Black Forest Academy

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.

Marymount players celebrate their 24-26, 25-18, 25-21, 25-13 win over Black Forest Academy at the DODEA-Europe volleyball championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018.<br>MICHAEL ABRAMS/STARS AND STRIPES

D-II volleyball championship

Marymount takes crown by stopping BFA

The Marymount Royals capped a dominant season with an emotional victory in the DODEA-Europe Division II volleyball finals, ousting the Black Forest Academy Falcons in four sets to win the championship Saturday.

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.

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.

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.

Black Forest Academy school info

Location: Kandern, Germany
Mascot: Falcons
Colors: Navy blue and white
Enrollment:230
Website: http://www.bfacademy.com/

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Royals win mid-season showdown with German rivals

Ramstein narrowly tops Kaiserslautern in boys cross country event and defeats Raiders by larger margin in girls race.

Brussels' Jewels Friedhoff, right, and Sigonella's Kristiana Wyrick battle for the ball at the net during the DODEA-Europe semifinals at Vogelweh, Germany, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.<br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stri

Volleyball preview

Some teams won't wait long to be tested on the courts

A set of major Division I matchups highlight this weekend’s season-opening slate of 2018 DODEA-Europe girls volleyball.

Naples' Daniel Aleksandersen, Ramstein's Jose Serrano and Stuttgart's Paul Fullwood were in hot pursuit of front-runner and eventual winner Mac Roberts of Black Forest Academy during the Department of Defense Education Activity's European cross country championships on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Baumholder, Germany. Roberts is back this fall to defend his title.<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

Cross country preview

A few title favorites return, but team races appear wide open

DODEA-Europe’s large-school cross country programs will throw healthy numbers of runners into competition this fall, hoping to claim enough high finishes to collect regular-season meet victories and, perhaps, a European team championship.