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TENNIS
Dates and site — Wednesday, Oct. 15-Saturday, Oct. 18, Iwakuni Middle School and Atago Housing Area, Japan.
Format — Boys and girls singles and doubles, mixed doubles, single-elimination. Each team carries four boys and four girls on its roster; each player must play doubles and may choose to play either singles or mixed doubles.
Participating schools — Division I: Kadena Panthers, Kubasaki Dragons, Nile C. Kinnick Red Devils, Humphreys Blackhawks. Division II: E.J. King Cobras,Matthew C. Perry Samurai, Yokota Panthers, Zama Trojans, Robert D. Edgren Eagles, Osan Cougars, Daegu Warriors.
Schedule of events — First day, doubles, D-I at Atago, D-II at Iwakuni MS. Second day, mixed doubles, D-I at Atago, D-II at Iwakuni MS. Third day, singles, D-I at Atago, D-II at Iwakuni MS. Fourth day, singles and doubles championships.
Returning overall champions — Boys singles: Ryunosuke Roesch, Yokota (two straight years); girls singles: Chloe Lee, Humphreys; mixed doubles: Nathan Hwang and Rebecca Kruelski, Humphreys.
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VOLLEYBALL
Girls Division I
Dates and site — Thursday, Oct. 16-Saturday, Oct. 18; Kubasaki High School, Okinawa
Participating schools — American School In Japan Mustangs, Seisen Phoenix, Nile C. Kinnick Red Devils, Kadena Panthers, Kubasaki Dragons, Humphreys Blackhawks, Guam High School Panthers.
Format, schedule — Seven teams in round-robin play, two-set matches on first two days. Quarterfinals Friday. Semifinals, consolation and placing matches in best-of-five set matches Saturday.
Returning All-Tournament players — Kubasaki: Yuri Biggins (reigning Best Hitter); ASIJ: Serena Koslow; Kadena: Samantha Kehe, Alondra Vargas-Meijas; Seisen: Naomi Terashima, Pipi Hill.
Thursday’s matches
ASIJ vs. Guam High, 9 a.m.
Humphreys vs. Kadena, 9 a.m.
ASIJ vs. Kinnick, 10:15 a.m.
Kubasaki vs. Seisen, 10:15 a.m.
Humphreys vs. Guam High, 11:30 a.m.
Kadena vs. Kinnick, 11:30 a.m.
Kubasaki vs. ASIJ, 12:45 p.m.
Seisen vs. Guam High, 12:45 p.m.
Kinnick vs. Humphreys, 2 p.m.
Kadena vs. Seisen, 2 p.m.
Humphreys vs. ASIJ, 3:15 p.m.
Kubasaki vs. Guam High, 3:15 p.m.
Friday’s matches
Kinnick vs. Seisen, 9 a.m.
Kadena vs. Kubasaki, 9 a.m.
ASIJ vs. Kadena, 10:15 a.m.
Humphreys vs. Seisen, 10:15 a.m.
Kubasaki vs. Humphreys, 11:30 a.m.
Kinnick vs. Guam High, 11:30 p.m.
Kubasaki vs. Kinnick, 12:45 p.m.
Seisen vs. ASIJ, 12:45 p.m.
Kadena vs. Guam High, 2 p.m.
Quarterfinals
4 vs. 5, 2 p.m.
3 vs. 6, 3:15 p.m.
2 vs. 7, 3:15 p.m.
Saturday’s matches
Semifinals
1 vs. 4-5 winner, 9 a.m.
3-6 winner vs. 2-7 winner, 9 a.m.
Consolation
2-7 loser vs. 3-6 loser, 11 a.m.; loser finishes seventh.
Fifth
Consolation winners, 1 p.m.
Third
Semifinal losers, 1 p.m.
Championship
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.
Girls Division II
Dates and sites — Thursday, Oct. 16-Saturday, Oct. 18, Misawa Air Base, Japan.
Participating teams – Pool A: Matthew C. Perry Samurai, Robert D. Edgren Eagles, Zama Trojans, Christian Academy Japan Knights, Daegu Warriors. Pool B: E.J. King Cobras, Yokota Panthers, Sacred Heart Symbas, Okinawa Christian Eagles, Osan Cougars.
Format, schedule — 10 teams in two pools, best-of-three set matches, first 1½ days. Quarterfinals and semifinals Friday. Consolation play and placing matches Saturday.
Returning All-Tournament players — CAJ: Sakurako Abe, Naya Cummings; King: Mila Nishimura-Reed (repeat selection); Yokota: Cocoro Jones; Edgren: Kaiya Pasion, Keira Marrero (2023 selection).
Thursday’s matches
Pool A
CAJ vs. Perry, 9 a.m.
Zama vs. Perry, 10:15 a.m.
Zama vs. Edgren, 11:30 a.m.
Edgren vs. Daegu, 12:45 p.m.
CAJ vs. Daegu, 2 p.m.
CAJ vs. Zama, 3:15 p.m.
Edgren vs. Perry, 4:30 p.m.
Pool B
King vs. Osan, 9 a.m.
King vs. Yokota, 10:15 a.m.
Yokota vs. OCSI, 11:30 a.m.
ISSH vs. OCSI, 12:45 p.m.
ISSH vs. Osan, 2 p.m.
Yokota vs. Osan, 3:15 p.m.
King vs. OCSI, 4:30 p.m.
Friday’s matches
Pool A
Zama vs. Daegu, 9 a.m.
Perry vs. Daegu, 10:15 a.m.
CAJ vs. Edgren, 11:30 a.m.
Pool B
Yokota vs. ISSH, 9 a.m.
King vs. ISSH, 10:15 a.m.
OCSI vs. Osan, 11:30 a.m.
Quarterfinals
7 vs. 10, 1 p.m.
8 vs. 9, 1 p.m.
4 vs. 5, 3 p.m.
3 vs. 6, 3 p.m.
Semifinals
1 vs. 8-9 winner, 5 p.m.
2 vs. 7-10 winner, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s matches
Consolation matches to be determined
Fifth
Consolation winners, 3 p.m.
Third
Semifinal losers, 3 p.m.
Championship
Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.
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CROSS COUNTRY
Dates and site — Friday, Oct. 17-Saturday, Oct. 18, Ikego Heights Naval Housing Facility, Zushi, Japan.
Participating schools — Division I: Guam High Panthers, Kadena Panthers, Kubasaki Dragons, Nile C. Kinnick Red Devils, American School In Japan Mustangs, St. Mary’s Titans (boys), Seisen Phoenix (girls), Humphreys Blackhawks. Division II: Yokota Panthers, E.J. King Cobras, Matthew C. Perry Samurai, Robert D. Edgren Eagles, Zama Trojans, Christian Academy Japan Knights, Sacred Heart Symbas (girls), St. Maur Cougars, Osan Cougars, Daegu Warriors.
Format — 3.12-mile individual race on Friday. Team relay on Saturday. Teams run in pairs, with one boy and one girl running two 2.5-kilometer legs each.