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Natalia Lopez reaches for the ball.

Vicenza’s Natalia Lopez reaches under the arm of American Overseas School of Rome’s Nina Neroni on Friday, Jan. 16, 2025, in the Cougars’ 41-27 victory in Vicenza, Italy. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

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BASKETBALL

Boys

Stuttgart 54, Lakenheath 15

Friday at Stuttgart

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Lakenheath 3 8 2 2 15
Stuttgart 15 10 24 5 54

Scoring Lakenheath: Tyjuan Anderson; Stuttgart: Max Andrysiak 12, Ben Osman 11, Kurt Flores 11.

Alconbury 35, Brussels 31

Thursday at Brussels

Scoring Alconbuiry: Josiah Garner 18, Julian Arias 7; Brussels: Tamaz Kapanadze 10, Liam Richard 7, Toma Jgenti 6.

AFNORTH 79, Alconbury 47

Friday at Brunssum, Netherlands

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Alconbury 8 8 14 17 47
AFNORTH 14 24 23 18 79

Scoring Alconbury: Garner 19, Christian Navarro 13; AFNORTH: Vincent Sheehan 26, Stefan Termure 12, Jackson Lojka 11. Noteworthy Arias had 10 rebounds, and Garner had 7 boards for the Dragons. Termure had 9 assists, 6 steals and 7 rebounds; Lojka had 5 assists and 8 boards; and Sheehan had 8 assists and 5 steals for the Lions.

Vicenza 58, American Overseas School of Rome 19

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
AOSR 6 10 3 0 19
Vicenza 17 25 14 2 58

Scoring – AOSR: Leone Massi 9, Ali Ceke 5, Zaiden El Kilani 2, Damien Irvine 2, Sami Greer 1; Vicenza: Dylan Harrigan 15, Simon Gilbert 10, Zavier Washington 8, Alex Trescott 6, Chaz Exum 5, Bradyn Trescott 4, Ben Morton 4, Cristian Rodriguez 3, Jamell Wing Jr. 3. Noteworthy – Ceke had 5 rebounds for the Falcons.

Black Forest Academy 69, AOSR 38

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
BFA 11 19 20 19 69
AOSR 9 13 7 9 38

Scoring – AOSR: Massi 15, El Kilani 6, Sevario Nazzi 6, Greer 5, Ceke 4, Edgar Ermanno 2; BFA: Leo Hemphill 20, Mateo Chamberlain 17, Nehemiah Perryman 16, Jonas Witherall 5, Samuel Battucle 4, Luke Hartman 3, Dash Dockrey 2, Goum Cuttino 2. Noteworthy – Battucle had 8 rebounds for BFA and Chamberlain 7.

BFA 51, Aviano 12

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
BFA 16 6 24 5 51
Aviano 5 3 4 0 12

Scoring – BFA: Hemphill 17, Dockrey 8, Perryman 8, Chamberlain 6, Hartman 5, Brady Wilson 5, Battucle 2; Aviano: Kamden Beck 5, Jonathan Sanchez 3, Oliver Ryan 2, Brylee Hillis 2. Noteworthy – Chamberlain had 7 rebounds for the Falcons, while Perryman and Battucle 5 apiece; Hillis had 9 rebounds for the Saints.

Baumholder 63, Ansbach 22

Friday at Ansbach

Scoring Baumholder: Artez Williams 28, Jaylon Bilbrew 17, Skyler Cooper 7, Semaj Stokes 4, Gregory Makubuya 4; Ansbach: Lucas Rudy 9, Jalen Donaldson 8, Donovan Howard 5. Noteworthy Rudy had 10 rebounds for the Cougars.

Girls

Kaiserslautern 26, Vilseck 22

Friday at Kaiserslautern

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Vilseck 1 11 0 10 22
Kaiserslautern 9 3 9 5 26

Top scorers Vilseck: Lyla Ingram 7, Ana Switala 5; Kaiserslautern: Olivia Ilkka 9, LaMya Fleeton 7.

Stuttgart 49, Lakenheath 5

Friday at Stuttgart

Team 1st 2nd Final
Lakenheath 5 0 5
Stuttgart 24 25 49

Top scorers Lakenheath: Sydney DuPont 3, Natalia Ramos Colon 2; Stuttgart: Serenity Sampson 16, Hannah Holmes 9.

Vicenza 41, AOSR 27

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
AOSR 4 14 0 9 27
Vicenza 4 14 11 12 41

Scoring – AOSR: Natalia DiMatteo 10, Nina Neroni 6, Silvia Goldman 5, Gloria Olivieri 4, Evelyn Campbell 2; Vicenza: Gracie Perry 16, Trishauna Lewis 13, Yareli Telles 10, Jenina Smith 2. Noteworthy – DiMatteo had 12 rebounds and Neroni 8 for the Falcons, while Perry had 12 rebounds for the Cougars and Telles 9 and Lewis 7.

AOSR 33, BFA 30

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
BFA 2 10 10 8 30
AOSR 13 8 2 10 33

Scoring – BFA: Kenna Clason 8, Esther Lee 7, Priscilla Sivonen 7, Lydia Moore 6, Char Van Mekr 2; AOSR: Neroni 13, Olivieri 8, DiMatteo 6, Elise Bostick 4, Josie Aldred 2. Noteworthy – Sivonen had 6 rebounds and Moore 5 for BFA and Lee had 6 rebounds and 5 steals. DiMatteo had 8 rebounds and Neroni 8 for AOSR and Olivieri had 5 steals.

BFA 49, Aviano 43

Friday at Vicenza

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
BFA 10 21 8 10 49
Aviano 13 7 12 11 43

Scoring – BFA: Lee 20, Eden Dowdy 8, Van Mekr 6, Sivonen 6, Clason 5, Moore 2, Eliana Wilks 2; Aviano: Aubrey Cannon 24, Ily Zamora 8, Gigi Fortuna 5, Clara Young 2, Arianna Merez 2, Mariyana Morris 2. Noteworthy – Clason had 11 rebounds for the Falcons and Dowdy, Moore and Sivonen had 6 each and Lee 5. Cannon had 10 steals and Zamora 8 for the Saints, Morris had 10 rebounds and Young had 6 rebounds and 5 steals.

Ansbach 52, Baumholder 12

Friday at Ansbach

Scoring Ansbach: Kennedy Lange 20, Bailey Eickmeyer 13, Elizabeth Agudzi-Addo 12. Noteworthy Lange had 11 rebounds for the Cougars.

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Kent has filled numerous roles at Stars and Stripes including: copy editor, news editor, desk editor, reporter/photographer, web editor and overseas sports editor. Based at Aviano Air Base, Italy, he’s been TDY to countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Bosnia. Born in California, he’s a 1988 graduate of Humboldt State University and has been a journalist for more than 40 years.
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Matt is a sports reporter for Stars and Stripes based in Kaiserslautern, Germany. A son of two career Air Force aircraft maintenance technicians, he previously worked at newspapers in northeast Ohio for 10 years and is a graduate of Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. 

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