Aviano

Boys basketball roundup

Falcons even divisional record at expense of SHAPE

Vilseck pulled back to .500 in Division I play entering the toughest portion of its schedule.

Girls basketball roundup

Ramstein, Naples pick up lopsided victories

Once-beaten Royals pound Baumholder and Lakenheath, while Wildcats have too much firepower for Marymount.

Amari Pyatt, a junior from Sigonella, wrestles Matthew Hanford-Garcia from Naples during Saturday’s wrestling tournament held at Aviano Air Base. Pyatt is a recent transfer to Sigonella and is originally from Belleview, Neb. Before transferring to Italy, Pyatt was ranked sixth amongst all Nebraska’s high school wrestlers. He wrestled in the 170-pound bracket at this tournament. <br>Norman Llamas/Stars and Stripes

New contenders emerge at short-handed meet

Three schools don't make the trip to Northern Italy, but newcomers to DODEA wrestling cause a stir among those who do.

Girls basketball roundup

There's good news and bad news for several squads

Weather has an impact on schedule, but most teams return to action from winter break with at least one game during the weekend.

Stuttgart's Logan Crouch tries to beat Naples' Biniam Stefanos and Ashton Jeanty, left, down the court in the Wildcats' 46-44 victory in December. DODEA-Europe sports gets underway again this weekend after the Christmas break.<br>Norman Llamas/Stars and Stripes

High school sports jump into deep end as winter season resumes

Return to action includes full slate of events in boys and girls basketball, wrestling and marksmanship, and marks the beginning of the regular season’s stretch run to the fast-approaching European championships.

Basketball roundup

Several teams head into holiday break on a hot streak

Ansbach, Aviano and Vicenza boys are perfect so far as are Kaiserslautern and Sigonella girls.

Stuttgart's Isabelle Ploechinger makes adjustments to her rifle during the DODEA-Europe Marksmanship championship at Vogelweh, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. Ploechinger, who now attends Kaiserslautern, was second best overall shooter with 572 points. <br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stripes

Wrestling/marksmanship preview

Stuttgart looks to defend titles on mat, range

Both of the Stuttgart Panthers’ winter sports dynasties are at risk as the DODEA-Europe season opens this weekend. One’s just at a little more risk than the other.

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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Basketball previews

Can anyone stop Ramstein boys, BFA, Sigonellla girls from winning again?

The 2018-19 DODEA-Europe basketball regular season begins Friday with a busy slate that includes an epic Division I road trip and an opening-weekend gathering of four of the organization’s smallest schools.

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.