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Connor McCale and Elias Venetsanakos tussle for the ball.

Zama's Conner McCale and Kinnick's Elias Venetsanakos battle for the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

High school

BASEBALL

Japan

Robert D. Edgren 7, Yokota 3

Friday at Yokota Air Base

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

W — Isaac French 3 1/3 IP (5 H, ER, 5 SO); L — Takumi Iwazaki-Chung 4 IP (9 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO, WP). Batting — Eagles: Charles Richardon 2-2 (2 RBI, SB), Liam McDonald 2-4 (3 SB), Louis Dominguez 2-2 (2B, 2 SB), Toby Davidson 2-4. Panthers: Jackson Mays 2-4 (2B), Liam Douglas 2-3.

SOFTBALL

Japan

Robert D. Edgren 24, Yokota 5

Friday at Yokota Air Base

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Runs Hits Errors
Eagles 11 1 12 24 2 0
Panthers 2 3 0 5 11 0

W — Summer Martinez 3 IP (11 H, 5 ER, 4 SO, HBP); L — Naomi Ashman 2 2/3 IP (2 H, 24 ER, 25 BB, SO, 7 HBP). Batting — Panthers: Ashman 3-3 (3 SB), Gracie Kenney (2 RBI, 2 SB), Arianna Feagin 2-2 (2 SB). Noteworthy — Eagles took advantage of 25 walks and seven hit batsmen to improve to 4-1 on the season. Defending Far East Division II champion Panthers fell to 0-3.

Gianni Stevens and Ralph Hess try for the ball.

Kinnick's Gianni Stevens and Zama's Ralph Hess go up to head the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Esteban Diaz tries to maintain control of the ball.

Kinnick's Esteban Diaz gets cornered by Zama's Samuel Keuss. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Landon Demarsico-Birkland tries to keep the ball.

Perry's Landon DeMarsico-Birkland tries to keep the ball away from KIUA's Lion Cani. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Jalen Cooley kicks the ball up the field.

Perry's Jalen Cooley boots the ball upfield against Fukuoka's Duke Uemura. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Jalen Cooley pushes the ball forward.

Perry's Jalen Cooley drives the ball upfield against Fukuoka. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Taiki Fukushim and Koboyo Awesso both try for the ball.

Senri Osaka's Taiki Fukushima and Kinnick's Koboyo Awesso try to head the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Keito Matsueda and Juvenal Jimenez each try to head the ball.

Senri Osaka's Keito Matsueda and Kinnick's Juvenal Jimenez try to head the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Ren Spinosi takes a penalty kick.

Perry's Ren Spinosi converts a penalty kick against Edgren. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Noah Charles maintains possession of the ball.

Perry's Noah Charles shifts the ball away from Edgren's Deven Gumataotao. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

SOCCER

Boys

South Korea

Taejon Christian 5, Osan 1

Friday at Daejeon

Halftime — 1-1. Goal — Cougars: Reid Iverson (1).

Japan

Perry Cup

Friday at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni

Matthew C. Perry 5, Robert D. Edgren 0

Halftime — 3-0. Goals — Noah Charles 2 (8), Cooper Allen (3), Ren Spinosi (4), Nikoto Ortiz (1). Assists — Landon DeMarsico-Birkland 2.

Senri Osaka l 2, Nile C. Kinnick 0

Halftime — 0-0.

Perry 4, Fukuoka International 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Charles (9), Spinosi (5), Allen (4), Jalen Cooley (3). Assists — Spinosi, Charles, Cooley.

Senri Osaka 2, Zama 0

Halftime — 0-0.

Kyoto International University Academy 1, Edgren 0

Halftime — 0-0.

Yokota 4, E.J. King 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goals — Kysiem Banks (1), Chris Stinson (2), Ryunosuke Roesch (1), Roi Teves (1).

Perry 5, Kyoto 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Cooley 2 (5), Charles (10), Spinosi (6), Ortiz (2). Assists — Joshua Rodriguez, Charles, Liam DeMarsico-Birkland, Ryusei Joneson.

Marist Brothers 2, Yokota 1

Halftime — 2-1. Goal — Panthers: Banks (2).

Kinnick 1, Zama 1

Halftime — Red Devils 1-0. Goals — Red Devils: Koboyo Awesso (1); Trojans: Connor McCale (2).

Marist Brothers 3, King 2

Halftime — Bulldogs 1-0. Goals — Cobras: Ryan Tinio (1), Nolan Grubb (1).

Senri Osaka 4, Yokota 0

Halftime — 3-0.

Kinnick 2, Marist Brothers 1

Goals — Red Devils: Awesso 2 (3). Bulldogs forfeited the match at halftime.

Zama 1, King 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goal — Adrian Venable Jr. (3).

Saturday’s matches

Gold bracket

Marist Brothers vs. Zama, 7:30 a.m.

Yokota vs. Fukuoka International, 7:30 a.m.

Semifinals

Perry vs. Marist-Zama winner, 10 a.m.

Senri Osaka vs. Yokota-Fukuoka winner, 10 a.m.

Fifth

Marist-Zama loser vs. Yokota-Fukuoka loser, 12:30 p.m.

Third

Semifinal losers, 12:30 p.m.

Championship

Semifinal winners, 1:45 p.m.

Silver bracket

Semifinals

Kyoto vs. King, 8:45 a.m.

Kinnick vs. Edgren, 8:45 a.m.

Third

Semifinal losers, 11:15 a.m.

Championship

Semifinal winners, 11:15 a.m.

Girls

South Korea

Osan 0, Taejon Christian 0

Friday at Daejeon

Japan

Panther Cup

Friday at Yokota Air Base

Edgren 3, Perry 1

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Eagles: Devonia James 3 (3); Samurai: Carmella Sudo (1). Assist — Samurai: Lily Pardue.

Yokota 3, King 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Angie Velez-Soto 2 (2), Olivia Miller (2). Assists — Velez-Soto, Ty’Lasia Anu-Newby.

Kinnick 0, Zama 0

King 6, Edgren 0

Halftime — 4-0. Goals — Aniah Little 3 (15), Rosie McGrath 2 (4), Shanell Reyes Hernandez (9).

Kinnick 5, Perry 1

Halftime — 3-1. Goals — Red Devils: Alyssa Staples 2 (4), Autumn Rowley (2), Valentina Sacca (2), Julia Blackwell (1); Samurai: Pardue (1).

Zama 1, Yokota 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goal — Jessie Hunter (8).

Saturday’s matches

Yokota vs. Edgren, 8 a.m.

Zama vs. Perry 9:30 a.m.

Kinnick vs. King, 11 a.m.

Yokota vs. Perry, 12:30 p.m.

Kinnick vs. Edgren, 2 p.m.

Zama vs. King, 3:30 p.m.

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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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