European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Prep tourney time . Joins Central european hoops finals Bybe Abrams prep sports editor it s basketball tournament time ind Odds. And the . Is coming Back to the continent to compete in the Central european finals for the first time in 20years. The . Boys and girls champions who will be determined saturday in the conference tournament at Alconbury Wil Advance to Mannheim next week to com Pete in the Central europeans along wit the top three teams from the Germany Bennor division i ii and Iii tournaments. Those tournaments take place this week too. Division i and ii boys and girls compete at Heidelberg and Niernberg respectively while the division Iii girls play at Karlsruhe and the boys vie at Fulda. The Central european format is a new one. In recent years big schools and Small schools tournaments have been staged by the Germany Bennor con tenders. A Central european tournament was proposed last year but the Small schools declined to participate citing an imbalance in the number of teams eligible to qualify for the big  last time a . Champion Corn see wednesday s stripes for prep wrestling finals preview meted in a Central european like Basket All tournament was in 1974, when Lakenheath participated in the class a meet and London and upper Heyford were represented in class b. Dodds called us Desea Back then abandoned Europe wide championships in favor of in country Competition after that. All the schools from the . Confer ence and the Dodds school at Kef Lavik Iceland will compete in the . Tournament but Only the top four teams in each of the Germany Bennor divisions Quali fied for postseason Competition. Lakenheath and american school of London dominated the . Competition this year with the boys splitting their games and sharing the title. Asl won the girls Crown with an 8-0 record and Lakenheath was second at 6-2. Barring upsets those two teams which have first round byes will be in both championship games saturday. No . Pairings had been released by late monday but Alconbury y boys were seeded third Croughton fourth Deflavi fifth and London sixth. In the girls rankings Croughton and Alconbury were reversed. However Asl a non Dodds school has a semester break next week and the eagles will not be Able to Advance to the Central european tournament should they win. In that Case according to Atlan tic Region sports director Dave Morris the top Dodds finishers will go to  Asl and Frankfurt girls and the Wiir Burg boys Are the Only undefeated teams As tournament Competition begins. Frankfurt and Wiir Burg won the Divi Sion i regular season crowns with 10-0 re cords and finished with 14-0 records on the Campaign. The Niernberg girls were undefeated in division ii East but they lost in non conference action. Frankfurt faces Pitburg 4-6and Hei Delberg 7-3 Battles ram Stem 7-3 in the girls semifinals while Wiir Burg take son Kaiserslautern 4-6 and Pitburg 6-4 meets Ramstein 5-5 Friday at Heidel Berg. In division ii boys Competition begin Ning thursday Hanau 6-2 goes against International school of Brussels 3-5accent 6-2 opposes Vilseck 3-5 Niernberg 5-3 meets shape 3-4and Mannheim 5-3 plays Baum older 5-3. Nurnberg 8-0 meets accent 3-5 is 6-2 plays Patch Hanau 5-3 plays the stars and stripes ports february 1994 Page 40 shape 4-3and Baum older 5-3 Bat Les Mannheim 4-4 in girls Competition. Berlin 7-3 takes on Host Fulda 5-5 Giessen 8-2 tackles Bamberg 4-6ansbach 7-3 is pitted against  6-4and Brussels 6-4 faces Karlsruhe 6-4 in boys division Iii com petition beginning thursday. At Karlsruhe the Host girls team 9-1 plays Giessen 4-6bonn 9-1 catches Bamberg 4-6ansbach 7-3 collide with Brussels 6-4and Oesterberg 8-2 faces Augsburg 6-4. While their Germany Bennor a Brethren Are Riding the tournament Trail teams in Italy continue regular season play. This week Aviano plays Host to Ameri can overseas school of Rome Brindisi is at Mary mount Milan goes to Livorno and Simonella entertains Vicenza and Naples in Asil engagements. They re Back Miller Watson 1-2 at Pebble Johnny Miller tips his hat to the crowd on the 18th Green at Pebble Beach sunday. By Bob Green Pebble Beach Calif. A Johnny Miller won one for the old  46-year-old golfer turned announcer turned golfer captured his third and most unexpected title in the Pebble Beach National pro am a one stroke Victory Over Tom Watson that was a throwback to another decade Down the stretch we both putted like old folks Miller said. It was a round that gave Hope to everybody who s  in the end wat son 44, lost his put Ting touch. On thelast three holes he missed putts of 4, 3and 6 feet. Had he made any one of them a playoff would have been in order. In my younger career i lived by Watson the Putter Watson said. Today i died by the  Miller a television commentator who was playing in Only his sixth tour event since 1989, and Watson Captain of thelast american Ryder cup team and a Hall of Farner struggled to to finds of 2-Over-Par 74 in cold wind and occasional rain. But Watson s late lapses made Miller Winner at 7-under 281. From the $1 25 million purse he collected $225,000 figure he has exceeded in Only one season since 1976. See pages 32 and 33 for More Golf it was Miller s first Victory since 1987which also came in this unique event and Only his second win since 1983. And it May signal a change in lifestyle for the Man who All but abandoned tournament Golf five years ago to become Golf commentator for Abc. He still has a full schedule with the network but he Lynow try to squeeze in a few More playing appearances. This kind of changes my plans said Miller who had t expected to play competitively again this year. I d guess i a play in the masters and the tournament of  he became eligible for both with the24th Victory of a career that began in 1969. This one came As a Complete sur prise. I did t come Here to win Miller said. I just came Here to have a Good  but he did both. The former . And British open win Ner let Watson make the mistakes and brought it Home on a decisive string office consecutive pars just enough to do the Job in the wind cold and occasional rain. It was like it was t really happening to me like it was a dream Miller said. More like a Nightmare for Watson who has not won since 1987. The faltering finish dropped Watson into a tie for second at 282 with Corey Pavin Jeff Maggert and Kirk Triplett. 1 if Mif or fils a. -1 i t t � c. A at. F 0"246850"000504"