By Rusty Bryan
Published: September 9, 2012
Danielle Davis, Connor Davis and Bobby Gaston won their inauguaral European Forces Swim League 200-meter short-course backstroke races Saturday and set team records in the process, according to Kaiserslautern Kingfish publicity chair Jodi Johnson.
Danielle Davis set the Kingfish's team mark in the girls’ 13-14-year-old division with a time of 2:49.95. Gaston placed the boys’ 15-16-year record at 2:37.46, and Connor Davis established the boys’ 17-19 record in 2:25.32 as the EFSL opened another season. Their performances in the event, being contested for the first time this season, helped the Kingfish edge Stuttgart 592-565 in the three-team meet. Vilseck-Grafenwoehr was third with 42 points.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: September 6, 2012
Anyone planning to attend the first game of the high school football season Saturday in Sigonella should set an alarm clock.
After having to suspend their football program for their final three games last season because of a lack of players, the revived Sigonella Jaguars will have 19 players or so suited up when they kick off at 9 a.m. Saturday against the visiting 2011 Division III champions from Rota.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: September 4, 2012
The soccer field next to the Patrick Henry Village bowling alley will be the site of tryouts Sunday for the Heidelberg Select boys’ and girls’ traveling soccer teams, according to youth sports organizers in that community.
Tryouts for the Under-9 and Under-11 teams are scheduled for 2-2:45 p.m.; the Under-13 and Under-15 squads are to take the field from 3-3:45 p.m., and the high-school-level squad is to be filled between 4 and 4:45 p.m.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 29, 2012
Fans interested in the status of former Ansbach running back Dominique Whaley, who was the starting tailback for the University of Oklahoma Sooners last season until breaking an ankle in the sixth game of the season, can follow the link http://newsok.com/article/3704635?click_action=1 to learn about the 5-11, 208-pound senior’s recovery.
According to a Daily Oklahoman newspaper report at the link, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops said Whaley, who played for NAIA Langston University in Oklahoma before walking on for the Sooners and rushing for 627 yards with nine touchdowns in the six games he played, “…looks to be back to what Dom always was. That’s explosive, strong and fast."
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 20, 2012
Ansbach football coach Marcus George has emailed that former NFL players representing the Football University will be in Europe from Saturday-Wednesday to evaluate players aged 19 and younger with dual citizenship or European passports for inclusion on the Europe All-Star team which will take part in FBU’s International Games in San Antonio, Texas, in January.
The FBU team, part of the organization’s Top Gun program, is scheduled to visit Hanau on Saturday, Ansbach on Sunday, and close out with stops in Spikinessee, Netherlands; Brussels, and Bristol, England, the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
Also planned for the combines are a coaches’ clinic and a tackling clinic conducted by former NFL coach Thurmond Moore. The clinics are open to all ages and nationalities.
Fee for attending the combine and clinic is $40 at Ansbach and 35 Euros at Brussels.
To register, or for information, visit http://www.footballuniversity.org/europe.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 20, 2012
Chief official Tomas Villegas Jr. will conduct the 2012 high school football officials’ clinic beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Digital Training Facility, Bldg. 2874B, at Pulaski Barracks in Kaiserlautern. The session will be held on the second floor of the facility.
Information about the clinic is available from Villegas, whose e-mail is info@tomasvillegasjr.com. His cell phone is German civilian 0170-205-9462. Callers from outside Germany must drop the initial zero after dialing country code +49.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 14, 2012
The Kaiserslautern Military Community All-Stars, Little League Baseball’s European champions, will open their campaign at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (11 p.m. Central European Time) Thursday against the Asia-Pacific champions from Taoyuan, Taiwan.
A victory over the Taiwanese would advance the All-Stars in a 7 p.m. ET Sunday game against the winner of a Thursday game between Japan, represented by the Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, and the Carribean champs from Willemstad, Curacao. A loss to the Taiwanese lands KMC in a noon Saturday elimination game against the Japan-Caribbean loser.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 8, 2012
Heidelberg’s 529th Military Police Co. downed U.S. Army Garrison-Kaiserslautern 17-12 in Sunday’s if-game of the 2012 Army-Europe Unit-Level slow-pitch softball tournament at Grafenwoehr, according to Chris Cornelison of the Army’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation division.
The K-town contingent, which downed an AFRICOM team from Stuttgart 12-9 in Sunday morning’s losers-bracket final, forced the winner-take-all finale by dumping the MPs 22-15 in Sunday’s first title-game. K-town, however, fell short in its third game of the day.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 8, 2012
Vilseck High School volleyball coach Brian Swenty has arranged for USA Volleyball’s director of sport development, John Kessel, to conduct a two-day clinic for coaches this weekend at Vilseck which will precede Swenty's annual A.C.E. Volleyball Camp for high school players.
Kessel, author of several books on volleyball, has been coaching at the collegiate level or above since 1971 and guided teams to U.S. Open titles in 1986 and 1987, according to his official biography. His topics at the Saturday-Sunday clinic will include drills and drill design; motor-skills development; risk management; youth-, mini- and beach volleyball training, and coaching philosophy, including an explanation of how to deal with what he calls the “competitive cauldron.” Sessions are conducted in the classroom and on the court.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: August 8, 2012
Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch?
Golfers who sign up for the American Red Cross’s Labor Day golf tournament will find a complimentary lunch included in their registration fees, according to Liz Thayer, the Stuttgart ARC director of volunteers.
