European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sports the stars and stripes b Page 29 Augsburg Bonn wrap up titles Small schools by Walt Morrissett staff writer Hahn a Germany saturday championship games at the Dodds Small schools basketball games were a combination of heart attacks and flow ers As the Augsburg boys edged gicssen59-53 in a Nan biter and the Bonn girls shrugged off Rose strewn Hahn 41-27. Augsburg boys 59, Glessen 53 the game Between the Augsburg apaches and Giessen Griffins was so close that it came Down to one play and Augsburg Point guard Waymond Edwards made that play to give the apaches the title. After eight second half Lead changes Augsburg trailed 53-52 when the Edwards took an inbound pass from Deco Rich and drove in for what proved to be the winning Lay up with 33 seconds left in Augsburg s 59-53 Triumph. Augsburg finished 17-3 and Giessen ended at 15-6. They Are a Well coached team Augsburg coach Harry Pusey said. In the clutch we went to Deco. Win lose or draw i love these kids. I feel Lucky to be their coach. We finished dead last last year so we be gone from last to  Giessen coach Bob Bliss said Harry s team exc Eluted Well Down the stretch. We tried to double team Deco and i thought we could catch them napping but Edwards saw the opening Ana took it Rich scored four Points As Augsburg took an Early 8-2 Lead but Jeff Deickman scored eight first half Points to help the Griffins forge a 29-29 halftime tie. The teams swapped baskets and the Lead until Jason Jacobs and Ernest Nash scored Back to Back to give the apaches a 46-41 third Quarter Lead. Deickman answered for Giessen inside to Cut Augsburg s Lead to 46-43 after three periods. Deickman put Giessen Back on top 47 46 with baskets in the first minute of the fourth Quarter. The teams continued to Trade the Lead into the final minutes of the game. Jacobs gave Augsburg a 50-49 Lead then Giessen s 6-1 freshman Ladel Scott scored inside to give the Lead Back to Giessen 51-50 with 4 20 remaining. With Deickman playing into the final three minutes with four fouls Giessen tried to stall to protect the Lead. Jacobs missed two free throws and Rich missed inside to let Giessen take that slim 51-50lead into the final two minutes. Rich rimmed in a 15-footer at 1 18 to put Augsburg Back on top. Giessen got the Ball Back and drained the clock until Scott Sank a Baseline jumper with 45 seconds left for a 53-52 Giessen Lead. Edwards drove in and scored with 33 seconds left 54-53 Augsburg. After Scott missed on a drive at 18, Robert Taylor grabbed the rebound and was fouled. Taylor Sank two free throws at 17 for a 56-53 Giessen Lead. Scott at tamped a 3 Pointer with seven seconds left missed Jacobs grabbed the rebound. Scott fouled Jacobs intentionally and Jacobs made two free throws with 5 seconds left to Seal the championship for the apaches. Rich added a free throw with three seconds left for the 59-53 final score. Rich led All scorers with 20 Points Jacobs added 19 and Edwards finished Wither est. Deickman led Giessen 14-7 with 16 Points and 16 rebounds. James ogles by had 13 Points and 16 rebounds. Scott finished with 10 Points and John Camp Bell had 12 assists. We re an exciting team Apache coach Harry Pusey said and we Only have two  fast and As acrobatic As Augsburg s team is Pusey is Lucky that none of the seniors Are among his Trio of 6-3 players. Jason Jacobs will return As a Junior next Giessen s John Campbell finds an upper level passing Lane when stopped by Augsburg s Deco Rich on saturday. Observing is Augsburg Mcarthur Baker 55. Year while Deco Rich and Robert Taylor will come Back As seniors barring any draw Down rotations of course. We be improved so much Pusey said. You try to Start from plan a and improve it. We sort of went brain dead against Oesterberg when the apaches nearly blew a 20-Point third Quarter Lead but we re  in the third place game saturday Ber Lin got by Bonn 68-59 behind Terranc Hazelwood s 18 Points. Melvin William son scored 17 and tiran Pettus added 15 for Berlin 15-5. Gil Yaniv had a game High 21 for Bonn. Bonn girls 41, Hahn 27 after All the pomp and circumstance preceding Hahn s last game Bonn s Liat Ofir got Down to business. The 5-11 israeli Center scored 18points to Lead the crusaders to the Small schools title in the final game of Hahn High school s 17-year history. Bonn completed a perfect 19-0 run to the title while Hahn closed the books with a 17-5 Mark. In the pre game ceremony Hahn coach Tom Richards and Bonn coach Dayton Mcaloon introduced each of their players and each i Hawk received a Farewell Rose. After Ofir scored the first Basket of the game Hahn ran off the next eight Points. Anna Karin Hannesson rallied Ronnback to a 9-8 Lead but Krisana Mcdaniel scored last in the Quarter for a 10-9 Hahn Lead at the first intermission. Mcdaniel had six Points in the Quarter. Ofir took Over scoring the first four Points of the second Quarter and the last Points on a 10-foot jumper that gave Bonn a 17-14 halftime Edge. There were four first half Lead changes with Hahn s biggest Lead being 8-2 and Bonn s being1540. Bonn started the second half with a 7-2 run. Cindy Lohmann made a Basket and free throw and Ofir scored on a rebound of Lohmann s missed free throw made it24-16. Inc a cloy responded with two jump ers for Hahn but Ofir Michel bar coct and Hannesson scored on steals to give the crusaders their biggest Lead 30-20, Midway through the third Quarter. Ofir added a 15-foot Baseline jumper at the 1 56 Mark for a 32-20 Bonn bulge. Mcdaniel blocked Ofir for the third time in the game to keep the score at 32 20 after three. -. Hahn s continued to struggle offensively with a cloy being the Only reliable shooter for the i Hawks. Akeley Sank two 10-Footcrs to Cut Bonn s Lead to 32 24. But Ofir and Lohmann would t let Hahn get any closer. They scored four Points each As Bonn built its biggest Lead of the game 40-26, with 2 56 left. Both teams cleared their benches at the two minute Mark As the crusaders locked up the championship. We knew it was going to be Tough Mcaloon said. We played them five times and this was their last game. Han Nason and Baraket kept us in the game defensively until our offence came  i was really proud of the Way our girls played Richards said. Our goal was Tok Lay better than we played before. Wead an Opportunity to win if we played great out we played Good against a great team. Bonn has a great  Lohmann finished with nine Points Hannesson had seven and bar coct six for Bonn. A cloy led Hahn with 12 and Mcdaniel and Shana Blount finished wit six each. In the girls third place game saturday morning Giessen beat Brussels 46-20.tcnisha Walker had 18 Points and Eno Moray Ingram scored 15 for Giessen 13 7. Catherine Yarbro had nine for the brigands 6-14. In Friday s late game Giessen boys 70, Berlin 62 in a correction of a reporting error in saturday s editions Giessen won Friday s late semifinal behind Drickman s 24 Points. The Griffins 6-2 Center scored 10 Points during a late third Quarter Early fourth Quarter rally when Giessen built a 12-Jpoint Lead. John Campbell Sank two free throws with 23 seconds left to ice the game for the Griffins. Campbell finished with 14 Points and 11 assists and James Oglesby added  s Hazelwood scored 12 of his 15 Points in the fourth Quarter to help the bears stay close. Williamson also scored 15 for  has been our most consist ent inside player All year Long despite a reconstructed left knee Giessen coach Bliss said he s averaged about 18points a game for  Giessen reached the semis by Routin Vilseck 80-58 thursday night. All tournament teams boys Deco Rich and Jason Jacobs of Augsburg Jeff Deickman and John Campbell of Giessen Justin Cole of Oesterberg Terrance Hazelwood of Berlin de Mcgee of Fulda and Guya Niv of Bonn. Map Deco Rich  Liat Ofir Anna Karin Hannes son and Cindy Lohmann of Bonn Hahn Saine Akeley Krisana Mcdaniel and Shawanda Wilson the Only freshman selected on either team and Catherine Yarbro of Brussels. Map Liat Ofir Bonn