European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A0e stars and stripes june stallions take army Europe titles Hanau Hessen Stuttgart men win volleyball championships by Rusty Bryan stars and stripes Germany Stuttgart men needed just one set saturday morning to win their first army Europe volleyball championship since the women from on the other played Well into saturday night to retain the army Europe Crown they won last year at Stuttgart with tour Ney map Matt Hoffer leading the turned Back Heidelberg twice in straight sets Over two Days to win the two team mens the stallions prevailed 2517 on Fri Day night and 2521 on saturday the Hanau Hessen hornets needed an i necessary match be fore they finally subdued the los ers bracket Champion Heidel Berg lady generals for the Sec Ond time in three matches on sat the who beat Heidelberg in saturday after Noons Winner bracket prevailed 2725 in the decider of the six team women Hanau Hessen women Heidelberg 31 its not like its the olympics or anything like said two time tourney map Vai Willis after her hornets shrugged off a loss in saturday after Noons first championship game to win their second straight Cham were just out to have that the main and bordering on Giddy was what the hornets even after losing the first game of the second match to Heidelberg no quit lady despite being in the process of dropping their fourth straight game to the hornets stayed smiling and performing hand clapping chants after each some of them were such As the hideout reminder the hornets gave themselves after losing others were such As chanting the name of the teammate responsible for winning the previous and some took the form of Good natured ribbing thank you after unforced Heidelberg thankfulness summed up the match after Heidelberg bid to Force a Winne Takeall fifth game fell just the lady Gener who trailed 116 in the Early led 2524 before they made three straight errors that handed the championship to the in just thankful we got it Willis said after the four hour its a mat Ter of Stuttgart men Heidelberg 00 our passing was Excel said six year Stuttgart vet eran Dave Ruiz in characterizing his teams 60 run against the Gen and we were Strong in the we have four legitimate Middle so we always had fresh legs in our Block ing was despite his teams not losing a game to the who played on Stuttgart previous title team in was impressed with his Heidelberg had to struggle to put a team he said of this deployment and draw Down impeded they did a tremendous one of Middle Block Dan weve played these Guys the last four said Kronenwett a fou year stallions Treyve got some really Good players who were finally play ing together according to Heidelberg coach Jeremiah because of missions Down Range and other we could not consistently put a team together for league George they played maybe three games together All Northern Region partners wies Baden and along with the air Force teams from ram Stein and provided Heidelberg Northern Region league but deploy ments struck Mannheim and Wiesbaden at tournament leaving just two teams to contest the army Europe the same thing that happened to us during the season happened to them at tournament George their players were which plays in the Southern also experienced a Competition they have to Combine the re Ruiz we had a hard time getting games during the Reg ular it was like we were still warming up Denver Smith seriously injured in car Accident the associated press Millstone Den ver nuggets player Smith and another Man were seriously injured saturday when the sport Utility vehicle Smith was driving collided with another Smith and the unidentified passenger were ejected from the Sun in the occurred around on stage coach Road in Millstone said Stephen a state police spokes the passenger who had serious head wounds was a lifted to Jersey Shore University Hospital in while Smith was taken there via further details on their injuries were not immediately available saturday Smiths vehicle apparently went through a Stop Jones and collided with the other the Driver of that vehicle and two other people in the Sun were injured and taken to Centra state medical Center in but their injuries were not considered the 21yearold Smith was a Star player at Lakewood High school and Benedicts prep in new he averaged Points in 63 games this pc Dallas Cooper out 2 months Texas pc Dallas Forward Kenny Cooper is expected to be out two months after breaking his right Shin Dur ing a 31 Victory Over the los Angeles Gal Axy on the 22yearold Dallas native was fouled by Galaxy defender Tyrone Marshall and was carted off the Cooper has appeared in 29 consecutive games since last the longest games played Streak on the he is pc Dallas leading scorer this season with four goals and two longhorns safety Joseph arrested Austin Texas safety Robert Joseph was jailed saturday on two Misdemeanour charges of burglary of a vehicle and has been suspended indefinitely by the Long was booked around and posted bail late saturday he was arrested and held on Bond after sports briefs running from a Security guard who found Joseph sitting in a car that didst belong to him at a Down town according to his arrest we Are aware of the recent situation with Robert Texas head coach Mack Brown said in a weve talked with Robert and his family and have decided to suspend him Pend ing the completion of the Legal at this he will not be involved in any team Joseph is the second Texas player arrested this on june Junior defensive end Henry Melton was arrested and charged with Misdemeanour driving while according to the arrest Joseph was spotted in a car by an of duty Austin police officer working Security at a hotel parking Joseph allegedly told the officer the car belonged to a then fled As the officer tried to verify the own ers a Short time Joseph was arrested after the officer found him sitting in another the affidavit a played in seven games last season but missed the last six with a shoulder he had 14 tackles As a backup safety and special teams play Cotto stops Judah in Lith round new York the puerto rican Day Parade cant be any better of a show than what Miguel Cotto and zab Judah put on at a raucous Madison Square and Cotto gave the sellout crowd what it came for a knockout of one of its the popular puerto rican welterweight thrilled his who made up a majority of the  Garden on Satur Day by stopping Brooklyn Judah in the Lith round to keep his Aba welter weight with chants of Cotto Cotto and puerto Rico puerto Rico rocking the build Cotto knocked Down Judah earlier in the round before finishing off his 30th straight Victory at 49 it was the third straight year Cotto Canadian Adrian Denver Smith and another Man were seriously injured saturday when the Sun Smith was driving collided with another fought in the Garden on the eve of new Yorks puerto rican Day and he gave the raucous crowd of a terrific i expected a Tough fight and that what i a Tough Cotto i thought zab still had a Little More left to but they stopped the with puerto Rico flags waving on every from floor seats to the Mezzanine that rarely is open for boxing Here Nowa the scene could just have easily been san although Judah grew up just a few Miles from the he was an out Sider on this heavily booed when he entered the agent Beckham going to Galaxy London David Beckham is sticking to his plan Hes bound for the los Angeles Galaxy next month regardless of what anyone there is no intention of getting out of the Galaxy Deal or reneging on the Galaxy agent Simon Oliveira told the associated press on real Madrid president Ramon Calderon was quoted in the Spanish Media As saying that he would try to persuade the England Star to stay and would use an escape clause in Beckham Galaxy contract to withdraw from the we have to sit Down with his representatives and with Madrid sport director Predrag take a look at that clause and decide among said Cal speaking at the French open final in but for i would love it if he stayed at our there is no such an escape clause Oliveira said who has just re turned to the England was going ahead with his move to major league soc David is looking Forward to going to the Oliveira but he wants to end his career at real Madrid on a High note by winning la Calls to the Galaxy in los Angeles were not immediately Beckham contract with real Madrid ends june 30 and he is set to move to mls around mid he could win his first major trophy with Madrid if the team beats Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium next weekend in the last Pierzynski serves suspension Chicago Chicago White sox catch or Pierzynski dropped his Appeal and served a on game suspension sunday for his conduct during a game against the new York Yankees last Pierzynski pounded the plate with his Bat in disgust after striking out in the eighth inning thursday and said some thing to Home plate Umpire Bob who ejected Pierzynski then flipped his helmet Back at the he probably would not have played Sun Day against Houston with Lethander Wandy Rodriguez starting for the its Good for him to do it now because in the National league were going to need White sox manager Ozzie Guillen Chicago opens a three game series at Philadelphia on monday and then visits