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Kubasaki right-hander Mia Vedsted delivers against Yokota in the first game of Friday's softball twin bill. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7.

Kubasaki right-hander Mia Vedsted delivers against Yokota in the first game of Friday's softball twin bill. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

High school

Baseball

Okinawa

Kubasaki 14, Kadena 7

Friday at Kadena Air Base

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Dragons 0 5 6 0 0 0 1 12 14 0
Panthers 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 8 0

W — Lukas Gaines 7 IP (CG, 8 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO); L — Andrew Chapman 2 2/3 IP (10 H, 11 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO, 2 HBP). Batting — Dragons: Andrew Welte 3-5 (3 SB), Brodie Romnek 2-2 (3 RBI), Nick Adams 2-5, Skylar Waltz 2-3, Ryder Beaudoin (2B, 2 RBI), Jacy Fisk 2-4 (2 RBI); Panthers: Jeremiah Sprague 2-2 (2B), Ty Lujan 2-3 (2B, 2 RBI). Noteworthy — Fisk hit an infield single, scoring Waltz with the tying run, then came in along with Beaudoin on Romnek’s two-run single to right field, putting the Dragons ahead to stay.

Yokota's Alicia Tanoue slides safely into second base ahead of the throw to Kubasaki shortstop Mia Vedsted during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons won the opener 19-18 and the nightcap 14-7.

Yokota's Alicia Tanoue slides safely into second base ahead of the throw to Kubasaki shortstop Mia Vedsted during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons won the opener 19-18 and the nightcap 14-7. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Kubasaki right-hander Quinn Suey-Schwartz delivers against Yokota in the nightcap of Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons won 14-7 after taking the opener 19-18.

Kubasaki right-hander Quinn Suey-Schwartz delivers against Yokota in the nightcap of Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons won 14-7 after taking the opener 19-18. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Yokota shortstop Zaylee Gubler fields a ground ball against Kubasaki during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7.

Yokota shortstop Zaylee Gubler fields a ground ball against Kubasaki during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Yokota pitcher Erica Haas throws to first base against Kubasaki during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7.

Yokota pitcher Erica Haas throws to first base against Kubasaki during Friday's softball doubleheader. The Dragons swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Yokota's Alicia Tanoue gets one of her four hits in eight times at bat during Friday's softball doubleheader. She drove in four runs in a losing cause as Kubasaki swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7.

Yokota's Alicia Tanoue gets one of her four hits in eight times at bat during Friday's softball doubleheader. She drove in four runs in a losing cause as Kubasaki swept the Panthers 19-18 and 14-7. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Softball

Friday at Camp Foster, Okinawa

Kubasaki 19, Yokota 18

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs Hits Errors
Panthers 0 0 6 0 12 18 8 2
Dragons 3 12 1 3 x 19 7 3

W — Mia Vedsted 5 IP (8 H, 14 ER, 16 BB, 4 SO); L — Zaylee Gubler 4 IP (7 H, 10 ER, 8 BB, 3 SO, 3 HBP). Batting — Dragons: Hailey Brassard 2-4 (3B, 3 RBI), Taylor Tobin (HR, 5 RBI); Panthers: Alicia Tanoue 2-5 (2B, 4 RBI), Charlotte Rhyne 2-4 (2 RBI), Coco Eddy (2 RBI), Abbie Vernon 2-3 (3 RBI). Noteworthy — Yokota rallied from a 15-0 second-inning deficit to get within one run, but with the bases loaded and two out in the top of the fifth, Siera Light grounded out.

Kubasaki 14, Yokota 7

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs Hits Errors
Panthers 2 0 1 0 4 7 7 6
Dragons 1 3 4 6 x 14 12 2

W — Quinn Suey-Schwartz 5 IP (7 H, 6 ER, 6 BB, 3 SO); L — Erica Haas 4 IP (12 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO). Batting — Dragons: Addison LaTour 3-4, Kristen Lininger 2-4 (2B), Vedsted 2-2 (2B), Tobin 3-4 (3B, 2 RBI); Panthers: Tanoue 2-3, Haas (3 SB), Gubler (3 SB). Noteworthy — Lininger’s infield single and a fielding error brought in LaTour from second with the tying run, then Lininger scored the go-ahead run on Tobin’s triple.

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Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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