Alexander Dexter was named tournament MVP in leading Kaiserslautern to a long-awaited DODEA-Europe Division I championship this spring, capping an outstanding four-year career with the Raiders. Now he is the 2017 Stars and Stripes boys soccer Athlete of the Year.

Meaghan Ambelang expanded her game throughout her career with Stuttgart, to the point that she is the 2017 Stars and Stripes girls soccer Athlete of the Year.

DODEA-Europe has named seniors Kisiah Chandler of Sigonella and Zavier Scott of Vilseck its 2016-17 Athletes of the Year.

The Ramstein Royals and Sigonella Jaguars dominated the 2017 European baseball and softball tournaments. Now they're doing the same in the postseason awards.

Members of the DODEA-Europe Division I champion Kaiserslautern boys and Wiesbaden girls headline the 2017 All-Europe soccer teams.

Europe track - Day 2

Two more records fell Saturday in the final day of competition at the DODEA-Europe Track and Field Championship - and two more barely survived.

DI baseball championship

The 2017 DODEA-Europe baseball season was defined by hints of Ramstein’s demise. But it will take its place in the record books as yet another Royal triumph.

DI softball championship

The Ramstein Royals won every softball game they played this season, including the Division I title game Saturday of the DODEA-Europe Softball Championships.

DII/DIII baseball championship

The Sigonella Jaguars won the DODEA-Europe Division II/III baseball championship, steadily outlasting the Bitburg Barons for a 10-1 victory and their first DODEA-Europe baseball crown.

DII/III softball championship

The Sigonella Jaguars’ roller coaster season finished with a European championship Saturday.

Some track and field records set by athletes attending U.S. military schools in Europe have been on the books for decades.

Europe baseball - Day 2

Six teams remain alive for DODEA-Europe baseball championships as the season heads into its final act Saturday.

Europe softball - Day 2

The second day of the DODEA-Europe Softball Championships saw the strong Division I teams advance to the semifinals, while many the Division II/III teams did complete turn-arounds from their performances Thursday.

Europe baseball - Day 1

Both No. 1 seeds took losses as the 2017 DODEA-Europe baseball championships opened Thursday, adding even more intrigue to the already unpredictable Division I and II/III brackets.

Europe softball - Day 1

In other Division I action, top-seeded Ramstein won both its games easily, downing Stuttgart 16-0 and then Vicenza 21-5 in Pool A. The Royals all but clinched a spot in Saturday’s semifinals.

Europe track preview

The forecast calls for sun in Kaiserslautern, Germany, this weekend, which is welcome news to the athletes, coaches, administrators and fans of the DODEA-Europe track and field community.

Europe baseball preview

The 2017 DODEA-Europe baseball championships, set to play out Thursday through Saturday at Kaiserslautern and Ramstein, Germany, have a very tough act to follow: the 2017 baseball regular season.

European softball preview

It’s not a high bar to clear, but the 2017 DODEA-Europe softball championships can improve upon the 2016 edition by simply playing out its three-day schedule.

Boys DI final

It doesn’t get much better than this for a high school sports team.

Girls DI final

Wiesbaden’s Peggy Mathis had played more than 100 minutes of soccer before she walked up to take what would be the final penalty kick of the 2017 DODEA-Europe Division I girls soccer championship game.

Boys DII final

The Marymount Royals officially reinstated their DODEA-Europe Division II boys soccer dynasty Saturday at Kaiserslautern High School, beating crosstown rival American Overseas School of Rome 3-2 in the first overtime period for their second straight championship and sixth in the last seven years.

Girls DII final

Speedy Bitburg striker Ashlynn Floyd, playing in her first DODEA-Europe girls’ soccer championships, was the difference Saturday for her side as the Barons rode Floyd’s finishing to a 2-0 win over the AFNORTH Lions.

Boys DIII final

The Brussels Brigands claimed the 2017 DODEA-Europe Division III boys soccer championship Saturday at Kaiserslautern High School, completing a dominant march through the small-school ranks with a 3-0 win over the Ansbach Cougars.

DIII girls final

Alconbury junior striker Isabel Black didn’t have much time to think as the cross from teammate Laela Evans found its way to her feet just inside the 6-yard box in the second minute of overtime in Saturday’s DODEA-Europe Division III championship game.

DI boys semifinals

Raiders have won three straight against Royals and have coasted through tournament. But Royals won last title matchup in 2014.

Girls DI semifinals

Panthers top Ramstein and Warriors edge Naples to set up a third meeting of the year between teams who have only lost once this season.

DII boys soccer

Defending champion Marymount edges Aviano and American Overseas School of Rome outscores Florence to set up championship match.

DII girls semifinals

Barons top Rota and Lions get past Bahrain in tight semifinals to set up title game Saturday.

D-III soccer roundup

Both went 4-0 in divisional play in regular season and in tournament round-robin competition. Sigonella and Ansbach will try to hand them first defeats Saturday.

Boys soccer - Day 2

Top four seeds move into semifinals in DI play, while AOSR crashes party in DII at the expense of Black Forest.

Girls soccer - Day 2

No surprises in DI as top four seeds advance. Sigonella, Alconbury get off to strong starts in DIII and Bitburg and AFNORTH lead the way in DII.

Boys soccer - Day 1

Underdogs put up fights, but most fall to favorites in opening day of championships, with Bahrain and DIII teams joining play Thursday.

Girls soccer roundup - Day 1

Stuttgart, Ramstein, Naples and Wiesbaden still all have only one loss. But that won't be true after Thursday.

Soccer roundup

Warriors also defeat Bitburg during weekend to head into next week's championships with momentum.

For the first time in 10 years, the Dragons walked away from the field with a win against their Division I foe after a 4-1 victory.

Boys soccer championships

The DODEA-Europe boys soccer tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday at sites around the Kaiserslautern Military Community, featuring two clear frontrunners in the lower divisions and a crowded field of contenders eager to emerge from a wide-open Division I bracket.

Girls soccer championships

Division I Stuttgart and Division III Alconbury will each pursue a third straight European championship at the 2017 DODEA-Europe girls soccer tournament, running Wednesday through Saturday at sites around the Kaiserslautern Military Community.

The Falcons moved to 9-1 and the experienced squad has to be considered strong a contender for this year’s DODEA-Europe softball crown.

The cost for the camp, organized by Ramstein boys soccer head coach Dominik Ludes, is 325 euros, including room, board and instruction from the attending college coaches.

Diamond roundup

Wiesbaden and Stuttgart earn baseball sweeps, while Ramstein, Kaiserslautern do the same in softball.

Home Team

DODEA-Europe has introduced new rules for this season, based on guidelines issued by the National Federation of State High School Associations, governing the amount of pitches a baseball player can throw over a certain amount of time.

A number of DODEA-Europe soccer teams have managed to reach the final two weekends of the regular season without a divisional loss. But not all are likely to keep that streak alive for the duration.

Both Vicenza’s and Naples’ coaches say the contest is more with the clock and measuring tape than with other teams right now.

Two-time defending champion Saints pick up first two victories of the season thanks to timely hitting and enough pitching and defense.

Boys soccer roundup

Kaiserslautern, Naples are only teams left in D-I to have yet to suffer defeat this season.

Girls soccer roundup

Defending champions stay perfect on the season with 7-0 victory over ISB.

Diamond roundup

Royals lose for third time this season, but go 3-1 on weekend in baseball. In softball, Ramstein stays atop division with two sweeps.

The girls scored two unanswered goals in the second half on the way to a runaway 4-1 win. But the boys needed a late set-piece score to drag a 1-0 victory out of a physical matchup with their old foe.

Home Team

It’s easy to schedule sporting events between DODEA-Europe’s largest high schools. Outside of that vicinity, however, things get more complicated.

Resurgent teams from Wiesbaden and Stuttgart and a suddenly beatable Ramstein squad have produced the most unpredictable DODEA-Europe Division I baseball race in years. In Division I softball, however, the picture is much less convoluted.

If one had to pick a team that the Rota boys soccer team would defeat for its first victory of the season, the defending European champion wouldn’t be the first choice.

Led by the precise dribbling and passing of midfield duo Erin Goodman and Peggy Sue Mathis, the Wiesbaden girls soccer team defeated SHAPE 2-0 behind a strong second-half performance Saturday.

Thanks an early injury, SHAPE was forced to put inexperienced players on the mound. They walked Lancer after Lancer. And Lakenheath got plenty of practice stealing bases as well.

Boys soccer roundup

Shutout victories for the Kaiserslautern Raiders, Naples Wildcats and Ramstein Royals headlined a busy weekend of DODEA-Europe boys soccer as the European tournament looms just three weeks away.

Girls soccer roundup

The wins were the first of the spring for Kaiserslautern. The Raiders had played just one game, a 1-0 loss to rival Ramstein, entering the weekend.

Diamond roundup

Host Wiesbaden won the opener 5-4, while Kaiserslautern rallied for a 9-8 victory in the late game.

Three of the four soccer games Friday between the annual Division I regular season north/south battle were close enough they could have gone either way.

Brussels and Hohenfels each left the soccer field happy Friday. And each left it disappointed.

Home Team

The Ramstein Royals’ streak of 47 consecutive DODEA-Europe baseball wins ended on March 30 with a 4-1 loss to the Wiesbaden Warriors. On April 15, the Stuttgart Panthers defeated the Royals 6-4 to deliver a second loss of the season.

Northern Italy becomes the center of the DODEA-Europe soccer world this weekend as Vicenza and Aviano host two days sets of divisional matches.

Stuttgart dominated the girls’ distance events, sweeping each of the 800 meters, the 1,600 and the 3,200 with a deep rotation of runners in those events. On the boys’ side, the Royals ran away from the field.

Lakenheath sprinted, leapt and threw for first place in 15 events against visiting teams from Bitburg, Brussels, Alconbury and Baumholder.

Soccer roundup

Panthers top Royals 4-1 to stay unbeaten on season a week before they get shot at other main rival, Naples.

Defending champion Ramstein hands Stuttgart first loss after suffering defeat in opening contest.

DODEA-Europe’s track and field season this spring is more sprint that marathon.

Super-sized bragging rights are on the line this weekend as DODEA-Europe’s two largest high schools, Ramstein and Stuttgart, face off in every spring sport.

The early setback was Ramstein’s first DODEA-Europe loss, including regular-season and tournament games, since May 10, 2014.

The Falcons dominated a doubleheader against the Raiders, winning 12-3 and 12-1, with Crystal Morris and Avery Hicks combining for a no-hitter in the second game.

Boys soccer roundup

Both of last year's D-I finalists are 1-1 after splitting opening weekend games, though Lakenheath wins in rematch between two teams.

Girls soccer roundup

Stuttgart and Naples win easily, while Ramstein edges Wiesbaden in division openers.

Baseball preview

Multi-year reigning champions Ramstein and Rota remain the teams to beat as DODEA-Europe heads into the 2017 baseball season.

Softball preview

A new DODEA-Europe softball season opens Friday, finally returning teams to the diamond after a chaotic conclusion to last year’s season. The Division I Stuttgart Panthers and Division II/III Aviano Saints were controversially declared 2016 champions when inclement weather cancelled the European title games.

Boys soccer preview

The 2016-17 DODEA-Europe boys soccer season appears to be filled with teams that could just as easily reach the finals as miss the elimination round entirely. And that’s before a spring’s worth of injuries, attrition and other complicating factors contribute to the chaos.

Girls soccer preview

Two-time defending champions Stuttgart and Alconbury are among the major players in the 2016-17 DODEA-Europe girls soccer season, which opens on Saturday with a light four-game slate.

Boys basketball athlete of year

In basketball, the pick and roll is all about creating options and making good decisions. That’s why Naples senior Terrell Staten is so good at running it.

Girls basketball athlete of year

Statistics can’t begin to define the impact of Stuttgart senior point guard Marissa Encarnacion. Unless you count 14-0 and 36-8 as statistics.

Marksmanship athlete of year

There’s a lot of pressure that comes with membership on the Stuttgart Panthers marksmanship team. Junior Fallon Dickinson has experienced, and conquered, all of it.

Wrestling athlete of year

Fielding capped a 30-0 undefeated regular season with an equally dominant European tournament. He won his second consecutive title Feb. 18 with a 46-second pinfall victory.

Josh Smith, an American who grew up in a military family in Kaiserslautern, Germany, has signed a contract with Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution.

Stuttgart walked away with a combined medal count of 96 with 37 gold, 37 silver and 22 bronze. The Kaiserslautern Kingfish followed closely with 78 medals: 33 gold, 25 silver and 20 bronze.

DI boys final

A potential Warrior game-winning, buzzer-beating three-pointer bounced around the rim and fell away, taking the Warriors’ hopes of the school’s first boys hoops title since 1999 with it.

After falling behind early 1-0, the Panthers scored the next 28 points before Ramstein managed a response.

D-II boys final

Black Forest turns table on Rota to capture championship a year after losing to Admirals in final.

D-II girls final

After falling behind 15-12 in the third quarter, the Falcons scored the game’s final nine points, shutting down the Barons with a stifling full-court press.

D-III boys final

Sigonella's Aaron Jacobs and Alex Ogletree combine to rally team past Cougars.

D-III girls final

Jaguars had lost title game three straight times, but hold off cold-shooting Baumholder for victory.

The annual European Forces Swim League championships began as usual with a big splash as 456 swimmers from 18 teams across 11 countries dove in Saturday to prove who was the best in their age groups.

DI boys semifinals

Warriors get past Naples in double overtime, while Royals end Kaiserslautern's season with a loss yet again.

DI girls semifinals

Royals edge Lakenheath in one semifinal to set up showdown with Panthers, who blitzed Naples in second half.

DII boys semifinals

Falcons storm past Bahrain and Admirals top Aviano to meet for second straight year in title game.

DII girls semifinals

Falcons rout Bahrain, while Barons pummel AOSR to set up third meeting this season.

DIII roundup

Jaguars get in via tie-breaker in girls, upsets in boys play. Ansbach goes unbeaten in boys round-robin play, while Baumholder loses only once.

European boys tournament

The semifinals are set, and they look a lot like they were expected to look.

European girls tournament

Naples, Lakenheath also move on in DI, with Bahrain, AOSR joining pre-tourney favorites in DII final four.

Boys tourney roundup

Wiesbaden clinches spot in semifinals, while Ramstein and Naples both win. Black Forest, Rota dominate in D-II play.

European girls basketball roundup

Stuttgart, Lakenheath clinch semifinal spots after two games, while top-seeded Black Forest does the same in D-II.

Boys basketball preview

Defending champions Ramstein, Rota and Brussels face formidable challengers this week in the DODEA-Europe boys basketball championship tournament, running Wednesday through Saturday at sites around Wiesbaden, Germany.

Girls basketball preview

Undefeated frontrunners Stuttgart, Black Forest Academy and Sigonella headline the fields for the DODEA-Europe girls basketball championship tournament, set for Wednesday through Saturday at sites around Wiesbaden, Germany.