Aviano

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.

Donavin Robinson from Aviano scores during the DODEA-Europe Division II football championship game between the Aviano Saints and the Naples Wildcats, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. <br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

D-II football final

Aviano wins first football title in two decades

The Saints asserted themselves in the third quarter to quickly grow a narrow 14-6 halftime lead to blowout proportions against Naples.

Marymount's Margherita Guerra slips the ball between the block of Aviano's Elizabeth Woodruff, left, and Layla Thomas in her team's 25-23, 23-25,25-19, 22-15, 15-11win over the Saints in a Division II semifinal at the DODEA-Europe volleyball finals in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.

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D-II volleyball semifinals

Royals, Falcons will meet for championship

Marymount bounces back from dismal Thursday to reach final game, while Black Forest continues strong tourney run.

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.
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Six teams to battle for three football titles

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

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.
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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.

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.
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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.

Aviano school info

Location: Aviano, Italy
Mascot: Saints
Colors: Scarlet, navy, white
Enrollment: 179
Website: http://www.avia-hs.eu.dodea.edu/

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Naples upends Aviano, but still has more work to do

Saints fall from ranks of unbeaten but have already clinched a spot in D-II championship game.

Aviano, Naples set up showdown with wins

Aviano blasted the visiting Vicenza Cougars 40-6, moving to within one win of a second straight undefeated regular season. Naples topped Rota 35-28 to stay a game behind.

Corey Coombs is hit during the Kaiserslautern vs. Vilseck high school football game in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Saturday Sept. 29, 2018. Kaiserslautern won the game 26-20
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It's win now or miss playoffs for some teams

Only three weeks remain until the Super Six slate of divisional championship games scheduled for Nov. 3 at Kaiserslautern High School.

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.