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Vilseck hitter Tedeja Marshall powers a shot over a defensive wall in a 2018 DODEA-Europe volleyball all-star match Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. <br>Gregory Broome/Stars and Stripes
Vilseck hitter Tedeja Marshall powers a shot over a defensive wall in a 2018 DODEA-Europe volleyball all-star match Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. <br>Gregory Broome/Stars and Stripes

All-Star volleyball

Top players show off their spikes, serves, blocks, passing and digs

The convergence of so many of DODEA-Europe’s best produced a level of skill at least as high as any of the season-defining playoff matches that preceded it.

Rovic Denuna from Ansbach crossed the goal line during the DODEA-Europe Division III football championship game between the Ansbach Cougars and AFNORTH Lions, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. <br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes
Rovic Denuna from Ansbach crossed the goal line during the DODEA-Europe Division III football championship game between the Ansbach Cougars and AFNORTH Lions, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. <br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

D-III football final

Ansbach finishes unbeaten season with another rout

A year after not fielding a team, Cougars cap a perfect debut in six-man football with 63-0 win over AFNORTH.

SHAPE's Romina Ruszin hits the ball against Vicenza's Chenoa Gragg, left, and Julia Ridgley in a Division I match at the DODEA-Europe volleyball finals in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Vicenza won 25-12, 25-22, 25-13.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES
SHAPE's Romina Ruszin hits the ball against Vicenza's Chenoa Gragg, left, and Julia Ridgley in a Division I match at the DODEA-Europe volleyball finals in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Vicenza won 25-12, 25-22, 25-13.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

Europe volleyball - Day 1

Most favorites endure hard-fought matches to stay alive

Three teams clinch spots in Friday semifinals while plenty of others are still alive for spots in quarterfinals earlier in the day.

Dominque Arizpe breaks a tackle before scoring during the Ramstein vs Kaiserslautern football game at Ramstein, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. <br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes
Dominque Arizpe breaks a tackle before scoring during the Ramstein vs Kaiserslautern football game at Ramstein, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. <br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

Six teams to battle for three football titles

Three games Saturday at Kaiserslautern, Germany, will determine top teams for 2018 in three divisions.

Cougars and Lions roar to victories to set up showdown

Ansbach and AFNORTH will face off for the title Nov. 3 at Kaiserslautern High School.

St. John's Abigail Michalec ran out to an early lead and an eventual win at the 2018 DODEA-Europe cross country championships on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Baumholder, Germany. Trailing Michalec was Stuttgart's McKinley Fielding, who finished third. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes
St. John's Abigail Michalec ran out to an early lead and an eventual win at the 2018 DODEA-Europe cross country championships on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Baumholder, Germany. Trailing Michalec was Stuttgart's McKinley Fielding, who finished third. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Europe cross country finals

Rogers, Michalec lead the pack on way to titles

Ramstein senior sets course record, St. John's sophomore moves up a spot from last year as both win first championships.

Stuttgart's Amar Tahirovic rushes to the net to make a big point against defending champion Matthias Mingazzini of Marymount in the boys final at the DODEA-Europe tennis championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Tahirovic, a freshman, won the match 6-4, 6-2.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES
Stuttgart's Amar Tahirovic rushes to the net to make a big point against defending champion Matthias Mingazzini of Marymount in the boys final at the DODEA-Europe tennis championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Tahirovic, a freshman, won the match 6-4, 6-2.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

Europe tennis finals

It's time for new blood in Europe's tennis royalty

Freshmen take both singles titles, upending two-time defending champion and last year's runner-up in the process.

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Location: Brunssum, Netherlands
Mascot: Lions
Colors: Forest green and maroon
Enrollment: 169
Website: http://www.afno-is.eu.dodea.edu/

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Mathias Mingazzini charges the net during the semifinals of the DODEA-Europe tennis championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.<br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes
Mathias Mingazzini charges the net during the semifinals of the DODEA-Europe tennis championships in Wiesbaden, Germany, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.<br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

Europe tennis finals

It's experience vs. youth in battles for titles

In boys singles action, defending champion takes on unbeaten freshman, while girls runner-up faces another ninth-grader in finals.

Kaiserslautern freshman Aiva Schmitz reaches for a ball before a preliminary match in the 2018 DODEA-Europe girls singles tennis tournament Thursday at Vitis Tennis Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. Schmitz won all three of her matches on the day. <br>Gregory Broome/Stars and Stripes
Kaiserslautern freshman Aiva Schmitz reaches for a ball before a preliminary match in the 2018 DODEA-Europe girls singles tennis tournament Thursday at Vitis Tennis Center in Wiesbaden, Germany. Schmitz won all three of her matches on the day. <br>Gregory Broome/Stars and Stripes

Europe tennis finals

Favorites play like it on opening day on courts

No. 1 seeds win three matches, but could face sterner challenges from talented freshmen as tournament progresses.

Ramstein's Denver Dalpias, left, and Dashiell Rogers run at the front of the pack with Black Forest Academy's Mac Roberts in the early stages of the Ramstein cross country meet on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Miesenbach, Germany. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes
Ramstein's Denver Dalpias, left, and Dashiell Rogers run at the front of the pack with Black Forest Academy's Mac Roberts in the early stages of the Ramstein cross country meet on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, in Miesenbach, Germany. <br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Cross country preview

Top runners will determine champions on Baumholder course

Handful of contenders for boys and girls races have been posting top times on disparate courses around Europe and now face each other on common ground.

Athletes step away from the competition this weekend

Events scheduled for this weekend would have been at risk had the government failed to pass a spending bill by Oct. 1. Though President Donald Trump signed a spending bill a few days ahead of that deadline, the idle weekend has been locked into the schedule for weeks.