European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday november 7, 1993 sports the stars and strikes Page 35 6 it Tell the by sue Harper Staft writer Heidelberg Germany Friday was dearly a Good hair Day for the Hei Delberg volleyball French braid pigtails the Lions barrelled through the final Day of the volleyball tournament to their fourth straight title and 22nd Matchin a Row without a loss. Pigtails we wanted to support team togetherness said Heidelberg s Angie the olympic volleyball team did when they shaved their Heads Only Notas permanent. Heidelberg beat Frankfurt 15-7,15-13,16-14 in the final Natch Friday. Frankfurt was the Lions Only serious Competition when the two first met in Pool play thursday. With no pressure on them the eagles were Loose and play fully faked sets and spikes to throw the Lions off bal Ance. But when the eagles got on the court forthe championship game the were tense and afraid to make mistakes. The pressure came from themselves. No matter what happens these girls Are still first with me said Eagle coach Karen Snyder before the championship Atefi. I Only have one returning player from last year Amy Abbott. We finished fourth last year. To play in the championship game with All virtually new player Sis really something. No matter what Hap pens they Are still the Pool play match Melanie Hebe Brana surprised herself and her team becoming out on Toj in head to head Block big schools volleyball ing and spiking duels at the net. But in the championship match Friday Heidelberg kept the heat on with Thun Dering spikes and brute blocks that panicked the rookies and forced the eagles to play volleyball the Lions Way. Even so the eagles never gave up. They loosened up and began to learn Heidel Berg s hot potato style toward the end of the championship match s third game. The unflappable eagles notably Abbott and Hebebrand managed to laugh off mistakes and did not seem very Defeated. But when Hebebrand realized that Shehad made the All tournament team her face registered Surprise and then turned red. She got up Ana walked coolly toward map Donna Jordan Ramstein s Karen Hasse Brock Kaiserslautern s Jane Aimua Hei Delberg s Kelly quintal and Alison Dav is shape s Laura Ventruti and Abbott in the All tournament line in the Middle of the gym. Then she buried her head in a foot a Abbot s shoulder and cried. The Consolation game was lost on Victo rious Royal coach Bruce Steffensmeier. Neither team wants to be out Here Steffensmeier said. I wish they would thave a Consolation if neither team wanted to be there they did t want to lose there either. Ramstein avoided that by wining 15-7,12-15,15-12. Ramstein s precious Rodgers was the Dink master with six Din s and four blocks for the game. Kaiserslautern s Jane Ati Mua had six spikes for the game As did Ramstein s Karen Hassebrock. Map Donna Jordan of Heidelberg. Net loss for eagles title Caps troche s perfect run Brindisi Italy is Vicenza s Richard troche won the boys title in the american schools in Italy Cross country championships saturday As expected but Stephanie Rahorn the girls favorite from Brindisi did t. Rahorn last year s runner up who was unbeaten in 1993, was running among the Leaden about in Miles into the race on Avery Muddy course whence was stricken with an allergy attack. Rahorn managed to finish the 3.1-Milerace, but she was 3 05 off the Pace set by Champion Erin Mathews who led a 1-2-3naples sweep with a 22 23 clocking. Troche finished in 17 19, four seconds off the Brindisi course record As he Italy Cross country racked up his third straight Italy championship and completed his third straight undefeated Campaign. Vicenza teammates Joe Chinn Phil Lovilo and Arvis Laton finished second fifth and seventh As the cougars took the boys title with 26 Points easily outdid dancing Milan 66aviano 75naples 87mary mount 89 and Simonella 141. Brindisi and Livorno had incomplete teams. Mary mount s Matteo Mazzullo finished third Milan s Arturo Cecchettin was fourth Naples Josh West seventh Aviano s John Downen and Shane Ben Nett eighth and ninth and Mary mount s Ligiero Cassini 10th. Naples finished with just off of perfect 18 Points in taking the girls Crown As teammates Becky Sheppard and Crystal Morrison trailed Mathews Ismini Milia Icsis took fifth and Nicole Pena was seventh. Milan s Nao Lehman finished fourth to prevent a Naples sweep. Vicenza s Karen Adams and Erin Drifmeyer were sixth and ninth respectively and Milan s Robyn Stewart came in 10th. Milan 48vicenza 61 and Livorno 101 trailed the wildcats. Rahorn was Brindisi s Only runner Simonella and Liv Orno also had incomplete teams. Aviano claims Crown Vicenza Italy the Aviano saints won the rubber game and the american schools in Italy football playoff Here sat urday to spoil coach Don d Skulich s Farewell to Dodds High school football. The saints prevailed 20-0 in the mud to run their season record to 5-1. Vicenza finished at 3-2. The two teams split the irregular season games each winning at Home to share the league title. Aviano scored All its Points in the first half taking advantage of two Vicenza Italy football turnovers to notch its last two touch Downs. Damien Hursey connected with Reid Reynolds on a 28-Yard halfback option pass and Hursey ran in the conversion to give the saints an 8-0 Lead in the first Quarter. Hursey tallied on a 41-Yard pass fro Cedrick Golden Midway through the Sec Ond Quarter and Jos Jacobs finished the scoring with a 4-Yard plunge. Jacobs was the Workhorse for Avian coach Ken Mcneely churning for 164 Yards on 33 carries. The Multi pronged passing attack completed s of 12 passes for 154 Yards. Drakulich who plans to retire next Spring finished his 18-year Vicenza ten ure with a 63-32-1 record and eight championships. He also posted a 51-11-1 record in nine years at Franklin where he won six football championships. It would have been Nice to go out a Winner but it just did t happen today Drakulich said. Aviano is a Good Well coached team. It came up with great Ball control today Drakulich said. And the Aviano defense was really hit final 4 Brindisi Italy is the lightly regarded Livorno boys crashed into the final four at the american schools i Italy volleyball championships Friday with a 15-13, 11-15, 15-10 Victory Over Naples. Joining the seventh seeded Lions in saturday s title round were the top three seeds Aviano Milan and american overseas of Rome. There were no surprises on the girls Sid where the top four Simonella Milan Aviano and Mary mount All moved on. Barons Boot Spang on last minute Fig by the Stan and stripes John Gartman kicked a 37-Yard Field goal with 10 seconds remaining in the game saturday to give the Pitburg Barons a 24-21 Continental sports Confer ence Victory Over the visiting Span Dahlem sabers. Gartman s Field goal and his three Pat kicks evened both teams records at 5-5. The Field goal capped a 78-Yard, 11-play drive that began following a Span Dahlem punt with 3 21 left to enjoyed a 21-6 halftime Lead but Span Dah Lem fought Back with a touchdown in each of the Las two quarters to set the stage for Gartman s heroics. Kevin Bonner scored both of Span Dahlem s Sec Ond half Adf on 1-Yard plunges. Tracy Gamble Ranfor one conversion and Travis Allen tied the count with a saturday s other Safe games Docster Taberg 26, Sembach 8 d Ai Tallion Mckinney rushed for three touch Downs to Lead the wolfhounds to a Csc Victory Over air Force football the visiting Sembach tigers. The win puts the 6-4 wolfhounds one half Gam behind league leading Rhein main which plays at Ramstein today. Should the rockets lose they would still retain the no. 1 seed in postseason on the basis of their 28-19 head to head Points advantage against the wolfhounds in a 14-0 win and 19-14 defeat. As a result the wolfhounds will entertain the no. 3 team Span Dahlem Pitburg or Ramstein at 1 . Saturday. Mckinney s 170 Rushing Yards was the most Ever Ina game by a wolfhound and brought his nine game total to 986 Yards. The tigers finish their season 3-7. Upper Heyford 44, Chicksands 0 Darrell Gibbons scored two touchdowns to Lead visiting upper Heyford s rout in a United kingdom sports conference game. Gibbons with 60 Yards Rushing scored in the first Quarter on an 8-Vard run and in the fourth on a 10 Yard run As the sky Kings improved to 7-1. Terry Malvo led the offensive attack with 119 Yards passing and touchdown throws to Nate White 25 Yards in the first Quarter and to Andre Harley 23 Yards in the second. Chicksands 2-6 gave up a safety in the second Quarter for a 30-0 halftime teams have made the . Playoffs. Correction due to a reporting error the tiebreaker procedure for the air Force football playoffs printed Friday was incorrect. Ties which affect the playoffs Are resolve Don the basis of head to head results of the teams involved. If those games were split the head to head Points differential is used
