European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Of monday March 8,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 33barons make it 4 straight . A v. A. A a. A a. To remain team of the 90s Pitburg a Germany a four is Tow the magical number for the Pitburg Barons. George Price s Barons solidified a place in Force Europe sports history sunday by whipping Continental conference rival Lindsey 9678 in the Safe menus basketball final. In the process the Barons accomplished the following 1 i a won their fourth straight Safe title by going 30 in the tournament. A extended their unbeaten Streak to i44-0. A elevated their record since 1989 to j 1554. That s four losses in four years a one in 9091 and three last sea Ison. Team Baron Days the Best one because they players Tare still around where i can appreciate Mem and give pm a Price declined to single out any of his players in sundays title clincher. But certain names and numbers pop up in the stat Sheet. Guard Kyle James the emotional team Captain fired up 31 Points including 10-Lfor-15 at the foul line. Forward Ralph Baltimore Sank 9 of 14 from the floor including three 3-Point- ers for 21 Points. Center Larry Gowins a 6-foot-5, but. Laying like 610 a had 10 blocked shots was a perfect 6-f-6 at the line in scor i ing 20 Points. It was Gowins and Baltimore who hit Back to Back slam dunks Midway through the second half Baltimore getting his s Dunk after his steal. That raised the Deci be i level in the Ful House Pitburg gym and made sure the Baron players did t lose their emotion. But the big gun of the game did not be Long to the Home team _ Rodney Harrell kept Lindsey in the game with a 33-Point production including 14 of 16 from the free throw line. Forward Kevin Coleman hit for 17 Points and Center Frederick Thurman added 10 for the flyers who trailed 5242 at the half. Harrell and Gowins were named co sportsmen maps of the tournament. Also named to the All tourney team were James Baltimore Chris Stevenson of Aviano Italy and Kerry Taylor of Laken Heath England. Aviano and Lakenheath represented the Mediterranean and . Conferences in the four team double elimination Safe men Safe tournament. The Barons had beaten the flyers 87 68 in saturday s winners bracket final and sunday s game was t much different. Pitburg grabbed the Early Lead and did no to let go. Quot everybody played within himself no one enlarged his own role in the picture a said Price expounding on his usual game plan. Quot every one diff what he was supposed to do and what we did was by design. Quot once we got a significant Lead we slowed it Down used some four Corners offence let them come to us let the clock work for Price who has coached the Barons throughout their fabulous past four seasons said he is looking Forward to the next and final Date of the season on the Calendar a the army air Force final four March 12-14 at Mannheim. Pitburg and Lindsey will represent Safe in that showdown with two Usa eur teams. Quot i u be Able to pick up two of my players i had to Cut for Safe a he said referring to the 10-player limit for this weekend s tourney. More than that Price looks on the army air Force tournament As an Opportunity to begin merging the two services in athletics. Quot As we draw Down Over Here and bases Are closing its time for the two services get off their High horses and get together he said. In saturday night s losers bracket final Lindsey 107, Lakenheath 106 it took an incredible finish by Wiesbaden s Lindsey to pull this one out. With Only five seconds left in the game the flyers trailed by three Points a 106103. Then up jumps Harrell with a four Point play that moved Lindsey into the championship game against Pitburg. Harrell who poured in 44 Points hit a 3-Pointer and was fouled by Michael Lindsey guard the flyers Jones. The 5-foot-ll popped in the free throw Andana their fans celebrated with a Victory dance. The flyers trailed at the half 62-57, despite 25 Points by Harrell. They fell behind by 12 at one Point in the second half before using their Speed and Ball handling to Wear Down the taller eagles. Coleman had 28 Points for the flyers. Three eagles hit 20 or More Points led by Jones with 26. Kevin Coles added 25, and Kerry Taylor had 20. Blob org s Ted Rice soars Over Lindsey s Frederick Thurman 20 and Antonio Leary. . Youth soccer team rips Turkey in opener Melbourne Australia a Chris Faklaris scored three goals sunday night As the United states beat european Champion Turkey 6-0 in its opening match of soccer a world youth championship. The americans scored three goals in each half As they surprised the turks with a succession of whirlwind attacks a surprising even themselves with the margin of Victory. We played hard and we knew we could beat them but we never thought it would be 6-0," Faklaris said Quot we surprised them with our open style of play. After we got the first goal their Heads dropped and they never got Back into the Miles Joseph scored two goals and Imad Baba had the other. Baba an 18-year-old High school senior from Humble Texas put the United states ahead in the 21st minute with a free kick into the top left hand Corner of the net. Clemson midfielder Joseph made it 2-0 five minutes later converting a pass from Brian Kelly. Faklaris leading goal scorer at the University of South Carolina scored in the 29th minute from close Range. He made it 4-0 a minute after halftime on a 25-Yard kick. Joseph scored in the 73rd minute and Faklaris got his third goal in the 89th minute. The americans whose team comprises four High school students and 14 collegians constantly kept the pressure on. Turkey won the european championship last year but its injury riddled squad never looked comfortable against the americans. 1 the United states came into the tournament As a 50-1 shot with australians Legal bookmakers. American coach Bobby Howe said his team was motivated by that rating. Quot the players were so pumped up at being outs clerk Mie said. "1 told them in preparation that they had faced players every bit As Good As they were going to face tonight and that they had nothing to worry
