By Rusty Bryan
Published: November 17, 2011
Patch boys’ basketball coach Bill Lassetter has announced his school’s plan to conduct a 12-team pool-play followed by single-elimination boys’ basketball tournament Dec. 27-29.
In a Thursday newsletter, Lassetter said each team in the event, which is to be filled on a first-come, first-served basis, is guaranteed a minimum of four games. The same officials and scorekeepers who work regular-season high school games will work the event, which is sanctioned by DODDS-Europe, but not sponsored by the school system. Participating teams therefore will be responsible for their own transportation and lodging expenses. Free billeting will be available, however.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: November 16, 2011
Naples cross country coach Chip Noonan points out that Shannon Cuthbert, who led the Naples girls to the European Division II title in 2009, placed sixth to help the Naval Academy down Army 25-31 recently in a meet run over the USMA golf course in West Point, N.Y.
Cuthbert, according to the Naval Academy website, covered the six-kilometer course in 21:59.7 on Oct. 15 to place sixth overall and finish in Navy’s top five for the fifth time in five meets up to that point. It was the second time in 2011 that Cuthbert was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: November 16, 2011
Hollie Salvo, who won the DODDS-Europe golf championship as a freshman in 2008 and as a sophomore the following year, has accepted an offer of a full scholarship to play college golf for The Citadel in Charleston, S.C.
Salvo, whose senior season at Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala., is scheduled to begin in March, signed with The Citadel after a visit to the school, according to her former coach at Wiesbaden, Jim Campbell.
“When she went for the visit, she told me she was thinking, ‘Citadel – no way,’ ” Campbell said recently. “But after the visit, she came back ready to sign. She loved the place.”
Salvo, who finished second in Europe to Ramstein’s Elizabeth Ward as junior in 2010, has won four tournaments since moving to Alabama in July, according to Keith Cromartie of the Army Materiel Command in Huntsville.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: November 16, 2011
Basketball commissioner Tomas Villegas Jr. has announced the schedule for the final officials’ clinics to be held before the start of the high school season in December.
People wanting to officiate, or keep time or the scorebook, should plan to attend one of the sessions, Villegas said. All positions are paid.
First up is a clinic Saturday at the Patch Barracks gym in Stuttgart. It’s scheduled to run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call Matt Gillard at German civilian 0179-139-1984.
On Sunday, another 9 a.m.-4 p.m. clinic is slated for the second floor of Bldg. 2874 at Pulaski Barracks in Kaiserslautern. Quenton Floyd, at German civ. 0176-2153-6135, or Lee Johnson, at 0173-803-8862, are the points of contact in K-town.
The final sessions are scheduled for the Grafenwoehr gym from 6-9 p.m. nightly from Nov. 29-Dec. 3. Charles Williams, at 0179-777-4129, has more info.
Information about the sessions also is available from Villegas at info@tomasvillegasjr.com or by phone at German civ. 0170-205-9462.
By Rusty Bryan
Published: November 1, 2011
European championships in football and girls' volleyball are on the line Saturday in Germany, and a third tournament, the boys' Mediterranean Regional volleyball championship, will decide that title the same day in Aviano.
There actually are three girls' volleyball tournaments going on Thursday-Saturday in Ramstein and Kaiserslautern. All of them, the round-robin Division I event and the pool-play with crossover semifinals in Divisions II and III, begin concurrently at 8:30 a.m. Thursday and run all day at Ramstein Southside gym, and the Vogelweh and Kaiserslautern High School gyms in K-town. The action continues at all three venues on Friday and concludes with the thrid-place and title games Saturday at Ramstein Southside.
