Kadena's Allyson Johnson and Gabriela Robles battle for the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kadena's Allyson Johnson and Gabriela Robles battle for the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kadena's Jordana Montalvo and Sakura Tanaka battle for the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Coach Tony Washington makes his point during Saturday's Kadena girls soccer practice. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki players do wind sprints at the end of Saturday's boys soccer practice. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki's Kaisei Taylor and Aden Leggio scuffle for the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki's Kai Croghan heads the ball. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Sebastian Scherry, a junior transfer from Florida, moves the ball upfield during Saturday's Kubasaki boys soccer tryouts. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Goalkeeper Cameron Oliver stops a shot during Saturday's Kubasaki boys soccer tryouts. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Some DODEA-Pacific high school athletes lashed back at the concerns over novel coronavirus by beginning tryouts for the spring sports season.
Tryouts began only at two schools Saturday: baseball, softball and soccer at Kubasaki and Kadena on Okinawa. Track and field begins its tryouts on Monday, and all sports in DODEA-Japan will follow starting Monday, with Zama the last to hit the fields on Wednesday.
DODEA-Korea tryouts will have to wait, since those schools remain closed for at least another week. The decision to keep DODEA-Japan and Okinawa schools open was announced on Friday by DODEA-Pacific’s area office on Okinawa.
Schedules in all sports for all regions have yet to be announced. DODEA-Europe's spring season is scheduled to begin with soccer games on March 14.
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