Softball - Day 2

The Stuttgart Panthers will face the Ramstein Royals and the Vicenza Cougars will battle the Wiesbaden Warriors in the semifinals Saturday at Landstuhl.

D-I boys final

The glass ceiling, cracked just a day prior, is now shattered.

D-I girls final

The Wiesbaden Warriors on Thursday made good on the lofty goal they set at the start of the season - to bring home the DODEA-Europe Division I girls’ soccer championship.

D-II boys final

American Overseas School of Rome has tasted the bitter side of the DODEA-Europe Division II boys soccer tournament in recent seasons. On Thursday, the Falcons tasted its sweetness.

D-II girls final

The first half of Thursday’s DODEA-Europe Division II girls’ soccer finals was scoreless for more than 30 minutes.

D-III boys final

The Ansbach Cougars are runners-up no longer. But they’re definitely still runners.

D-III girls final

It was a tale of two halves in the DODEA-Europe Division III girls soccer championship game Thursday between the defending champion Spangdahlem Sentinels and the Hohenfels Tigers.

Baseball/softball Day 1

The 2019 DODEA-Europe baseball tournaments started and finished their preliminary rounds Thursday in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. From now on, it’s win or go home.

D-I boys soccer semifinals

No. 1 seed Naples and third seed Ramstein survived rigorous semifinal tests on Wednesday to play their way into Thursday’s large-school final.

D-I girls soccer semifinals

While the Warriors spoke of feeling like the figurative Division I underdogs, the Wildcats, one of the smaller schools playing in Division I, might fit that role as well.

D-II boys soccer semifinals

A pair of gritty, low-scoring DODEA-Europe Division II boys soccer semifinals Wednesday set up what figures to be a similar matchup for the championship.

D-II girls semifinals

Playing Division I powerhouses Wiesbaden and Stuttgart during the regular season helped the Falcons prepare for Rota, a team that went 6-0 during the regular season.

D-III soccer

The Sigonella boys soccer team played six times during the regular season and didn’t win once.

Boys soccer - Day 2

The semifinalists are set in the DODEA-Europe Division I and II boys soccer championship tournaments after a second day of preliminary play streamlined the divisions’ 16 contenders to eight.

Girls soccer - Day 2

Ten DODEA-Europe girls soccer teams advanced to the elimination round of their respective tournaments Tuesday, withstanding inclement weather and competitive preliminary pools to move closer to a coveted European championship.

Boys - Day 1

Not much was decided as the 2019 DODEA-Europe boys soccer tournaments opened Monday, leaving plenty of elimination-round berths still available as preliminary play continues Tuesday.

Girls - Day 1

Problematic first-day matchups applied immediate pressure to favored large-school teams in the 2019 DODEA-Europe girls soccer tournaments.

Europe baseball

The two defending champions in this week’s DODEA-Europe baseball championship tournaments each enter the bracket with sub-.500 records.

Europe softball

Prep softball teams from across DODEA-Europe converge on the Kaiserslautern Military Community this week for Division I and Division II/III tournaments running Thursday through Saturday.

Ramstein finishes the regular season unbeaten and with a running start on what it hops is a restoration of a stalled Division I dynasty.

Diamond roundup

Panthers rout Hohenfels twice, while Vilseck wins extra-inning affair against Wiesbaden.

Europe boys soccer

Field made all the more uncertain by weakened defending champions, fresh top seeds and a very notable absence.

Europe girls soccer

One division features a proud defending champion pursued by a relentless rival, the other two have no defending champions at all.

Boys soccer roundup

Wiesbaden and Vicenza earn closer victories as regular season comes to a conclusion.

Girls soccer roundup

In rematch of last season's championship game, Panthers take lead before Warriors rally for tying goals.

While both teams know that far more important games await when the tournament opens May 20, neither is planning to hold anything back on Saturday.

Boys soccer roundup

Unbeaten Wildcats head D-I field, followed by Royals, Warriors and SHAPE - all with one defeat.

Girls soccer roundup

Wiesbaden defeats D-II BFA 8-0, while Naples posts 7-0 scores over AOSR and Florence.

A volunteer football coach and frequent referee at high school sporting events died Saturday, the military said Thursday.

It’s fine if you haven’t noticed that SHAPE is the last school in Division I with perfect records in both boys and girls soccer. The Spartans are used to it.

Panthers agree to attend universities to play on volleyball, wrestling, soccer, baseball or track teams.

The Royals are the last remaining unbeaten team in DODEA-Europe, taking a perfect 8-0 record into this Friday’s doubleheader against divisional rival Vilseck.

Soccer roundup

Wildcats hand Wiesbaden first loss, then top Kaiserslautern to move into tie atop D-I with SHAPE.

Diamond roundup

Panthers on top of softball standings after sweeping a pair from Warriors.

No one had any real cause to complain about the spring weather this weekend during an eight-game softball event at Caserma Del Din.

Wiesbaden, SHAPE and Naples are off to undefeated starts as traditional DODEA-Europe Division I boys soccer powers absorb losses.

Soccer roundup

Royal boys top Lancers, but lose to Wiesbaden, while Lakenheath also falls to Kaiserslautern in a series of clashes between Division I opponents.

Warriors thump Vicenza and Naples behind strong offensive and overpowering efforts on mound.

Alejandro Villanueva is a proud military kid himself, growing up on bases around the world in a lifestyle very familiar to the families in attendance at the camp.

An idle soccer field created an opportunity Saturday for DODEA-Europe and two of its international member schools.

Large meet in Wiesbaden kicks off track season, with athletes getting a chance to see who most of the competition is going to be.

D-I Stuttgart makes the most of a short visit to Italy by not allowing the D-II Saints a goal.

Soccer roundup

Defending D-II champs top Alconbury, while Falcons stay perfect by taking two in rare trip to Spain.

Diamond roundup

Weekend sees a lot of splits in softball, while Ramstein and Stuttgart earn big wins in baseball.

Saints win 16-1 in mercy-rule victory, then walk off with a 20-7 triumph in second game stopped short after scary incident.

Track preview

The last sports season of the 2018-19 DODEA-Europe school year begins Saturday with a pair of meets, including a mega-meet at Wiesbaden that will serve as an opening-day preview of the May 25-26 European championships.

It wasn’t that hard to find a silver lining in the Alconbury Dragons boys soccer team’s 7-0 season-opening loss to the SHAPE Spartans.

Boys soccer roundup

Royals top Stuttgart 2-1, while Warriors knock off Kaiserslautern by the same score.

Girls soccer roundup

Four players score for Stuttgart in victory over Ramstein, while Erin Goodwin tallies six goals in two assists in Wiesbaden triumph over Kaiserslautern.

Diamond roundup

Stuttgart and Ramstein split season-opening series in softball.

Baseball preview

Two vulnerable defending champions and fields of highly qualified contenders should make for a fascinating DODEA-Europe baseball season, opening this weekend at sites across Germany, Italy and Belgium.

Softball preview

Opportunities abound in Division I as the 2019 DODEA-Europe softball season opens this weekend, while a dominant defending Division II/III champion looks to continue its small-school reign.

Royal boys shut out Raiders 2-0 after Ramstein girls dominate in 5-1 victory on a cold day in Germany.

Soccer roundup

Warrior boys cruise to 7-1 victory after girls debut with an 11-1 triumph over Falcons.

Boys soccer preview

Defending champions Kaiserslautern, AFNORTH and Brussels face significant threats to their title reigns as the 2019 DODEA-Europe boys soccer season opens this weekend.

Girls soccer preview

Stuttgart will enter 2019 a strong favorite for another repeat. Two-time champion D-II champion Spangdahlem moved to Division III and squares off against defending champ Alconbury.

Stuttgart senior Benjamin Fielding named DODEA-Europe wrestling Athlete of the Year.

Bucs sophomore Chandler Pigge named 2018-19 Stars and Stripes boys basketball Athlete of the Year.

Kaiserslautern senior Le'Jhanique Brown named 2018-19 girls basketball Athlete of the Year.

D-I boys final

Ramstein won its fifth consecutive DODEA-Europe Division I boys basketball championship Saturday, defeating the archrival Kaiserslautern Raiders for the second year in a row in a 48-39 comeback victory.

D-I girls final

After playing even with rival Ramstein through three and a half quarters, the Panthers owned the last few minutes in a 27-24 victory – their third straight championship.

D-II boys final

The Falcons won their third consecutive Division II boys hoops title Saturday, pulling ahead late in the fourth quarter to outlast the upstart Bahrain Falcons.

The noise in the Clay Kaserne Fitness Center Saturday morning was deafening - and championship basketball was still hours away.

D-II girls final

Third-seeded Falcons only score 20 points, but it's enough to down AFNORTH for first title in awhile.

D-III boys final

The second-seeded Bucs defiantly defended their European title turf, outlasting the top-seeded Cougars 70-65 in a thrilling small-school championship game.

D-III girls final

It takes a lot to get to the finals of a DODEA-Europe championship basketball game.

D-I boys semifinals

Kaiserslautern advanced with a 44-36 defeat of Stuttgart, while the Royals ousted hometown Wiesbaden by a score of 64-44.

D-I girls semifinals

Royals hold off Naples for chance to meet two-time defending champion Panthers in Saturday's season finale.

D-II boys semifinals

It'll be battle of Falcons after Bahrain routs Marymount to reach final for the first time.

D-II girls semifinals

Germany-based Falcons won't be in finals for the first time in six years, while Italy-based Falcons make it for first time.

D-III boys semifinals

Baumholder almost doubles Brussels in one semifinal and Ansbach mercy rules Spangdahlem in the other.

D-III girls semifinals

Sentinels will try to end Jaguars' stranglehold on the championship in their first year in the lower division.

DODEA-Europe boys basketball - Day 2

Marymount is biggest surprise in D-II final four, while Bahrain, Stuttgart and Brussels stage mild upsets to reach semifinals.

DODEA-Europe girls basketball - Day 2

Defending champions Stuttgart, Black Forest Academy and Sigonella all still alive in quests to retain titles.

DODEA-Europe boys basketball - Day 1

Stuttgart stages minor upset on a day where most favored seeds played like it.

DODEA-Europe girls basketball - Day 1

Stuttgart, Sigonella, Brussels move on, while other top seeds impressive in first day of action.

While the rest of Division I chases Ramstein, the Royals themselves are chasing history.

Girls basketball preview

Contenders will be hard-pressed to unseat the Stuttgart Panthers, Black Forest Academy Falcons and Sigonella Jaguars.

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Rota, the only Division II team represented in the finals, claimed that division’s team title. Sigonella cruised to the Division III title with two champions and three finalists.

A slow start for the Lakenheath girls basketball team led to a loss Saturday, but the Lakenheath boys changed their game in time for a win against visiting Alconbury.

Wiesbaden-based team earns 3-2 victory over Bayern Rangers in final game of three-day event for hockey enthusiasts.

Europe wrestling - Day 1

Competitors battle to stay alive or earn top qualifying spots for Saturday's final matches.

The Royals saw 28 wrestlers included in the final brackets for the two-day European championship meet, while the five-time defending champion Panthers checked in with 22.

After an impressive run to the 2018 DODEA-Europe Division I girls basketball championship game, the Naples Wildcats won’t be sneaking up on anyone at the upcoming 2019 tournament.

The Alpine Classic Hockey Tournament will be held at the same hockey rink used in the 1936 Olympic Games in Garmisch.

Royal boys complete undefeated regular season with second win over rival Wiesbaden.

For the most part, coaches and wrestlers had a pretty good idea who the top wrestler in each of the 14 weight brackets was going into the Southern Section Qualifier on Saturday.

Basketball roundup

With a few notable exceptions, the penultimate weekend of the 2018-19 DODEA-Europe basketball regular season was marked by sweeps and blowouts as contenders rounded into postseason form.

Stuttgart rallies to force overtime and hand Kaiserslautern girls first defeat of season.

Ramstein Royals, chasing a fifth consecutive European boys championship, have conquered every opponent in a path in building a 10-0 divisional and 11-0 overall record.

Sectional qualifying meets Saturday at Brussels, Stuttgart and Vicenza will determine the bulk of the field for the European championship meet.

European marksmanship finals

The more things change, the more they stay the same in DODEA-Europe marksmanship.

The Ramstein boys beat the Raiders 65-49, while the Kaiserslautern girls handled the Royals 37-33.