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Liam DeMarsico-Birkland is sandwiched by Zama foes.

Perry's Liam DeMarsico-Birkland tries to field the ball between Zama's Maxx Ivulich and Adrian Venable Jr. (David Shepherd/Special to Stripes)

High school

SOCCER

Boys

Far East Division I championships

Wednesday at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa

Fifth place: Okinawa Christian 1, Kubasaki 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goal — Hyuga Okada.

Third place Humphreys 1, Nile C. Kinnick 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goal — Marek Allen (5).

Championship: Christian Academy Japan 3, Kadena 2, SO (3-2)

Halftime — Panthers 1-0. Full time — 1-1. Extra time — 2-2. Regulation goals — Panthers: Elijah Whipp 2 (19); Knights: Kei-Kato Arnold 2. Penalty-kick goals — Knights: Hawon Kang, William Arjmandpour, Rohan Ramirez-Thorne; Panthers: Elias Cedeno, Bryce Federico. Noteworthy — Knights won their fifth D-I title and Pacific-record 11th Far East title overall. Panthers reached their fourth straight final, finishing second for the second time in four seasons.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Arjmandpour.

Golden Boot — Whipp.

Best Defender — Joshua Que, CAJ.

Golden Glove — Rylan Swanson, Kadena.

All-Tournament team — CAJ: Arjmandour, Kang, Ramirez-Thorne, Kai Arnold, Daigo Takakuis; Kadena: Whipp (two-time Golden Boot winner), Swanson, Federico, Gabriel Cedeno; Humphreys: Humphreys: Roberto Corrales, William Rah; OCSI: Keiki Larson; Kubasaki: Mateo Solano; Kinnick: Brian Correa.

Joel Kwak and Koboyo Awesso go for the ball.

Humphreys keeper Joel Kwak and Kinnick's Koboyo Awesso sky for the ball. (Hunter Swartz/Special to Stripes)

John Campos tries to stop Koboyo Awesso.

Humphreys' John Campos slides to stop the ball and Kinnick's Koboyo Awesso as Humphreys' Jeremy Oledibe moves in from right. (Hunter Swartz/Special to Stripes)

Far East Division II championships

Wednesday at Misawa Air Base, Japan

Semifinals: Matthew C. Perry 6, E.J. King 1

Goals — Samurai: Noah Charles 2 (30), Ren Spinosi 2 (13), Jalen Cooley (12), Landon DeMarsico-Birkland (7); Cobras: Daniel Leak (11)

Semifinals: Zama 2, Yokota 0

Goals — Adrain Venable Jr. (13), Syon Phillips (4).

Consolation: Osan 4, Daegu 1

Goals — Cougars: Aiden Machmer 3 (10, Leo Tamez.

Fifth place: Osan 1, Robert D. Edgren 0, SO (4-3)

Penalty-kick goals — Cougars: Machmer, Tamez, Reid Iverson, Ayato Nakamura; Eagles: Deven Gumataotao, Caden Crow, Luke Lehner.

Third place: King 2, Yokota 1

Goals — Cobras: Leak (12), Gabriel Leak (4); Panthers: Luke Harbert (4).

Championship: Perry 2, Zama 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goals — Cooper Allen (9), Josh Rodriguez (3). Assists — Noah Charles 2 (15).

All-Tournament team — Perry: Spinosi, Cooley, Liam DeMarsico-Birkland; Zama: Venable, Yuki Pan, Skylar Messisco; King: G. Leak, D. Leak, Nolan Grubb; Yokota: Harbert, Ryunosuke Roesch (two-time selection); Osan: Iverson (two-time selection), Machmer (two-time selection); Edgren: Luke Lehner; Daegu: Jude Velazquez.

Jalen Cooley drives up the field.

Perry's Jalen Cooley drives up the field with E.J. King opponents in pursuit. (Arrianna Lennyl Cabrera/Special to Stripes)

Girls

Far East Division I championships

Wednesday at Kadena Air Base

Fifth palce: Kadena 3, Humphreys 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Allie Sims (4), Aisley Coleman (2), Leah Peterson (2).

Third place: American School In Japan 4, Guam High 1

Halftime — 3-0. Goals — Mustangs: Isabel Tsuchida 2, Emma Yamashita, Sena Yokosuka; Panthers: Anaia Malaca.

Championship: Kubasaki 1, Kinnick 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goal — Nicole Yulee (2). Noteworthy — Dragons won the tournament for the second straight season and third time in four years.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Kayden Hammac, Kubasaki.

Golden Boot — Hammac.

Best Defender — Chloe Sanders, Kubasaki.

Golden Glove — Jailah McDonald, Kinnick.

All-Tournament team — Kubasaki: Charlene Darson Darsan (two-time selection), Victoria Facchini, Alexa Welsh, Sanders, Hammac; Kinnick: Alyssa Staples (two-time selection), McKenzie Talbot, Julia Blackwell (two-time selection); ASIJ: Tsuchida, Mizuho Yoshitake; Kadena: Brooke Brewer (four-time selection); Humphreys: Hannah Corrales (two-time selection; Guam High: Nevaeh Martinez.

Far East Division II championships

Wednesday at Yokota Air Base, Japan

Semifinals: CAJ 1, King 0, SO (3-1)

Penalty-kick goals — Knights: Sakurako Abe, Moana Hasegawa, Annabelle Rudd; Cobras: Rosie McGrath.

Semifinals: Zama 1, Yokota 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goal — Charlotte Callicott (32).

Consolation: Osan 2, Perry 1, SO (2-0)

Halftime — Cougars 1-0. Full time — 1-1. Regulation goals — Cougars: Isabella Minjarez (4); Samurai: Carmella Sudo (2). Penalty-kick goals — Cougars: Susanna Walsh, Dhenny Rivas.

Consolation: Daegu 2, Edgren 1

Halftime — 1-1. Goals — Warriors: Denali Clites (18), Mila Buettner (5); Eagles: Amy Beck (2).

Ninth place: Perry 3, Edgren 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — Sudo 2 (4), Alonna Wagner (1).

Seventh place: Daegu 2, Osan 1

Halftime — Cougars 1-0. Goals — Warriors: Leilani Rice (7), Buettner (6); Cougars: Yasmina Sabur (4).

Fifth place: Sacred Heart 2, Okinawa Christian 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goals — Natsu Kawamura 2.

Third place: King 1, Yokota 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goal — Aniah Little (43). Noteworthy — Little led the Pacific in overall goals regardless of gender and division.

Championship: Zama 1, CAJ 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goal — Mikayla Ramon (11). Assist — Charlotte Callicott. Noteworthy — Trojans won the D-II title for the second time in school history.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Callicott.

Golden Boot — Little.

Offensive MVP — Little.

Defensive MVP — Kumu Horigan, OCSI.

Golden Glove — Reise Redmond, Edgren.

“Game Changer” — Clites.

All-Tournament team — Zama: Callicott, Maya McElroy, Jessie Hunter, Megdn Brady; CAJ: Hasegawa, Abe, Mia Sakaguchi; King: Little, Kaylie Schwartz-Ybarra (two-time selection); Yokota: Ty’Lasia Anu-Newby; ISSH: Marina Roces; OCSI: Horigan; Daegu: Clites (two-time selection); Osan: Caroline Reeves; Perry: Evie Garcia; Edgren: Lanea Eda.

Susanna Walsh and Alayna Rice run after the ball.

Osan's Susanna Walsh and Daegu's Alayna Rice chase the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Cailynn Fennell tries to control the ball.

Osan's Cailynn Fennell tries to field the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Denali Clites and Susanna Walsh try for a header.

Daegu's Denali Clites and Osan's Susanna Walsh try to head the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

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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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