Hohenfels

Ansbach's Eliana Vales fires during the DODEA-Europe Marksmanship championship at Vogelweh, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018.
<br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stripes

A week into marksmanship season and Stuttgart looks vulnerable

Five-time defending champs win their meet - but not by much - and Kaiserslautern scores more points in winning other meet during first week.

Hohenfels' Robin Kim blocks AFNORTH's Keoni Gallman during a game at Hohenfels, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. <br>Martin Egnash/Stars and Stripes

Hohenfels boys debut with a sweep

Tigers top AFNORTH and Brussels in Saturday double-header to grab early Division III favorite honors.

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.

Stuttgart's Adan Maher, right, passes the ball behind Naples' Roxanne Sasse during the DODEA-Europe Division I championship in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018.<br>Michael B. Keller/Stars and Stripes

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.

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.
<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

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.

Hohenfels school info

Location: Hohenfels, Germany
Mascot: Tigers
Colors: Blue, black and white
Enrollment: 138
Website: http://www.hohe-hs.eu.dodea.edu/

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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.
<br>Jennifer H. Svan/Stars and Stripes

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.