There will be no DODEA-Europe Division II football champion this season. Instead, the division’s five entries - Aviano, Naples, Vicenza and Sigonella of Italy and Spain-based Rota - will play out the final three weekends of their regular-season schedule in whatever fashion participating squads are able.

AFNORTH, ISB open up new league with wins

Lions top Ansbach and Warriors down SHAPE in nine-man league that debuts this fall.

Vicenza freshman Kelsie Torgesen sped across the finish line in first place Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, trailed by Rota's Lila Cypers.

Vicenza runners defend their home course

In the second meet of the season, Cougars have their sights set on high finishes at the season-ending championships.

Europe Scoreboard: Sept. 14, 2024
Ramstein running back Kydan Echard shrugs off Kaiserslautern defender Braden Carson during a Sept. 13, 2024, game at Ramstein High School on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Ramstein punishes another foe to improve to 2-0

Royals’ Kydan Echard rushes for 306 yards and four touchdowns in 52-13 defeat of cross-town rival Kaiserslautern.

Stuttgart sophomore Michael Watkins returns a punt in the first half of a game against Wiesbaden on Sept. 13, 2024 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The Panthers won the game 14-12.

Panthers grind out a narrow win over Warriors

Wiesbaden, coming off first home victory in multiple years, makes too many mistakes against four-time defending champions.

Sigonella's Nyeema Fernandez manages to get the ball past the Vicenza wall of Alexandra Nelson, left, and Avonlea Sparling on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Vicenza, Italy.

Momentum swings wildly as volleyball season opens

Black Forest Academy gives up a big lead in one set, then overcomes an even bigger one in the third set to down Naples in a season-opening event in Vicenza, Italy.

Ansbach’s Kennedy Lange hits the ball over the net as Patricia Rullan and Lucia Martinez of Brussels defend. Ansbach defeated Brussels 25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 25, 20, in the Division III final at the DODEA-Europe volleyball championships at Ramstein, Germany, Oct. 28, 2023.

Can Wiesbaden, Aviano and Ansbach do it again?

The three schools have won the last two girls volleyball titles in their respective divisions and bring back more talent this fall.

Aviano junior Xavier Fox tips the ball over the net and past a Rota block in a match against the Admirals on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The two teams are the top seeds in Pool A in the DODEA-Europe Boys Volleyball Championships that begin Thursday in Vicenza, Italy. Lakenheath and Black Forest Academy are the top seeds in the other pool.

Field expands again as boys spikers take courts

Thirteen teams now playing boys volleyball in DODEA-Europe as Ramstein and SHAPE officially join in this fall.

There will be no DODEA-Europe Division II football champion this season. Instead, the division’s five entries - Aviano, Naples, Vicenza and Sigonella of Italy and Spain-based Rota - will play out the final three weekends of their regular-season schedule in whatever fashion participating squads are able.

Kaiserslautern defense shines when it counts

Raiders stop three Vilseck drives deep into territory to open up season with a victory over Falcons.

Junior Chris Carter tries to power through a tackle attempt by Jorge Bernal during an Aug. 27, 2024, practice in Mons, Belgium.

New league features return of SHAPE, ISB to DODEA football

Spartans and Raiders have been competing in local league since 2019, but will now play nine-man football against three schools that played with six players on each side last year.