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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.
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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.

The defensive line of the Baumholder Buccaneers prepares to try to stop the Ansbach Cougars during the Bucs' final game of the season in Baumholder, Germany, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.
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Baumholder latest bump as Ansbach keeps rolling along

Cougars stay unbeaten as undermanned Bucs can't keep pace with relentless attack.

Baumholder school info

Location: Baumholder, Germany
Mascot: Buccaneers
Colors: Maroon and gold
Enrollment: 124
Website: http://www.baum-hs.eu.dodea.edu/

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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.