Aviano

Boys basketball roundup

Big-school powers off to perfect starts

Black Forest makes early successful bid to join D-I elite by topping Stuttgart in a pair of close games.

Girls basketball roundup

Ramstein, Stuttgart pick up where they left off

Royals, Panthers among several teams that start of DODEA-Europe season perfect after Friday-Saturday sweeps.

Stuttgart's McKinley Fielding tries to pin Ramstein's Andres Hart in an exciting 106-pound championship match at the DODEA-Europe wrestling finals last season.Fielding will be returning this season and try to become the first female champion in DODEA-Europe history.
<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

Wrestling preview

Stuttgart, Ramstein renew rivalry on the mat

There’s an old sports saying that a rivalry isn’t really a rivalry if the same team always wins.

Bahrain's Tasneem Abdkhair shoots against Aviano's Keyona Williams in a Division II game at the DODEA-Europe championships last season.
<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

Girls basketball preview

Panthers look strong again in a revamped alignment

DODEA-Europe’s summer realignment will have profound impacts on all three divisional championship races in the 2019-20 girls basketball season, which gets underway this weekend with a full slate of Friday and Saturday games.

Baumholder's Chandler Pigge goes up for a lay-up during the Division III basketball championship game between Baumholder and Ansbach at Clay Kaserne Fitness Center, Germany, Feb. 23, 2019. Baumholder won the game 70-65.
<br>Brian Ferguson/Stars and Stripes

Boys basketball preview

Baumholder's Piggé, Royal dynasty headline boys play

The 2019-20 DODEA-Europe boys basketball season, starting this weekend and running through February’s European tournaments, already features fascinating storylines at the league, team and individual levels.

Aviano Saints defenders Cayden Cottingham and Daniel Merrill sandwich tackle Rota Admirals quarterback Wes Penta as he tries to gain yardage during Saturday's DODEA-Europe Division II Championship game held at Aviano. <br>Norman Llamas/Stars and Stripes

D-II football final

Saints shut down Rota to defend championship

Aviano scores touchdowns in each half and keeps Admirals scoreless in second half.

Naples' Audrey Villareal taps the ball across the net as Vicenza's China Gregg defends. Vicenza captured the DODEA-Europe Division II title with a win over the Wildcats. Vicenza beat Naples 17-25, 25-17,25-19, 25-17.

<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

D-II volleyball final

Vicenza wins rubber match with Naples to take crown

Teams had split during the regular season, but Cougars avenge their only loss during the season in four sets.

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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