European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november. 1999 to is Tell by sue Harper staff write Heidelberg Germany Friday was clearly a Good hair Day for the Hei Delberg volleyball team. Wearing French braid pigtails the Lions barrelled through the final Day of the big schools volleyball tournament to their fourth straight title and 22nd match in a Row without a ? we wanted to support team togetherness said Heidelberg s Angie Morton. Like the olympic volleyball team did when they shaved their Heads Only not As  beat Frankfurt 15-7, 15-13,. 16-14 in the final match  was the Lions Only serious Competition when the two first met in poo play thursday. With no pressure on them the eagles were Loose and play fully fake sets and spikes to throw the Lions off bal Ance.  when the eagles got on the court for the championship game they were tens and afraid to make mistakes. The pressure came from  matter what happens these girls Are still first with me said Eagle coach Karen Snyder before the championship match. 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 players is really something. No matter what Hap pens they Are still  in the Pool play match Melanie Hebe Brand surprised herself and her team by coming out on top 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 wit fun 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. The 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 a Bottand Hebebrand managed to laugh off mistakes and did not seem very  when Hebebrand realized that she had made the All tournament team her fac registered Surprise and then turned red. She got up and walked coolly toward my Donna Jordan Ramstein s Karen Hasse Brock Kaiserslautern s Jane Aimua Hei Delberg s Kelly Quintall and Alison Dav is shape s Laura Ventruti and Abbott inthe All tournament line in the Middle of the gym. Then she buried her head in 5-foot-5abbot 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 t have a Consolation  if neither team wanted to be there they did t want to lose there either. Ramstein avoided that by wining 15-7,1215,15-11ramstein 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. The stars and stripes Page 35 Ano claims i 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  saints prevailed 20-0 in the mud to run their season record to 5-1. Vicenz finished at 3-2. The two teams split their regular 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 footballs a i map Donna Jordan of Heidelberg. Net loss for eagles title Caps troche s perfect run Brindisi Italy is Vicenza Srichard troche won the boys title in the american schools in Italy Cross country championships saturday As expected but Stephanie Rahorn the girls favorit Efrom Brindisi did t. Rahorn last year s runner up who was unbeaten in 1993, was running among the leaders about Ivi Miles into the race on Avery Muddy course when she was stricken with an allergy attack. Rahorn a 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 Phi Lovello and Arvis Laton finished second fifth and seventh As the cougars took the boys title with 26 Points easily outdid dancing Milan 66aviano 75naples 87maryn count 89 and Simonella 141. Brindisi and Livorno had incomplete  s Matteo Mazzullo finished third Milan s Arturo Cecchetti was fourth Naples Josh West seventh Aviano s John Downen and Shane Ben Nett eighth and ninth and Mary mount s of Ligiero Cassini 10th. Naples finished with just-off-of-perfect18 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 an Milan s Robyn Stewart came in 10th. Milan 48vicenza 61 and Livoto 101 trailed the wildcats. Rahorn was Brindisi s Only runner Simonella and Liv Orno also had incomplete teams. 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  tallied on a 41-Yard pass from Cedrick Golden Midway through the Sec Ond Quarter and Jos Jacobs finished the scoring with a 4-Yard  was the Workhorse for Aviano coach Ken Mcneely churning for .164yards on 33 carries. The Multi pronged passing attack completed 8 of 12 passe 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 Winner but it just did t happen today Drakulich said. Aviano is a Good Well coached team. It came up with creat Ball control today Drakulich said. R and the Aviano defense was really  splicers 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 i 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 stars 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  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 Spang an lera 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 ads on 1-Yard plunges. Tracy Gamble ran for one conversion and Travis Allen tied the count with a kick. In saturday s other Safe games setter Toerag 26, Sembach 8 d artillion Mckinney rushed for three touch Downs to Lead the wolfhounds to a Csc Victory Over air Force football the visiting Sembach  win puts the 6-4 wolfhounds one half game behind league leading Rhein main which plays a Ramstein today. Should the rockets lose they would still retain the no. I 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  a result the wolfhounds will entertain the no. 3 team Span Dahlem Pitburg or Ramstein at 1p.m. Saturday. Mckinney s 170 Rushing Yards was the most Ever Ina game by a wolfhound and brought his nine game total to 986  tigers finish their season 3-7. Upper Heyford 44, Chicksands 0 Darrell Gibbons scored two touchdowns to Lea visiting upper Heyford s rout in a United kingdom sports conference , with 60 Yards Rushing scored in the first Quarter on an 8-Yard 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 Yard passing and touchdown throws to Nate White 25 Yards in the first Quarter and to Andre Harley 23yards, in the second. Chicksands 2-6 gave up a safety in the second Quarter for a 30-0 halftime score. Both teams have made the . Playoffs. Correction due to a reporting error the tiebreaker procedure for the air Force football playoffs printed r riday 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