown today against Ramstein. Rhein main s Jacqueline Harris took Gam honors with 21 Points. Hahn 79, Oesterberg 30 the Hawk ettes made it an 0-27 season for the lady wolfhounds rolling out to a 42-12 halftime Lead and cruising on Home. Trae King Tolbert led the winners with 24 Points and 17 rebounds teammate Kim Backowski added 12 Points and 10 More boards. Winner of the women s tournament which runs through sunday faces regular season Cham Pion Span Dahlem on Friday feb. 26, in a one game playoff at Span Dahlem for the right to represent the Csc in the Safe tournament March 4-6 at Raf Lakenheath England. Top americans allergic to Davis cup grass by the associated pros Philadelphia America s de sense of its Davis cup title appears to be caught Between Clay and a hard court. Four of the Best six . P avers a they will not be on the least with some of them citing the Dii Ficu i of  in one week of play on crap Between major . Hard court tournaments and the european Clay court season. It s too much Tennis for me said Pete Sampras the world s no. 2-Raaied player who plans to play at so Udale Ariz. Indian Wells calif.,  key by Cayne a. In the a weeks before the March Covos world group cd repetition. He Vaid he d j not want to is across the world to Pla on Cra Ai a to  when he is trying too  Cor or i  he to courier was Ivan Mulivai team at   or a. A e i s or. Door tournament Here and could not breached for comment. A report in wednesday s new York times suggested the . Davis cup Cap Tain Tom Gorman would pick Brad Gil Bert and David Wheaton to play singles  Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg totem up for doubles. Gilbert is ranked 24ih in the world a Heaton 4mh