European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 30,1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Darmstadt eager v a. -. A Ops map voting lot aau tourney 5-  a a a i by sue Harper staff Riter there s a new title for Darmstadt s3untess Irving. Irving who helped the armed forces a Omen basketball team to a second Slace finish at the aau s recent National basketball championship tournament Vas named tourney most valuable player land the aau s Rookie of the year. I also impressing the aau was Irving s armed forces teammate from fort Hood Texas Cassandra Howard. How lard averaged 19 Points per game in being named to the aau All american team for the second time. A you make aau All american you fare one of the Best that s the top of the line for women As far As you can go in the United states said All army and armed forces coach Johnnie Pickett who is stationed in the Netherlands. The pair s play sparked a new Altitude on the armed forces team which according to Pickett seemed Content in the i past to go two games and out. Last Vear there was a lot of giggling and stuff Pickett said. This yearns team seemed to know what the aau meant. I told them about Michigan s players. I knew who they were. This year these women knew they were in for the game of their lives. If they wanted to measure themselves to some sort of Standard against All Sec Star Dena head of Tennessee or Laura Byrd National aau leading score this was the team to measure yourself  armed forces which  relegated Toi the losers bracket of the aau meet with a 100-75 loss to two time Champion free agents of Flint mich., in the semifinals battled Back to the title round with a 66 53 elimination of Portland. But the free agents loaded with for i Mer College players such As head Sec player of the year for 1992, downed the armed forces 94-78 and three heated in the tourney which ended april 11. I Pickett pointed to Irving his floor Gen Jeral Howard air Force s Deborah i Bunch and Mannheim s Tracey Coursey for stabilizing and focusing the team. Here and there. The armed forces wrestling team i took the division i team title in the 1994 . Greco roman championships in Las vegas As army wrestlers brought Back i three Silver and two Gold medals. The medallists were five of 13 army Wres local notes tiers who finished in the top eight in their weight classes and qualified for the . Trials in Lacrosse wis., june 13-15. Olympic Bronze medallist Rodney Smith silvered in the 149v4 weight class by inches. He missed Gold by losing a ref Eree s decision after a 2-2 overtime Lossin the championship match. Joining Smith As an of so close run Ner up was Jerry Jackson who dropped a5-4 decision at 220 pounds. Another army wrestler had better Luck defending 136vi-Pound champions Hon Lewis defended his 1993 Gold with a 2-1 win in overtime. 1993 Silver med Alist Derrick Waldroup pinned his oppo nent to win the Gold at 198  Amado a 1988 olympian Sil Vered at 125 i pounds. The army Bowling team on wednes Day won the armed forces military men s and women s All events championship for the first time since 1978. Army finished with a 52,850 pinball and air Force at 51,690. Army won the All events on the backs of Deborah Riefflin who placed third in the women s All around with a 24-Ganie average of 183 Lance Lonsdale with a 199 average for first in the men s and William Anthony with a 195 for second. Lonsdale Anthony and Riefflin were selected to compete in the us a team championship in Minna Blis aug. 22-28. A Mannheim Soldier was among 10 who made the United states Amateur boxing s first Quarter rankings which were based on performances at the 1994 . National championship at Colorado Springs colo., in March. Timothy Vance of Mannheim ranked fifth in the Light middleweight division. Two fort Bragg n.c., soldiers barred Samad a Light welterweight and Benja min Mcdowell a Light heavyweight were ranked first in their weight classes. The rankings Are used for selecting comets tiers for the Goodwill games Box off and the . Olympic festivals and other major National and International championships. Senior Heather Forbes for Merly of Ramstein High school was named co most valuable gymnast for the 1994 season according to a Western Michigan University press release. Kaiserslautern s Cinco de Mayo run is open to All military runners. The May 5 run starts at 5 . At is do Casey Darmstadt s countess Irving 4 Stock soars at aau Ramstein High school. To Register Call Kerry Sloan or Mario Garden 483-8389 or 489-6853. After 6 . Call 0631-91 5.54. A registration is open until 4 . Race Day but Call ahead to announce intent organizers suggest. The twelve teams playing Best of four bracket series in the 12th . Forces Spring Rugby tournament a Storck Barracks in Hilleshiem say they have room for More. Registration is $250 a team and closes at 10 a.  Steve Wilstein a Tennis writer is the Brilliant Tennis career of Monica Seles Over destroyed by one moment of insanity and 12 months of mental anguish in a search for the meaning to it All a year after she was stabbed in the Back by an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf the question of when Seles will return is less discuss among players and officials in women Tennis. Than the question of whether she Ever will. Nobody really knows Graf said at the Start of this week s tournament in Hamburg Germany where Seles was a tacked on court last april 30. I think it is getting More and More  women s Tennis association executive director Gerard Smith at the Sta of fice in Florida phrased it differently. I would say the longer she s out the More difficult it will be for her to return Smith  Seles women s Tennis has virtually turned into the Steffi Graf tour. She s won every match she s played this year dropping Only one set along the Way and has captured four straight grand slam titles. The last grand slam event she lost was the australian in 1993, when Seles beat Ner in the final for her eighth grand slam title in a career in  she has won $7.4 million. Yet despite the Sta s desire to have Seles Back relations with her have been strained since it declined to protect her no. 1 ranking during her  would Hope it would not be a Factor in her staying away but at this stage no one rules out anything said Smith who has t spoken to Seles since the Days after the attack. The did what we thought was Best for women s Tennis and for the tour. We tried to evaluate our decision with regard to her request for a co ranking at no. 1 in the context of How it would affect everyone. We came to the conclusion that providing her with a. Co ranking for an unlimited amount of Tim would be inappropriate. And if anything the length of time she s been out suggests that decision was Correct. I Don t relish having made the Deci Sion and i clearly did not like