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Black Forest Academy’s Barney Sivonen, a senior from Jyvaskyla, Finland, tried to push the ball over the net on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, but a Vilseck block sent it back for a point in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Black Forest Academy’s Barney Sivonen, a senior from Jyvaskyla, Finland, tried to push the ball over the net on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, but a Vilseck block sent it back for a point in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Stars and Stripes will attempt to provide timely updates from three DODEA-Europe girls volleyball tournaments Thursday through Saturday in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany and a boys volleyball tournament in Vicenza, Italy.

Thursday’s matches

GIRLS

Division I

(At Southside gym)

Round-robin

Kaiserslautern def. SHAPE 25-9, 25-17

Ramstein def. Lakenheath 25-16, 25-16

Wiesbaden def. Stuttgart, 25-20, 25-13

Vilseck def. SHAPE 25-22, 21-25, 15-12

Kaiserslautern def. Lakenheath 25-15, 25-22

Ramstein def. Wiesbaden 25-23, 20-25, 15-11

Stuttgart def. Vilseck 25-5, 25-18

Lakenheath def. SHAPE 25-23, 25-21

Stuttgart def. Ramstein 24-26, 25-20, 15-12

Wiesbaden def. Kaiserslautern 25-16, 25-19

Vilseck def. Lakenheath 25-13, 25-23

Division II

(At Ramstein High School)

Pool A

BFA def. Bahrain 15-25, 25-21, 17-15

Aviano def. Marymount 25-6, 25-15

Bahrain def. Marymount 25-18, 25-22

Aviano def. BFA 25-18, 25-21

Pool B

Vicenza def. AOSR 25-15, 19-25, 15-8

Naples def. Rota 17-25, 26-24, 15-8

Rota def. AOSR 25-16, 25-17

Naples def. Vicenza 25-23, 24-26, 15-8

Division III

(At Kaiserslautern High School)

Pool A

Spangdahlem def.. Baumholder 25-10, 25-12

Ansbach def. Brussels 25-11, 25-15

Ansbach def. Baumholder 25-17, 25-11

Brussels def. Spangdahlem 25-21, 26-24

Pool B

AFNORTH def. Alconbury 25-13, 25-11

Sigonella def. Alconbury 25-17, 25-9

AFNORTH def. Hohenfels 25-16, 25-18

Sigonella def. Hohenfels 25-8, 25-21; AFNORTH, Sigonella clinch spots in semifinals

Sigonella’s Cooper Harrison tries to hit through the Rota block of Tyler DeMeritt and Brian Lieba during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy.

Sigonella’s Cooper Harrison tries to hit through the Rota block of Tyler DeMeritt and Brian Lieba during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Vicenza’s Nicholas Morton hits the ball toward the block of American Overseas School of Rome’s Lorenzo De Nicola in the Cougars’ pool-play victory on the first day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Vicenza’s Nicholas Morton hits the ball toward the block of American Overseas School of Rome’s Lorenzo De Nicola in the Cougars’ pool-play victory on the first day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships in Vicenza, Italy, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

American Overseas School of Rome’s Iker Santos tosses the ball up while serving Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

American Overseas School of Rome’s Iker Santos tosses the ball up while serving Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Naples’ Nathan Mellor tries to hit through the Bahrain block of Nick Beaumont, left, and Diego Mercado-Rodriguez during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Naples’ Nathan Mellor tries to hit through the Bahrain block of Nick Beaumont, left, and Diego Mercado-Rodriguez during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Naples’ Damon Bailey tries to tap the ball over the Bahrain first-line defense Thursday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Naples’ Damon Bailey tries to tap the ball over the Bahrain first-line defense Thursday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Bahrain’s Jacob Courts pushes the ball over the net in a match against Naples on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Bahrain’s Jacob Courts pushes the ball over the net in a match against Naples on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Hohenfels’ Joel Idowu skies over the net to send the ball towards a Naples block during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Hohenfels’ Joel Idowu skies over the net to send the ball towards a Naples block during pool-play action Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, at the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Sigonella’s Deshawn Wallace tries to block a tap from Rota’s Tyler DeMeritt during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2026.

Sigonella’s Deshawn Wallace tries to block a tap from Rota’s Tyler DeMeritt during the opening day of the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2026. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Sigonella’s Oscan Bentson sets the ball for a teammate during pool play Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Sigonella’s Oscan Bentson sets the ball for a teammate during pool play Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. (Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes)

Black Forest Academy's Barney Sivonen watches his spike bounce off the block of Vilseck's Drake Neville as he and teammate Malachi Inniger tried to form a wall Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships.

Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes

Black Forest Academy's Barney Sivonen watches his spike bounce off the block of Vilseck's Drake Neville as he and teammate Malachi Inniger tried to form a wall Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in the DODEA-Europe boys volleyball championships. Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes ()

BOYS

Pool A

(At Vicenza High School)

Aviano def. Marymount 25-11, 25-13

Vicenza def. AOSR 25-13, 27-25

Rota def. Sigonella 22-25, 25-15, 15-8

Vicenza def. Marymount 25-9, 25-12

Aviano def. Sigonella 27-29, 25-18, 15-9

AOSR def. Rota 25-19, 27-25

Sigonella def. Marymount 25-8, 25-15

Aviano def. AOSR 25-23, 25-22

Pool B

(At Vicenza Middle School)

Lakenheath def. Hohenfels 15-25, 25-8, 15-4

Naples def. Bahrain 25-16, 23-25, 15-8

BFA def. Vilseck 25-10, 25-11

Naples def. Hohenfels 25-5, 25-10

Lakenheath def. Vilseck 25-13, 25-21

BFA def. Bahrain 25-20, 25-6

Vilseck def. Hohenfels 25-17, 17-25, 15-5

Bahrain def. Lakenheath 25-23, 25-20

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Kent has filled numerous roles at Stars and Stripes including: copy editor, news editor, desk editor, reporter/photographer, web editor and overseas sports editor. Based at Aviano Air Base, Italy, he’s been TDY to countries such as Afghanistan Iraq, Kosovo and Bosnia. Born in California, he’s a 1988 graduate of Humboldt State University and has been a journalist for 40 years.

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