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Zama's Paula Adams leads the field home as she captures first place in the 200-meter Far East track and field meet prelimiaries.

Zama's Paula Adams leads the field home as she captures first place in the 200-meter Far East track and field meet prelimiaries. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

FAR EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

BASEBALL

Division I

Thursday’s games

Fifth

Humphreys 9, Kadena 4

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Blackhawks 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 9 4 6
Panthers 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4

W — Donovan Brown 3 IP (H, BB, 5 SO); L — Cameron Edson 1 1/3 IP (H, 0 ER, 3 BB, HBP).

Third

Kinnick 3, St. Mary’s 0

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs
Titans 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Devils 0 0 2 1 0 3

W — Ben Lardner; L — Munetada Suzuki.

Championship

ASIJ 4, Kubasaki 0

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Mustangs 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 7 1
Dragons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

W — Billy Freund 5 IP (4 H, 3 SO); Sv — Toby Halloran 2 IP (H, BB, 3 SO); L — Luka Koja 3 IP (4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, HBP). Batting — Mustangs: Ray Takizawa 2-4; Dragons: Koja 2-4. Noteworthy — Mustangs captured their Pacific-record eighth Far East D-I title and avenged last year’s 2-0 finals loss to Kubasaki.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Halloran.

Best Pitcher — Koja (repeat selection).

Best Catcher — Shota Kubota, St. Mary’s.

Best Baserunner — Skyler Allison, Humphreys.

All-Tournament team — ASIJ: Ryan Chon, Freund, Toshi Odaira, Woochan Nam; Kubasaki: Koja (repeat selection), Lukas Gaines (repeat selection), Asher Romnek, Brodie Romnek; Kinnick: Lance Brinkmeyer, Arashi Blocton, Ben Lardner; St. Mary’s: Kubota (repeat selection), Suzuki; Humphreys: Eric Ji, Donovan Brown; Kadena: Ethan Ferch.

Division II

Thursday’s games

Fifth

Perry 4, Edgren 3

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs Hits Errors
Eagles 2 1 0 0 0 3 6 3
Samurai 1 0 3 0 x 4 4 0

W — Mason Thompson 2 IP (BB, 4 SO, 2 HBP); L — Nolen Outlaw IP (H, SO).

Third

Yokota 3, Osan 2

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs Hits Errors
Cougars 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 1
Panthers 0 0 3 0 x 3 4 1

W — Casey Bumpers 5 IP CG (6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO, WP, 5 HBP); L — Josh Low IP (2 H, 2 SO).

Championship

Zama 8, E.J. King 7

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Cobras 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 7 4 4
Trojans 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 8 9

W — Rhino Aumua 1 1/3 IP (H, 2 ER, 3 SO, WP); L — Colin Schrader 4 1/3 IP (4 H, ER, BB, 5 SO, HBP). Batting — Trojans: Will Schmiedel (2 RBI), Aumua 2-3, Toro McClendon (2 RBI), Caleb Schmiedel 2-2 (2B), Chayden Williams 2-4 (2 RBI); Cobras: Schrader 2-4 (HR, 5 RBI). Noteworthy — Hiroki Davis walked, stole second and scored the winning run on Will Schmiedel’s walk-off single to left.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Schrader.

Offensive MVP — Taiga Arakaki, Yokota.

Defensive MVP — W. Schmiedel.

Sportsmanship MVP — Neo Purificacion, King.

All-Tournament team — Zama: C. Schmiedel (repeat selection), W. Schmiedel, Davis (repeat selection), Kierstyn Aumua (repeat selection), R. Aumua; King: Schrader (repeat selection), Purificacion, Jayden Arocho, FitzGerald; Yokota: Bumpers (repeat selection), Arakaki; Osan: Tim Davidson, Josh Low; Perry: Aira Fujinuma; Edgren: Jayse Ulechong.

TRACK AND FIELD

Thursday at Yokota Air Base, Japan

(Fully automated timing, distances in meters)

Boys

Finals

1,600 — 1, William Bearsley, St. Mary’s, 4 minutes, 11.62 seconds (meet and Pacific record; old meet record 4:17.38, Beardsley, 2023; old Pacific record 4:15.12, Beardsley, 2024); 2, Kai Liljequist, American School In Japan, 4:15.22; 3, Sam Barbir, ASIJ, 4:20.86; 4, Tyler Gaines, Matthew C. Perry, 4:26.90; 5, Kyle Durkee, ASIJ, 4:38.84; 6, Talan Farrington, Nile C. Kinnick, 4:40.96; 7, Joey Brown, Humphreys, 4:40.96; 8, Jeremiah Williams, Kadena, 4:49.21.

400 relay — 1, Kadena A (Cedrick Dorelein, Carmelo Ward, Neil Kentish, D’Kylan Woods), 43.82; 2, Guam High A, 44.01; 3, Kinnick A, 44.87; 4, ASIJ A, 45.27; 5, Humphreys A, 45.59; 6, Osan A, 45.96; 7, St. Mary’s A, 46.02; 8, Zama A, 46.71.

3,200 relay — 1, ASIJ A (Durkee, Liljequist, Ben Cox, Hiroya Sobajima), 8:16.98; 2, Kubasaki A, 8:28.63; 3, Perry A, 8:29.97; 4, Kadena A, 8:38.22; 5, Humphreys A, 8:45.92; 6, Guam High A, 8:47.01; 7, King A, 8:58.44; 8, Robert D. Edgren A, 8:59.47.

Sprint-medley relay (100-100-200-400) 1, Zama A (Byrd, David King, Gabriel Simpkins, Kian Boyd), 1:39.71; 2, Kubasaki A, 1:40.47; 3, Guam High A, 1:40.67; 4, ASIJ A, 1:40.85; 5, Kinnick A, 1:41.09; 6, Humphreys A, 1:41.11; 7, St. Mary’s A, 1:42.17; 8, Kadena A, 1:43.21.

Discus — 1, Kahlil Busscher, Kinnick, 38.93 meters; 2, Nicholas Richards, Humphreys, 36.99; 3, Blair Morrison-Scott, Humphreys, 36.28; 4, Stewart McFarlane, Kadena, 33.74; 5, Isaiah Naro, Humphreys, 33.72; 6, Jiro Reyes, Kinnick, 32.65; 7, Robert Baulsir, Zama, 32.44; 8, Isaiah Hayashi, Guam High, 23.33.

High jump — 1, Xavier Wright, Kinnick, 1.85; 2, John Sakaguchi, Christian Academy Japan, 1.80; 3, Anthony Walters, Kinnick, 1.75; 4, Landon Wright, Yokota, 1.70 (fewer attempts); 5, Jayden Allen, Kadena, 1.70 (fewer attempts); 6, Andrew Thompson, Humphreys, 1.70 (fewer attempts); 7, Sola Tanaka, St. Mary’s, 1.70; 8 (tie), Nathan Fillion and Will Dow-Yuzawa, ASIJ, 1.65.

Triple jump — 1, Cadet, 12.68; 2, Hamilton, 12.13; 3, Matthew Nubin, Humphreys, 11.65; 4, Thompson, 11.64; 5, William Rankin, St. Mary’s, 11.58; 6, Joshua Canion, Humphreys, 11.41; 7, Maurice Brown, Kubasaki, 11.38; 8, Gregor Tolar, Kinnick, 11.29.

Preliminaries

100 — 1, Sakaguchi, 11.16 seconds; 2, Woods, 11.30; 3, Jaelin White, Kinnick, 11.36; 4, Ward, 11.43; 5, Oisin Kaiya, American School In Japan, 11.46; 6, Kentish, 11.55; 7, Tre Bennett, Kinnick, 11.56; 8, Judah Alcantara, Guam High, 11.62.

200 — 1, Aaron Johnson, Guam High, 22.66; 2, Jayden Jackson, Guam High, 22,89; 3, White, 22.93; 4, Woods, 23.23; 5, Bennett, 23.26; 6, Andrew Byrd, Zama, 23.31; 7, Kentish, 23.31; 8, Kaiya, 23.32.

400 — 1, White, 51.10; 2, Johnson, 51.38; 3, Jackson, 51.64; 4, Jeremy Phillips, E.J. King, 52.07; 5, Byrd, 52.23; 6, Caleb Stephan, Kubasaki, 52.33; 7, Jayden Steill, Zama, 52.45; 8, Bennett, 53.09.

110 hurdles — 1, Cameron Brantley, Guam High, 15.52; 2, Carlos Cadet, Kubasaki, 15.78; 3, Stephan, 16.03; 4, DeShaun Nixon, Kadena, 16.14; 5, Isaiah Dykes, Humphreys, 16.62; 6, Steill, 16.92; 7, Kennedy Hamilton, Kinnick, 17.04; 8, Robert Parker, Kinnick, 17.60.

300 hurdles — 1, Brantley, 40.09; 2, Steill, 43.34; 3, Cadet, 43.76; 4, Stephan, 44.01; 5, Hamilton, 44.23; 6, Jackson, 44.59; 7, Nixon, 45.14; 8, Dykes, 45.27.

Girls

Finals

1,600 — 1, Jane Williams, Perry, 5:05.97 (meet and Pacific record; old meet record 5:07.45, Brittani Shappell, Seisen, 2015; old Pacific record 5:06.99, Williams, 2024; 2, Cassandra Jarzabek, Humphreys, 5:17.22; 3, Kohana Thai, Yokota, 5:30.84; 4, Chloe McCormick, ASIJ, 5:42.83; 5, Ashley Grantham, Seisen, 5:49.07; 6, Ako Dambara, Seisen, 5:50.33; 7, Chaitra Konda, CAJ, 5:51.06; 8, Leesze Wei, Seisen, 5:56.88.

400 relay — 1, Kadena A (Kilana Allen, Isabella Price, Aniyah Daniels, Sharday Baker, Kadena), 50.27; 2, Kubasaki A, 52.20; 3, Guam High A, 52.22; 4, Kinnick A, 52.93; 5, ASIJ A, 53.10; 6, Edgren A, 53.11; 7, Yokota A, 54.40; Zama A, 54.41.

3,200 relay — 1, Humphreys A (Cerise Utley, Sophia Cargile, Samantha Dales, Reagan McGuire), 10:02.38; 2, Kinnick A, 10:32.98; 3, Perry A, 10:47.42; 4, Kubasaki A, 11:00.13; 5, Kadena A, 11:01.57; 6, ASIJ, 11:03.58; 7, Guam High A, 11:19.03; 8, Yokota A, 11:34.12.

Sprint-medley relay (100-100-200-400) 1, Guam High A (Alexandria Levy, Azaria Murrell-Hatten, Tierra Hearn, Brianni Soto), 1:58.60; 2, ASIJ A, 1:59.02; 3, Seisen A, 2:00.34; 4, Kinnick A, 2:01.61; 5, Edgren A, 2:02.44; 6, Kadena A, 2:02.64; 7, Kubasaki A, 2:04.97; 8, Zama A, 2:06.20.

Shot put — 1, Danielle Kouamo, Kinnick, 9.26; 2, Leona Turner, Kinnick, 9.01; 3, Lusia “Hopper” Tuigamala, Kubasaki, 8.81; 4, Zara Strauss, Seisen, 8.76; 5, Amaya Downey, Perry, 7.92; 6, Malia Hutchins, Yokota, 7.77; 7, Misaki Matsuoka, CAJ, 7.71; 8, Jordan Kitts, Kinnick, 7.58.

High jump — 1, Julia Schouw, ASIJ, 1.50; 2 (tie), Jazirra McClendon, Daegu, Sara Sakane, ASIJ, and Allen, 1.40 (fewer attempts); 5, Isabella Cordes, Perry, 1.40 (fewer attempts); 6, Helsa Sokpoh, Kinnick, 1.40 (fewer attempts); 7, Cydney Young, Kadena, 1.40 (fewer attempts); 8, Star Grays, Osan, 1.35.

Triple jump — 1, Sokpoh, 9.72; 2, Mya Bobbitt, Kinnick, 9.69; 3, Hayden Buck, Guam High, 9.57; 4, Jasmine Viner, Humphreys, 9.53; 5, Kouamo, 9.28; 6, Liliana Fennessey, Zama, 9.28; 7, Mary Hudson, Seisen, 9.13; 8, Ellie Steffens, Guam High, 8.74.

Preliminaries

100 — 1, Baker, 12.65; 2, Paula Adams, Zama, 12.80; 3, Alayna Refugio, Edgren, 13.03; 4, Camielle Dixon, Edgren, 13.08; 5, Yume Rinon, ASIJ, 13.13; 6, Jasmine Williams, Kinnick, 13.16; 7, Price, 13.28; 8, Trinity Brown, Daegu, 13.29.

200 — 1, Adams, 26.52; 2, Trinity Stegall, Yokota, 26.71; 3, Dixon, 26.87; 4, Rinon, 26.90; 5, Jas. Williams, 27.02; 6, Dales, 27.05; 7, Hearn, 27.13; 8, Brown, 27.36.

400 — 1, McGuire, 59.53; 2, Stegall, 1:00.59; 3, Kemi Komolafe, Seisen, 1:01.72; 4, Thai, 1:01.77; 5, Jas. Williams, 1:03.00; 6, Soto, 1:03.09; 7, Utley, 1:03.82; 8, Aaliyah Mewborn, Kadena, 1:04.58.

100 hurdles — 1, Ja’lilah Brice, Kinnick, 16.12; 2, Anayah Reyes, Humphreys, 16.93; 3, Karen Kohri, ASIJ, 17.44; 4, Cheyenne Clark, Zama, 17.59; 5, Stegall, 17.89; 6, Addison Schantz, Kadena, 18.14; 7, Kenya Jones, Kubasaki, 18.32; 8, Isabella Suber, Kubasaki, 18.41.

300 hurdles — 1, Levy, 49.88; 2, Reyes, 50.67; 3, Stegall, 50.77; 4, Brice, 51.73; 5, Suber, 52.91; 6, Miracle Malone, Yokota, 53.05; 7, Annabelle DuBose, Kinnick, 53.95; 8, Alana Wilburn, Humphreys, 54.72.

SOFTBALL

Division II

Thursday’s games

Quarterfinals

Perry 17, Osan 2

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Runs Hits Errors
Cougars 2 0 0 2 3 2
Samurai 3 3 11 17 8 0

W — Julie Apperson; L — Maddie Smith.

King 17, Daegu 4

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Runs Hits Errors
Warriors 0 0 4 4 0 4
Cobras 12 5 x 17 12 1

W — Michelle Breyette.

Edgren 9, Zama 8

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs Hits Errors
Trojans 3 0 2 3 0 8 6 1
Eagles 5 3 1 0 x 9 2 2

W — Alyssa Singletary; L — Kira Herring.

Semifinals

Yokota 13, Perry 7

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Samurai 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 7 6 1
Panthers 4 0 1 0 7 1 x 13 5

W — Zaylee Gubler 3 IP (2 H, ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, HBP, WP); L — Lily Bradley 4 2/3 IP (13 H, 11 ER, 7 BB, 4 SO, 2 WP). Batting — Panthers: Gubler 3-3 (2B, HR, 2 RBI); Avi Marrero 2-3 (3 SB), Coco Jones 2-3 (2 SB), Kayla Bogdan (2 RBI, 2 SB), Hanna Au (2 RBI), Molly Bogdan 2-4, Kiara Aponte-Ortiz 2-4 (2 SB); Samurai: Nina Altig (2 RBI), Villanueva 2-3.

King 15, Edgren 12

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Eagles 1 2 1 3 0 0 5 12 14 2
Cobras 3 5 2 1 1 3 x 15 13

W — Julia Hunt 6 1/3 IP (12 H, 8 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO, HBP); L — Alyssa Singletary 6 IP (13 H, 11 ER, 8 BB, 4 SO, HBP). Batting — Cobras: Moa Best 3-3 (3B, 3 SB), Alyssa Chaney 3-4 (HR, 5 RBI, 3 SB), Hunt 2-4 (3 RBI), Mila Nishimura-Reed 2-2 (HR), Erin Monto 2-4; Eagles: Milan Bean 2-5 (2 RBI, 3 SB), Singletary 3-5 (5 RBI, 3 SB).

Third

Perry 10, Edgren 6

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Runs
Samurai 3 3 2 2 10
Eagles 3 2 1 0 6

W — Lily Bradley; L — Singletary.

Championship

Yokota 7, King 6

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Cobras 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 5 0
Panthers 0 1 3 1 0 2 x 7 10

W — Erica Haas 2 IP (H, 4 Bb, 2 SO); L — Julia Hunt 6 IP CG (10 H, 7 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO, WP, 2 HBP). Batting — Panthers: Haas 2-3 (2B, 3 SB), Gubler 2-4 (2 RBI); Cobras: Chaney 3-3 (3 SB), Best (2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB). Noteworthy — With two out in the bottom of the sixth, Cocoro Jones singled in Haas with the tying run, then scored the winning run on a fielding error off a single by Gubler.

Awards

All-Tournament team — Yokota: Gubler (repeat selection), Haas (repeat selection), Kayla Bogdan; King: Chaney, Best, Hunt; Perry: Jessica Griffin (repeat selection), Bradley, Apperson; Edgren: Milan Bean (repeat selection), Alyssa Singletary (repeat selection); Osan: Maddie Smith, Hanna Rutland; Daegu: Nick Cruz.

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Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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