Haylee Bythway dives for the ball.

Yokota's Haylee Bythway dives for the ball. (Taisei Shimakura/Special to Stripes)

STARS AND STRIPES

High school

CROSS COUNTRY

Japan

Saturday at Atago Sports Complex, Iwakuni

(5-kilometer course)

Boys

E.J. King 31, Yokota 48, Matthew C. Perry 51, Canadian Academy incomplete

1, Luke DeGrella, Yokota, 17 minutes, 14.6 seconds; 2, Nolan Grubb, King, 17:18.7; 3, Jack Steffens, King, 17:32.5; 4, Aiden Vann, Perry, 17:41.0; 5, Liam Kirby, Yokota, 17:53.7; 6, Ryker Yount, King, 18:05.8; 7, Ethan Ongkeko, Perry, 18:06.1; 8, Barrett Reed, Yokota, 18:13.1; 9, Trent Marecz, King, 18:19.4; 10, Mikai Rossiter, Perry, 18:38.1

Girls

Matthew C. Perry 35, Canadian Academy 43, Yokota 54, E.J. King incomplete

1, Farrah Gamache, CA, 21 minutes, 47.8 seconds; 2, Madeline Frost, Yokota, 21:56.0; 3, Ai Osaki, CA, 22:10.5; 4, Natalie Phillips, Yokota, 22:15.5; 5, Peaccy Nicole Roces, Perry, 22:21.5; 6, Adalynn Lopez, Perry, 22:28.1; 7, Angela Beccerill, King, 22:46.1; 8, Mia Vann, Perry, 23:06.1; 9, Julia Mitchell, Perry, 23:31.4; 10, Lea Rodriguez, Perry, 23:48.9.

Saturday at Ikego Heights, Zushi

(5-kilometer course)

Boys

American School In Japan 15, K International 50

ASIJ 21, St. Mary’s 39

Christian Academy Japan 16, St. Maur 47

CAJ 18, Zama 43

Nile C. Kinnick 15, K International 50

Kinnick 19, Zama 42

K International 28, Tokyo International 28

St. Mary’s 16, Tokyo International 46

St. Mary’s 15, Yokohama International 47

St. Maur 27, Tokyo International 30

Zama 19, St. Maur 44

Zama 24, Yokohama 33

1, Noah Takato, St. Mary’s, 16 minutes, 25.7 seconds; 2, Ben Cox, ASIJ, 16:35.4; 3, Kyle Durkee, ASIJ, 16:47.2; 4, Noah Swaine, ASIJ, 16:48.6; 5, Walt Anderson, ASIJ, 16:50.4; 6, JunGi Lee, CAJ, 16:50.6; 7, Emmett McNamara, Kinnick, 16:51.9; 88, Tyler Davis, St. Mary’s, 16:55.1; 9, Toji Hattori, ASIJ, 17:22.4; 10, Caleb Lehner, Robert D. Edgren, 17:27.4.

Girls

CAJ 15, Zama 48

Kinnick 15, Sacred Heart 50

Yokohama 24, Sacred Heart 32

Kinnick 15, Zama 50

Seisen 20, Yokohama 35

Yokohama International 20, Zama 41

CAJ 15, Sacred Heart 45

1, Emery Bedo, Robert D. Edgren, 20 minutes, 41.9 seconds; 2, Mia Tomlinson, CAJ, 20:42.0; 3, Keion Suzuki, CAJ, 20:56.7; 4, Mya Shah, Kinnick, 21:14.0; 5, Sara Furuchi, Seisen, 21:38.3; 6, Anzu Drabkin, ASIJ, 21:40.6; 7, Alexia Kuhn, Edgren, 21:41.9; 8, Isabella Lyon, Edgren, 21:47.1; 9, Savannah Guan, Kinnick, 21:50.6; 10, Sora Ihara, Seisen, 21:56.3

The boys get off the start line in Saturday's cross-country meet at Ikego.

The boys get off the start line in Saturday's cross-country meet at Ikego. (Mariela Garabis/Special to Stripes)

The girls get off the start line in Saturday's cross-country meet at Ikego.

The girls get off the start line in Saturday's cross-country meet at Ikego. (Mariela Garabis/Special to Stripes)

Emery Bedo and Mia Tomlinson race to the finish line.

Edgren's Emery Bedo and CAJ's Mia Tomlinson dash toward the finish; Bedo won the girls race by .1 seconds. (Mariela Garabis/Special to Stripes)

Grant Wright and Daniel Leak fight until the end.

Edgren's Grant Wright and Kinnick's Daniel Leak push for the finish line. Wright edged Leak for 38th place in 19:11.3, with Leak .1 seconds behind. (Mariela Garabis/Special to Stripes)

TENNIS

Japan

Saturday at Misawa Air Base

Boys

Kinnick 2, Robert D. Edgren 0

Doubles – Aaden Otteson and Dan Watanabe def. Julian Anderson and Caden Crow 603, Noah Otteson and Tavi Shah def. Christopher Alvey and Tsutomu Gordon 6-3.

Girls

Kinnick 2, Edgren 0

Doubles – Marisol Hindie and Kailey Holthaus def. Lanea Eda and Maeve Wierzbanowski 6-3.

Mixed doubles

Edgren 4, Kinnick 0

Anderson-Eda def. N. Otteson-Galloway 6-1, Crow-Wierzbanowski def. Julian Oyola and Leina Oyola 6-1, Alvey and Sofia Avram def. Landon Li and Anja Remabiles 6-1, Gordon and Alissa Farar def. Connor Boyd and Addie Noland 6-2.

Friday at Yokota Air Base

Boys

King 5, Yokota 1

Singles — Ryunosuke Roesch, Yokota, def. David Armstrong 4-0, 4-0; Jin Bergman, King, def. Alex Brixius 4-1, 2-4, 7-5; Taisei Shimakura, King, def. Mack Medina 4-2, 4-1; Brandon Albolera, King, def. Julian Sullivan 4-3, 4-3 (5-1). Doubles — Armstrong-Bergman def. Evan Okamoto and Baron Reed 4-1, 4-2; Shimakura-Albolera def. Derick Gima and Noah Bennett 4-1, 4-1.

Girls

King 6, Yokota 0

Singles — Rose Johnson def. Melanna Jobe 4-1, 1-4, 7-4; Olivia Bell def. Laivey Tsai 4-0, 4-1; Katelyn Rheaume def. Mariame Bah 4-2, 0-4, 7-2; Eliana Lachica def. McKinlee Benningfield 4-0, 4-1. Doubles — Johnson-Bell def. Olivia Miller and Emery Horne 4-3 (5-4), 4-0; Rheaume-Lachica def. Maddie Michaud and Aubriana Benningfield 4-0, 4-0.

Ryunosuke Roesch uses his backhand.

Yokota's Ryunosuke Roesch runs down a backhand against King. (Taisei Shimakura/Special to Stripes)

VOLLEYBALL

Girls

Japan

King def. St. Maur 25-18, 25-12, 25-15

Saturday at Yokota Air Base

Kills — Cobras: Aniah Little 18; Eagles: Kaiya Pasion 8. Aces — Cobras: Kira Lopez 9. Digs — Eagles: Kalhie Johnson 6. Assists — Eagles: Maile Pasion 11.

St. Maur def. Yokota 25-21, 25-14, 22-25, 20-25, 15-10

Saturday at Yokota Air Base

Kills — Panthers: Nora Schwam 8, Averie Raybon 8. Assists — Panthers: Cocoro Jones 19.

Zama def. Seisen 27-25, 12-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-10

Friday at Camp Zama

Kills — Trojans: Sydney Helton 11, Ayami Phillips 11, Bailey Bromney 8, Kierra White 7. Digs — Trojans: Kora Herring 27, Bromley 17, Phillips 15, Naomi Coleman 9, Helton 5. Assists — Trojans: Coleman 18, Mia Dorn 16.

Nanami Crump bumps the ball.

King's Nanami Crump receives the ball with teammate Kira Lopez beside her. (Taisei Shimakura/Special to Stripes)

Hana Matsumura and Kira Lopez battle at the net.

St. Maur's Hana Matsumura and King's Kira Lopez go up for the ball at the net. (Taisei Shimakura/Special to Stripes)