European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V Page 34 the stars and stripes sports saturday october 22,1994 defences launch wac by Gene Wojciechowsk ithe los Angeles times " the Best game in the country today in t in an Arbor or Tuscaloosa or South Bend or any of the other usual stops along the Way to a National championship. This time you need directions to fort Collins,colo., which is where 18th-ranked Utah 6-0 plays no. 12 Colorado state 7-0 on saturday in a Western ath Letic conference showdown. Joined in Progress at11 45 . Get tonight on an to let s be honest if you wanted your kid to become a fighter Pilot a mormon missionary or to get a real Nice Tan you d Send him to the wac but if you wanted him to play elite level division i a football you d look elsewhere. Not even Brigham Young s strange National championship in 1984, to Detmer s Heisman trophy in 1990 or Marshall Faulk s abbreviated but electrifying stay at san Diego state could change the perception that the wac was Well Sta puff soft. Maybe this will help the wac is 6-2 against Westcoast big brother the Pacific 10 conference and 18-10 Overall against non conference opponents. Colorado state beat Arizona at Tucson. By beat notre Dame at South Bend. San Diego state and Hawaii both beat California. Utah beat Oregon at Eugene. I be seen this coming for two or three years and i Esaid that air Force coach Fisher Deberry said. The football in this conference does t have to take a backseat to  8/g 12 Schee use Kansas City to. A Oklahoma and Colo Rado would play Only twice in four years under the tentative schedule for the fledgling big 12 conference and longtime rivals Oklahoma and Nebraska would play twice before the end of the Century. Big 12 athletic directors Laid out a tentative schedule for football and will begin football play in two six team divisions in 1996. Schools would play each team in its division each year five games arid play three games against teams in the other division in the pro posed schedule that stretches through 2007. The North division includes Nebraska Kansas Kan Sas state Colorado Iowa state and Missouri. In the South division Are Texas Texas am Bay Lor Texas tech Oklahoma state and Oklahoma. Nebraska will play at Oklahoma in 1996 and have the sooner at Home in 1997, but the teams would t play again until 2000. The reason for the wac s move to the front eat i simple defense. When Sonny Lubick arrived at Colora do state last season he brought with him the same defensive schemes he used As Miami s coordinator. When Ron Mcbride went to Utah his first priority was find ing defensive linemen. When by s pass Happy Lave Ledwards decided he was tired of losing 52-51, he began searching for defense and a running attack. Everybody has recognized the need to put More Quality players on defense Deberry said and recognized the fact that you win big games and championships with defensive  Utah did its part by finding Luther Elliss a senior defensive end who should make some nil team very Happy next season. Partly because of Elliss s emergence As a Star Utah leads in eight of the 10 wac defensive categories. The utes also mid themselves in the top 20. Of course defense in t sexy but upsets Are. The wac victories Over notre Dame and Arizona and the rest of the Pac-10 did wonders for the league s image. It s like i be been saying for years by s Edward said the thing we have to do is win big  in the process the wac wins believers. Crashes the party Italy volleyball Patch s Huchel joins expected 3 in Tennis finals by sue Harper staff writer Wallau Germany while the boys were following the script almost word for word Friday atthe Dopps Central european Tennis tournament where top seeded Nick Halper of International school of Brussels will meet second seeded Richard Beard of Wiir Burg in today s final the girls were improvising. And when the semifinals were Over unseeded Sarah Huchel of Patch after a shaky Start had downed fellow non seed Prscilla Smith of. Wiesbaden 6-1, 6-3 to earn a shot at top seeded de fending Champion Nicole Bie Gansky of Heidelberg. Both title showdowns Are scheduled for 11 30 . Today at the Multi sports Center Here. Huchel who opened this three Day event by ambushing third seeded Emily Drane  in straight sets on thursday collected another seed on Friday when she bounced sixth seed Britta sch Malar of accent 6-3, 6-2. But Huchel May find a bit of Challenge in her next foe. At six feet Begansky is intimidating enough but when you couple her size with the fact she s Only Given lost seven games i three straight sets victories Bie Gansky becomes a Little scary. She s really Good Huchel said adding that she did think anyone including herself had much of a Chance against the defending Champion. Of Huchel Bigansky the Hei Delberg Junior who Defeated Frankfurt s Julie Battels 6-0, 6-0, Bonn s Sara Anderson 6-1, 6-2,and Pitburg s Shayla Brown 6-2, 6-2 in route to her berth in the final and is not Given to chit Chat said she s really  that trait came in Handy Fri Day when Huchel took advantage of a lapse of concentration by Smith to get to the championship game. The Battle of the upstart uns eeds started with Smith taking the Lead 1-0, hit Ting Baseline hugging shots and mixing them with drops to keep her opponent moving. It was like playing myself Huchel said. Everything 1 hit at her she  eventually however Smith wore Down and succumbed to unforced errors. Seeds sprouted As planned inthe boys singles. In the quarterfinals fourth seed will Propst of Frankfurt overcame sixth seed Patrick Kal Anapu of aug file photo Patch s Sarah Huchel. Surprise finalist Burg 6-2, 6-4 to meet no. 1 see Halper in the semis. Halper beat Propst 6-0, 6-0 Ina match Propst did t feel was even that close. It was the toughest game i replayed in my life Propst said his ground strokes were pow Erful and he hit the Corners he belongs in another  the score Halper did t seem completely Happy with his game. I was t playing my Best Halper who teamed with Wataru Urabe to win last year s doubles title said. In the other semifinal it comedown to endurance. Beard had a Little More Gas and edged out Phil Lamb of Patch 7-6 8-6 6-2. In the girls doubles it s first seeds Laura Johnson and Hilliary Harries of Heidelberg playing Sec Ond seed Annie Tamaoka and Rozmaryn Buen Inck of is for Fite  s Richard Beard. On track for showdown the title at 10 . Today. In the boys doubles the semifinal Between London s no 1 and no. 2 teams was not com plete at press time. Brennan Bolt and Jeremiah Leonard were playing Ben an Shane Bursae for the right to play is s Urabe and Leslie Seddon Brown in today s 10a.m. Championship match. One third of High schools Levy fees to play sports Kansas City to. A Many High schools need to supplement their athletic budgets with contributions from Booster clubs and about a third require athletes to pay participation fees according to a Survey by the National federation of state High school organisations. More than 60 percent of the schools rely on fund raising to supplement budgets that have decreased Over the past five years at nearly a Quarter of the schools who responded to the Survey. The median participation fee per sport was $30 or $45 per year according to the Survey which was released tuesday. About 30 percent of the Kan Sas City based Niava s 5,050 members responded to the mailed Survey. The Survey found a typical High school program offers eight girls sports with 15 teams and 10 boys sports with 18 teams. A majority of schools indicated an increase in girls programs and virtually no increase in boys programs. No. To Roll into by the stars and stripes Vicenza Italy the top seeded Simonella girl Sand Aviano boys lost Only one set Between the thursday and Friday morning As they stormed into Friday night s semifinals at the american schools in Italy volleyball tournament. The Aviano boys unblemished after a 15-0, 15-8 thrashing of Ameri can overseas of Rome on Friday were to face Naples in Friday night s semifinals while the Sigo Nella girls were to take Omar amount. The Jaguar girls have dropped but one set 7-15thursday,night to Naples before rallying to win 16 14 and 15-8, and rolled into the semis on a 15-8,15-2 thrashing of Host Vicenza on Friday. In the other half of the brackets the second seeded Milan boys who beat Naples 14-16, 15-7, 15-10on thursday and Livorno 15-1, 15-9 on Friday taken american overseas of Rome still alive after receiving the Aviano treat ment Friday for a shot Ata berth in saturday s Best of five final. The second girls sem matches second seeded Milan which beat no. 3 Mary mount 15-11, 4-15,15-3 on thursday night and Naples 15-6, 15-5 on Fri Day against fourth seeded Aviano. The saints topped Yosr 15-5, 16-14 Friday for their berth saturday s finals begin at 12p.m