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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.

DODEA students participate in a six-team marksmanship event at Wiesbaden's school complex, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019.. Kaiserslautern took first place with a total score of 1,106.
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Raiders shake off rust to take shooting competition

Isabelle Ploechinger dominated the day’s competition with a score of 284 points, and her team totaled 1,106 points to best the second-place hosts.

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.

Lakenheath's Joey Glenk wins his match against Brussels wrestler Volkan Geylan with a pin during a high school meet hosted by the Lancers at RAF Lakenheath, England, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Glenk pinned each of his three opponents.<br>William Howard/Stars and Stripes

Wrestlers dust off rust - and frost - as season opens

Lakenheath hosts one of three season-opening meets in season that will run through Feb. 15-16.

Basketball roundup

Defending girls champs start off strongly

Stuttgart, Black Forest Academy and Sigonella all win both of their opening-weekend games in dominating fashion.

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.

SHAPE school info

Location: Mons, Belgium
Mascot: Spartans
Colors: Green and gold
Enrollment: 334
Website: http://www.shap-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.