European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 11, 1993 sports the stars Ano stripes Page 33 for Sasio Enle. Martin of. Hairston. Frankfurt s quarterback. Sas my chm Abram Sean Burleson. Gees both ways for Lions Sas sue Harper . Allen. Pitburg s leading rusher Sas diva oks Ryan Mclean. Leads Lakenheath Offens Esix teams Eye prep football title Lakenheath Heidelberg Pitburg to Host playoffs by Ben Abrams prep something new has been added to the High school football season. All the champions decided in saturdays three play off title games will be different front 1992, however Frankfurt and Hanau Are Back in familiar territory. Last year Frankfurt and Hanau bowed in division i and division ii showdown Battles to Ramstein and in to National school of Brussels respectively. Last week the eagles and panthers beat their 1992 adversaries in division semifinal Battles. Saturdays pairings find league Champion Heidelberg entertaining Frankfurt in the division i finale West Champion Pitburg at Home against East Champion Hanau for the division ii showdown and division Iii Champion Augsburg invading England to take on . Winner Lakenheath Blue in the Small schools title game. Because of a conflict with the . Air Force semifinal playoffs the Augsburg Lakenheath Blue game will be played at nearby Raf Mildenhall saturday morning at 11 . The other two games have 1 . Kickoff times. Heidelberg and Augsburg who Are each making their seventh appearances in a playoff title game Are the leaders among the 1993 competitors still alive. The Lions won the first big schools playoff in 1975. They also won in 1981 and �?T88. They lost playoff Battles in 1977,�?T79,�?T80 and�?T84. Augsburg did t hit the Victory Trail until 1991 when it beat Woodbridge 1312 to Complete a perfect 10-0 Campaign following losses in 1975, �?T77, �?T79, 84 and �?T85. Pitburg Frankfurt and Hanau Are in the championship game for the fourth time. The Barons won a Silver division playoff in 1982 and a big schools showdown two years later. They finished second in 1986. Frankfurt triumphed in 1976, but lost the last two years. Hanau won a Silver division Crown in 1977 and a big schools Crown the next year its Only loss coming last year. Lakenheath which was split into two teams this year because the draw Down has made the school even bigger than it was before compared to the other . High schools is making its first Post season appearance in football. Woodbridge which closed last May had been the Only . Representative in recent football playoffs. Augsburg and Lakenheath Are the Only teams in Dodds with perfect records this year. The apaches under the guidance of Dennis Lavalley who coached the squad to a perfect Campaign in 1991, went 6-0 in regular season Competition Defeated Fulda in the division Iii semifinal game and whipped 1992 Small schools powerhouse Ansbach in the championship game. The apaches ground oriented attack revolves around the running of Reggie Byrd Robert Taylor Jim eagles and Power fullback John Webster. Quarterback Taylor has handled the Wishbone and its options per a Fey a a a i a Sas Mac time Abrama Frankfort s Quinton Chisholm escapes Wiesbaden s Michael Hayes before scoring in a regular season matchup. Factly this season handing off to Byrd for 812 Yards in 123 carries to eagles for 504 in 74 and to Webster for 327 in 63, while Rushing 82 times himself for 447 Yards. The apaches also possess a talented place kicker in John Blake who has booted four Field goals and 23 of 27 conversions. La Valley rates this team better than his 10-0 squad of two years ago because of its better balance. A we done to have a player on this team like Terry Allen who was the Best in Europe in 1991, but everybody on this team runs giving us better balance and we have a much bigger More Mobile line a Lavalley said. Pete Resnicky a Lakenheath Blue lancers counter with the running of Chris Johnson and the passing combination of Ryan Mclean to Lionel Banks the 6-6, 210-Pound All Europe basketball player who came out for football in his senior year. Jonnson picked up 842 Yards and 12 touchdowns this season on 122 carries. He also ran for five conversions. Mclean completed 73 of 119 passes for 842 Yards and Barnes caught 32 for 507 Yards and five ads. A a we re All excited about getting to play one of the Good teams from Germany a Resnick said tuesday. Heidelberg lost its opening game to Ramstein but bounced Back to notch seven straight victories including its semifinal Victory Over Wurzburg sunday. Richard Sweeting averaging better than 100 Yards a game and Sean Burleson have been the top runners operating behind the Lions big line. Sweeting scored ail three touchdowns and ran for 118 Yards in Heidelberg a conference clinching 18-16 Victory Over Frankfurt two weeks ago. Frankfurt 6-2 Hopes to turn the cards Over in its third straight championship game. The eagles came into the title games the past two years undefeated with division i conference championships. Wiesbaden and Ramstein avenged earlier defeats to take the 1991 and 1992 titles respectively. The passing and running of Hairston and the running of Mike Logan Quinton Chisholm and Chin song have been the key factors in the eagles Success. Jared still supplies outstanding kicking Talent. The Hanau Pitburg game could be explosive. Both teams have displayed Quick striking ability in route to 7-1 seasons. Both lost their second game and finished with six straight wins a and both conquered Wiesbaden and is handily Down the stretch. Hanau has Speed to Burn in Chris Tatum Shamar Foster Billy Gaston and Roosevelt Johnson and Foster is a Strong passer in Hanau a limited throwing game. Pitburg has a solid passer in . Allen who threw for three ads in last weeks semifinal win Over Wiesbaden. Deonte Hollomon Brock Bentz and Maurice Bradley provide much of the running punch
